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E30 – Bellator NYC Review, McGregor-Mayweather Analysis/Debate

McGregor-Mayweather Analysis is a lot of our discussion in this episode, but also:

1. Bellator NYC – Feedback from our live coverage

2. Is James Gallagher the poor man’s Conor McGregor

3. Tons of McGregor-Mayweather analysis and discussion and quite a bit of disagreement

☐ Bellator NYC

• Chael Sonnen did to Wanderlei Silva exactly what I suspected. That was the one fight on the card that I pretty much nailed down in my pre-fight predictions during the Bellator NYC Special Edition MMA Fancast Podcast. It was hard for me to hear exactly what Chael said in regard to Fedor in the post-fight interview with Jimmy Smith in the ring, but it sounded to me like he was calling Fedor out. Does that mean that this fight will, or even should, happen? I would think not. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis
• I am curious to see what Wanderlei decides to do at this point. It was pretty clear to me that he is only a shell of the fighter that he once was and, after a four-year layoff, it is clear that his better days are behind him. That being said, he is still a draw for a promotion that is still heavily dependent on big draws as opposed to having world-class fighters headlining.
• Some people say they have grown tired of the whole “Chael” schtick. I will just come out now and say that I am not one of those people. Are there moments that I grow tired of some of the things that he says? Absolutely. At the same time, there are also moments that he comes up big and shows his genius. Case in point: (video of the sweet potato comment from the presser)
• For the amount of anger that Wanderlei showed at the presser and throughout the entire promotion of this fight, I did not see a fighter that was so eager to get his hands on Chael. Also of note, it was incredibly disappointing to see a complete lack of readiness to even come remotely close to anything that resembled takedown defense from Silva. It was as if he were in a boxing match and was completely taken by surprise that someone was going to shoot on his legs in an effort to secure a takedown.
• It is sometimes very difficult for me to tell when Chael is being sarcastic and sincere. He is sarcastic most of the time, at least it seems to me, that when he is being sincere I am waiting for the next line or how he is using the sincerity as a set-up.
• Neiman Gracie made the most of the opportunity to be on the PPV portion of the card with a very nice performance against Marfone.
• It will be interesting to see what lies ahead for Gracie. The welterweight division in Bellator is not the deepest division in the world and it begs the question of how many fights until he is in title contention.
• Matt Mitrione made a household name of himself with a legendary win against a legend. A double knockdown? Are you kidding me? The difference in the fight had little to do with anything except Mitrione’s shot knocking Fedor to his back and Fedor’s shot only knocking Mitrione to his butt, which then led to a race to get up and on top of the other first, which Meathead won.
• Mitrione is such a down to earth guy, how can you not love him? He’s just a cool, personable guy and that was on display very clearly in the cage during the post-fight interview with Jimmy Smith. That said, what is on the horizon for him? Does he have a reasonable next fight? Roy Nelson?
• Scott Coker made a reference that there was going to be an upcoming announcement concerning the heavyweight division and that they were going to be focusing on it. With not current champion, is a 4-man tournament on the horizon?
• What is next for Fedor? Does he continue to fight? Does he go back to Russia to fight? I would like to see him discontinue his fighting career as I feel he can only tarnish his legacy and I would hate to see that happen.
• Brent Primus was loudly booed at MSG. Very unfortunate. There was nothing random or undeserving of his win. He caused the injury to Chandler that led to the fight being stopped. They guy scores a monumental upset and it is unfortunate for him that it was greeted by a chorus of boos.
• Speaking of that injury to Michael Chandler… wow! Ouch! I have not seen replays of the cause of the injury, but here is what I did see – very early in the fight, Primus threw a leg kick at Chandler to his thigh. At that point, Chandler started reaching repeatedly to his thigh. And things just went downhill for him from there. It was as if there was some type of nerve damage or something. To me, it looked as if he didn’t have feeling in his leg and that is why he kept turning over his ankle. Regardless, it was hard to watch – it reminded me of a horse with a broken leg trying to run.

☐ James Gallagher (Galla — hey) of Bellator, Poor man’s Conor McGregor

 

☐ Scott Coker to UFC: You’re putting Conor McGregor ‘in harm’s way’ in Floyd Mayweather fight – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

As a fellow fight promoter, rival Scott Coker disagrees. According to Bellator’s CEO, there actually could be long-term repercussions that could affect the UFC’s biggest superstar.

“Obviously, it’s gonna be a big money maker for everybody and that’s why they’re doing it. But you’re putting your fighter in harm’s way, so what’s the long-term impact on that? I’m not sure. But I’ll tell you this: It’ll be a lot of fun to watch,” Coker told MMA Fighting. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

☐ Conor McGregor is a ‘free agent’ for Mayweather fight sponsorships, not tied to Reebok – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

☐ MayMac 10 city tour – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

☐ McGregor tells Dana White that he wants Khabib after Mayweather fight – McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

☐ Preview of UFC International Fight Week

UFC 213 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. The night before, The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale takes place at T-Mobile Arena and airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

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But in the buildup to both events, “International Fight Week” will be in full swing around T-Mobile Arena on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip.

On Wednesday, fans can attend a live taping of FS1 weekly show “UFC Tonight,” as well as a live taping of FS1’s “TUF Talk.” Both events will take place at Park Theater at Monte Carlo, adjacent to T-Mobile Arena. The “UFC Tonight” taping will take place at noon PT local time. The “TUF Talk” taping begins at 7:30 p.m.

Also on Wednesday, fans can attend open workouts for fighters appearing on the TUF 25 Finale and UFC 213 cards. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and the first fighter will work out at 1 p.m. The TUF 25 Finale is headlined by a lightweight fight between Michael Johnson and former WSOF champion Justin Gaethje. UFC 213 is headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight between champ Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko. In the co-feature, Robert Whittaker meets Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight title.

Additionally, there will be a “Women of UFC” panel discussion at Park Theater at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday moderated by Megan Olivi. The panel will feature current strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, upcoming featherweight title challenger Cristiana Justino, former bantamweight champion Miesha Tate, and current strawweight contenders Michelle Waterson and Paige VanZant. The show will make its way to UFC Fight Pass that day, as well.

On Thursday, fans can attend a “UFC Legends” panel discussion at Park Theater. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. PT and the session starts at 3 p.m. with participants yet to be announced. At 4 p.m., the ceremonial weigh-ins for the TUF 25 Finale take place at Park Theater. And at 7:30 p.m., also at Park Theater, the UFC’s 2017 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place. The free ticketed event will open its doors at 6:30 p.m.

On Friday, fans can attend autograph sessions with more than a dozen fighters and fight personalities in the lobby of T-Mobile Arena. Between 9-11 a.m. PT, fans can meet Joseph Benavidez, Misha Cirkunov, Tony Ferguson, Cody Garbrandt, Jedrzejczyk, Anthony Johnson, Julianna Pena, Stephen Thompson, James Vick, Waterson, and Octagon Girls Luciana Andrade, Chrissy Blair and Vanessa Hanson.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the UFC’s “Fan Experience” will take place in Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena. Additionally, doors open for the UFC 213 ceremonial weigh-ins at 1 p.m. at Park Theater and the first fighter will step on the scale at 2 p.m. Immediately after, the TUF 25 Finale kicks off at 3 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena.

On Saturday, there are more than two dozen additional autograph and meet-and-greet opportunities in the T-Mobile Arena Lobby. From 9-10:30 a.m. PT, fans can meet UFC Hall of Famers Urijah Faber and Tito Ortiz, heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic, Ferguson, Claudia Gadelha, Kevin Lee, Raquel Pennington, Dustin Poirier and Tate. Additionally, Octagon Girls Red Dela Cruz and Brooklyn Wren will be on hand, as will play-by-play voice Jon Anik and Olivi.

From 10:30 a.m. to noon, fans can meet UFC Hall of Famers Don Frye, Forrest Griffin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Bas Rutten, featherweight champ Max Holloway, Jorge Masvidal, Rose Namajunas, Francis Ngannou, Vick and Waterson, plus Octagon Girls Arianny Celeste, Brittney Palmer and Jamillette Gaxiola.

The UFC Fan Experience also will take place Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. in Toshiba Plaza leading into UFC 213, which starts at 3:30 p.m. inside T-Mobile Arena. At 10 p.m. PT, the UFC’s official after-party for UFC 213 will take place at Hakkasan inside MGM Grand Las Vegas. McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

   The TUF 25 Finale lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (FS1, 9 p.m. ET)

Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje
TBA vs. TBA – TUF 25 final
Marc Diakiese vs. Drakkar Klose
Steve Bosse vs. Jared Cannonier
Brad Tavares vs. Elias Theodorou
Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 7 p.m. ET)

Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder
C.B. Dollaway vs. Ed Herman
Jessica Eye vs. Aspen Ladd
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)

Teruto Ishihara vs. Gray Maynard
Juliana Lima vs. Tecia Torres

   The UFC 213 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko – for women’s bantamweight title
Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker – for interim middleweight title
Curtis Blaydes vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Jim Miller vs. Anthony Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

Travis Browne vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Brian Camozzi vs. Chad Laprise
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
Jordan Mein vs. Belal Muhammad
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Rob Font vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade
Cody Stamann vs. Terrion Ware
James Bochnovic vs. Trevin Giles

McGregor-Mayweather Analysis

Bellator NYC Podcast – Special Edition – Sonnen vs. Silva

Bellator NYC Podcast

We talks all things Bellator NYC Podcast during our time with you. Also included in this podcast are:

13:59 – Exclusive Octagon 24/7 Interview with Bellator President Scott Coker

 

24:35 – Exlusive Octagon 24/7 Interview with Fedor Emelianenko’s Bellator NYC opponent, Heavyweight Matt Mitrione

 

41:40 – Bellator 180 and Bellator NYC Fight analysis and predictions

The entire podcast – Jim Sahara Mooney acting old

Bellator NYC Podcast – Bellator NYC is a mixed martial arts event scheduled for June 24th, 2017 at world famous Madison Square Garden. This is the second PPV card in the history of the MMA promotion. Bellator’s plans are to build their PPV branding and have a regular schedule of PPV events.

Headling the card is a grudge match years in the making. Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva have continuously verbally, and sometime physically, sparred through their time in the UFC and on The Ultimate Fighters, as opposing coaches. Their battle at the end of the airing of TUF was scrapped due to both fighters having issues with drug testing prior to their bout. Years later, they are ready to settle the score and put an end to this saga.

In the co-main, the legendary Fedor Emelianenko will be battling Matt Mitrione in a battle that is sure to produce fireworks. Fedor is widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight fighter in MMA history and Mitrione is an athletic, skillful and intelligent fighter who will be looking to use Fedor’s legend to boost his own.

This stacked card features three title fights in bouts that Bellator is hoping to boost their brand and their impact on the MMA landscape. By combining skilled veterans of MMA that are well known and respected and having their own young, talented stable of fighters, Bellator is closing the distance between their promotion and the worldwide leader of MMA, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC. Bellator NYC Podcast

E29 – McGregor vs. Mayweather is reality! Bellator 180 Preview!

McGregor vs. Mayweather is happening

McGregor vs. Mayweather

We preview Bellator 180 – we will be live all week with coverage on octagon247.com!

Also on the show:

• Tim Hague in ICU with brain injury – Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tim and his family as Tim fights for his life

 

• Matt Hughes Involved In Car Accident Involving Train – There are conflicting reports at this time, however, it seems that Matt has been stabilized, although he is still not awake.

The UFC legend has “no broken bones or internal injuries,” Hughes’ sister Beth Hughes Ulrici wrote in an official statement from his family.

“He has some minor lacerations and bruising and is currently being weaned from his ventilator,” the statement read. “He is not yet awake and not responding as we would like to see but we see the fight in him.”

Hughes, 43, was seriously injured when he drove a pickup truck onto train tracks in front of a train Friday morning in Raymond, Ill., per Illinois State Police. The train struck the passenger side of his truck. He was airlifted to HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill.

• UFC Fight Night 111 Results: Holly Holm Knocks Out Bethe Correia to Lead Card

 

• Covington dominates Dong Yong Kim – calls out Woodley

• Arlovski loses his 5th straight

• Mayweather/McGregor is reality

  McGregor vs. Mayweather

• Will McGregor return to the UFC?

• Bellator 180 preview

Fight card
Bellator 180 Main Card (PPV)
Light Heavyweight	Chael Sonnen	vs.	Wanderlei Silva
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko	vs.	Matt Mitrione
Lightweight	Michael Chandler (c)	vs.	Brent Primus
Welterweight	Douglas Lima (c)	vs.	Lorenz Larkin
Lightweight	Aaron Pico	vs.	Zach Freeman
Bellator 180 Card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight	Phil Davis (c)	vs.	Ryan Bader
Featherweight	James Gallagher	vs.	Chinzo Machida
Welterweight	Neiman Gracie	vs.	Dave Marfone
Women’s Flyweight	Heather Hardy	vs.	Alice Yauger
Bellator 180 Preliminary Card (Bellator.com)
Welterweight	Ryan Couture	vs.	Haim Gozali
Lightweight	Jerome Mickle	vs.	Anthony Giacchina
Catchweight (168 lbs)	John Salgado	vs.	Hugh McKenna
Catchweight (130 lbs)	Matt Rizzo	vs.	Sergio da Silva
Lightweight	Bradley Desir	vs.	Nate Grebb

E28 – UFC Fight Rumors – Previewing UFC 211 – MMA Gossip

UFC Fight Rumors

• Frank Shamrock on UFC sale to WME-IMG: ‘Perfect time to get out‘

“Hundred percent. You know, the discord is coming, the regulation is coming, the government oversight is coming. So yeah, that’s the time to get out. The brand’s had a great run, it’s built up. The girl’s beautiful globally, no one knows what it’s really like. Perfect time to get out. I mean, I applaud their business. They’re great business men. I knew they would be super successful with it, but at the same time, I want to be respected at work, I want to be cared for, I want my values to be acknowledged.” UFC Fight Rumors

• Conor McGregor Jr. born with massive Instagram following

• Dana White shoots down Anderson Silva’s interim belt demands

Anderson Silva wants to fight Yoel Romero for the UFC interim middleweight title. Dana White isn’t having any of that.

UFC Fight Rumors

“We will not do an interim title. No. It won’t happen,” White said (transcription via MMAjunkie). “Bisping’s ready, willing and able to fight the actual No. 1 contender, who is Yoel Romero. Anderson Silva’s ranked No. 7 right now. … Anderson’s mad. I didn’t pull Kelvin Gastelum out. Kelvin Gastelum smoked weed, and now he got busted, and we’ve done everything we could to make another fight for Anderson. So it’s nothing we did.”

“Every time for the last however many years, dealing with Anderson is always interesting,” White said. “Obviously, he wants an interim title – obviously, we’re not going to do an interim title. He’s definitely coming out publicly (with his demands). You know my philosophy on that: If you ever say the ‘R’ word, you should probably do it, anyway. If you’re considering retirement, you should probably do it.”

There is no word yet if Anderson is off UFC 212, which is scheduled for June 3rd in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We understand that Silva declined fights against both Luke Rockhold and Vitor Belfort, names that are believed to be on the table to replace Gastelum are Ovince Saint Preux and Mauricio Rua. UFC Fight Rumors

• White: We just lost Conor vs Floyd date to Canelo vs GGG

• GSP has Instagram that he could be fighting at MSG on Tues May 2

Expected MSG card is November. UFC Fight Rumors.

Then he left Instagram video on Friday, May 5th saying,“Mr. Bisping, I cleared my entire schedule to get ready for training camp after the summer. So I can fight you any time after October. You pick the date. Let’s get it on.”

Jump back to last month, Bisping said:“Long story short, it looks like GSP is trying to push for a later date. I heard rumors of that a while ago from Ariel Helwani. I heard that they wanted September/October and that’s what the UFC told me as well. But I’m just throwing it out there right now, if he wants to wait until September or October, then he can go find himself another opponent, buddy. Because I call the shots. Without sounding like an a—hole, it’s my belt. I’m the champion and I’m not willing to sit around until September or October.” UFC Fight Rumors.

• Al Iaquinta acting crazy

“The stories he’s telling are not true,” a UFC official stated off the record. “The premise for his whole beef is not accurate, and I think he’s trying to justify the fact that he thinks he should still get bonuses.”

 

It has been confirmed by MMA Junkie from UFC officials that the bout was the first of a three-fight stretch for Iaquinta in which he’s not eligible to receive a $50,000 fight-night award. The order is a result of three incidents, which Iaquinta has previously discussed.

 

First, he destroyed a hotel room at MGM Grand in Las Vegas following a UFC 183 win over Joe Lauzon. In his next appearance, he cussed on national TV while addressing a belligerent crowd following a controversial split-decision win over Jorge Masvidal.

 

The final straw was no-showing a 2015 UFC fighter summit in Las Vegas. Iaquinta insisted he gave the company fair warning that he would not be attending, but UFC officials said that was not the case.

 

“His story about the summit, the part that he left out was that he never called us to tell us he didn’t get on the plane,” the UFC official told MMAjunkie. “He never called us to tell us not to send a car to the airport to pick him up. We had all these arrangements for the hotel. All these things were arranged, and he never bothered to call us to tell us he wasn’t coming, which I think would make anyone mad.

 

“We sent a car to the airport to pick him up, and he wasn’t there. He never called us to say, ‘I’m not coming.’ Not calling us, not telling us that he wasn’t going to show up, having to send a car to the airport to pick him up, literally, and him not being there – how immature is that? To not call and say, ‘I didn’t make the flight. I’m not coming.’ It’s immature.”

 

“It was a chronic injury, and since it was a chronic injury and not something that happened while training or fighting for us, the insurance denied it,” a UFC official told MMAjunkie. “There were also a number of alternatives that could have been done that would have been covered, but Al insisted on using a specific surgeon back east. The UFC paid tens of thousands of dollars to cover that out of our pocket without any obligation to do so since it was a chronic injury, which means it happened over years and years and years.

 

“Mr. Iaquinta never once called the medical team or (UFC President) Dana (White) to say thank you. Instead, he talks about how he had to beg for it, which is not true. … We agreed to do it. We paid for it. The entire medical team assisted through his surgeon getting this done and getting it paid, and Al never once called anyone to thank them. Instead he goes out on the Internet and says he had to beg for it, which is absolutely, 100 percent false. That’s a lie.”

• UFC 211

   UFC 211 Fight Card

 

   Main Card (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on Pay-Per-View)

Stipe Miocic (c)(16-2) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-4) – For UFC heavyweight championship

Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)(13-0) vs. Jéssica Andrade (16-5) – For UFC women’s strawweight championship

Demian Maia (24-6) vs. Jorge Masvidal (32-11)

Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) vs. Yair Rodriguez (10-1)

Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs. Sergio Pettis (15-2)

 

   Prelims (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on FX)

Eddie Alvarez (28-5) vs. Dustin Poirier (21-5)

Chas Skelly (17-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-2)

Krzysztof Jotko (19-1) vs. David Branch (20-3)

Marco Polo Reyes (7-3) vs. James Vick (10-1)

 

   Prelims (6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass)

Jessica Aguilar (19-5) vs. Cortney Casey (6-4)

Jared Gordon (12-1) vs. Michel Quinones (8-1)

Gabriel Benítez (19-6) vs. Enrique Barzola (13-3-1)

Chase Sherman (9-3) vs. Rashad Coulter (8-1)

Joachim Christensen (14-4) vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (19-4)

• Boxing has stepped up in the absence of MMA the past 2 weekends

• Will Conor Floyd really happen?

E27 – MMA Fight Cards – UFC 211, UFC 212 & Bellator 179, 180

MMA Fight Cards: Previews

Schedule:  Nothing this weekend.  Nothing next weekend.

• Upcoming MMA Fight Cards
• Next for: UFC 211  May 13^th
• Next for: Bellator 179  May 19^th (Fri)
  

  The boss talks:  Dana White about:  UFC Minute

• Ronda Rousey
• The Middleweight picture

Have gloves, will travel.  UFC’s upcoming dates/sites.  Going Global!

• Dallas TX May 13^th
• Stockholm Sweden May 28^th
• Rio de Janeiro June 3^rd
• Auckland, New Zealand June 10^th
• Kallang, Singapore June 17^th
• Oklahoma City June 25^th
• Las Vegas July 7^th-8^th
• Glasgow, Scotland July 16^th
• US dates to finish July
• Netherlands Sept 2, Edmonton Sept. 9^th, Poland  Oct 21^st

MMA Fight Cards

UFC 211 Fight Card

Main Card (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on Pay-Per-View)

• Stipe Miocic (c)(16-2) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-4)*
• Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)(13-0) vs. Jéssica Andrade (16-5)**
• Demian Maia (24-6) vs. Jorge Masvidal (32-11)
• Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) vs. Yair Rodriguez (10-1)
• Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs. Sergio Pettis (15-2)

Prelims (8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on FX)

• Eddie Alvarez (28-5) vs. Dustin Poirier (21-5)
• Chas Skelly (17-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-2)
• Krzysztof Jotko (19-1) vs. David Branch (20-3)
• Marco Polo Reyes (7-3) vs. James Vick (10-1)

Prelims (6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight Pass)

• Jessica Aguilar (19-5) vs. Cortney Casey (6-4)
• Jared Gordon (12-1) vs. Michel Quinones (8-1)
• Gabriel Benítez (19-6) vs. Enrique Barzola (13-3-1)
• Chase Sherman (9-3) vs. Dmitry Poberezhets (24-5-1)

*For UFC heavyweight championship
**For UFC women’s strawweight championship

 

MMA Fight Cards

UFC 212  
Aldo vs. Holloway

Date: June 3, 2017

Venue: Jeunesse Arena

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

UFC 212 Fight Card

• Jose Aldo (c)(26-2) vs. Max Holloway (ic)(17-3)*
• Anderson Silva (34-8, 1NC) vs. TBA
• Cláudia Gadelha (14-2) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1)
• Raphael Assuncao (24-5) vs. Marlon Moraes (18-4-1)
• Johnny Eduardo (28-10) vs. Matthew Lopez (9-1)
• Antonio Carlos Junior (8-2, 1NC) vs. Eric Spicely (10-2)
• Marco Beltran (8-5) vs. Deiveson Alcantara (11-0)
• Erick Silva (19-7, 1NC) vs. Yancy Medeiros (13-4, 1NC)
• Paulo Borrachinha(9-0) vs. Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2)
• Leonardo Santos (16-3-1) vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier (9-2)
• Viviane Pereira (12-0) vs. Jamie Moyle (4-1)
• Luan Chagas (14-2-1) vs. Jim Wallhead (29-10)

*For UFC featherweight unification championship

MMA Fight Cards

Bellator 179: Daley vs. MacDonald Main Card:

Welterweight Main Event: Paul Daley (39-14-2) vs. Rory MacDonald (18-4)

Welterweight Feature Bout: Michael Page (12-0) vs. Derek Anderson (14-3)

Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: Liam McGeary (12-1) vs. Linton Vassell (17-5)

Heavyweight Feature Bout: Cheick Kongo (26-10-2) vs. Augusto Sakai (9-0-1)

Preliminary Card:

Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Jay Dods (6-0) vs. Alfie Davis (6-1)

Heavyweight Preliminary Bout: Rob Beech (4-1) vs. Stav Economou (17-5)

Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Jamie Powell (6-1) vs. Amir Albazi (8-0)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Umer Kayani (4-3) vs. Nathan Jones (10-5)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Dan Vinni (14-14) vs. Alex Lohore (10-1)

Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Liam Etebar (6-1) vs. Rafal Cejra Cejrowski (2-0)

Catchweight Preliminary Bout (150 lbs.): Jeremy Petley (10-8) vs. Chase Morton (6-3)

Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Marcin Prostko (4-5) vs. Mike Shipman (9-1)

Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: Salih Kulucan (4-5) vs. Diego Barbosa (3-0)

E26 – Bellator 178 Review, UFC Nashville

Bellator 178 Review

Bellator 178 review – Octagon 24/7 and MMA Fancast were live and in person in Uncasville, CT for Bellator 178. We spend this podcast answering the questions about covering a major event like this for our first time.

 

As our listeners know, we seek to represent the fans. We seek to give our fans a glimpse into the world of MMA that is not always seen from the outside looking in.

 

 

This podcast does just that by diving into the world of MMA and Bellator. Ryan Middleton and Johnny Stats share their experiences in covering their first national promotion from press row.

 

 

Bellator 178 was a mixed martial arts show that took place on April 21, 2017. Headlining the card was a forth fight between two featherweight warriors, champion Daniel Straus and contender Patricio Pitbull.

 

 

The co-main event was a great scrap between two up and coming female fighters in the women’s flyweight division, as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane battled Jessica Middleton. The complete of the card, and results, follow:

 

 

Complete Bellator 178 Review – Results:

 

Daniel Straus vs. Patricio Freire — Freire sub (guillotine) 0:37 R2.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs. Jessica Middleton — Macfarlane sub (armbar) 2:15 R1.
Ryan Quinn vs. Saad Awad — Awad UD 30-27 X3.
A.J. McKee vs. Dominic Mazzotta — McKee KO 1:15 R1.
Nick Alley vs. Kastroit Xhema — Xhema KO 3:19 R1.
Don Shainis vs. Mak Kelleher — Shainis UD (30-27, 29-28 X2).
Regivaldo Carvalho vs. Jason Perrin — Carvalho sub (guillotine) 2:04 R3.
Kemran Lachinov vs. Sam Watford — Lachinov SD (30-26 X2, 28-29).
John Lopez vs. Remo Cardarelli — Cardarelli UD (30-27, 29-28 X2).
Chris Foster vs. Shane Manley — Foster def. Manley (SD).
Thomas English vs. Blair Tugman — Tugman sub (bar arm choke) 4:54 R3.
Jordan Young vs. Tim Caron — Young sub (d’arce) 3:55 R1.
Ed Ruth vs. David Mundell — Ruth TKO 3:13 R2.
Tyrell Fortune vs. Branko Busick — Fortune UD 29-27 X3.
Billy Giovanella vs. Joshua Ricci — Giovanella def. Ricci.

 

In this Bellator 178 review, we focus on the behind the scenes action and the experience.

Bellator 178 Pre-fight Podcast LIVE from Mohegan Sun

The tension was in the air at the Bellator 178 weigh-ins. Official weights are as follows:

Straus Vs. Pitbull 4 Main Card: Bellator 178 Weigh-Ins

• Featherweight World Title Main Event – Daniel Straus (145) vs. Patricio Freire (144)

• Flyweight Co-Main Event – Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (126) vs. Jessica Middleton (126)
• Lightweight Feature Bout – Saad Awad (164.5) vs. Ryan Quinn (164.5)
• Featherweight Feature Bout – A.J. McKee (146) vs. Dominic Mazzotta (146)

Preliminary Card: Bellator 178 Weigh-ins

• Welterweight Preliminary Bout – Nick Alley (167) vs. Kastroit Xhema (165)
• Featherweight Preliminary Bout – Don Shainis (149.5) vs. Max Kelleher (149.75)
• Bantamweight Preliminary Bout – Regivaldo Carvalho (149.75) vs. Jason Perrin (140)
• Welterweight Preliminary Bout – Kemran Lachinov (164.5) vs. Sam Watford (164)
• Flyweight Preliminary Bout – John Lopez (125.5) vs. Remo Cardarelli (124)
• Featherweight Preliminary Bout – Chris Foster (145) vs. Shane Manley (146)
• Featherweight Preliminary Bout – Thomas English (146) vs. Blair Tugman (146)
• Catchweight Preliminary Bout – Jordan Young (195) vs. Tim Caron (195)
• Welterweight Preliminary Bout – Ed Ruth (185.5) vs. David Mundell (184.25)
• Heavyweight Preliminary Bout – Tyrell Fortune (244.5) vs. Branko Busick (220)
• Flyweight Preliminary Bout – Billy Giovanella (124.75) vs. Joshua Ricci (126)

Octagon 24/7 will be covering this event extensively. Be sure to check back often for our continuing coverage of Bellator 178. Bellator 178 Weigh-ins

Bellator 178 features a 15-fight card headlined by bout number 4 between Daniel Straus and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and their 3rd bout for the featherweight strap. Straus got his first nod of Pitbull in their last bout and took the title from him in the meantime, so these familiar foes will be looking to punish each other.

Of note, AJ McKee and Dominic Mazzotta both predicted a finish in their fight, Mazzotta said he would finish it while McKee showed us what he thought Mazzotta would look like come fight night.

This card is live and free on Spike TV beginning at 9PM Eastern, and you can catch the prelim action on bellator.com beginning at 7PM Eastern.

Octagon 24/7 is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hometown of Bellator newcomer Dominic Mazzotta. Dominic happens to be the largest underdog on the main card. Stop back this afternoon and find out why the main card’s biggest underdog is the safe and smart bet, and we will dig into how he will come out victorious as well.

E25 – UFC 210 Preview – Daniel Cormier looks to defend

UFC 210 Preview, MMA Fancast digs into the card this weekend from Buffalo, NY.

• Daniel Cormier looks to extend his title reign with another win over the incredibly powerful and extremely dangerous Anthony “Rumble” Johnson UFC 210 Preview

  

   

  UFC 210 Preview – After withstanding the barrage in the first round of their last clash, Daniel Cormier will look to finish off Rumble so that he can get his rematch against Jon Jones, who is set to return this summer.

• Chris Weidman will look to return to his winning ways against the streaking Gegard Mousasi, who will look to extend his win streak to 5 for the first time this decade. UFC 210 Preview

   

   

  Weidman will look to make things happen after going undefeated in his first 13 bouts and being 9-0 in the UFC, having lost his last 2 fights. His devastating loss to Yoel Romero is a memory he wants to quickly erase in his native state of New York. Mousasi is headed in the opposite direction, having won his past 4 fights.

• Cynthia Calvillo fights just one month after her UFC debut and will be looking to keep her perfect record in tact against the UFC debut of Pearl Gonzalez, who hasn’t tasted defeat since her MMA debut and has reeled off 6 straight wins herself. UFC 210 Preview

• Thiago Alves looks to rebound from his first 2 fight losing streak since 2010 against the 11 year UFC vet Patrick Cote. UFC 210 Preview

  Cote has been in there with the best of the best, but can he make it all count against Thiago Alves? Cote has a long history with the UFC, including a 2008 title fight against Anderson “The Spider” Silva. Does he have a chance here?

• Will Brooks looks to avenge his first defeat in years to Alex Oliveira in October against Charles Oliveira, who is making his scheduled lightweight debut after failing to make weight 4 times in the past 5 years at featherweight. UFC 210 Preview

  Brooks have only 2 loses on his resume and has 2 long winning streaks, a 10 and a 9 fight streak. Is he ready to start a new winning streak or will he experience his first ever 2 fight skid?

• In the Conor McGregor saga, there is no guarantee that he will be fighting in the UFC again. If he gets the fight with Mayweather, will he have the motivation to come back to fighting MMA?

We discuss this and much, much more on MMA Fancast! UFC 210 Preview

E24 – UFC Podcasts – Taking a look at future cards and McGregor boxing

UFC Podcasts

UFC 211 – May 13, Dallas Texas (amazing freaking card!)
Stipe vs. JDS

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade
Gabriel Benitez vs. Enrique Barzola
Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal
Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier
Sergio Pettis vs. Henry Cejudo
Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez
UFC 212 – Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 3
Jose Aldo vs. Max Holloway
Kelvin Gastulum vs. Anderson Silva

Rampage says he regrets getting involved in MMA

Yay! Hendricks is officially staying at Middleweight

McGregor vs. Mayweather talk

McGregor next UFC opponent?

Fancast Fightpass Flashback – UFC on Versus 4 – Pat Berry vs. Cheick Kongo

Introduction to next weeks special guest – James Fleming
http://triblive.com/sports/college/-topcollege/3550671-74/fleming-clarion-wrestler

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/James-Fleming-142495

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/56930-james-fleming

E23 – McGregor Mayweather becoming reality

McGregor Mayweather starting to look like it might actually happen

McGregor Mayweather has been long rumored and seemed fictitious until very recently. What is being said now that makes it seem like these two are now destined to fight?

B.J. Penn-Dennis Siver, Johny Hendricks-Tim Boetsch set for UFC Fight Night: Oklahoma City

Gracie Wants Rematch with Hughes via http://TeamStre.am by Bleacher Report  http://teamstre.am/2mtYf2n

Our Fancast Fightpass Flashback takes us to UFC 60 Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes

Bellator 180 Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen & Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione June 24

Nate Diaz blast Dana White, who says Diaz is turning down fights – McGregor Mayweather

Derrick Lewis vs. Mark Hunt fight rumored for New Zealand Card  (10th in US) 11.06.2017

UFC London card

Brad Pickett vs. Marlon Vera

Marlon Vera defeated Brad Pickett by TKO (head kick and punches), 3:50 of round 3

 

Alan Jouban vs. Gunnar Nelson

Gunnar Nelson defeated Alan Jouban by submission (guillotine), :46 of round 2

 

Jimi Manuwa vs. Corey Anderson

Jimi Manuwa defeated Corey Anderson  by KO (left hook), 3:05 of round 1

McGregor Mayweather