MMA talk - PFL, Bellator, KSW, ONE...

[TheNineClub]

Thinking about this lately, and I wouldn't be surprised if Triller started putting on MMA fights. I mean, they sure have the money and the chops for it. And with fighter pay always being questioned in the UFC, I would think some relatively big names would gladly transition. However, I can't seem to figure out what the end game would be in that scenario. I don't know if there's room for another promotion.

I don't think they will start anything related only to MMA fights, because there are more than enough organizations for that, but that is why they invented this new mix of combat sports.
Here is one video of triangle ring, highlights, with Rampage Jackson and other talking that Triad Combat will be serious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvh-hvC42uE

Yeah, I don't know about this triangle ring. Watching it now, it just ain't my thing, I don't see a reason for it. I get that they are trying to create something of their own, and with the landscape of MMA being kinda full, there is not much room. But I don't see this concept sticking. Again, I understand their position, but I doubt this will go anywhere far and will maybe have some followers and that's it, like M1 multi fighter matches or the armored battles.

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[tokeweed]

^  I think it’s hilarious.  Lol.

Anyway looking at the Bellator event, it really looks decent for MMA’s ‘B league’.  Could make a couple or so bets here.  At first glance I think Pettis is a decent underdog, I like Scoggins and John De Jesus could be another decent underdog, Kamaka is taking the fight on short notice and has bad cardio.  Crutchmer and Carlyle lines look decent too.

Here’s the roster for the event.

https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/83245-bellator-mma

Edit:  I didn’t realize Kamaka was cut from the UFC.

[notblox1]

At first glance I think Pettis is a decent underdog, I like Scoggins and John De Jesus could be another decent underdog, Kamaka is taking the fight on short notice and has bad cardio.  Crutchmer and Carlyle lines look decent too.

I don't understand why Pettis is considered so big underdog in this fight and odds are very good on him to win, maybe this Horiguchi is some hidden karate gem but I  never saw him fight before.
Pettis is defending the belt, he has three inch reach advantage and he won last four of his fights.
Many MMA experts are also prediction Pettis will lose this fight but lets see what happens in few hours.

[tokeweed]

^  Now I do.  Lol.  Horiguchi was owning Pettis’s ass before lucking that fluke KO.  But I’ll take it!  Lolol.  I almost regretted betting for him but a win is a win.    I hope Pettis is lined the favorite because of it.  I will def fade him if his opponent is decent.  I think there’s gonna be another grand prix for Bellator bantam weight for 2022.

Watch the replay of the main event.

https://mmacore.tv/videos/Sergio_Pettis_vs_Kyoji_Horiguchi_Full_Fight_Bellator_272_Part_A/10426710

[cygan]

since today all fights at the ksw65 gala in arena gliwice are fixed. i am looking forward to the fight of ksw legend Mamed Khalidov (41 years old) against 15 years younger Roberto Soldic (26 years old) on 18/12.

[notblox1]

Watch the replay of the main event.

People should watch this fight if they didn't do that so far, and that was amazing spinning backfist and KO victory for him, and like I said it was great odds on him so somebody earned good money.
It was full arena gone crazy and Pettis later said that was best knockout of his career.

[TheNineClub]

Edit:  I didn’t realize Kamaka was cut from the UFC.

Dude, I hadn't realized until yesterday that Kevin Lee was released from the UFC. It seems they (the ufc) are just waiting to cut someone, trigger happy they are. Anyway, heard Lee might be heading out to OneFC? That seems like a good idea. He might as well try to make a name for himself in Asia. Hope he makes a turnaround.

[notblox1]

Dude, I hadn't realized until yesterday that Kevin Lee was released from the UFC. It seems they (the ufc) are just waiting to cut someone, trigger happy they are. Anyway, heard Lee might be heading out to OneFC? That seems like a good idea. He might as well try to make a name for himself in Asia. Hope he makes a turnaround.

Yes Kevin Lee was released from UFC and it was confirmed that he is not going to Bellator, but I am not sure if he is going to sign with One Championship or maybe Triad Combat will offer him more money.
PFL is one more option but I don't even remember when they had last MMA event and there is nothing scheduled before 2022.

 

[TheNineClub]

Dude, I hadn't realized until yesterday that Kevin Lee was released from the UFC. It seems they (the ufc) are just waiting to cut someone, trigger happy they are. Anyway, heard Lee might be heading out to OneFC? That seems like a good idea. He might as well try to make a name for himself in Asia. Hope he makes a turnaround.

Yes Kevin Lee was released from UFC and it was confirmed that he is not going to Bellator, but I am not sure if he is going to sign with One Championship or maybe Triad Combat will offer him more money.
PFL is one more option but I don't even remember when they had last MMA event and there is nothing scheduled before 2022.

 

Actually, I heard that PFL is not interested in Lee? :O I don't know if that's just a rumor, but it could very well end up with him not going for an American promotion. I still hold ONE in higher regard than Bellator or PFL, but I can imagine how hard it is to travel to those fights (even though European, Asian, and South American fighters have been doing it for years). I am genuinely curious to see where he ends up.

[notblox1]

Latest MMA news are coming from PFL that announced multi-year partnership with fuboTV for Challenger Series events, and funny thing is that boxer Mike Tyson will be one of the judges.
I know Tyson was a great fighter but I don't think he knows enough about MMA rules that he can work as a judge, and other judges are some NFL players and influencers.
PFL Challenger Series is scheduled for February 2022 and fans with viewers will be able to vote for figthers:
https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/12/9/22825975/pfl-announces-multi-year-partnership-with-fubotv-for-challenger-series-events-mike-tyson

[TheNineClub]

Latest MMA news are coming from PFL that announced multi-year partnership with fuboTV for Challenger Series events, and funny thing is that boxer Mike Tyson will be one of the judges.
I know Tyson was a great fighter but I don't think he knows enough about MMA rules that he can work as a judge, and other judges are some NFL players and influencers.
PFL Challenger Series is scheduled for February 2022 and fans with viewers will be able to vote for figthers:
https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/12/9/22825975/pfl-announces-multi-year-partnership-with-fubotv-for-challenger-series-events-mike-tyson

Not just that he comes from a different discipline, but it's that he doesn't have any judging experience or training to be a judge at such a high level. I mean, he could go through the training and do his work and then judge some fights on the undercard, but I don't get what's the point to all of this. I don't get who's benefiting from this. Odd decision. But again, if they have NFL players and influencers as judges, I guess they don't care about the judging quality.

[notblox1]

One more One Championship event Winter Warriors II is starting in few days and I see some interesting fights to watch for FREE on youtube.
Main event is Danny Kingad vs Kairat Akhmetov but I never watched any of this fighters from Philippines and Kazakhstan.
I do recognize Kevin Belingon who is fighting with Won Il Kwon in co-main event, and interesting for me is lightweight category fight Vitaly Bigdash vs Rong Fan.


http://www.onefc.com/

[notblox1]

Interesting MMA news coming from Khabib Nurmagomedov but this time from his Russian based MMA organization Eagle Fighting Championship EFC .
Khabib is open to signing Tony Ferguson and Cody Garbrandt for EFC and I think that Kevin Lee already signed for him.
Next event Eagle FC 44 is going to be held in United States, Miami, Florida, with main event Sergei Kharitonov vs Tyrone Spong.

[TheNineClub]

Interesting MMA news coming from Khabib Nurmagomedov but this time from his Russian based MMA organization Eagle Fighting Championship EFC .
Khabib is open to signing Tony Ferguson and Cody Garbrandt for EFC and I think that Kevin Lee already signed for him.
Next event Eagle FC 44 is going to be held in United States, Miami, Florida, with main event Sergei Kharitonov vs Tyrone Spong.

Fuck finally Kevin Lee finds a home. Although I'd rather see him in ONE, hey, at least he won't have to travel out of the states that much. As for Kharitonov and Spong, both have similar backgrounds, but Kharitonov has so much more MMA experience, I don't think he will turn this into a kickboxing match, and I am not sure Spong has enough of MMA fights under his belt to really turn on the grappling (admittedly, Kharitonov is not a grappler per se, but he has a combat sambo background and that could be an issue for Spong)

[notblox1]

Fuck finally Kevin Lee finds a home. Although I'd rather see him in ONE, hey, at least he won't have to travel out of the states that much. As for Kharitonov and Spong, both have similar backgrounds, but Kharitonov has so much more MMA experience, I don't think he will turn this into a kickboxing match, and I am not sure Spong has enough of MMA fights under his belt to really turn on the grappling (admittedly, Kharitonov is not a grappler per se, but he has a combat sambo background and that could be an issue for Spong)

It is now official signing of Kevin Lee and Khabib Nurmagomedov team and CEO CEO Rizvan Magomedov created new 165 pound division for Eagle FC.
New signings are Rashad Evans and ex bantamweight champion Renan Barao who is fighting with Horacio Gutierrez in next EFC 44 event.
Eagle Fight Club 44 Press Conference: https://youtu.be/N4Mb7rNK7-Y

[TheNineClub]

Fuck finally Kevin Lee finds a home. Although I'd rather see him in ONE, hey, at least he won't have to travel out of the states that much. As for Kharitonov and Spong, both have similar backgrounds, but Kharitonov has so much more MMA experience, I don't think he will turn this into a kickboxing match, and I am not sure Spong has enough of MMA fights under his belt to really turn on the grappling (admittedly, Kharitonov is not a grappler per se, but he has a combat sambo background and that could be an issue for Spong)

It is now official signing of Kevin Lee and Khabib Nurmagomedov team and CEO CEO Rizvan Magomedov created new 165 pound division for Eagle FC.
New signings are Rashad Evans and ex bantamweight champion Renan Barao who is fighting with Horacio Gutierrez in next EFC 44 event.
Eagle Fight Club 44 Press Conference: https://youtu.be/N4Mb7rNK7-Y

Ok, that's cool. Wasn't there talk about Diego Sanchez fighting for Eagle? I mean, maybe Diego should firstly sort out some things in his head before fighting again, but maybe that's a possibility. Khabig took a page out of uncle Dana's book and is firing on all cylinders. But the real business will start when and if relevant top fighters start transitioning from UFC to Eagle. Lee is a good catch, but more top names are needed.

[tokeweed]

Dunno...  Kevin Lee could be thrown to the wolves imo.  The Dagestani wolves.  

Seriously tho, of what purpose is Kevin Lee gonna be in Eagle FC except to have Russian bros build there names by beating a once upon a time UFC contender.  I mean smart move by Khabib but Kevin Lee will be nothing more than a stepping stool.  I hope he got paid well.

[bittraffic]

Dunno...  Kevin Lee could be thrown to the wolves imo.  The Dagestani wolves.  

Seriously tho, of what purpose is Kevin Lee gonna be in Eagle FC except to have Russian bros build there names by beating a once upon a time UFC contender.  I mean smart move by Khabib but Kevin Lee will be nothing more than a stepping stool.  I hope he got paid well.

Most probably just like that stool. It does look like they are making it a grand promotion in Maimi with Kevin Lee vs Khabib but after that, they are just lining up fighters who are not around for some time like Evans and Barao. Tyrone Spong is good though, he is a boxer and I think he can really show an entertaining fight.

This guy Tawil mentioned in the conference about metaverse and NFT https://youtu.be/N4Mb7rNK7-Y?t=1498 Can we also expect crypto.com shirt there?

[notblox1]

Triad Combat is planning return in February with their new main event Kubrat "The Cobra" Pulev vs Junior Dos Santos (former UFC Heavyweight Champion).
Other fight is Vitor Belfort is former UFC light heavyweight champion, Chad Dawson is former boxing champion, and they will fight in seven round cruiserweight fight.
Third fight is Shannon Briggs (Boxing) vs Quinton Rampage Jackson (former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion).
https://trillerfightclub.com/triller-fight-club-announces-triad-combat-ii

[yazher]

Triad Combat is planning return in February with their new main event Kubrat "The Cobra" Pulev vs Junior Dos Santos (former UFC Heavyweight Champion).
Other fight is Vitor Belfort is former UFC light heavyweight champion, Chad Dawson is former boxing champion, and they will fight in seven round cruiserweight fight.
Third fight is Shannon Briggs (Boxing) vs Quinton Rampage Jackson (former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion).
https://trillerfightclub.com/triller-fight-club-announces-triad-combat-ii

This is a good fight since those fighters are long gone in the UFC, we have a chance to see them back. though they are not in their primal form, we can assure that they will give a good fight since they've been known to be great fighters in their time, especially Rampage. I remember watching him beat his opponents when I was a kid. It's was such a great time back then. Now I might cheer for him and it might be his last fight.