A heavyweight bout between Ernest James (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) and Valentin Moldavsky (7-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) will open up the main card.
Bellator 202’
Weird fight I was expecting Timothy Johnson for this one
Only for fun: Juan Espino is a celebrity in Senegal, multichampion in Senegalese Wrestling, and is training in ATT. For sure is the most strange background i see in MMA
Dewayne McQueen 1-3 vs. Alton Meeks 0-0
Man, that TUF cast is shite.
Batista is clearly the standout (forgot about him in the TUF Forum comment), Parisian is good, can't be fucked with anyone else.
Man, the AGES as well. I was hoping for some fuckin 20-something guys, even if it was beefed up LHWs. Fucking state of that cast.
I don't understand why they don't just outright sing some more guys, and give them some lower level guys like Asker, Coulter, Sherman or Hu.This is an under the radar fight. Alton Meeks is a great wrestler. He's a high school wrestling champion, D1 linebacker out of Iowa State, and competed on the Team USA World Team trials for Greco. He's only 24. This is an easy pro fight, but keep an eye on him.
It just shows they put the best guys on the Contenders Series. Juan Adams, Don'Tale Mayes, Shawn Teed, Mitchell Sipe, Jeff Hughes. Parisian and Batista are the only major blue chip guys on there, and should be huge favorites save for a flukey KO.
I think besides Asker they tried to do it with these guys and Tuivasa, Harris or Sosnovsky or even Hardy but they didn't meet expectations because defensively liable isn't a good thing to be at HW.I don't understand why they don't just outright sing some more guys, and give them some lower level guys like Asker, Coulter, Sherman or Hu.
I really do hope the contender series and TUF bring a few good ones. HW needs it desperately. But what about guys like Pavlovich, Goltsov, Goncharov etc? They should be experienced enough for a shot.I think besides Asker they tried to do it with these guys and Tuivasa, Harris or Sosnovsky or even Hardy but they didn't meet expectations because defensively liable isn't a good thing to be at HW.
They got good HWs on the Contender series though and possibly we get 2-3 good ones out of TUF...
It's a well known fact that UFC is much more likely to sign North American subpar talent than Eastern European decent one.I really do hope the contender series and TUF bring a few good ones. HW needs it desperately. But what about guys like Pavlovich, Goltsov, Goncharov etc? They should be experienced enough for a shot.
Maybe they sign Goltsov or one of Ali Abdel Aziz's guys who isn't in PFL for the Moscow event.I really do hope the contender series and TUF bring a few good ones. HW needs it desperately. But what about guys like Pavlovich, Goltsov, Goncharov etc? They should be experienced enough for a shot.