For Bellator, what is the worst possible outcome of the tournament?

[orangecuse]

Huge Fedor fan him winning IMO would be worst for. He'd retire IMO. It would make their HW belt a paper title. And we can be honest Fedor isn't really a draw to the US TV viewing audience.

 

[Franklin U.]

Let's humor the MMA gods and pretend there won't be any injuries or alternates.

Given the current fighters and match-ups what is the worst case scenario?

Bracket A:
- Rampage/Sonnen
- Fedor/Mir

Bracket B:
- Mitrione/Nelson
- Bader/Mo

Gotta give Coker and company credit here-- I really don't see any bad finals in a tournament where most mma fans are familiar with everyone. I this doing solid ratings.
Obviously if you can wave a magic wand and Fedor wakes up as a 31 year old....... this would suffice the MMA world but that's not happening.

 

[DesiredUserName]

none of the above picks are absolutely the worse.
But choose one of them and have it take forever like the Strikeforce Tourney and then you have a possible answer.

 

[tithas]

Nelson/mo worst case scenario, Mo is a 185er and Nelson is a UFC reject

Fedor winning would be best

Sonnen sells fights

Bader a two weight champ would be good

Meathead would make champ being fun to watch

Mir and rampage both legends.

Only Mo or Nelson winning would really suck for them but don’t give either much chance

Fedor winning would not be the best because he is not a draw. The best case is Uncle Chael winning it or Rampage. Guys who actually draw a little.

 

[Literally Bricked]

Mo winning the whole thing.

 

[JacJeanFinger]

north korea drops a nuclear bomb on the arena.

I don't think NK can reach US mainland with their propeller controlled ICBM. but I agree that the worst case scenario for Belltor would be something related politics and Athletic commissions.

 

[007]

Sonnen vs Mo
or somone like Lashley has to step in versus Mo or Sonnen

 

[FKA]

SONNEN wins is worst case...

A bloated Mw with zero striking wins a HW tourney.

 

[Poser Caust]

A no name alternate wins and doesn't become the next Daniel Cormier

 

[lukeuidswords]

Phil Davis replacement winning, probably

 

[Kingz]

Shael

They can work with just about any outcome except Shael somehow winning

 

[Phrozenspite]

tourney falls apart and somehow bigfoot silva ends up winning it as an alternate

 

[rob mafia]

worst possible outcome? probably something like a supervolcanic eruption, gamma rays, or a mega tsunami. probably roy nelson eating the entire world's food supply and causing a global famine.

 

[Kassitus]

King Mo vs Rampage in the finals with another boring fight with Mo winning with LnP. Wouldnt be too surprising either.

 

[qw3rty]

Bracket A:
- Rampage/Sonnen: Sonnen LnP on Page for three rounds, boring 30-27 victory, crowd boo
- Fedor/Mir: Mir put a Mitrione on Fedor, fight end by KO in under 20 secs

Bracket B:
- Mitrione/Nelson: Nelson subs Mitrione with some lucky movement in under a minute
- Bader/Mo: Mo runs the entire fights, gets a TD in the last seconds of every round and win 30-27, crowd boo

Semifinals:
- Sonnen/Mir: 16:1 TRT Sonnen wrestlefuck Mir for 15 mins, 30-25 victory, crowd boo
- Nelson/Mo: Staring contest for three rounds, Mo gets the nod only for octagon control. 30-27, crowd boo

Final:
- Sonnen/Mo: They hug for 25 mins, in the clinch, on the ground, basically zero striking exchanges

 

[qw3rty]

Bracket A:
- Rampage/Sonnen: Sonnen LnP on Page for three rounds, boring 30-27 victory, crowd boo
- Fedor/Mir: Mir put a Mitrione on Fedor, fight end by KO in under 20 secs

Bracket B:
- Mitrione/Nelson: Nelson subs Mitrione with some lucky movement in under a minute
- Bader/Mo: Mo runs the entire fights, gets a TD in the last seconds of every round and win 30-27, crowd boo

Semifinals:
- Sonnen/Mir: 16:1 TRT Sonnen wrestlefuck Mir for 15 mins, 30-25 victory, crowd boo
- Nelson/Mo: Staring contest for three rounds, Mo gets the nod only for octagon control. 30-27, crowd boo

Final:
- Sonnen/Mo: They hug for 25 mins, in the clinch, on the ground, basically zero striking exchanges
Crowd boo every minute of the fight. It look like Mo will get the victory but judges give the
SD to Sonnen. Crowd boo again. Sonnen challenges Anderson Silva for the Bellator's GP belt

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Anyone other than Mitrione winning. Absolute worst would be one of the non-heavyweights winning especially Chael who is an over the hill middleweight.

 

[Persuadertron]

If Chael and Fedor meet during this tournament and Chael somehow wins...mother of God.

Only Rory MacDonald versus Shane Carwin could make it alright.

 

[Snuc3315]

worst outcome is lots of pullouts, delays, and then injuries to alternates such that guys who lost stay in the tournament.

 

[ticho123]

SONNEN wins is worst case...

A bloated Mw with zero striking wins a HW tourney.

That would actually be pretty cool