Bellator 36

[poopoo333]

Rob McCullough (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Rob-McCullough-2288) vs. Patricky Freire (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Patricky-Freire-38544)
Carey Vanier (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Carey-Vanier-18541) vs. Lloyd Woodard (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Lloyd-Woodard-39690)
Marcin Held (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Marcin-Held-47065) vs. Michael Chandler (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Michael-Chandler-50829)
Ferrid Kheder (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Ferrid-Kheder-2098) vs. Toby Imada (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Toby-Imada-514)

[MMA_scientist]

Starting points:

Freire is the brother of Patricio Pitbull. His only loss is the the unrelated former Shooto champ and current UFC fighter Williamy Freire. I think he will give Rob all he can handle, and probably then some.

Vanier/Woodard: Vanier is a DII wrestler with decent standup skills. Woodard was supposedly a beast of HS wrestler, but started training directly in MMA after HS. Probably a risky fight to bet but will depend on the line.

Held/Chandler: Chandler is a D1 AA wrestler, trains out of Xtreme Couture. Should be very very tough. Held is a bjj stylist and is supposed to be pretty good on the ground. He hasn't fought American wrestlers though. I will be interested in the line here, as it should be a grappler/grappler matchup, but Chandler should have the option of forcing a standup fight.

Kheder/Imada: Kheder is an olympic judoka. Imada is the submission guy. Should be a good fight, but I have no idea what will happen here.

[edman5555]

Imada is that guy who had the inverted triangle choke that was submission of the year for everyone.

[poopoo333]

http://www.bestfightodds.com/events/368.png (http://www.bestfightodds.com)

[MMA_scientist]

Held and Friere have value IMO. I am going to look hard at Woodard, Vanier could be playable at that line.

[SPX]

I hate it when I get fighters confused.

Toby Imada is not Joe Soto.

[Svino]

Whoops. Kheder out, Josh Shockley in.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/22799/ferrid-kheder-refuses-to-weigh-in-josh-shockley-enters-bellators-lightweight-tournament.mma

[SPX]

Goddamn.

Well I guess I get to stop stressing over my 5u bet on Imada. That kind of sucks too, because I really thought Imada should win.

[poopoo333]

Chandler is a powerhouse.

[Svino]

Damn. Vanier got caught.

[Vandelay]

looks like he tore something in his left knee

[Ludo]

Anyone have a link?

[Svino]

http://www.vipstand.me/watch/23507/1/bellator-fighting-championships-36.html

[poopoo333]

Bellator 37 looks great...can't wait.


Oh wait, I'll be watching UFC 128 at Buffalo Wild Wings god damnit

[Ludo]

Thank, Svino. Your a gentleman and a scholar.

[SPX]

War Imada

[Svino]

Purple-haired kid's got moves.

[SPX]

Damn, Razor.

Kick his ass, bro.

[Vandelay]

frieire is a kickboxing and boxing champ?

[Svino]

Razor's gonna pull this one out, I bet.

[SPX]

Well I'll be damned. Razor's made something of a comeback.

I have it 1-1.

[Vandelay]

razor rob take the rd or did the td steal it?

[SPX]

razor rob take the rd or did the td steal it?

He didn't do much with the takedown and Razor reversed it. I think he definitely took the round.

[poopoo333]

frieire is a kickboxing and boxing champ?

He doesn't seem like a conditioning champ

[Svino]

And Freire probably deserved a 10-8 in rnd. 1, but won't get it.

[SPX]

Fucking gay.

[poopoo333]

haha wow, holy shit. I was just telling myself I was happy for staying away from Freire.

[Svino]

Oops, guess I was wrong.

[Vandelay]

well freire is way better standing than i thought he would be.

[Svino]

Is he going to fight Imada next?

[zY|]

First time I've ever said this, but it's lame not having MTV2.

[poopoo333]

Is he going to fight Imada next?

No, he gets Chandler.

[MMA_scientist]

Those Friere brothers are some tough ass little midgets. I met Patricio in Louisville when my teammate fought on the same card, super super nice guy and he really does look like a midget, he is like 5'2 or so... Patricky looks like he is almost as good as Patricio... I wonder if his takedown defense is as good as Patricio's (Patricio outwrestled world champ Joe Warren for a round). If so, he is going to win that tournament.

[edman5555]

I figured he would win but no bet.

[poopoo333]

Nevermind, I guess it's Imada/Freire and Chandler/Woodard. Chandler will probably beat Woodard. Chandler seems like a way better wrestler then Vanier, and also has the athletic/power edge imo