Bellator 88

[poopoo333]

MAIN (Spike TV, 10 p.m. ET)


Maiquel Falcao (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/maiquel-falcao) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alexander-shlemenko) - for vacant middleweight title
Marlon Sandro (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/marlon-sandro) vs. Akop Stepanyan (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/akop-stepanyan) - featherweight tournament opening round
Mitch Jackson (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mitch-jackson) vs. Mike Richman (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/mike-richman) - featherweight tournament opening round
Fabricio Guerreiro (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/fabricio-de-assis-costa-da-silva) vs. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/magomedrasul-khasbulaev) - featherweight tournament opening round

PRELIMINARY (Spike.com, 8 p.m. ET)


Alexandre Bezerra (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/alexandre-popo-bezerra) vs. Genair da Silva (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/genair-da-silva) - featherweight tournament opening round
George Hickman (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/george-hickman) vs. Stephen Upchurch (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/stephen-upchurch)
Clay Harvison (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/clay-harvison) vs. Ururahy Rodrigues (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/ururahy-rodrigues)
Kelvin Tiller (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/kelvin-tiller) vs. Dave Vitkay (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/dave-vitkay)
Shane Crenshaw (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/shane-crenshaw) vs. Ronnie Rogers (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/ronnie-rogers)
Jerrid Burke (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/jerrid-burke) vs. Joe Elmore (http://www.mmajunkie.com/fighters/joe-elmore)

[edman5555]

When is this?

[poopoo333]

Thursday

[SPX]

Thoughts on Falcao/Schlemenko?

[poopoo333]

I like the Russian

[edman5555]

Faclao is good but that russians record is pretty damn impressive.

[mike]

i need to watch some vids on these guys. which fight should i be looking at?

[poopoo333]

http://www.bestfightodds.com/events/641.png (http://www.bestfightodds.com)

[SPX]

Surprised to see Falcao such a large underdog.

[zY|]

Yeah it's 2 guys with big gaudy records who haven't really fought anyone.

Btw Shlemenko's wiki page is pretty funny; he clearly wrote itself with all of the superfluous embellishments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shlemenko

[edman5555]

Is it me or does Falcao gas? I think he has a bit of a layoff coming into this one.

[poopoo333]

I really don't see any of the favorites on the main card losing.

[SPX]

I still remember Falcao making Gerald Harris--a good, solid fighter--look like a damn fool. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if he just goes out there and fucks Schlemenko up.

[poopoo333]

I see Falcao doing OK in rounds 1 and 2 and then fading.

[SPX]

Could be. I probably do favor Schlemenko. But the odds are too high.

[edman5555]

I see Falcao doing OK in rounds 1 and 2 and then fading.

Yeeah same here. He could win though.

[edman5555]

Mitch jackson is a good collegiTe wrestler. He might be worth a play.

[SPX]

Sandro gonna win?

[edman5555]

I think so. His opponent isn't bad though.

[SPX]

Glad Sandro won, but I'm really not sure he deserved it. That first round maybe should've gone to the Russian.

[trotterz]

Glad Sandro won, but I'm really not sure he deserved it. That first round maybe should've gone to the Russian.

There is no way that sandro won that first round. The fight was clearly a ftaw in my opinion because of the point deduction in the second round

[SPX]

Yeah, probably so. The Russian was working him on the feet before Sandro got two takedowns that he didn't do anything with.

[edman5555]

He wasnt really working him on the feet in the first round. He threw a lot of flashy kicks that missed. They looked good but I don't think they did any damage.

[SPX]

He landed a lot of punches, too.