Bellator 90

[edman5555]

Yeah I know. It keeps happening. I almost bet mo last night. Between him and overeem I would have been pissed.

[MMA_scientist]

Yeah I know. It keeps happening. I almost bet mo last night. Between him and overeem I would have been pissed.

It has only happened to me one time, Rich Clementi vs a no name in Bellator. I was super pissed. If I had Overeem, I would have been insane with rage. It is one thing to do it at 155, you dont stand in front of a 280 pound man and beg him to punch you in the face. These guys all think they are Roy Jones Jr. after a couple KO's. Overeem is not particularly fast and neither is Mo... I have no idea why they box with their hands down. I guess they think it looks cool.

[edman5555]

Aaron Derrow. I had like 12u on Clementi. Same shit, I'll never forget. I guess I just have to learn my lesson. Don't bet big on Heavyweights. Also I wont bother taking Mo lawal as a 12 to 1 favorite. As I saw this I am thinking about taking Ronda Rousey. God I suck.

[poopoo333]

Rousey is smart, she won't fight like a moron.

[edman5555]

Yes. I put .33u on her by tko/ko.

[zY|]

A few thoughts. . .

1. A friend of mine who was watching at home says he definitely thinks he saw me in the crowd. I need to download that shit and check it out.

2. LOLOLOL @ King Mo! I was sitting there telling my friend that the line on Mo was -1100 and that it would be amazing is Newton wins and then Newton knocked him the fuck out. You know Bjorn is pissed.

3. There's definitely a different look and feel to the whole thing when you're there. It was cool, though. I'd go again. But I also got the sense of how small Bellator really is, even though they're like the 2nd most important MMA org in the world right now. Like half of the arena was curtained off and even the half that was actively being used was only about half full.

Yeah, they are definitely small shows. They are all about the TV product, I guess. Hence all the small markets and strange venues.

As for Mo, I was pretty much waiting for that to happen after his last fight and the way he was fighting this one. Not with a spinning back fist, of course, but I'm not surprised at all that he got knocked out. In fact, I don't think any of us in chat were, BOL.

		02-21-13 10:17 PM	<poopoo333>	he just acted like he was a stud boxer
		02-21-13 10:17 PM	<poopoo333>	it's what cost him the feijao fight too
		02-21-13 10:17 PM	<poopoo333>	really not surprised though like you guys said
		02-21-13 10:16 PM	<zY|>	Mo is frustrating to watch.
		02-21-13 10:16 PM	<poopoo333>	i quit bellator
		02-21-13 10:16 PM	<poopoo333>	ruined my parlay
		02-21-13 10:16 PM	<poopoo333>	yeah
		02-21-13 10:12 PM	<Vandelay>	holds his own with the world class boxers in the gym...ok
		02-21-13 10:11 PM	<zY|>	I know. You are a wrestler. Put your fucking hands up
		02-21-13 10:10 PM	<Vandelay>	he was getting tagged quite a bit before that
		02-21-13 10:10 PM	<zY|>	Needs to quit being cute and thinking he's mayweather
		02-21-13 10:09 PM	<zY|>	Spinning backfist was crazy, but I'm not surprised he got knocked out.
		02-21-13 10:09 PM	<zY|>	Lol he took like an hour to fall down
		02-21-13 10:08 PM	<Vandelay>	k1 my ass
		02-21-13 10:08 PM	<zY|>	Oh wow

[SPX]

Yeah, they are definitely small shows. They are all about the TV product, I guess. Hence all the small markets and strange venues.

It really felt more like a regional show. In some ways I think that was kind of cool though. We had the cheapest seats but because of the small crowd they were still pretty good.

As for Mo, I was pretty much waiting for that to happen after his last fight and the way he was fighting this one. Not with a spinning back fist, of course, but I'm not surprised at all that he got knocked out. In fact, I don't think any of us in chat were, BOL.

I didn't know much about Newton, but he seemed cool on the promo video. I cheered pretty damn hard when he won. I (almost) always love a good upset.

[SPX]

Oh, another note:

When Rad Martinez lost, 75% of the crowd IMMEDIATELY began filing out. I know he was the local guy, but I was still a little disappointed by that. There was a small core group who was respectful enough to clap for the Russian and wait for his post-fight interview, but most people just got the fuck out.

And the number of people who were still in their seats when the swing bout went down after the main event? Like . . . maybe 20. Seriously.

[zY|]

How much were your seats?

[SPX]

Like $50.

[Svino]

I didn't know much about Newton, but he seemed cool on the promo video. I cheered pretty damn hard when he won.

So did Newton. I LOL'd when he jumped up and down so much he lost his balance and stumbled back into the ref.

[SPX]

Yeah, that shit was hilarious.

[SPX]

Recent comments from King Mo. . .

“I didn’t take nothing from it, man,” Lawal said, “worse shit happens. It’s not like the dude thought, ‘Alright, I’m going to throw a one-two-three- spinning back fist.’ The mother****** had his back turned and was scared, so he threw that spinning back fist because he didn’t know where the f*** I was at, and it landed. You know what I’m saying, camp went good, trained hard for him, it’s not like he was setting that thing up the whole time, he just threw that s*** out the blue. S*** lands sometimes, you know what I’m saying? If it’s a rematch, 99% of the time, I’m going to win that fight. The dude knew it, he knew it, that’s why he was so shocked when it landed. It is what it is, you know what I’m saying, I ain’t take nothing from it. I’m not going to change shit that I do. S*** happens, know what I’m saying, so I’m just going to be more aware of spinning s*** that I don’t see, make sure I see it.”

“Striking is striking, training is training,” he said in response to questions about his preparation. “Not many people throw spinning back fists in training because people get hurt from it. You don’t see spinning back fists… in Showtime because people get hurt from it, you don’t throw it. In K-1, how many times do you see it? How many spinning back fists have you ever seen? How many people throw spinning back fists? Cung Le is one, Shonie Carter, and that’s about it…. [Emanuel Newton] wasn’t outlanding me, I was outlanding him. He didn’t test me with nothing really, I was testing him. He was switching and going backwards, we threw a combo, an exchange; he had his back turned to me, I thought he was running away, and he threw a spinning back fist. People want to make a bigger deal about it, that’s the way it is, you know what I’m saying? People win, people lose. In a rematch, that s*** wouldn’t happen. If you watch the fight, the dude was like, ‘well, I looked over my shoulder.’ Mother****** you didn’t look over your damn shoulder, you threw that s*** out of fear. Because when you throw a spinning back fist, and you know you’re going to throw it, you’re going to throw like Shonie Carter did. You’re going to throw it like Cung Le throws it. They set that s*** up, they throw it, boom boom boom, they set it up. He just threw that s*** because he was scared and he had his back turned. It is what it is, you know what, good for him it landed. It landed, good for him. But that’s a one-time thing. It’s not going to land on nobody else.”

[Mr. IWS]

Y he mad tho?

Cause he Queen Mo?

You already know.....

[SPX]

BOL

I'll say this shit, we probably all know there's some truth to what he says, but he also sounds like a sore loser who's probably not as good of a fighter as he thinks he is.