Bellator 90

[poopoo333]

Or maybe he should fucking wrestle like he is supposed to instead of trying to box like a fancy fucking fucker

[MMA_scientist]

Mo is a can.

[SPX]

Well let's don't go overboard.

[SPX]

Or maybe he should fucking wrestle like he is supposed to instead of trying to box like a fancy fucking fucker

I dunno . . . I don't really like putting people in boxes like that. I mean, it's MMA and I generally consider it a good thing when fighters start to round themselves out . . . strikers learning to grapple and grapplers learning to strike. You can't deny that Mo hasn't picked up some solid striking skills. He's got a lot of KO wins. If he had been too scared to strike then that wouldn't have happened.

[MMA_scientist]

I dunno . . . I don't really like putting people in boxes like that. I mean, it's MMA and I generally consider it a good thing when fighters start to round themselves out . . . strikers learning to grapple and grapplers learning to strike. You can't deny that Mo hasn't picked up some solid striking skills. He's got a lot of KO wins. If he had been too scared to strike then that wouldn't have happened.

Well the only other loss he has, he did try to wrestle, he just couldn't keep Feijao down enough. That said, he really only has 2 good wins to his credit... so I think the jury is still out on him. He has only fought 2 top 10ish guys and he is 1-1.

[SPX]

Yeah, I was going to mention that he did try to take Feijao down. If I remember correctly he was working on a single leg when he got hit in the head like a thousand times and KOd.

Like I said, I don't think he's as good as he thinks he is. He's good . . . but he's not great, at least not yet. Put him in the UFC and his success would largely depend on the matchups he was given. I mean, could you see him beating Jones or Machida? What about Gustaffson, Hendo, Rashad or Shogun?

[MMA_scientist]

I think he might be able to beat Hendo, but none of the others. I pretty much agree with you, I think he is good, but not great. I don't think he will likely improve significantly though, he is 32 and doesn't seem particularly open to new things. He is probably going to rely on wrestling, boxing, and steroids only... and I think he is pretty much at his limit.

[SPX]

Hendo, really?

Of all the guys in that list the one that seemed most likely for him to beat for me was Rashad, especially after Rashad's last performance against Lil' Nog.

[Mr. IWS]

Vera > Mo

I was really high on Mo when He first started out, but Im just tired of this fuckin guy anymore. He needs do put together a couple quality wins and shut the fuck up for awhile.

too harsh?

[SPX]

too harsh?

Maybe about the Vera part. . .

But I agree, he needs to put a run together and accomplish something before acting like he's the best in the division. Here's what I think's going to happen, write it down now: Newton is going to win the LHW tourney. Mo will then win the NEXT tourney, setting up the Mo-Newton rematch. Mo will beat him and become Bellator champ. He'll then defend it once or twice and get signed by the UFC.

With that said, would be that shocking if Newton beat him again? I don't think so.

[MMA_scientist]

Hendo, really?

Of all the guys in that list the one that seemed most likely for him to beat for me was Rashad, especially after Rashad's last performance against Lil' Nog.

I don't think he could take Rashad down, and Nog is a better striker than Mo IMO (by more than a little). I think Rashad's last fight was something of an anomaly though, due to training at his shitty Blackzilians gym (where fighters go to kill their careers). I figured he could get Hendo down and he quite a bit quicker than Hendo.

[MMA_scientist]

Maybe about the Vera part. . .

But I agree, he needs to put a run together and accomplish something before acting like he's the best in the division. Here's what I think's going to happen, write it down now: Newton is going to win the LHW tourney. Mo will then win the NEXT tourney, setting up the Mo-Newton rematch. Mo will beat him and become Bellator champ. He'll then defend it once or twice and get signed by the UFC.

With that said, would be that shocking if Newton beat him again? I don't think so.

I don't think he'll ever be in the UFC.

[SPX]

I don't think he'll ever be in the UFC.

Why not?

Marq got back in.

[MMA_scientist]

Why not?

Marq got back in.

Mo also does pro wrestling I think... I don't know. I don't think he will do that great in Bellator and the UFC won't have any interest.

[SPX]

I think he'll be Bellator champ. But we'll see. I would've said it was a lock before he lost to Newton, but now, who knows. . .

As for the pro wrestling thing, I'm not sure what's going on with that. I saw him on one episode of TNA like a month or more ago where they just introduced him. He didn't even wrestle. And I haven't seen him or even heard his name on there since. I lurk on a couple of wrestling forums and have heard that apparently the TNA creative team doesn't even really want to work with him and that it's just kind of being forced on them (or at least was).

Eric Bischoff was on the Sunday Sitdown on the SRN the other day and he also mentioned that Mo losing in Bellator presents a challenge for his character in TNA.