epwar Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 According to Tristen Critchfield, the mystery UFC 178 fight is Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez. It should be noted that Alvarez was not present for the Bellator Dave and Buster's NYC media appearance yesterday. While a great fight, LOL @ Meltzer saying it would add a huge amount of buys for the PPV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I believe that was what someone told Meltzer and not what Meltzer actually was saying. I don't think he actually knew what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Well, whoever said it was doing crazy talk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 According to Tristen Critchfield, the mystery UFC 178 fight is Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez. It should be noted that Alvarez was not present for the Bellator Dave and Buster's NYC media appearance yesterday. While a great fight, LOL @ Meltzer saying it would add a huge amount of buys for the PPV. It definitely isn't a fight that will add that many PPV buys on its own. I mean if people who were on the fence of ordering this PPV it might push them over and convince them to go through with the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 From the Observer radio show, the rumor is UFC is essentially buying out Eddie's contract. Meltzer is a bit skeptical about that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Peace offering from Scott Coker perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Cerrone vs. Alvarez seems like the winner of that will be fighting the Pettis/Melendez winner, especially with Khabib being on the shelf for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Peace offering from Scott Coker perhaps? I saw Helwani and Gross bring up the whole Shields/SF/Coker thing and that made me think for a sec. What upside is there for Alvarez staying in Bellator? So if there is any truth to the speculation, I would assume it is more of a direction move than a peace offering. This ain't a 1980s wrestling territory where Eddie Alvarez has to put someone over on his way out. Chandler and Brooks are their guys in the lightweight division for the foreseeable future. Why would you try to mess up that situation even further with Rebney gone? If you want to define what the direction is going forward, this would be the time. It would be stupid letting Brooks or Chandler fight Eddie knowing what's going on behind the scenes contractually. It would be so bush league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Plus if Alvarez were to beat Brooks on his way out the door, you would have a vacant title situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That's kind of what already happened though. If this is legit, Alvarez has already beaten your champion going out the door, remember. Brooks won a fake interim title that was made because Alvarez got a concussion. So Bellator matched up Brooks, the tournament winner, against Chandler the former champion because they desperately needed a title fight for the PPV. So I guess, they don't want Bellator to look more bush league than it already does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I don't think that really matters. The person that pays close enough attention to Bellator to know and understand the title situation between Alvarez, Chandler, and Brooks aren't going to say "this is bullshit, this title means nothing, I'm not watching this anymore." That person is going to watch anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 You could be right, but I was just pointing out to Lethal Striker that if they let Alvarez leave now, he already beat the champion going out the door and the had to do a vacant title situation as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Y'all are talking about the same company that just let Askren walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 a year from now, nobody will still be talking about Brooks/Chandler/whoever not having the "real" belt. unless there's been no defenses or something. a title belt is valued by defending against top contenders. if that happens going forward, then this new one IS the "real" belt. nobody says Jon Jones isn't the real champion because he didn't beat Frank Shamrock, who never lost the LHW belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Brandon Thatch broke his toe and has to pull out of his fight with Jordan Mein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Nooooo! Damn it, that is one I was looking forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 It should be noted that Jordan Mein vs. TBA started out as Brandon Thatch vs. Thiago Alves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 MMAjunkie @MMAjunkie 1m John Moraga vs. Justin Scoggins added to UFC Fight Night 50 in September http://dlvr.it/6VXXBg via @MMAjunkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Well, whoever said it was doing crazy talk. It was Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Well. That happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubtingELDANDY Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Hate to say it, but those punches looked fake as hell. As did Cormier kicking air while being restrained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epwar Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 *insert "It's still real to me, dammit!" guy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Bobby Green vs. Abel Trujillo has now morphed into Gray Maynard vs. Ross Pearson. Bangor getting those fights from 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalStriker Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Fabricio Camoes is being moved to an entirely different card now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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