Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull II

September 5, 2014

Uncasville, CT (Mohegan Sun Arena)

 

Bellator Featherweight Championship: Pat Curran © (144.75) vs. Patricio Freire (145) (first defense) - Freire, DEC (unanimous)

Muhammad Lawal (202.5) vs. Dustin Jacoby (203.75) - Lawal, TKO (punches), R2 (1:13)

Tamdan McCrory (184) vs. Brennan Ward (186) - McCrory, KO (punches), R1 (0:21)

Bobby Lashley (248) vs. Josh Burns (262.75) - Lashley, SUB (rear naked choke), R2 (3:54)

Cheick Kongo (238) vs. Lavar Johnson (249.75) - Kongo, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (3:27)
 

Spike.com Preliminary Card:
Perry Filkins (186) vs. Dan Cramer (185) - Cramer, DEC (unanimous)

Scott Cleve (145.5) vs. Matt Bessette (146) - Cleve, DEC (unanimous)
Mike Wessel (253.75) vs. Josh Diekmann (242) - Diekmann, KO (punches), R1 (0:47)
Steve Garcia (135) vs. Kin Moy (135) - Garcia, DEC (split)
Marvin Maldonado (134.25) vs. Rico DiSciullo (135.5) - DiSciullo, DEC (unanimous)
 

Untelevised Preliminary Card:

Philipe Martins (144) vs. Pete Rogers (146) - Rogers, KO (punches), R1 (0:11)
Brandon Fleming (136) vs. Blair Tugman (136) - Tugman, DEC (unanimous)
Mike Mucitelli (204) vs. Mark Griffin (204) - Mucitelli, SUB (armbar), R1 (0:37)

 

Rating: 777,000

 

Cancelled Bouts:

James Irvin vs. Brennan Ward - Bout Nixed

Muhammad Lawal vs. Tom DeBlass - Injury to DeBlass (Knee)

Muhammad Lawal vs. Marcus Sursa - Injury to Sursa
Lucas Cruz vs. Andrew Calandrelli - Bout Nixed

Those hoping for the day when a promo features the announcer saying "dick riding" can now cross that off your list.

That Stephan Bonnar thing tonight with the masked man and "drug addict" remarks has to be one of the worst attempts at trying to bring pro wrestling to MMA since well that phony brawl between Cormier and Jones a month or so ago.

 

And is knowing that the masked guy was Justin McCully before they told us something that someone with an average MMA IQ should have a clue about  

That show was really fun. I kinda like Bellator turning into a wacky American Japanese promotion. 

MMA needs more pro wrestling. UFC is the WWE of MMA, but carries itself like ROH. Bellator is the TNA of American MMA, but is taking pages right out of WWE- we will see how it goes. Stephan Bonnar for the first time ever in his entire career- actually made me give a shit about what he is saying/doing.

This was such a hilarious show. You've got the TNA World Champion in a fight with pro wrestling clips used to hype it, Mo being wacky, and the Bonnar-Ortiz angle to get the eyeballs there, and the great main event to keep them. Shame the goofiness overshadowed it, but it was an entertaining way to spend two hours.

 

 

 

 

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MMA needs more pro wrestling. UFC is the WWE of MMA, but carries itself like ROH. Bellator is the TNA of American MMA, but is taking pages right out of WWE- we will see how it goes. Stephan Bonnar for the first time ever in his entire career- actually made me give a shit about what he is saying/doing.

That entire fiasco was a mess and the exact opposite of what MMA needs.

I think its fine to emulate some of pro-wrestling's spectacle for MMA or combat sports.

However, what Bellator MMA did was like watching a bad episode of Impact Wrestling with Russo booking.

PRIDE was excellent at emulating some pro-wrestling spectacles.

Bellator not so much.

That Stephan Bonnar thing tonight with the masked man and "drug addict" remarks has to be one of the worst attempts at trying to bring pro wrestling to MMA 

Or the best. I have no emotional or intellectual ties to Bellator, so I'm fine with them being ridiculous. Any 'Tito has a massive head' remarks will win me over. Bonnar is so the superior shit-talking Jones/Silva prey compared to Sonnen. 

MMA needs more pro wrestling. UFC is the WWE of MMA, but carries itself like ROH. Bellator is the TNA of American MMA, but is taking pages right out of WWE- we will see how it goes. Stephan Bonnar for the first time ever in his entire career- actually made me give a shit about what he is saying/doing.

 

No. Just, no.