Missed the First Bellator Show?

by Luke Thomas on Apr 8, 2009 10:19 AM EDT in News Comment 6 comments

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Postings of Bellator’s first show begin Wednesday at 7 a.m. EST on Bellator.com. No information is currently available on if all the fights will air but they are expected to be posted as individual fights as opposed to a standard webcast.

These videos are taken from April 3rd’s [live] show which aired in Spanish on ESPN Deportes April 4th. The commentary will be in English.

These videos are not to be confused with April 10th’s show from Mohegan Sun in CT which will air April 11th on ESPN Deportes and as segments on Bellator.com next Wednesday.

To that end, one programming note: Chris Nelson will be live at the Mohegan Sun this Friday to live blog the show for the site. And in the FanPosts, Leland Rolling wonders if the quick turn around within the tournament format is going to come back to haunt Bellator's efforts.

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it was a good debut. were matched done random (doubt it)? if not, some of the guys were clearly seeded to advance (gotta do what you gotta do to build the brand). i’m looking forward to masdival and alvarez throwing down. the fights were all entertaining though.

Gatti. Dekkers. Pele. Aoki. Kang. Vanderlei.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Apr 8, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

spoiler alert : it sucked

by dt3 on Apr 8, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You’re crazy.

by Chris Nelson on Apr 8, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL, you should probably find a new sport to watch then.

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by Leland Roling on Apr 8, 2009 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Exactly!

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 8, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll probably avoid spoilers and wait till these come out next time. I caught the Deportes show and I’m fluent in Spanish but I just enjoyed this one more. Anik and Chambers did a pretty good job here. Don’t know what dt3 is talking about. Great first show for them, some good fights here. Hopefully the next show at the Mohegan Sun will have better attendance for them.

Side Notes:

I wish these would be released on Sunday morning instead of Wed. Thats a pretty long time to have to wait for an english version.

EA Sports is sponsering fighters now? Interesting! I saw it on Alverez’ shorts and his cage banner.

Not that many sponsers for Bellator on their canvas. I’m not surprised to see Ford got in on the Sponsor action for Bellator as Ford is a very popular brand among Latinos.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 8, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs