Bellator XXI - Live Results and Commentary
by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 11, 2010 8:54 AM EDT
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As with every major show, BloodyElbow.com will be here to bring you live results and commentary for Bellator XXI. The live blog will start with the beginning of the FSN broadcast (at 8PM ET) so make sure to make Bloody Elbow your home for this event.
As always we have our one rule: NO SPOILERS! In the interest of not ruining anything from the undercard that may make the broadcast we ask that you do not discuss the results of the undercard in the comments until either the broadcast ends or the fight makes the air.
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A note: Results are below the fold. Please be aware that while I'll not spoil the live results on the front page, we will not be waiting to talk about the results on the front page. There will likely be multiple articles on the night's action up by tomorrow.
Mike Hayes vs. Steve Banks - Round 1 -Hayes trying to circle while the bigger man stalks him. Big leg kick from Banks. Banks with some bully moves to push Hayes around and do a little damage with a right hand. Hayes coming up short with the right hand. More leg kicks from Banks. Hayes is having a lot of trouble with the size here. Banks keeps going back to the leg kicks and now misses with the head kick. Banks just keeps landing the leg kicks and Hayes can't really get the right range to land his hands. Finally a right hand from Hayes as the round ends. 10-9 Banks on my card. Round 2 - Hayes finally lands a nice left hand early in the second round. Hayes is doing a much nicer job getting inside this round but Banks is doing some work in the clinch. Big leg kick from Banks seemed to bother Hayes. Banks just keeps going back to the leg, it's very good work but he's starting to gas now. Banks went for a takedown but couldn't finish it. Hayes landing a nice flurry here and Banks is too tired to do anything to defend. Hayes drives through a takedown and he's on top now. Banks is avoiding punishment so far. The round ends right as Hayes gets to mount. 10-9 round for Hayes and I've got it even going into the third with Banks badly gassing. Round 3 - Head kick lands for Banks. Leg kick now. Right hand for Hayes. More work to the legs by Banks but Hayes lands two solid punches. Solid right hand for Hayes and a few body shots to follow. Banks with a nice elbow from the clinch. Hayes is controlling the positioning of the round so far and that's probably got him ahead halfway through the round. Flurry of punches from Hayes now. Right hand by Banks. Hayes with a takedown now with a little over a minute left in the fight. The round ends and it was 10-9 Hayes for a rather disappointing 29-28 win on my scorecard. Official Scorecards: 29-28 across the board for Mike Hayes. Mike Hayes wins by unanimous decision.
Megumi Fujii vs. Sarah Schneider - Round 1 - Left hand from Schneider lands but not hard. Now Fujii with the takedown. Body triangle from Schneider from the bottom. Fujii picks her up and slams her back down and the ref stands them up. Flurry of punches from Fujii and then Sarah tries a spinning backfist and Fujii dives under for the takedown. Now to mount. Schneider manages to survive back into guard. Schneider back to the body triangle and Fujii beats her up a little to get it released. The round ends and it was a pretty clear 10-9 Fujii round. Round 2- Schneider tries to take the back and get a choke in but Fujii ends up on top in her guard. Big punches from Fujii and she keeps working. Ref stands them up, and they go right back to the ground. Fujii spending the entire round on top doing a little damage and getting yelled at by the ref for not working enough. 10-9 Fujii. Round 3- Schneider throws some punches early but nothing much comes of it. Takedown from Fujii. Fujii in side control and now full mount. The ref tells her to work pretty much the second she gets mount. Fujii wins by TKO after unloading punch after punch with Schneider unable to escape. Megumi Fujii wins by TKO (punches), round 3.
Pat Curran vs. Toby Imada - Round 1 - Leg kicks early from Curran. Right hand counter by Imada. Right hand by Curran and now a few punches in return from Imada. Imada pushes him against the cage now and he's looking to get it to the ground. Imada working knees to the body and leg from the clinch. Inside trip by Imada and Curran scrambles back to standing. More knees to the legs in the clinch by Imada. Left hook from Curran spins Imada and now they're back to distance. The round ends and I'd probably give it to Imada based on control. Round 2 - Hard two punch combo early for Curran. Now a good body kick. Again Imada with a takedown and again Curran just stands right back up. They're clinched up against the cage again and Imada is going back to the knees to the legs. The ref restarts them and Imada continues trying to push forward. Both men landing leg kicks now. Right hand lands for Curran. Nice leg kick from Curran. Right hand lands for Imada and now a combination. 10-9 Imada again. Curran needs to finish to win on my card. Round 3 - Imada continues to force him to walk backward which is throwing Curran off. Right hand lands har for Imada. Right hand lands for Curran on the inside but for some reason Curran doesn't follow up. Imada is cut now. Imada shoots in and can't get the takedown. Curran keeps going backward, he can't win the fight like this. Imada with a head kick. Curran is giving the fight away here as he has his opponent cut and is being the passive fighter. Takedown from Imada with 20 seconds left and that should do it. The round ends and I have it 30-27 Imada. Official Scorecards: 29-28 Curran, 29-28 Imada, 29-28 Curran. Pat Curran wins by split decision. That ranks among the worst decisions I have ever seen in my life. That is so ungodly bad I have no words.
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Come on Pat
You beat my Roger and now you’d better beat Imada.
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Those of you who don’t vote Toby are baby killers or some such awful thing.
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But I see Imada getting caught with a sneaky overhand right once again. Curran has the takedown defense to stay out of trouble…I hope.
It would suck if the fist time I pick the guy, he then goes off an gets put away.
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Hell ya
I’m on my way to this right now can’t wait. Gonna go ahead and say fuji is gonna be fight of the night
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by KingAtRock on Jun 10, 2010 2:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Toby by strange sub. :)
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Pain don't hurt...
What's it called a "Pentagram lock/choke?
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 10, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
reverse triangle?
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Sum[a^(n-k) b^k Gamma[n+1-k/2] / (Gamma[k+1] Gamma[n-k+1] Gamma[n+3/2-k/2]), {k, 0, n}]——choke?
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by Anthony Pace on Jun 10, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Uhhh... YEAH, what he said
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so fucking stupid." – Phil Baroni
I’m so pumped for this fight, I became a fan of “Coqui” Curran from the moment I saw him fight the kid has the look and the skills to be a star. Hopefully Big Frog has been teaching him sub defense, because Imada will go all out to get him in something and if he can defend against that he has a good chance to win.
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cause what's your Rampage to Rashad Evans/"
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Let's hope no grotesque injuries tonight
seriously though, wtf took so long for everyone to notice?
I noticed it immediately, how could you miss it?
Not to mention it buckled a few more times after that and looked all jacked up. His lower leg wasn’t even aligned with his upper leg.
Dude is tough, kept on fighting. Being on his back wasn’t really a bad thing.
Ref needed to be a little more observant, a few more seconds and we might have had an Anton Lubchenko moment in the cage.
Even the commentators didn’t see it.
I get chills just thinking about it...
but i watched it like 10 times lol
like a car crash, hard to look away
Interesting heavyweight scrap here. Hayes should get himself in the heavyweight tournament with the win here.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:09 PM EDT reply actions
I should say here more here
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hayes looks really uncomfortable with Banks’ size.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:14 PM EDT reply actions
Which one did they say already has the invite to the HW tourny?
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so fucking stupid." – Phil Baroni
Neither. but Hayes is the guy they want in it...
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
hayes gets it for sure if he wins.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Did they really just defend the fans for booing?
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so fucking stupid." – Phil Baroni
and again...
"I fight because I can’t sing, I can’t dance, and it beats working all day. Now ask me a question that doesn’t sound so fucking stupid." – Phil Baroni
Curran by vicious knockout.
he’s got some raw power. Imada maybe gets out of the first.
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Well…i think we can all bump Hayes down the “heavyweight prospect” ladder.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:30 PM EDT reply actions
wow they just turned on the show here. how would you like to be in that dude’s guard, with your face pressed up in his sweaty, hairy belly. so you want to be a fighter?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:40 PM EDT reply actions
- in the world vs. 4-4 nobody…this is…a little bit gross
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
that should be a #1...god damn auto formatting
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah Brent! She’s better than her 4-4 record? The announcer said so!
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yeah...
she’s proven that she can’t compete with fringe contender types…now she’s fighting the best in the world….soooo…I stick by what I said.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that was awesome..
Wonder why other Japanese MMA fighters don’t come out to anime music..
by Polyhedron on Jun 11, 2010 3:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Strikeforce got the ball rolling with five-minute rounds for the ladies a year or so ago.
by Chris Nelson on Jun 10, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Looked it up – Strikeforce instituted it for Carano-Cyborg, but Baszler-Kaufman was the first to use them last June.
by Chris Nelson on Jun 10, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks. Carano-Cyborg was the last women’s fight I watched. I was too busy cringing to look at the clock.
by PapaBumpants on Jun 10, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Bodogfights used 5min rounds for women.
by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Jun 10, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Not for a while
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
This…isn’t the right ref for this fight.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Oh…the ref is doing a “good job” per the announcers. Not a fucking awful job where unless you’re acting wild on the ground the fight gets stood up.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:54 PM EDT reply actions
Yep...
trying to get the moral victory of not getting finished.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
But she is
It’s American Jiu-Jitsu at it’s finest. Now featuring Spinning Back Fists and Full Guard.
This fight is BALL!!
Get on Schnider’s ass ref!!
"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment."
-Lao Tzu
Not BALLS, BALL!!
It hasn’t earned the other one.
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Camera work was fine...
he was moving to position, it’s the production truck not going to a better angle than “walking cam”
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn right you will...
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The great ref work hit its peak when he demanded “work” the second Fujii got mount.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:00 PM EDT reply actions
Hey Brent just a question.
How come you put the last paragraph in bold when there is never any stories on Bellator like UFC fights when they are over. You know what I mean.
um…it depends on the availability of BE staff. We have done quick results posts in the past or talked about upsets. Especially with someone getting a tourney win tonight I wouldn’t be shocked if there was someone who wrote up a post tonight.
Mainly, i just want people to know something may get put up.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Eddie’s kid is going nuts!
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:05 PM EDT reply actions
You think he gets money from Tapout too?
by PapaBumpants on Jun 10, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
If they ever find me dead in front of the TV with no apparent cause, can you guys tell them it was these Mohegan Sun commercials?
I missed the Fuji fight...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Trust Us! You missed nothing.
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Actually, I t was great to see it end the way it ended.
by moonlapse88 on Jun 10, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I find his whole attitude hilarious. It’s made me a fan.
by Chris Nelson on Jun 10, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Eddie’s wife, brothers, kid, etc. are all amazing. I want to go to that BBQ. Actually, I want to observe it from a distance.
by Chris Nelson on Jun 10, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
got curran here
if u can beat huerta u can beat imada
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
did they say “he’s a journeyman, which means he is always getting better?” because…that’s not what that means
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:21 PM EDT reply actions
It's true that it's 3 times more effective then lifting dumbbells.
But who the fuck lifts 5 pound dumbells?!
hmm. i don’t usually like giving rounds based on controlling the pace and takedowns, but that plus the clinch work and i have it 10-9 imada.
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curran needs the ko here
hes down 2
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wtf?
does he think curran winning cause he certainly isn he coulda finished him there
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Curran is…um….giving this away.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:36 PM EDT reply actions
It’s REALLY hard to get a cut stoppage with less than half a round left.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
do anything pat u need the finish
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Bad gameplanning?
He’s trying to be a counter-fighter minus the countering..
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IPPON!!!!
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wow nasty cut on imada
curran woulda gotten a stoppage if he kept hitting that
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Curran backing off after that punch makes NO sense.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:40 PM EDT reply actions
Why the hell was Curran shooting at the end? Ridiculous. He backed up the whole fight.
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Imada didn't get him in a submission
but Curran definitely choked.
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Split decision?!?!
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WHAT??????????????
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ROBBERY!
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by thetakeover on Jun 10, 2010 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
imada got robbed, completely robbed
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
You guys know how I feel about the “robbery” word…this was a fucking robbery. This is disgusting. What the fuck did he do at any point to win that fight?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Well, the 2nd was close…he landed a lot of kicks. Toby missed with all his shots, but did outwork him against the cage. And I thought he won the 3rd. But I’m just playing Devil’s Advocate…Imada totally won that.
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2nd was farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr from close man.
by moonlapse88 on Jun 10, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
could not agree more
Imada easily took two rounds, if not all three. Curran landed one real punch the whole fight. fuck, that’s horrible.
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by bobthewriter on Jun 11, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
imada maybe lost one round and even that would be a stretch
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
and curran knows he lost that fight
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they probably won't be...
No offense to Imada, he’s just that level right below the UFC.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
They couldn't use him as an entertaining fighter for SpikeTV cards?
He’d be a fun gatekeeper….He seems to me at least to be the submission equivalent to Clay Guida….
Maybe, I mean…I wouldn’t be upset if he got signed. I just don’t think he will.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly...that's exactly where he belongs.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
UFC or not, the two of the judges just stole $100,000 out of his pocket.
by PapaBumpants on Jun 10, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah...that's the bad part
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the kind of situation
the UFC is good with. If this fight was under the UFC umbrella then they probably would have paid him like he won. He deserves that money.
by Geno Mrosko on Jun 11, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
cmon eddie
say what u mean
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I think I'm going to start an MMA Judge Training Academy
and convince the Athletic Commissions to mandate attendance to judge fights.
those academies already exist...
you have to actually go through training to judge, you don’t get to just do it because you want to.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet on Curran, and I’m almost gonna feel bad spending that money.
Almost.
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me too
hoping next week’s judges are wearing their Joe Warren goggles so I can complete the parlay.
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Good gravy
we might just have other crazy decisions with Askren and Warren in the mix.
Josh Koscheck has a hairstyle like Betty White's pubic bush.
And it really annoys me that the commentating crew has nothing to say about it. Joe rogan would tell you what’s what.
Gross
Thats so gross, Imada was great tonight. Round 1 was clearly Imada from his control in the clinch, Rounds 2 and 3 were definitely close but for me Imada’s throw in the final seconds of round 3 nullifies Curran’s punch that cut Imada. Imada was so much more aggressive, I guess ring control doesn’t mean anything in Florida? That was aweful.
round 2 wasnt close
u can maybe give curran round 3 cause of the cut but him gettin mounted kinda makes it even
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ok what decision was ever worse than that?
i cant think of anything off the top of my head
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hamil bisbing was not nearly as bad as this. not even close
by moonlapse88 on Jun 10, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly this was way way woorse. I did have Hamil wining that fight but it in my opinion it was alot more close then most give it credit for being.
The first was pretty clear for Hamill, the second and third were narrow for Bisping...
I’ve watched that fight at least 15 times now and score it 29-28 for bisping every single time. It’s just that Hamill does better in the first than Bisping does in the 2nd or 3rd.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
That fight was a very, very clear 29-28 victory for Bisping. Watch rounds 2 and 3 without watching round 1 if you don’t believe it.
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by Richard Wade on Jun 10, 2010 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
for a second there when they said it was a split decision I thought the judges were gonna screw up, boy am I relieved now.
Josh Koscheck has a hairstyle like Betty White's pubic bush.
lol
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hey u didnt get banned
nice
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Its really suspect given that its the hometown crowd, in a state with not a ton of experience with high profile MMA fights, and that Bellator would clearly rather have a new challenger to face Alvarez.
yea its a shady and horrrible decision
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Most bullshit decision ever.
WTF are these judges smoking?
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Fuck MMA Judges
This fucking bullshit makes me SICK to my stomach. It is such an issue that you almost expect someone to get dicked out of a win on every card nowadays.
Fuck, I’m so mad!
GO SPURS GO!!!
Same, I really cant fathom how Imada must feel rigth now. Fuck!
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by xFenixKnightx on Jun 10, 2010 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammit Jimmy…don’t try to sugarcoat it….
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Curran beat the top three guys in the tournament, that would be a nice story if it wasn’t for how awful that decision was.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:50 PM EDT reply actions
The Huerta decision was very debatable as well (although I had Curran winning).
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I had Huerta winning but could understand a Curran card in that fight.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
jesus christ they're talking about curran coming back now
what ridiculous bullshit they cant even defend this
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
Nog over Ricco..etc
this one has me pissed though
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I just knew when the Announcer was going to read a split that it was going to Curran I just Fing knew it
yeah...
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
When I heard the first card was 29-28 Curran I thought
Man…this judge is going to be ostracized tomorrow. Even with that score there was no way I saw Curran winning.
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im questioning bellators legitametcy right now
they brought huerta in to win the tourney and fight alvarez, that didnt happen curran beat him
so in front of his hometown crowd he gets a decision nod over the guy who fought huerta last year and got dominated so they can have a nice little story about the guy fighting huerta next
way too much shit came together for this to make me think its a coincidence that curran just happened to get a bad decision
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
let's all remember that the judges aren't handled by the promotions...
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Really?
It was a bad decision but if Bellator had their way it would be a Huerta/Alvarez LW final.
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i could be overreacting but im just pissed
they took 100 grand away from imada thats just fucked up and then the announcers and everyone else acted like nothing was wrong with it at least in the UFC dana and rogan would be freaking out like the rest of the fans
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
no he didnt
he said he disagreed but it was close, then preceded to talk about how nice of a story curran is
not once did he call out the robbery that this was
We have a saying back home that if your coming on, COME ON!!!!
milk atleast he said he disagreed most of the times we usally don’t get that. The interviwer will try to sugar coat what just happend. And what can he really say all that bad with out getting his Bosa good old Bjorn Rebney all pissed off ? not much more
yea u and beermonster make sense
u just wish smith woulda said what he truly feels without feeling like he has to sugar coat it, however i get that not every announcer can be rogan and say whatever the fuck they want without the boss gettin mad
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yeah
He also said Imada was up 20-18 on his unofficial scorecard going into the 3rd round, so you already know he thought Imada won.
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by Brian Hemminger on Jun 11, 2010 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions
And Dana would have probably given Imada $100,000 as well.
by PapaBumpants on Jun 10, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Judges!
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 Jun 10, 2010 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Well, well, well people
Looks like Patt Curran knew what he was doing after all, keep backing up long enough to avoid doing much and then sit back and enjoy the hometown decision.
And that’s why you people aren’t professional fighters.
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by Fake Emcee on Jun 10, 2010 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
...what is going on with you?
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Your sig is causing harmful mental images.
If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
Is it too late to cancel the upcoming season of Rescue Me?
Yes? Alright, just figured it couldn’t hurt to ask.
This is what Bellator gets for taking a week off
They had a nice run of good fights going. And then this….
Fuji-E?
WTF? Megumi change her name or something?
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Her name is Fujii
So there is indeed attention paid to pronouncing the 2nd i. They are almost saying it right, but they are adding a little too much emphasis in their effort to say it correctly.
Don’t even get me started on the Western pronunciation of Dokonjonosuke Mishima.
Hey Pete
R.I.P.
With all the talk of “funky” striking and “funky” submissions they left out Curran’s ultimate weapon, “funky” decisions.
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Well I'm pissed off!
Good thing I’m watching the rerun of Bone Jones breaking Veras’ face on Versus.
rampage knew immediately it was bullshit too
and as i remember bas was going nuts about how it sucked
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odd
I have a parlay with Curran and the Fabio Mello vs Farkhad Shapirov fight, but I don’t see that fight on the list on bellators website
I’m curious to see if Bjorn acknowledges the controversy at the press conference.
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His words will fail to sum up how horrendous that was lol.
by moonlapse88 on Jun 10, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
OT - Beer Monster
You’re from Vancouver right? How are you watching Bellator events live? I suppose the only option is to head over to your friend Justin’s house to catch it?
Yup, from Vancouver, and yup, my buddy Justin always has the best stuff on.
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Figured as much
Was hoping there might be other options to watch it live since Justin can be an asshole and just kick me out and not let me watch randomly. Oh well. 1 day delay on the Score isn’t that bad i suppose.
Also I know its not going to happen but I hope Bellator has learned its lesson on not having a HW tournament next year buy this fight tonight. All the top HW’s in MMA are under contract with other rogs mostly Zuffa and Strike Force and it is buy far the least talented devison in all of MMA. I can see it being nothing but a ratings sinker and a bore and Boo fest for the crowd. Please Just stick to doing one off HW fights on cards every now and then.A HW tournament is just a nightmare waiting to happen.
If they do one they have to spread it out. they can’t put multiple hw fights on shows if they’re going to be that low caliber. Just pick the absolute best 4 they can get and do a 4 (rather than 8) man tourney if they feel they need to do one.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jun 10, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Disgusting, I said it when Coy was robbed, I said it when Brilz was robbed and i’m saying now that Imada was robbed fuck you asshole judges for ruining mma.
No one has been on the Curran bandwagon more than me but he fought like crap tonight, I don’t know if he chocked or if his cousin gave him a horrible gameplan or what. But he lost all 3 rounds and looked like crap and unless he does a 180 he will get destroyed by Alvarez who must be licking his chops after seeing that mess.
I swear to god, something has to be done about this these idiots are robbing guys of money, fame and glory. These guys are sabotoging the sport we have to have a way to fix this before it ruins mma for good I feel sick right now.
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So that's what it looks like
To have $100,000 stolen from you eh? Yikes. Looks pretty bad.
Well, for once I think I am going to have to agree with Brooksy
Not quite robbery but for sure grand larceny
I had it 29 - 28 Toby
I must say the reason the judges gave curren the third was because that punch sounded like someone cracked a coconut. The general consensus in the stadium was that it was a close fight. I honestly didn’t see a huge infuriating robbery.
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by KingAtRock on Jun 11, 2010 1:38 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Who were the judges?
I had it 30 – 27 Toby. Names of the judges that voted for curran.
They need to be known as who not to judge MMA fights. The judges of that fight and Easton/Beebe should get together and go bowling.
Disgusting Decision
Here’s an idea – what if the judges announced their scores at the end of every round, so at least a fighter knew when he was getting screwed, and could fight accordingly.
Not to say Imada didn’t press the action in each round, and win all three on my card. But maybe if he knew it was split going into the third he would have done more to finish.
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So... what was worse?
Machida vs. Rua I or this? LOL
I don't see the controversy
I thought Curran clearly won the second and third rounds while Imada won the first.
Curran landed the more effective shots in the second and third.
You guys are acting like Imada dominated when all he did was chase Curran around the cage and run into counterstrikes. Yeah he got a few takedowns but Curran was up in 2 seconds.
This isn’t even close to Machida-Rua 1, or Brilz-Rogerio……
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This must be the 2nd fight you ever saw
Since they messed your eyes up with that Lasik surgery
He’s not wrong. While I didn’t think Curran actually landed enough shots to counteract Imada’s cage control, Imada didn’t really land a thing in the round. I gave the round to Imada overall, but it was a lot closer than a lot of people are giving it credit for.
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i thought Imada won ...
largely because Curran didn’t do anything, really, except land one great shot. and when that one great shot rocked Imada, Curran didn’t even follow it up.
Curran backpedaled, made Imada chase him, and leaned against the cage for three rounds. that does not make a winner in my book.
Imada pushed the pace, actively engaged and was actually working through three rounds. he landed takedowns, landed knees against the cage and mostly nullified Curran’s limited stand-up.
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by bobthewriter on Jun 11, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they gave it to Curran based on the damage Imada had, his face was busted up pretty good.
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He didn’t have that damage at the end of the 2nd though, so it doesn’t work like that. They don’t judge all 3 rounds at the end, they score it after each round. They gave Curran the 2nd based on something he did in that round, not somethin he did in the 3rd.
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Well, Judges can be wrong, and are on a regular basis
This fight, was at the very least in the top 5 worst decisions in MMA. I will say right now without seeing it at this moment, that it will be one of the more lopsided fight metric reports on record going to the wrong guy.
by SimplePsych on Jun 12, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
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