Posted on 04/16/2016 4:30:54 PM PDT by Manic_Episode
Anti-climatic main event.
Souza’s low stance didn’t help him avoid take downs, and left him open to leg kicks, and it also did not appear to help any sort of striking game.
Pitbull gets the decision.
And two other notable occurrences in that fight- apparently Matt Mitrione to Bellator, and Big John speaks a little Portuguese.
[[And two other notable occurrences in that fight- apparently Matt Mitrione to Bellator,]]
Is Matt fightign in Bellator? He was oen of my favorite fighters- had crazy potential, but didn’t quitel ive up to the potential- but had a funny personality- He and Big Country are two very surprisingly good fighters-
Oh yeah, Matt is much loved by many, and they said he was going to be joining the announcers for the upcoming kickboxing event, and then they also said he is joining Bellator sometime soon, or I forget the exact way they phrased it, but they indicated he is incoming to the organization.
Lol...I’d forgotten about that “knee”
They sure did; the old Pride was vicious.
So, Benson Henderson got his butt kicked by the Bellator WW Champion, Andrey Koreshkov.
Dana White officially says Connor’s off the UFC 200 card, Diaz says he’s taking a vacation if Connor doesn’t fight him. Oh boy.
That fight was really one-sided. I know Koreshkov is definitely UFC quality, but I was not expecting that beatdown.
Yeah, Benson was just destroyed, however, his heart is unquestionable.
I would have died if I had to fight the Russian. I can’t believe Benson lasted 5 rounds.
He just physically was not a match, guy was too big, too good, too fast and limbs too long. Impossible for Benson to take him down, just nothing doing.
It was not a boring fight to watch though, even hoping Benson would win.
I can only assume Benson will go to lightweight, because the WW title is clearly out of reach.
Yeah, back to 155 seems like the right move for him.
I didn’t know Koreshkov was that good. He is. A lesser man he’d have KOed at least a couple or 3 times, impressive chin on Benson.
Yep, I didn’t know he was that good either.
Got to admit that Bellator does have some real talent in it.
Bellator does have gooCokerI talent, and could comepete with the UFC but Coker has gotta keep putting Talented fights. Like we saw with Bendo it was pretty good fight and he’s gotta stop the Kimbo Slice nonsense. Also, he should try getting a deal with ESPN yes it is hard thing to do Considering the hold boxing has but it’s worth it if he can do it. If he does all that plus add homegrown talent, it’ll be better competition. With the UFC which will lead to free and better fights, for us fight fans.
[[So, Benson Henderson got his butt kicked by the Bellator WW Champion, Andrey Koreshkov.]]
Yep- saw the fight- the problem was Andrey’s reach- it was very evident throughout hte match- He’d clock Ben, and ben woudl try to repay and miss- coem up short-
Ben is still in phenomenal health though- he didn’t even look winded at the end of fight- and he did a lot of wrestling trying to take the fella down too— but something else just seemed off about him tonight- he just didn’t seem as aggressive as he usually is with moving forward- I thik that hurt him too-
[[A lesser man he’d have KOed at least a couple or 3 times, impressive chin on Benson.]]
absolutely- a couple of times though it seemed Ben was in real trouble- but recovered quick
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