Bellator 97: TWO TITLE FIGHTS & King Mo! (7/31 on Spike)

[EmpireWF]

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Santa Ana Star Center

on SPIKE TV


WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Undefeated Champion Ben Askren (c) vs. Undefeated Challenger Andrey Koreshkov

LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Undefeated Champion Michael Chandler (c) vs. David Rickels

Light Heavyweight Tournament Finals
"King Mo" Muhammed Lawal vs. Jacob Noe

Heavyweight Tournament Finals
Undefeated Vitaly Minakov vs. Ryan Martinez

Featherweight Tournament Qualifier
Patricio "Pitbull" Friere vs. Jared Downing


PRELIMS
Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals
Rafael Silva vs. Rodrigo Lima
Anthony Leone vs. Frank Baca

[Liquidrob]

Card is STACKED, probably the best Bellator card from top to bottom

They also have really good Prelims, Bubba Jenkins is on plus a couple other new prospects

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Bubba Jenkins, Shawn Bunch and Jeremy Kimball on the Prelims

Also like empire posted the BW tournament

[Jmiles]

Very nice card. Hopefully I don't forget all about it like the last few.

[Liquidrob]

Boom

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[EmpireWF]

Well - this'll be interesting.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Eddie Alvarez needs to swallow his pride, stop wasting his prime at home while not making any money, and hop on the red hot Bellator train. He can face Chandler on the PPV.

Bellator matched the deal, jerk. They have PPV now, no more excuses.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Pitbull, Mo, Askren, Chandler dominate, DREAM FIGHT announced.

A prefect night for Bellator, MMA IS BACK

[EmpireWF]

If they can get Eddie back and book the rematch on the PPV -- that's about as best a realistic scenario as they can have.


I love me some Ben Askren -- always moving.

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Get Pumped Warner, GET PUMPED

[Jmiles]

If it was 2007 I would be ecstatic for Tito vs rampage.

Too bad Tito is fucking awful now.


Pitbull fight was sweet. Chandler KO was quick, but nice. Askren and king mo were just silly.

Minokav vs Martinez was a fun fight. Overall a meh card. Chandler is becoming one of my favorites. Dude is a machine.

Also interested in seeing if anyone can nullify askren's wrestling. I seriously doubt anyone on the bellator roster can. I would like to see if he can get GSP on his back, but I don't see askren leaving anytime soon.