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StickmanAndrw
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06.12.2014 | 12:58 PM ET

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/6/12/5803972/bellator-makes-major-adjustment-for-tournament-champions

Can't say I completely hate it, and I understand why they are doing it, (probably hard to get former tournament winners to do another one), but it definitely is yet another big change they've made.  Just another step till they eliminate the tournament altogether???  


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pie2munch
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06.13.2014 | 9:37 AM ET

The current pool of fighters eligible to be chosen to fight for the world title includes:

Bantamweight: Eduardo Dantas*, Joe Warren*, Marcos Galvao, Rafael Silva

Featherweight: Pat Curran*, Patricio Pitbull, Daniel Straus, Shahbulat Shamhalaev, “Frodo” Khasbulaev, Daniel Weichel, Joe Warren.

Lightweight: Eddie Alvarez*, Will Brooks*, Michael Chandler, Pat Curran, Rick Hawn, Dave Jansen, David Rickels

Welterweight: Douglas Lima*, Karl Amoussou, Andrey Koreshkov, Rick Hawn

Middleweight: Alexander Shlemenko*, Brennan Ward, Doug Marshall

Light Heavyweight: Emanuel Newton*, Rampage Jackson, King Mo, Christian M’Pumbu, Atilla Vegh,

Heavyweight: Vitaly Minakov*, Alexander Volkov, Cheick Kongo

* Denotes Current Bellator Champion or Interim Champion

yossgold
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06.13.2014 | 10:09 AM ET

You got the list wrong, Joe Warren is eligible for a title shot at all of Bellator's belts and/or a superfight with Tito.

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CthulhuJones
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06.13.2014 | 11:07 AM ET

The only positive I can see coming from this is that at least the tournaments will have some new blood in them. Getting real tired of the tournaments having half or more of the same guys from the prior seasons tournament. 
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punx62
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06.13.2014 | 11:35 AM ET

yah this just looks like an attempt to keep having chandler and king mofighting foor belts over again, poor choice that makes bellator look more like wcw to ufc's wwe 

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06.13.2014 | 11:48 AM ET

@pie2munch You forgot Tito Ortiz?

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06.13.2014 | 5:19 PM ET

Bellator's ******** is literally not even funny anymore. 

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06.13.2014 | 5:28 PM ET

Bella**** where ****s are given, not earned!

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06.13.2014 | 5:37 PM ET

No one sums up my feelings toward Bellator better than Dana himself
I honestly, I literally never think of Bellator. I don't give a s--t what Bellator is doing or what's going on with them. It's not like Bellator is some organization you have to look out for. I mean, let's be honest here. Seriously, look at the cards they put on and what they're doing. The difference is that they're Viacom. They're on a channel right in the middle of everything where you land on there and you watch. Nobody's going out of their way, ‘oh, f--king big Bellator event is on tonight.'" Dana White

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06.13.2014 | 5:52 PM ET

I'm not gonna lie ... I enjoy watching Bellaturd cards, but that's because I'll watch anything MMA ... seriously, yesterday I saw two ladybugs squaring off in a dumpster in my neighborhood and was a half hour late for work (FYI, it was a draw, don't you hate those two rounders) ...

* Edited at 06.13.2014, 5:52 PM ET *

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06.13.2014 | 9:46 PM ET

Dafuqq is up with all of the Bellator disrespect, it ******* enrages me.

They have an extremely successful PPV and everyone just decides to hate them more? Really? **** that. Bellator 120 was the best PPV of the year, quit hating.

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06.13.2014 | 9:54 PM ET

You expected better from sports fans?

Bellator does some stupid **** but they get way more **** than deserved. They can't help if Jansen can't get healthy or Frodo can't get a passport, you want them to not give anyone a title shot while those 2 flounder around? This is a very smart move on Bellator's part and yall act like UFC doesn't just make up whatever title fight they feel like.

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06.13.2014 | 9:55 PM ET

I'm pretty sure Bellator will get rid of their tournaments all together in the future. Their tournamenta now are 2 prospects with 6 randoms anyway. 

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mikeyg
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06.14.2014 | 1:53 AM ET

I'm surprised so many people here hate Bellator, but then again there are a lot of UFC ****riders around MMA forums. Like the poster Bigj383 just said above me, I also hope they get rid of the tournament format as it would be better for their company. Their system holds up contenders and doesn't make enough title fights. As a huge Bellator fan who wants to see them compete with the UFC like boxing has competition, I hope they do this for the good of their company.
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06.14.2014 | 2:14 AM ET

A pseudo intellectual like you would say that.

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mikeyg
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06.14.2014 | 2:40 AM ET

Man, Nomad is butthurt about being called a pseudo-intellectual a month ago that he keeps parroting that back to me. Don't worry bud, you're IQ is 150 and you make six figures a year, we all love you. Feel better champ? Should I also mention how athletic and explosive you are? because you clearly are...
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Nomad
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06.14.2014 | 2:49 AM ET

I'm the black Michael Jordan.

"If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying."

Nomad
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06.14.2014 | 2:53 AM ET

Also I coined the pseudo Intellectual line originally, at you...don't get it twisted. It's cute you lie to defend yourself and you raged on my wall after I said it and tried to throw it back at me...I can prove this too.

So basically, you lose again. Intellectual>Pseudo Intellectual, Me>You. Sorry bro, sometimes that's just how it is,.you'll always have Jesus though, he loves you...no one else does.

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06.14.2014 | 2:57 AM ET

lol!

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mikeyg
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06.14.2014 | 6:10 AM ET

I love your revisionist spin on history Nomad, I bet if you check your profile I was the first person to tell you that lol, so explosive and athletic.
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06.14.2014 | 6:11 AM ET

P.S. Jeebus doesn't love anyone, he's dead.
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