Topic: Matt Mitrione

Matt Mitrione signs with Bellator

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03.14.2016 | 2:09 PM ET

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Matt Mitrione

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Fighter Details

  • Given Name: Matthew Steven Mitrione
  • Pro MMA Record: 13-9-0, 1 NC (Win-Loss-Draw)
  • Nickname: N/A
  • Current Streak: 4 Losses
  • Age: 1978-07-15 | Date of Birth: 1978.07.15
  • Last Fight: July 16, 2021 in BFC
  • Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 261.0 lbs
  • Affiliation: N/A
  • Height: 6'3" (191cm) | Reach: 80.0" (203cm)
  • Career Disclosed Earnings: $310,000 USD
  • Born: Springfield, Illinois, United States
  • Fighting out of: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • College: Purdue University
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03.14.2016 | 2:23 PM ET

well ****...
looking like signing with bellator is really starting to become a thing

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03.14.2016 | 2:45 PM ET

What a solid signing by Bellator.

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03.14.2016 | 2:48 PM ET

He was on TUF 10, which was on SPIKE and was the highest rated season of TUF to date. Makes sense.

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03.14.2016 | 2:56 PM ET

So Bellator's heavyweight division isn't completely dead?

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03.14.2016 | 3:39 PM ET

The best thing for him at this point. Doesn't have too many MMA miles but he is a former football player and is already 37, so I think he has a far better chance of contending for Bellator's dormant heavyweight title than he would making another run in the UFC.

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03.14.2016 | 5:06 PM ET

Maybe he can rematch Cheick Congo. Though I can see Mitrione being unhappy anywhere he goes. 

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03.14.2016 | 7:04 PM ET

The first Mitrione-Kongo fight was god-awful, and one of the fights where you could justify a 10-10 round due solely to inactivity. Not sure I'd want to see that again.

Good signing though. Mitrione can put on a few solid fights and make Bellator's heavyweight division less thin and it isn't a big loss for the UFC since Mitrione's 37 and auto loses a fight if it goes to the ground.

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03.14.2016 | 8:07 PM ET

unbelievable they cut mitrione when he was tooling browne in the stand up and it took two eyepokes for him to win(browne). one was one of the worst eyepokes i have ever seen. plus that assshole browne actually raised his hands when he supposedly won that fight. whoever fights browne next, please kick him in the nuts. eyepoke him. talk trash about ronda and when you win, piss on him. cheers.
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03.14.2016 | 9:50 PM ET

They didn't cut Mitrione his contract expired and Bellator offered him more money. Mitrione has spent his whole career with the UFC so it's good for him to see if the grass is truly greener on the other side. It will be a good experience for him to fight elsewhere.  

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03.14.2016 | 9:58 PM ET

Dana White "He's a 9-5 37yearold, you think we care, we let him go".

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03.14.2016 | 10:34 PM ET

Mitrione vs Kharitonov sounds good to me.
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03.14.2016 | 11:44 PM ET

Good for him but not really that big of a loss.

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