Bellator 289: Stots vs. Sabatello

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Stots vs. Sabatello
Raufeon Stots, SUB, R5
sabatello wont have anything for stots other then a gas tank and by the championship rounds i expect stots to start ****ting on danny hes just way better skill wise

Carmouche vs. Velasquez II
Juliana Velasquez, DEC
velasquez gets her belt back in whats probably a close fight

Magomedov vs. Mix
Patchy Mix, SUB, R3
great fight my fav fight for this card and i really think patchy can make this fight hell for magomed

Kielholtz vs. Joanne
Denise Kielholtz, TKO, R3
kielholtz is just better

Law vs. Lencioni
Cody Law, TKO, R1
law better bounce back after that last bout lol nothing too shocking tho

Crutchmer vs. Willis
Kyle Crutchmer, DEC
crutchmer with another layup

Boehm vs. Kamaka III
Kai Kamaka III, DEC
ehh kamaka is not that good fundamentally solid enough where he should win here

Downey vs. Echols
Patrick Downey, SUB, R1
downey with another slaughter

Bell vs. Scoggins
Cass Bell, DEC
should be close

Stots vs. Sabatello
Raufeon Stots, DEC
Bellators covington vs Usman

Carmouche vs. Velasquez II
Juliana Velasquez, DEC
I had carmouche last time but man was that a bad stoppage lol. At least it made up for the robbery Velasquez had over kielholtz

Magomedov vs. Mix
Magomed Magomedov, DEC
Magomedov is juuuuuust a bit overrated for the yan win. Don’t get me wrong, he’s very good, but he is definitely a beatable fighter. I just don’t know if mix’s backpack strategy will work on a Russian. Very close fight. My pick will depend on who looks better on the scales

Rosta vs. Adams
Dalton Rosta, DEC
Rosta is one of the few prospects Bellator has that isn’t a fraud

Kielholtz vs. Joanne
Denise Kielholtz, DEC
Love me some kielholtz

Law vs. Lencioni
Cody Law, DEC
Lencioni is honestly a pretty rough fight to come back to after suffering ur first career loss

Crutchmer vs. Willis
Kyle Crutchmer, DEC
Damn no easy fights for Jaleel lol

Boehm vs. Kamaka III
Kai Kamaka III, DEC
Now THIS is the type of person kai should be fighting. Bellator done him 0 favors with matchmaking thus far

Lemminger vs. Lombardo
Michael Lombardo, DEC
Both suck ass but going with the dwcs vet who trains at att

Downey vs. Echols
Patrick Downey, SUB, R1
Bellator Bo nickal strikes again

Bell vs. Scoggins
Jared Scoggins, DEC
Damn no easy fights for bell. At least I think, scoggins missed weight bad and then got ktfo after a long peroid of inactivity; could be a fraud

Field vs. Katsikis
Randi Field, DEC
The daughters of Inaba fighting each other lol

Haig vs. Kline
Theo Haig, SUB, R1
No idea if haig is good or not (probably sucks ass) but it’s clear Bellator wants him to win

"Everyone" is beating Yan as in Sterling and O'Malley both by split decision 

Lemminger vs. Lombardo
Michael Lombardo
NC, thumb to the eye during crucifix.

I was gonna say. It’s nothing but split decisions. It kinda seems like you got an issue with Yan for no reason

I don’t hate Yan, He’s my favourite future bellator fighter, He’s fights are alway fun even if he losing them

The backhanded compliments are strong

Yan issue is that he alway in close fight, O’Malley vs Yan is a bad decsion, But the fight was close enough I think the argument could be made for ****** judges instead of corrupt judges, He’s good but I think he need to win more clear or start finishing people to not get robbed

The fact that Duck thinks Yan will fight anywhere but the UFC for the rest of his career shows what a dumbass he is

Idk if anyone's mentionned this yet but Sabatello has opened as a v slight favorite over Stots at -120 to -110 for Stots. Thoughts guys? 

I saw the Stots x Archuleta fight and Juan was giving him some problems on the feet. I don't see Sabatello doing the same thing in this fight tbh.

However, Sabatello seems to have a better gas tank, will be the taller one, and has more experience in a 5 round fight (I know Stots finished Archuleta, but I wasn't impressed with his gas tank. I'll see the fight against Magomedov and try to elaborate a better conclusion).

Either Stots finishes The Italian Gangster or he'll probably lose a decision. 

Sabaltelo is boring AF, hope that **** get knock the **** out, I don’t care how good you are, I want to be entertained watching fight, dude fights like how casual think Khabib fights

* Edited at 11.29.2022, 1:54 AM ET *

Sabatello vs Gallagher needs to happen giant ****** vs turd sandwich

* Edited at 11.29.2022, 3:26 AM ET *

  Those who write that Magomedov defeated  Yan, you probably didn’t watch the fight. This fight was an absolute ********, where Yan was robbed.   This is not a close decision in the battle with Sterling and O "Maley, it really was a russian scam
Yan won the fight 3-2 48-47 on the judges' cards.These are official  scorecard.It is important. Then, 10 seconds before the end, he is deducted a point for allegedly moving his head a mile before the opponent. Then, on all the judges' cards, it is OFFICIALLY a draw. But according to the wants of this ACB promotion, the winner must be selected. The leagues boss chose to give the victory to Magomed. Once again, THIS IS NOT A DECISION OF THE JUDGES - it was the decision of the leadership of the league.
I once again repeated the result of the fight DRAW official. These are judjes cards that are available to everyone who knows russian))
The victory was given to Magomedov not by the judges, not by the russian athletic commission, but by the owners of the ACB personally, being friends of Magomed.
In russia mma fan community, fight  Yan and Magomedov is considered one of the biggest robberies of the last 6-7 years. 

This is dirty russian corruption. There is little justice in this country, believe me.

* Edited at 11.29.2022, 4:01 PM ET *

Beat but also lost to Yan.

damn poor yan could be 19-1 without bad judges 

There are a lot of miracles in russian mma promotions, guys. I’m sure none of you know, but the Ufс fighter Andreas Michailidis had a fight in Chechnya, where he knocked out an opponent, the referee stopped the fight, but Ramzan Kadyrov forced them to continue, the fighter was raised from the knockout and Mikhailidis knocked him out a second time))

I remember the classic fedor vs Maldonado robbery. Zhalgas also had 3-4 rigged decisions before he got to the ufc  

I’ve seen a couple bad robberies in ACA as well

* Edited at 11.29.2022, 6:19 PM ET *