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Bellator 290: Bader vs. Emelianenko 2

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11.18.2022 | 11:17 AM ET

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Bellator 290
  • Saturday 02.04.2023 at 06:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: CBS | Prelims: YouTube
  • Promotion: Bellator MMA
  • Ownership: Bellator Sport Worldwide, LLC
  • Venue: Kia Forum
  • Location: Inglewood, California, United States
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, John McCarthy
  • Ring Announcer: Michael C. Williams
  • Post-Fight Interviews: John McCarthy
  • TV Ratings: 1.12M avg. viewers
  • MMA Bouts: 14
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Bout   Info
Yusuf Karakaya   defeats   Ethan Hughes   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Isaiah Hokit   defeats   Peter Ishiguro   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Jaylon Bates   defeats   Jornel Lugo   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Neiman Gracie   defeats   Dante Schiro   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Ryan Bader   defeats   Fedor Emelianenko   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound   2:30 Round 1 of 5 Bout Page
Johnny Eblen   defeats   Anatoly Tokov   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Brennan Ward   defeats   Sabah Homasi   via KO/TKO, Head Kick to Ground Strikes   1:34 Round 2 of 3, 6:34 Total Bout Page
Lorenz Larkin   defeats   Mukhamed Berkhamov   via KO/TKO, Elbow   1:41 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Henry Corrales   defeats   Akhmed Magomedov   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Steve Mowry   vs.   Ali Isaev   Ends in a Draw, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Chris Gonzalez   defeats   Max Rohskopf   via KO/TKO, Right Cross to Ground Strikes   1:22 Round 2 of 3, 6:22 Total Bout Page
Grant Neal   defeats   Karl Albrektsson   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Diana Avsaragova   defeats   Alejandra Lara   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Nikita Mikhailov   defeats   Darrion Caldwell   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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Rah123
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02.04.2023 | 8:36 PM ET

Andrew

Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 0 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 1099th

You think it's bad now wait till it gets close to the sale.

When the crows start circling the corpse we can expect lots of corruption. 

Amazing opportunity for all the state Athletic Commissions to step up

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DrChaotic
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02.04.2023 | 8:37 PM ET

Staha

Predictions: 9 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 169th

Come on man, dont ask Andrina for advice on the easiest fight to pick of all time. Bader's gonna win. Not a lock cause its an old man fight, but if you ask Bumdrina for her opinion they're gonna say the obvious and pick Bader, which means Fedor will probably win
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Rah123
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02.04.2023 | 8:37 PM ET

Andrew

Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 0 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 1099th

Bader should win. But what are the chances of this being rigged? Very very high.

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Staha
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02.04.2023 | 8:37 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 250 Points   |   Tied for 1611th

Have him in a parlay but might take him out idk if im too confident in him
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02.04.2023 | 8:38 PM ET

Fishy that they shuffle the line up around or don’t even update it any where 
Staha
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02.04.2023 | 8:38 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 250 Points   |   Tied for 1611th

Im prob just gon keep him in anyway it'll be too costly to take him out and been doing good w Diana Neal and Larkin already
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02.04.2023 | 8:38 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 1135th

Parlay 1
-Neal ( x )
-Gonzalez ( x )
-Lugo 

Parlay 2
-Eblen decision  
-Fedor rounds 1-2 (+400)

Way more chalk on UFC tonight. 
baremaras
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02.04.2023 | 8:39 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 619th

keeping it light tonight boys

100k on taira/nakamura/serrano/alycia

50k on taira/nakamura/serrano/alycia/bader/hokit
Neva_Cared
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02.04.2023 | 8:40 PM ET

still remember Albert Tumenov who is the fantastix boxer have a hard split decicion vs Larkin. u just can't stand wit him
Rah123
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02.04.2023 | 8:48 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 0 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 1099th

Is it the main card yet? This line up change is typical of Bellator. Completely inefficient and poorly organised. Ridiculous. Can't even figure out when the main card starts. Or who is on it

* Edited at 02.04.2023, 8:48 PM ET *

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baremaras
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02.04.2023 | 8:51 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 619th

yo gregory, you think the site is up for sale? after ufc 284 and my islam/jenkins/pedro/zubaira parlay cashes, i'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse
DrChaotic
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02.04.2023 | 8:53 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 169th

If you buy the site can your first order of business be to IP ban Tartara/Prison Mike and send a hit squad after him? I still have PTSD that he might come back one day 

I'd like to keep Mezzor around for amusement. He is like the personal court jester of Tapology with his ludicrous picks and idiotic takes
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Harbinger
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02.04.2023 | 8:53 PM ET

Going to call it right now, Bellator has rigged the main event for Fedor to win, hoping that his illustrious career climaxing with becoming Bellator Champion will bring prestige to the organization.
baremaras
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02.04.2023 | 8:54 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 619th

mezzor will be getting a promotion from tapology jester to my personal shoe shiner
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02.04.2023 | 8:55 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 450 Points   |   Tied for 823rd

Harbringer I hope your completely correct. 

"They're sorcerers they don't get knocked out"

baremaras
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02.04.2023 | 8:57 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 619th

if I lose money off of another bellator rigged fight again I'm suing scott coker personally and I'm being represented by the biggest ************* most expensive and most decorated lawyer ever, Jose Baez

last time I lost money betting on MMA was the pat downey fight, nothing but wins ever since then so hopefully bellator doesn't **** me over
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02.04.2023 | 8:59 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 540 Points   |   Tied for 257th

Never seen real evidence of bellator or ufc rigging, open to being convinced.
Andrew1047
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02.04.2023 | 9:01 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 465 Points   |   Tied for 705th

Exhibit A - Pimblett beating Gordon
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baremaras
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02.04.2023 | 9:02 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 14 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 619th

i'm not presenting hard evidence here but the most controversial judge of all time (has judged for both bellator and the ufc) doug crosby used to go on chael sonnen's podcast way way back and talk about how dana white would indirectly ask him to favor certain guys with his scoring and that some times he'd give the fight to whoever he liked more, regardless of who actually won the fight

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Harbinger
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02.04.2023 | 9:05 PM ET

Not sure if Zuffa-era UFC ever directly fixed a fight, but there are other factors that could be responsible. Like James Krause intentionally undertraining his fighters and having a third-party friend bet millions on their opponents. And of course Vegas judges like Sal D'mato receive instructions to fix a fight all the time.

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