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Dominant round and finish, Nemkov defends his title

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In the last 15 years the StrikeForce Heavyweight Grand Prix has gotta be the best American MMA tournament right?

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I think Anderson beats Nemkov. What a fun fight that will be. Remember, Anderson has wins over Blachowicz and Teixeira.

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Armbars are such a bad idea in MMA

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Nemkov seems to have a proper game plan

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Find you someone who loves you as much as Big John and Josh Thompson love talking about speed advantages

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Anglickas should have chased the finish a little more there but instead gets taken down

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They really just compared this to Rocky vs Apollo Creed

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Are they going to have fans in Russia anyone know? Not sure how the restrictions are there

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Eye poke stoppage would be the most Bellator thing ever rn

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Fighters with custom fight shorts and white gloves looks so much cooler than the venum fight kit

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Am I the only one who thinks Bellator should exclusively have their cards focused around either a Grand Prix or title fight? I feel like it’s hard to go from a great card like this to Tim Johnson vs. Fedor in a span of a week. If all Bellator cards had someone in their prime like Pitbull, Nemkov, Pettis, or McKee each card would be must watch. Having these half assed cards of older fighters and bad match making really dilutes the overall product and momentum imo.

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Big John is not good on the mic

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That was savage. Bader looks pretty shopworn rn.

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Called tht one

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Ariel, I am ashamed to report, that I will open the fighter and the kid podcast on youtube, just to see if they continue the feud...Otherwise I would have never even clicked on any of their videos!!!

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Reading through the comments it sounds like I didn’t miss much skipping the fight night 😂

Hope we have to good ones coming up in Bellator

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Bader damn auto correct 🤦

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I have no clue what to expect with Vader vs Anderson year and a half ago Vader would have been a huge favorite

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I think Heelwani is in Punky Brewsters head, been tweeting about him 3 days straight and he can't tawlk tonight

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I feel like Primus might have had a shot vs Islam Mamedov if it had been 5 rounds

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Thanks as usual Ariel for hosting these fight chats

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29-28 Primus, 30-27 wouldn't surprise me either

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I really don’t like these commentators

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Bendo controlled the first half of second round, Primus had back control the whole second half. Close round

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Bendo looking good halfway through 2nd round

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Gave Primus first round, he can get to comfortable on his back, it cost him his last fight

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I do not like the bellator gloves

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Primus has great rubber guard game and has done alot for a couple of my friends in Portland, hope he gets the W

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They asked Punky Brewster what he thought the main card fight of the night would be and he started talking about a prelim fight that just happened. Not the Bess brains for the art

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Josh Thomson is hard to listen to.

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I am watching 2 things at once but did they just say one of these fighters in Bellator has his teeth taken out before the fight and put back in after? Or am I hearing things

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There is no way Bellator is worse than that at least that will save the night!

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Corey Anderson wants the easiest fight in the division.

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Haha Chris Lee scored a 48-47

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PPVs have been great. FNs not so much.

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truth be told, the last few fight night lineups have been bad.

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too many cards = watered down product. that was bad.

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Who has the bigger talent gap in their respective division, Shevchenko at flyweight or Nunes at featherweight?

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Ladd stuck in *pick your character* mode for 3 rounds

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I’m glad Ladd’s corner is being brutally honest with her after two rounds

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I think they both were watching Walker vs Santos from 2 weeks ago

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Ladd goes from being removed from the card two weeks ago, into the main event against the number one contender at 145 pounds. Realistically a win over Dumont could jump her into a title shot at 145. Nothing at 135 stands out after the Pena bout right now imo.

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Who has the worse tattoo? Alan Belcher or Felipe?

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How's taste?!?!

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Just curious, how long is something considered “new”?

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It’s funny that UFC never shows Jan beat Adesanya in their fight promotion vids. There’s no talk of it anymore as if it never happened!

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would you put Jim Miller in the UFC hall of fame?

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Wow! What a night for Miller. Most fights all-time in the UFC and a KO victory!

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Woooww good for Jim Miller. Love to see it

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