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- Friday 08.11.2023 at 06:30 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Showtime | Prelims: YouTube
- Promotion: Bellator MMA
- Ownership: Bellator Sport Worldwide, LLC
- Venue: Sanford Pentagon
- Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
- Enclosure: Cage
- TV Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, John McCarthy
- Ring Announcer: Michael C. Williams
- Interviews: John McCarthy | Backstage: Amanda Guerra
- MMA Bouts: 17
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| Bout | Info | |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Blockhus defeats Eli Mefford via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound | 2:43 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Logan Storley defeats Brennan Ward via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound | 4:05 Round 2 of 5, 9:05 Total Bout Page | |
| Valentin Moldavsky defeats Steve Mowry via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Aaron Jeffery defeats Dalton Rosta via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| James Gallagher defeats James Gonzalez via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Sidney Outlaw defeats Islam Mamedov via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Justine Kish defeats Diana Avsaragova via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Enrique Barzola defeats Jaylon Bates via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Lucas Brennan defeats Weber Almeida via KO/TKO, Knee | 3:32 Round 3 of 3, 13:32 Total Bout Page | |
| Kasum Kasumov defeats Josh Hill via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Vladimir Tokov defeats Jairo Pacheco via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Leandro Higo defeats Nikita Mikhailov via Submission, Guillotine Choke | 2:50 Round 2 of 3, 7:50 Total Bout Page | |
| Alfie Davis defeats Aalon Cruz via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Ekaterina Shakalova defeats Dayana Silva via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Sullivan Cauley defeats Hamza Salim via Submission, Arm Triangle Choke | 4:24 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Marcirley Alves defeats Jerrell Hodge via KO/TKO, Right Hook and Hammerfists | 3:53 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Jordan Oliver defeats Andrew Triolo via Submission, Arm Triangle Choke | 1:05 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page |
Responses
2023.05.18
4:38 PM ET
bout announced
Logan Storley vs. Brennan Ward at 170 lbs (77.1 kg)
2023.05.18
4:39 PM ET
bout announced
Akhmed Magomedov vs. Kai Kamaka III at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
2023.05.22
1:26 PM ET
event start time updated
From Friday, August 11 at 6:00pm ET to Friday, August 11 at 5:30pm ET
2023.05.22
1:26 PM ET
bout announced
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Steve Mowry at 265 lbs (120.2 kg)
2023.05.22
1:26 PM ET
bout announced
Dalton Rosta vs. Aaron Jeffery at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
2023.05.22
1:27 PM ET
bout announced
Sidney Outlaw vs. Islam Mamedov at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
2023.05.22
1:27 PM ET
bout announced
Lucas Brennan vs. Weber Almeida at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
05.22.2023 | 5:39 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 7 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Brennan vs. Almeida
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R1
Easy work
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R1
Easy work
"Jarno Errens, Damir Hadzovic"
2023.05.24
11:49 AM ET
bout announced
James Gallagher vs. Cris Lencioni at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
2023.05.24
3:46 PM ET
bout announced
Michael Blockhus vs. Eli Mefford at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
2023.05.24
3:46 PM ET
bout announced
Alfie Davis vs. Aalon Cruz at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
05.24.2023 | 4:45 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 6 Perfect, 765 Points | Tied for 223rd
Gallagher vs. Lencioni
Cris Lencioni, DEC
I pray for a double ko but I know it'll just be a split decision
Cris Lencioni, DEC
I pray for a double ko but I know it'll just be a split decision
05.24.2023 | 5:28 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 10 of 17 Winners, 7 Perfect, 745 Points | Tied for 296th
Storley vs. Ward
Brennan Ward, TKO, R3
Ward has a puncher's chance but not much chance he will win with Storley being at Kill Cliff, too solid a team and training there
Moldavsky vs. Mowry
Steve Mowry, DEC
Didnt expect the Russian to lose to Vassell... If Mowry is still in Miami at Kill Cliff (?) I think he will win but it will be close
Rosta vs. Jeffery
Dalton Rosta, DEC
wrestler vs striker?
Outlaw vs. Mamedov
Islam Mamedov, DEC
2nd mountain fighter in a row for Outlaw hope he is ready this time but im not sure about the upset :(
Magomedov vs. Kamaka III
Akhmed Magomedov, DEC
Dagestan vs Hawaii cool
Brennan vs. Almeida
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R3
Brennan has pretty good grappling also his younger brother is a good wrestler
Gallagher vs. Lencioni
James Gallagher, DEC
Lencioni has fought 5 times in the last year Gallagher once but Gallagher is the favorite somehow, he was at Glory MMA until the big scandal
Blockhus vs. Mefford
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
Another wrestler in Bellator need to look him up
Davis vs. Cruz
Alfie Davis, DEC
Davis is a bit flimsey but he finds a way to win fights using his points kickboxing
Brennan Ward, TKO, R3
Ward has a puncher's chance but not much chance he will win with Storley being at Kill Cliff, too solid a team and training there
Moldavsky vs. Mowry
Steve Mowry, DEC
Didnt expect the Russian to lose to Vassell... If Mowry is still in Miami at Kill Cliff (?) I think he will win but it will be close
Rosta vs. Jeffery
Dalton Rosta, DEC
wrestler vs striker?
Outlaw vs. Mamedov
Islam Mamedov, DEC
2nd mountain fighter in a row for Outlaw hope he is ready this time but im not sure about the upset :(
Magomedov vs. Kamaka III
Akhmed Magomedov, DEC
Dagestan vs Hawaii cool
Brennan vs. Almeida
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R3
Brennan has pretty good grappling also his younger brother is a good wrestler
Gallagher vs. Lencioni
James Gallagher, DEC
Lencioni has fought 5 times in the last year Gallagher once but Gallagher is the favorite somehow, he was at Glory MMA until the big scandal
Blockhus vs. Mefford
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
Another wrestler in Bellator need to look him up
Davis vs. Cruz
Alfie Davis, DEC
Davis is a bit flimsey but he finds a way to win fights using his points kickboxing
"I am the greatest blonde man in the world. I am Tru Viking." - Alexander Gustaffsson / "The world must bow to my glory. I am a God amongst mortals. They must pay me tribute in wine and concubine for my deeds." - Jon Jones "
05.24.2023 | 10:04 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 7 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Blockhus vs. Mefford
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
lol
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
lol
"Jarno Errens, Damir Hadzovic"
06.01.2023 | 12:43 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 15 Winners, 5 Perfect, 685 Points | 511th Place
This is actually a pretty cool card already. I'm a Storley fan, he can fight cautious against hard strikers but I'm sure Ward will pull a fun fight out of him in front of his home crowd.
06.18.2023 | 7:59 PM ET
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 6 Perfect, 765 Points | Tied for 223rd
Just watched a video chael sonnen just realeased. Apparently Chris lencioni pass out at practice and hasn't regained consciousness. It wasn't due to a ko or sub either
06.18.2023 | 8:19 PM ET
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 5 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Yeah someone from his gym confirmed he’s in a coma currently. They don’t know what’s wrong
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
06.19.2023 | 12:59 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 6 Winners, 1 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 1036th
Hope he comes out of it soon, I loathe these types of unfortunate events
"All my picks are backed by some type of real money wager. When I bet the house - I now have two houses"
06.19.2023 | 2:08 PM ET
Predictions: 1 of 4 Winners, 0 Perfect, 50 Points | Tied for 1166th
Hope for speedy recovery a lot of mystery illnesses after new medications being released.
"“I took no damage,” Hill said. “Most of the fall was me falling down"
2023.06.22
1:10 PM ET
bout announced
Leandro Higo vs. Nikita Mikhailov at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
2023.06.22
1:11 PM ET
bout announced
Diana Avsaragova vs. Justine Kish at 125 lbs (56.7 kg)
2023.06.22
1:11 PM ET
bout announced
Dayana Silva vs. Ekaterina Shakalova at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
2023.06.22
1:12 PM ET
bout announced
Max Rohskopf vs. Jairo Pacheco at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
2023.06.22
1:12 PM ET
bout announced
Jerrell Hodge vs. Marcirley Alves at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
2023.06.22
1:17 PM ET
bout status update
Gallagher vs. Lencioni Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
2023.06.26
10:14 PM ET
bout announced
James Gallagher vs. James Gonzalez at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
2023.06.26
11:11 PM ET
bout announced
Enrique Barzola vs. Jaylon Bates at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
2023.06.27
4:45 PM ET
bout announced
Imamshafi Aliev vs. Anthony Adams at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
2023.06.27
4:46 PM ET
bout announced
Sullivan Cauley vs. Cedric Savage at 205 lbs (93.0 kg)
2023.06.27
4:47 PM ET
bout announced
Bryce Meredith vs. Alberto Rodriguez at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
2023.06.27
4:48 PM ET
bout announced
Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Mike Shipman at 185 lbs (83.9 kg)
06.29.2023 | 4:12 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 5 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Gallagher vs. Gonzalez
James Gonzalez, DEC
Maybe this will age poorly but I really don’t trust gallagher. He was alreayd bad when he was active & had that terrible pulling guillotine contest with mix (loss is aging well tho). Since that fight, he went to glory mma but now is back at sbg (so much for that) he’s also been inactive so not sure how much improvements he’s made. Gonzalez is not a good fighter but way better than his record. He takes any fight he can and has a well rounded skillset. Again, gallagher is supposed to win but I don’t trust him
Barzola vs. Bates
Enrique Barzola, TKO, R3
I didn’t watch the fight so I don’t know what hapoened, but I was shocked to see bates passed the test. He’s a huge bw with some sick grappling, but he is still green & that cardio is really bad. He passed the last test but this one I don’t think he will fair the same. Barzola is a big step up & also been looking great in bellator. His record isn’t amazing but he is a tough guy to beat. Unlimited cardio, won’t **** off, and has grinding wrestling. I think bates might have more natural talent, but I think barzola will break him with his scrambles and pace
Aliev vs. Adams
Imamshafi Aliev, DEC
Adams is a gritty vet. Good cardio, solid striking, and historically good tdd. However, he’s aging and outside of that win over the overrated khalid Murtazlaiev, he hasn’t done much. He did do decently well in his last two tho but again, he’s a gritty vet. Imamshafi is a dominant dagi wrestler. Okay striking and really bad bjj awareness, but his wrestling is great. He should be able to take this one. Could be really close or at least a win he will have to dig deep. Or he makes me look stupid & runs through adams; he is really talented after all it’s just adams is one of those guys who is beatable but you don’t really look great doing it
Cauley vs. Savage
Sullivan Cauley, TKO, R1
Back to can crushing for cauley. That last loss was atrocious. I think that was necessary for his career tho, he has a lot of talent but clearly wasn’t ready for the push
Meredith vs. Rodriguez
Bryce Meredith, SUB, R2
Meredith has been looking better and better each fight. I think it’s time for a step up after this one. We already know he can beat bums, let’s see him face a test
Murtazaliev vs. Shipman
Khalid Murtazaliev, DEC
Murtazaliev is pretty overrated, but he shouldn’t lose to an old Englishman who can’t wrestle
James Gonzalez, DEC
Maybe this will age poorly but I really don’t trust gallagher. He was alreayd bad when he was active & had that terrible pulling guillotine contest with mix (loss is aging well tho). Since that fight, he went to glory mma but now is back at sbg (so much for that) he’s also been inactive so not sure how much improvements he’s made. Gonzalez is not a good fighter but way better than his record. He takes any fight he can and has a well rounded skillset. Again, gallagher is supposed to win but I don’t trust him
Barzola vs. Bates
Enrique Barzola, TKO, R3
I didn’t watch the fight so I don’t know what hapoened, but I was shocked to see bates passed the test. He’s a huge bw with some sick grappling, but he is still green & that cardio is really bad. He passed the last test but this one I don’t think he will fair the same. Barzola is a big step up & also been looking great in bellator. His record isn’t amazing but he is a tough guy to beat. Unlimited cardio, won’t **** off, and has grinding wrestling. I think bates might have more natural talent, but I think barzola will break him with his scrambles and pace
Aliev vs. Adams
Imamshafi Aliev, DEC
Adams is a gritty vet. Good cardio, solid striking, and historically good tdd. However, he’s aging and outside of that win over the overrated khalid Murtazlaiev, he hasn’t done much. He did do decently well in his last two tho but again, he’s a gritty vet. Imamshafi is a dominant dagi wrestler. Okay striking and really bad bjj awareness, but his wrestling is great. He should be able to take this one. Could be really close or at least a win he will have to dig deep. Or he makes me look stupid & runs through adams; he is really talented after all it’s just adams is one of those guys who is beatable but you don’t really look great doing it
Cauley vs. Savage
Sullivan Cauley, TKO, R1
Back to can crushing for cauley. That last loss was atrocious. I think that was necessary for his career tho, he has a lot of talent but clearly wasn’t ready for the push
Meredith vs. Rodriguez
Bryce Meredith, SUB, R2
Meredith has been looking better and better each fight. I think it’s time for a step up after this one. We already know he can beat bums, let’s see him face a test
Murtazaliev vs. Shipman
Khalid Murtazaliev, DEC
Murtazaliev is pretty overrated, but he shouldn’t lose to an old Englishman who can’t wrestle
* Edited at 06.29.2023, 4:12 PM ET *
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
06.29.2023 | 4:41 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 5 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Storley vs. Ward
Logan Storley, TKO, R2
Wards comeback tour has been insane. Just banger after banger & his cardio has looked better than ever, however, I doubt he can stop the very high level wrestling of storely. Storely has suspect striking but his wrestling is super high level. His only losses are to the elite amosov as well & while the second was a beatdown, he at least held his own in the first. Either way as long as he avoids the standup this is an easy win for him
Moldavsky vs. Mowry
Valentin Moldavsky, DEC
Extremely ugly fight here. The first time this was booked, mowry pretty much just quit off of a soft eye poke. He realized he couldn’t get the take down and kinda just found a way out. Since then, he had that disgustingly bad perfomance against Isaev. Both looked horrible but he got totally dominated in round 1, then took the last two rounds after Isaev death gassed before barely eking out a draw. Moldavsky got fraud checked hard against vassell. I mean, he looked BAD in that fight. Wrestling wasn’t there and his striking looked worse than ever. He has always had suspect standup to me; I remember when bader ****** him up round 1 of their fight too. I wanna favor mowry but we’ve seen what happens to him when he can’t get the takedown & he basically quit in their first fight. I think I have to go with Moldavsky but not confident
Rosta vs. Jeffery
Aaron Jeffery, TKO, R2
Man this is a hard one to call. I really like Jeffery a lot & thought he was a sleeper in this division. But then he absolutely **** the bed in the worst way possible his last fight. I get it was a bad style matchup but he should’ve easily beaten the washed up version of salter. Instead, he got dominated with grappling. Now he’s facing one of bellators best prospects. Costa has a wrestling background but can also strike. He has very much looked the part although his last fight was a snoozer. If he tries to trade with Jeffery, I think it will be a long night for him. If he wrestles he will probably win. I’m not gonna jump off the Jeffery train yet tho. If he beats Jeffery, rosta is very legit cuz I’d rate Jeffery in the top 25 range for ufc
Outlaw vs. Mamedov
Islam Mamedov, DEC
Absolutely hilarious to me that outlaw pops for every drug under the sun just 3 months ago & now he’s cleared to compete again. Bellator obviously doing him 0 favors here with this one. Mamedov may be boring and he may fight to the level of his opponents, but he is a really good fighter. Has a mostly boring but super effective dagi grappling style. Dominant wrestler and has some solid bjj as well. Outlaw probably just gets wrestle ****** here but I’d love to see some grappling scrambles here
Magomedov vs. Kamaka III
Akhmed Magomedov, DEC
Kamaka gotta fire his manager. Every time he gets on a winstreak or gets his confidence back, he gets a really **** matchup. I’ve never been a big fan of his even when he was in the ufc, but like cmon give the guy some easy fights. We saw a lower level version of this when he fought j train; j train just wrestle ****** him the whole time. The same will happen here. I know people are probably low on Akhmed after his last loss, but 1. He didn’t look totally bad and 2. That was just a shut matchup for him. Corralles is not only a tricky vet, but he has historically had very good tdd (just check is track record with Caucasus fighters) and on top of that, gained a whopping 35 pounds on fight day! That means he was like 175 in the cage, no wonder Akhmed couldn’t get a td. I think he should look great here. Will even have success on the feet. Nk finishing threat from Kai either so Akhmed can do as he pleases. Might even get a finish here
Brennan vs. Almeida
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R1
On paper this is a step up for brennan, but this is gonna be the same as his previous fights, if not even easier. Almeida has some nice kickboxing but he is 35 and can’t wrestle for ****. This should be an easy sub for brennan. Can we please have him fight someone ranked next? I wanna see if he pans out to be legit or a total fraud
Blockhus vs. Mefford
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
Genuinely pathetic by Bellator. They always have squash matches but this really takes the cake. I mean, he’s 45, winless, and works as a painter full time. Blockhus was a standout wrestler and now trains at kill cliff but I’ll never be sold on him until he faces someone with a pulse; cause you know, Bellator wrestling prospects are a mixed bag. Either way he will dominate here
Davis vs. Cruz
Alfie Davis, DEC
Cruz was never good when he was in the ufc but he looked bad against old ass Bobby. Davis got some hands
Higo vs. Mikhailov
Leandro Higo, DEC
Mikhailov is pretty fraudulent. I was really high on him but he has not planned out the way I thought. He’s got some slick striking but can’t wrestle for ****. He did beat the ghost of Caldwell (who hasn’t) but man he looked really bad doing it. Higo didn’t exactly beat Caldwell in impressive fashion either but he at least clearly won; at least imo, he did get outwrestled but Caldwell did nothing on top. The way you beat Higo is by wrestling and mikhailov isn’t a wrestler. Of course, he’s Better than Higo on the feet but he won’t be able to stop the grappling
Avsaragova vs. Kish
Diana Avsaragova, DEC
Kish is just so bad. She has the occasional fight where she shows up (macfarlane and cortez fights) but those are far and few between. Russian chick smesh
Silva vs. Shakalova
Ekaterina Shakalova, SUB, R2
Shakalova is an awesome prospect. She’s not amazing but a very entertaining wmma fighter. She is a high level grappler; kind of reminds me of a female Romanov except she actually has a gas tank. She is a multiple time grappling champ and has some very creative moves. She loves to slam and suplex girls but will even do arm drags. Her sub game is good too and she does a lot of damage with gnp. She should be better at 145 because she was killing herskef to make 135. Her striking also sucks but she can wrestle so well it’s not an issue. She should easily beat this random they’re giving her
Rohskopf vs. Pacheco
Max Rohskopf, DEC
Idrk about this one. I was one of the only people on CG in roshkopfs last fight but he **** the bed as expected. I don’t remember much about Pacheco but I’ve seen him fight a few times
Hodge vs. Alves
Marcirley Alves, TKO, R2
Hodge had a good win last time out in lfa. He’s a gritty vet who’s been around the block. I do think he lost his last fight but it was pretty close. He did get rocked a decent amount and looked a little tired, but he dug deep and beat a decent guy on a huge winstreak. Alves lost to LLL which is aging poorly but he is a solid guy. His bjj is lacking but man his hands are sharp. Give me the younger hungrier fighter
Logan Storley, TKO, R2
Wards comeback tour has been insane. Just banger after banger & his cardio has looked better than ever, however, I doubt he can stop the very high level wrestling of storely. Storely has suspect striking but his wrestling is super high level. His only losses are to the elite amosov as well & while the second was a beatdown, he at least held his own in the first. Either way as long as he avoids the standup this is an easy win for him
Moldavsky vs. Mowry
Valentin Moldavsky, DEC
Extremely ugly fight here. The first time this was booked, mowry pretty much just quit off of a soft eye poke. He realized he couldn’t get the take down and kinda just found a way out. Since then, he had that disgustingly bad perfomance against Isaev. Both looked horrible but he got totally dominated in round 1, then took the last two rounds after Isaev death gassed before barely eking out a draw. Moldavsky got fraud checked hard against vassell. I mean, he looked BAD in that fight. Wrestling wasn’t there and his striking looked worse than ever. He has always had suspect standup to me; I remember when bader ****** him up round 1 of their fight too. I wanna favor mowry but we’ve seen what happens to him when he can’t get the takedown & he basically quit in their first fight. I think I have to go with Moldavsky but not confident
Rosta vs. Jeffery
Aaron Jeffery, TKO, R2
Man this is a hard one to call. I really like Jeffery a lot & thought he was a sleeper in this division. But then he absolutely **** the bed in the worst way possible his last fight. I get it was a bad style matchup but he should’ve easily beaten the washed up version of salter. Instead, he got dominated with grappling. Now he’s facing one of bellators best prospects. Costa has a wrestling background but can also strike. He has very much looked the part although his last fight was a snoozer. If he tries to trade with Jeffery, I think it will be a long night for him. If he wrestles he will probably win. I’m not gonna jump off the Jeffery train yet tho. If he beats Jeffery, rosta is very legit cuz I’d rate Jeffery in the top 25 range for ufc
Outlaw vs. Mamedov
Islam Mamedov, DEC
Absolutely hilarious to me that outlaw pops for every drug under the sun just 3 months ago & now he’s cleared to compete again. Bellator obviously doing him 0 favors here with this one. Mamedov may be boring and he may fight to the level of his opponents, but he is a really good fighter. Has a mostly boring but super effective dagi grappling style. Dominant wrestler and has some solid bjj as well. Outlaw probably just gets wrestle ****** here but I’d love to see some grappling scrambles here
Magomedov vs. Kamaka III
Akhmed Magomedov, DEC
Kamaka gotta fire his manager. Every time he gets on a winstreak or gets his confidence back, he gets a really **** matchup. I’ve never been a big fan of his even when he was in the ufc, but like cmon give the guy some easy fights. We saw a lower level version of this when he fought j train; j train just wrestle ****** him the whole time. The same will happen here. I know people are probably low on Akhmed after his last loss, but 1. He didn’t look totally bad and 2. That was just a shut matchup for him. Corralles is not only a tricky vet, but he has historically had very good tdd (just check is track record with Caucasus fighters) and on top of that, gained a whopping 35 pounds on fight day! That means he was like 175 in the cage, no wonder Akhmed couldn’t get a td. I think he should look great here. Will even have success on the feet. Nk finishing threat from Kai either so Akhmed can do as he pleases. Might even get a finish here
Brennan vs. Almeida
Lucas Brennan, SUB, R1
On paper this is a step up for brennan, but this is gonna be the same as his previous fights, if not even easier. Almeida has some nice kickboxing but he is 35 and can’t wrestle for ****. This should be an easy sub for brennan. Can we please have him fight someone ranked next? I wanna see if he pans out to be legit or a total fraud
Blockhus vs. Mefford
Michael Blockhus, TKO, R1
Genuinely pathetic by Bellator. They always have squash matches but this really takes the cake. I mean, he’s 45, winless, and works as a painter full time. Blockhus was a standout wrestler and now trains at kill cliff but I’ll never be sold on him until he faces someone with a pulse; cause you know, Bellator wrestling prospects are a mixed bag. Either way he will dominate here
Davis vs. Cruz
Alfie Davis, DEC
Cruz was never good when he was in the ufc but he looked bad against old ass Bobby. Davis got some hands
Higo vs. Mikhailov
Leandro Higo, DEC
Mikhailov is pretty fraudulent. I was really high on him but he has not planned out the way I thought. He’s got some slick striking but can’t wrestle for ****. He did beat the ghost of Caldwell (who hasn’t) but man he looked really bad doing it. Higo didn’t exactly beat Caldwell in impressive fashion either but he at least clearly won; at least imo, he did get outwrestled but Caldwell did nothing on top. The way you beat Higo is by wrestling and mikhailov isn’t a wrestler. Of course, he’s Better than Higo on the feet but he won’t be able to stop the grappling
Avsaragova vs. Kish
Diana Avsaragova, DEC
Kish is just so bad. She has the occasional fight where she shows up (macfarlane and cortez fights) but those are far and few between. Russian chick smesh
Silva vs. Shakalova
Ekaterina Shakalova, SUB, R2
Shakalova is an awesome prospect. She’s not amazing but a very entertaining wmma fighter. She is a high level grappler; kind of reminds me of a female Romanov except she actually has a gas tank. She is a multiple time grappling champ and has some very creative moves. She loves to slam and suplex girls but will even do arm drags. Her sub game is good too and she does a lot of damage with gnp. She should be better at 145 because she was killing herskef to make 135. Her striking also sucks but she can wrestle so well it’s not an issue. She should easily beat this random they’re giving her
Rohskopf vs. Pacheco
Max Rohskopf, DEC
Idrk about this one. I was one of the only people on CG in roshkopfs last fight but he **** the bed as expected. I don’t remember much about Pacheco but I’ve seen him fight a few times
Hodge vs. Alves
Marcirley Alves, TKO, R2
Hodge had a good win last time out in lfa. He’s a gritty vet who’s been around the block. I do think he lost his last fight but it was pretty close. He did get rocked a decent amount and looked a little tired, but he dug deep and beat a decent guy on a huge winstreak. Alves lost to LLL which is aging poorly but he is a solid guy. His bjj is lacking but man his hands are sharp. Give me the younger hungrier fighter
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
06.29.2023 | 11:22 PM ET
@Ayy
Predictions: 5 of 6 Winners, 1 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 1036th
Appreciate your thorough insight on this card!
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06.29.2023 | 11:58 PM ET
Predictions: 5 of 6 Winners, 1 Perfect, 330 Points | Tied for 1036th
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"All my picks are backed by some type of real money wager. When I bet the house - I now have two houses"
07.10.2023 | 12:10 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 15 Winners, 5 Perfect, 685 Points | 511th Place
I really became a fan of Gonzales after his last fight against Pico. And he spoiled the party against Cody Law. Remains to be seen if he'll become elite, he fights wild, but Trains at Longo and is just so much fun. Messy record but his losses are to good guys. I just really really hope he beats Gallagher lol.
2023.07.11
3:01 PM ET
bout announced
Jordan Oliver vs. Andrew Triolo at 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
07.12.2023 | 6:36 PM ET
Predictions: 10 of 15 Winners, 5 Perfect, 685 Points | 511th Place
07.12.2023 | 6:58 PM ET
Predictions: 12 of 17 Winners, 5 Perfect, 830 Points | Tied for 99th
Yeah he’s pretty old lol. Must be good genetics
"“Unfortunately you can’t talk like that on FOX” - Joe Rogan"
07.12.2023 | 7:09 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 10 of 17 Winners, 6 Perfect, 690 Points | Tied for 494th
Storley vs. Ward
Logan Storley, DEC
Logan Storley should win this fight by dominant unanimous decision.
Logan Storley, DEC
Logan Storley should win this fight by dominant unanimous decision.
07.15.2023 | 8:46 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 11 of 17 Winners, 7 Perfect, 780 Points | Tied for 203rd
Oliver vs. Triolo
Jordan Oliver, TKO, R1
That's crazy! Hyped for this dudes debut, and training @ Kill Cliff. Oliver is a phenomenal wrestler, Olympic level.
Jordan Oliver, TKO, R1
That's crazy! Hyped for this dudes debut, and training @ Kill Cliff. Oliver is a phenomenal wrestler, Olympic level.
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2023.07.18
4:49 PM ET
event start time updated
From Friday, August 11 at 5:30pm ET to Friday, August 11 at 6:30pm ET
2023.07.18
4:51 PM ET
bout announced
Josh Hill vs. Kasum Kasumov at 135 lbs (61.2 kg)
2023.07.18
4:51 PM ET
bout status update
Cauley vs. Savage Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
2023.07.18
4:52 PM ET
bout announced
Sullivan Cauley vs. Hamza Salim at 205 lbs (93.0 kg)
2023.07.18
4:53 PM ET
bout announced
Vladimir Tokov vs. Jairo Pacheco at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
2023.07.18
4:55 PM ET
bout status update
Rohskopf vs. Pacheco Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
2023.07.18
4:58 PM ET
bout status update
Murtazaliev vs. Shipman Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
2023.07.18
4:58 PM ET
bout status update
Aliev vs. Adams Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
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- JrKMcCoyT
07.19.2023 | 8:39 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 5 Perfect, 605 Points | 744th Place
Brennan vs. Almeida
Weber Almeida, TKO, R1
Majority draw.
Weber Almeida, TKO, R1
Majority draw.
07.22.2023 | 7:46 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 11 of 17 Winners, 7 Perfect, 795 Points | Tied for 181st
Storley vs. Ward
Logan Storley, TKO, R2
Ward can not go 5 rounds simple his gas tank will not allow him to not mentally break when gassed after round 2 of 3 storley by ground and pound on a fish out of water trying to breath in ward
Logan Storley, TKO, R2
Ward can not go 5 rounds simple his gas tank will not allow him to not mentally break when gassed after round 2 of 3 storley by ground and pound on a fish out of water trying to breath in ward