What UFC couldn't have done in years took Coker only 4 months to arrange

[FedorGOAT]

 

[chitoortiz]

UFC doesn't do tournaments.

Coker does.

 

[MusterX]

The milks gone bad.

 

[HaulParris]

Mitrione and Nelson already fought in a TUF finale.

 

[20falarVerdades]

Hopefully Fedor and Mir dont just stand there head hunting

 

[IBeLurkin]

Why are they bothering to call it a heavyweight tourney instead of openweight?

 

[UL]

Rampage will smash Chael

 

[mmafan559]

this is going to be decimated by injuries

 

[DC23]

Fuck it. Mir beats Fedor.

 

[tithas]

You mean make an HW "tournament" full of LHW's and MW's?

 

[Sonny Qc]

those match up kinda sck.

Mir Vs Fedor is great tho.
why Roy Vs meathead renatch ?
why put the 4 lhw against each other ?

Fedor vs Mir
Roy Vs Page

Mo Vs Matt
Bader Vs Sonnen

that would have been my match up

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

Why are they bothering to call it a heavyweight tourney instead of openweight?

Well they will all likely be between 205 and 265. They might not all be natural heavyweights but that doesn't really matter.

 

[blaseblah]

Why are they bothering to call it a heavyweight tourney instead of openweight?

Because they will all weight in at heavyweight

 

[yookfarb]

Mitrione and Nelson already fought in a TUF finale.

That was Nelson and Schaub

 

[Treeloy]

I dont understand the matchmak8ng at all

 

[Voltron]

All the LHW fighters walk around over 205 any day so it makes sense to me and I like this idea of fighters not pussing out.

 

[VinceArch]

Eh... No thanks. Big Fedor fan here but after the defeat to Mitrione of all people I just want him to retire and it's showing how thin Bellator's HW division is when you have 4 bloated fighters competing at a weight class they wouldn't originally be competing in.

 

[Head Movement]

UFC never tried to make a heavyweight tournament.

Also that's not exactly impressive considering half of those fighters aren't even heavyweights.

 

[Ananth]

Fedor has a winnable fight. Mir isn't a knockout machine and can be UD'd, tko'd.

Whatever people might say regarding old fighters, and LHW/MWs competing in a HW tournament. Tournament formats get people excited and this is a brilliant business decision. People will tune in.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

And when boring fights and injuries are the result, you will understand why UFC doesn't do "tournaments"