Askren says Bellator for sale, wonder if Dana's interested

[kflo]

Now they can buy them back for bargain bin prices.

They have contracts.....

 

[flowoftruth]

that's idiotic. Cocker must be doing something right because next year i'm gonna def tune in to Bellator for Romero and Rumble

you mean snatch up names that ufc let go ?

 

[Vulcan]

bellator sucks coker can't run a promotion he killed strikeforce and now bellator

 

[tehMoose]

bellator sucks coker can't run a promotion he killed strikeforce and now bellator

You trust Askren? LMAO

 

[Uber_Noober]

I got 5 on it

 

[Kb7]

You trust Askren? LMAO

He trusts history and history has shown Coker isn’t that great.

 

[HunterAcosta]

I can throw in about $14

I got tree fiddy on it dawg.

 

[Barteh]

Coker did a great job with Strikeforce. I remember the UFC shills were calling it Strikefarce and said their fighters wouldn’t come close to winning world titles. Look at how many of their fighters held belts.

SF never dies!

Yeah Strikeforce ended up being great. I'm sure if Bellator would be bought out by the UFC we could see two divisions with an ex-bellator fighter becoming champ. Especially WW stands out at Bellator.

 

[HHJ]

Can't blame Scott Coker

Yes. Yes you can

 

[OneManGang]

Now suddenly the goofbald and Askren are best friends. I am sure the genuinely like each other...

 

[ferrisjso]

Tbh Coker's doing a great job(or good as he could be doing with the number 2 promotion)wtf is he talking about? If Viacom is seeking to sell it's because they don't have interest in MMA and are trying to flip a valuable asset not because Bellator wasn't being successful, it made huge inroads in the last few years.

 

[ferrisjso]

UFC won't buy Bellator because the antitrust alarm bells would start going off.

 

[testycul]

They should change their name to XUFC

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

How much? Maybe us sherdoggers can pool together some cash

All the money saved on illegal streams is probably in the millions

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Tbh Coker's doing a great job(or good as he could be doing with the number 2 promotion)wtf is he talking about? If Viacom is seeking to sell it's because they don't have interest in MMA and are trying to flip a valuable asset not because Bellator wasn't being successful, it made huge inroads in the last few years.

Bellator has no stars. They don't market well enough and feed cans to potential stars too much. MVP should be more popular and fighting top 5 guys

 

[hillelslovak87]

The UFC is looking to shed talent, not pick up the big contracts of so many Bellator Geriatric Leaguers.......

 

[Deleted member 510653]

You gotta bring back the guy who last said... MEXICO!

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

Might be a good opportunity for One?

 

[Kingz]

lol, so Askren is the Inside Man now? I’m calling bullshit. He couldn’t even say he has the skinny from connections he made while he was there because they’re all gone now. He never worked for Scott.

though I do hope that Viacom eventually does sell Bellator(not to UFC) to allow more flexibility for the promotion outside of the Viacom/CBS universe. They don’t really have the channels for Bellator outside of Showtime after rebranding Spike. Their sports divisions outside of SHO sports are shit.

The reason I call BS on this is if they wanted to sell Bellator, they would be more enticing on Showtime..not CBS Sportsnet. I know they want MMA content back on Showtime and I believe Bellator is being prepped to be on Showtime before the end of 2021 or by 2022. It would be better if they had an owner/money man more directly in the game rather than being a small subsidiary of a major conglomerate. Viacom doesn’t need to sell Bellator, they could just dissolve it. They likely put significantly more money in several ventures in their several networks/production companies that fail every year. Last I checked they were still signing guys

 

[FIghtxIQ]

They'll find a buyer, maybe switch Coker out. Live gates are already being done in Texas, soon it'll be in more states with limited capacity. Full capacity should be happening in 2022 for sure. They just signed Romero so they are still planning for the future.