News Bellator 273: Bader vs Moldavsky - January 29th 2022

Bader Kongo 2, the fight we all needed. Seriously Bellators div is ass sweat
 
I liked that event all together. Bendo vs. Mamedov was somehow entertaining. Bader vs. Moldavsky as well besides the middle off the bout.

Moldavsky has good hands and seems to have some power, but he has a bad tendency to just wall and stall.
 
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Judging was dogshit tonight. Thankfully it didn't affect any fighter that I actually care about. But my goodness.

Mamedov significantly outstrikes Hendo. Hendo hugs some limbs and gets the decision. Bader strikes a bit more from bottom, while Moldavsky is the one hugging limbs. Bader gets the decision. So which is it? Is it strikes that win the fight or is it position? Miss me with this "trying to end the fight" bullshit talk, because no one in any of those positions was anywhere remotely near ending the fight.

The new concept that these guys, Big John included, are trying to promote is basically a penalty for fighters who are on the top. If you're on the top, you're expected to finish the fight, because if you don't then your opponent gets points for doing nothing.

Thankfully this isn't the way fights are normally scored. Including in the UFC. Imagine if UFC 270 was like that, Gravely outstruck Oliveira significantly and got all the takedowns but look, Oliveira is throwing up bullshit guillotines. Lmao.

The fighters I wanted to win won. Cauley won, Mikhailov won, Rosta won, Gonzalez won. I know judges are picked by the commission but if judges are going to be like that, Bellator needs to avoid ever hosting events in these states. The main card tonight was a terrible night for bellator as a promotion because 2 guys who they were pushing lost decisions. And they were ridiculous decisions at that.
 


Coker's post fight press conference. Around the 6 minute mark he was asked about Eagle FC. He then made a comment that implied they lent out Kharitonov for the card. He says "we sent our guy". He then follows up by saying Bellator has it's own business to run but they'd support them when they can.
 
MMALOPEZ said:
Caldwell on a bad streak… will this be his last fight in Bellator ?
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Lets hope so. Remember 4 years ago people were saying Caldwell could challenge the UFC. I cant believe the fall from grace from him. Worst fight IQ in the business. All he had to do in the 3rd round was survive...what does he do? He gasses from wrestling, goes to turtle, and doesnt defend the punches that werent even doing any damage. Cut the guy, get some new blood in the division.
 
CorninginChristianburg said:
It's going to be me on a soapbox again. But that's why I don't like the whole "MMA is going to be the next best base" argument. Ben Parrish was, really what I thought he was, a smart striker with a KO punch. Christian Edwards quit wrestling in 6th grade to focus on MMA. Cauley wrestled college. Edwards has good everything and great nothing. He's a good striker, not a great striker, he's a good wrestler, not a great wrestler. It was noticeable against Biyong, Biyong gassed hard at the end of the fight and was a limp doll, and Edwards still didn't have the precision and technique to finish him anywhere. So he elected to stand with Parrish, but again he even lacks elite striking/striking defense, so he got sent to the shadow realm by accident, plus 4-5 hammerfists.

Cauley is relatively new and inexperienced but he has one go-to skill, which is his wrestling. I was afraid he wouldn't use it, but he did. He got Parrish down, negated the KO power, and just pieced him up from there. Finished the fight.

Obviously I have a preference for base. But honestly, if you just have a base, then that's fine enough. Like the past two UFC main events. Giga Chikadze is an elite striker. He'd been wrestled twice in his career, and against Kattar he got wrestled in the first two rounds and then gassed and got worked. But he got to be a UFC top 10 FW in the first place by having that elite skillset, and even though he'd gotten wrestled in the past he'd never been knocked out. Ciryl Gane also came from kickboxing. He's got very good striking defense. He also has never gotten knocked out. Even though his wrestling defense caused him to lose the Francis fight, he made it to the top, at least 5 HWs in the world, simply by having really good striking and striking defense. Maybe he's boring, but he hasn't/isn't going to get knocked out either.
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Same thing with Rosta, has an MMA base but he is just average everywhere, and his main problem is that he is not a finisher. If he cant finish these lay up fighters he will not be able to finish the more experienced fighters. I think he needs to step back a bit and fight a couple more regional level fighters before facing the top 10.

Very impressed by Cauley, seems like the complete package and has shown good hands and great wrestling/gnp to finish fights. Great fight IQ, too, like I told you, he wont stand with Big Tuna. That was the smart thing to do. You can be a smart fighter and choose the path of least resistance and still be entertaining. Unlike Mamedov and Moldavsky.
 
careto said:
Same thing with Rosta, has an MMA base but he is just average everywhere, and his main problem is that he is not a finisher. If he cant finish these lay up fighters he will not be able to finish the more experienced fighters. I think he needs to step back a bit and fight a couple more regional level fighters before facing the top 10.

Very impressed by Cauley, seems like the complete package and has shown good hands and great wrestling/gnp to finish fights. Great fight IQ, too, like I told you, he wont stand with Big Tuna. That was the smart thing to do. You can be a smart fighter and choose the path of least resistance and still be entertaining. Unlike Mamedov and Moldavsky.
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Yeah, Rosta has a dual base since he wrestled on year college but he trained boxing since youth. His boxing might be better than his wrestling. But I realized. He doesnt have a lot of power. He's a point fighter on the feet. So when he boxes, I'm not worried about him knocking the other guy out but I'm worried he'll get caught. His wrestling was decent last fight, but the early body lock form was not great. And he gives up position too easy since he is too intent on standing up.
 
CorninginChristianburg said:
Yeah, Rosta has a dual base since he wrestled on year college but he trained boxing since youth. His boxing might be better than his wrestling. But I realized. He doesnt have a lot of power. He's a point fighter on the feet. So when he boxes, I'm not worried about him knocking the other guy out but I'm worried he'll get caught. His wrestling was decent last fight, but the early body lock form was not great. And he gives up position too easy since he is too intent on standing up.
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Rosta's striking is very lacking to be honest, particularly for a boxer. He throws 1s and 1,2s but never throws any combinations. He is very young and has a long way to go but until he improves that he should stop trying to fight the top of the division because he is gonna get hurt.
 
Does anyone know what NFL jersey Rosta wore? I want to buy one

 
tehMoose said:
Does anyone know what NFL jersey Rosta wore? I want to buy one

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Dont know if this is what your asking but that is a Pittsburg Steelers number 50 Jersey Ryan Shazier is the person who wore that for them. He was hurt during a game and had to learn how to walk again.
 
Dillydilly said:
Dont know if this is what your asking but that is a Pittsburg Steelers number 50 Jersey Ryan Shazier is the person who wore that for them. He was hurt during a game and had to learn how to walk again.
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It's exactly what I wanted. Thanks dude
 
careto said:
Lets hope so. Remember 4 years ago people were saying Caldwell could challenge the UFC. I cant believe the fall from grace from him. Worst fight IQ in the business. All he had to do in the 3rd round was survive...what does he do? He gasses from wrestling, goes to turtle, and doesnt defend the punches that werent even doing any damage. Cut the guy, get some new blood in the division.
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Yeah that Caldwell could beat Cruz then he lost to Joe T.

He's like what 2-5 over his last 7, could def get the axe but maybe Bellator keeps him around for another one. He'd get picked up by an org, maybe overseas or Eagle. Still surprised PFL hasnt started a BW div. With a million dollar tournament they could def lure guys from UFC/Bellator who dont see that kind of money since its a smaller div and those guys dont often make big money. Its also the deepest div talent wise in mma.
 
CC27 said:
Yeah that Caldwell could beat Cruz then he lost to Joe T.

He's like what 2-5 over his last 7, could def get the axe but maybe Bellator keeps him around for another one. He'd get picked up by an org, maybe overseas or Eagle. Still surprised PFL hasnt started a BW div. With a million dollar tournament they could def lure guys from UFC/Bellator who dont see that kind of money since its a smaller div and those guys dont often make big money. Its also the deepest div talent wise in mma.
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That Joe T fight was the first time we saw his attrocious fight IQ on display. Everyone hoped it would be just a one-time thing butnhe has made it a habit to make a fool out of himself. Sad really. TBH, I would rather Bellator lets him go and get some fresh blood in there.

PFL not having a BW division is a head scratcher. It is where the most depth you can find and lure quality fighters.
 
I think the play for Caldwell is to move up to 45 permanently. He's 3 fights removed from finishing Adam Borics up there and faded in the 3rd against Barzola and Higo both.

I don't think he ever gets back to the top because the promotion is just stronger now then it was then but it's sort of a fresh start and he could get an unranked guy with some momentum to start. I could also see the perspective of him being a prospect killer from the promotion's perspective but personally I'd rather they not lose a guy like Caldwell overall. Unless they could use that money to sign somebody notable maybe.
 
careto said:
Rosta's striking is very lacking to be honest, particularly for a boxer. He throws 1s and 1,2s but never throws any combinations. He is very young and has a long way to go but until he improves that he should stop trying to fight the top of the division because he is gonna get hurt.
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To his credit, he's a very good defensive boxer. He rarely gets hit. Through 30 minutes with both Tony and Duane Johnson, both who have boxing resumes, he hasn't gotten hit cleanly yet.

But his lack of offense is concerning because anything can happen on the feet. You want to get your opponent out of there because even the best can be caught with something if you go a full 15 minutes. And at MW, the lights can get shut out real quick if you slip up even a bit. Especially as the competition rises.
 
CorninginChristianburg said:
To his credit, he's a very good defensive boxer. He rarely gets hit. Through 30 minutes with both Tony and Duane Johnson, both who have boxing resumes, he hasn't gotten hit cleanly yet.

But his lack of offense is concerning because anything can happen on the feet. You want to get your opponent out of there because even the best can be caught with something if you go a full 15 minutes. And at MW, the lights can get shut out real quick if you slip up even a bit. Especially as the competition rises.
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Reminds me off Leon Edwards honestly. Defensively sound, but doesn't have the power or finishing ability. Will he win, most definitely. But he seems to more charismatic then Leon
 
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