Bellator HW GP Champion first defense?

[The Hands Team]

What makes sense? Lesnar? Overeem? Whos contract is up soon in the UFC?

 

[noizer]

Depends on who wins tbh.

if Fedor wins and he stays over at Bellator and CC wins his next fight i would guess Fedor vs CC.
any other competitor could face CC aswell or maybe Kongo.

Hunt has only 1 or 2 fights left in the ufc. should he decide to fight some more he would be a great addition to the roster.

 

[Go Go Plata]

Cro Cop if he's not an alternate. Remember Kongo v Ayala is the other alternate fight. So maybe the winner of that fight too.

 

[Kinosis]

Cro Cop if he's not an alternate. Remember Kongo v Ayala is the other alternate fight. So maybe the winner of that fight too.

I think this is the obvious choice. They are basically holding an unofficial second tournament. The Cro Cop/Roy Nelson winner should fight the Kongo/Ayala winner. Whomever wins that 4 man tournament should challenge for the belt. This is assuming none of them need to step in as an alternate of course.

 

[CC27]

Cro Cop/Nelson or Kongo/Ayala. Those are really the only other HW Bellator has.

Kongo is most deserving and him not being in it is a joke especially since its for your title but no doubt Cro Cop with a win will get hte first shot.

Doesnt even matter if its not Fedor, if it is thats a no brainer but even if its Mo again or Bader or whoever, Cro Cop is a legend and a bigger name with hardcore fans. He'll get the shot.

 

[Danespina]

I think this is the obvious choice. They are basically holding an unofficial second tournament. The Cro Cop/Roy Nelson winner should fight the Kongo/Ayala winner. Whomever wins that 4 man tournament should challenge for the belt. This is assuming none of them need to step in as an alternate of course.

If Crocop wins his next bout and is on collision to rematch Fedor, it would be promotional malpractice to have him fight an extra time to 'earn' a title shot. He'd have already earned it enough.

 

[TheBrownRanger]

Where did you pull Overeem and Lesnar from? Do you even Bellator, bro?

All jokes aside, I hear Minakov will be fighting the GP winner next year. If nobody gets injured during the rest of the tournament and Minakov doesn't work out, it will most likely be Cro Cop/Nelson winner.

It feels like Bellator is going out of their way to keep Kongo from the title. I don't even think Ayala would get the title shot if he were to knock off Kongo.

 

[Kingz]

Didn’t Minakov aim to face the tournament winner for his Bellator return? Lol

 

[Gambit MMA]

Didn’t Minakov aim to face the tournament winner for his Bellator return? Lol

i hope so. i dont think the kharitonov fight is happening this summer, something fell through

 

[Sapp]

Tank Abbot comes out of retirement to fight for it, the most prestigious title in MMA.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Konrad

 

[Pumphrey94]

If Cro Cop beats Nelson its definetly his shot , If Roy wins I'd still like to see him fight Rampage before he gets a shot + Roy generally stays active anyway