Bellator is signing American wrestlers while the UFC is ...... not

[JM Barrie]

Just a rundown of the American wrestlers in Bellator:

Tyrell Fortune
Age: 29
Weight: 265 lbs
Height: 6'2

7-0 in MMA 7-0 in Bellator
5 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st MMA fight.
Career Highlights

• 2014: Team USA Ranking No. 3 at 125 KG

Romero Cotton
Age: 28
Weight: 185lbs
Height: 5'10

3-0 in MMA 3-0 in Bellator
2 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

50-10 (44-3 vs. D2 competition)
3-time All-American
2014 and 2015 national champ
2014 and 2015 MIAA champ

Logan Storley

Age: 27
Weight: 170lbs
Height: 5'9

10-0 in MMA 5-0 in Bellator
7 finishes

119-27 as a college competitor

Ed Ruth
Age: 29
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6'1

8-1 in MMA 7-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Champ in Folk Wrestling
2 time World Wrestling Champ in Freestyle Wrestling

Ty-wan Claxton
Age: 26
Weight: 145 lbs
Height: 5'8

5-1 in MMA 5-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

All-American status in Division 2 at the 141-pound weight class
Two time division 1 national qualifier

Joey Davis
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 5'11

6-0 in MMA 6-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

Two-time California State champion wrestler, three-time State finalist and two-time national champion in High School.
He was the third undefeated NCAA wrestler over a four-year career ever and the first wrestler in the history of the NCAA Division II to end his entire career undefeated. He finished his career with a 133-0 Division II record.

Jarod Trice
Age: 30
Weight: a few divisions
Height: 6'0

4-0 in MMA 4-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time All American









Now I remember many many years ago during the early shootings of TUF. I remember Dana White saying after a fight( I can't remember what one) he said, "If you can't get back to your feet then you don't belong here".
Where did that Dana go? Seems for the past few years Dana has hated wrestlers.

When the UFC does get wrestlers, they are normally foreign ones. They pick up foreign wrestlers and then pair them up with someone that doesn't have a wrestling base. That shit pisses me off so much because Americans are very good at wrestling. The UFC needs foreign fighters and most high level ones have a wrestling base so the UFC doesn't have a choice.

How is it that Bellator can sign so many wrestlers without an MMA record and we see they go undefeated or have a great record after a few fights?

Is Bellators scouting better than the UFCs now? Does the UFC feel like they don't have to go scouting for fighters? Does the UFC just not want wrestlers anymore, if they can help it?

I know Bellator has more wrestlers but I posted some that maybe you haven't heard of or that they fight now.

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Ufc wants to put on exciting fights

None of these guys are likely to get far tbh

Ruth just got a gift decision against some scrub after almost being finished

Only good prospect of the lot is fortune and thats mostly due to how terrible hw is

 

[Dutchman101]

Interesting

 

[Rebel_LioN]

Just a rundown of the American wrestlers in Bellator:

Tyrell Fortune
Age: 29
Weight: 265 lbs
Height: 6'2

7-0 in MMA 7-0 in Bellator
5 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st MMA fight.
Career Highlights

• 2014: Team USA Ranking No. 3 at 125 KG

Romero Cotton
Age: 28
Weight: 185lbs
Height: 5'10

3-0 in MMA 3-0 in Bellator
2 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

50-10 (44-3 vs. D2 competition)
3-time All-American
2014 and 2015 national champ
2014 and 2015 MIAA champ

Logan Storley

Age: 27
Weight: 170lbs
Height: 5'9

10-0 in MMA 5-0 in Bellator
7 finishes

119-27 as a college competitor

Ed Ruth
Age: 29
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6'1

8-1 in MMA 7-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Champ in Folk Wrestling
2 time World Wrestling Champ in Freestyle Wrestling

Ty-wan Claxton
Age: 26
Weight: 145 lbs
Height: 5'8

5-1 in MMA 5-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

All-American status in Division 2 at the 141-pound weight class
Two time division 1 national qualifier

Joey Davis
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 5'11

6-0 in MMA 6-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

Two-time California State champion wrestler, three-time State finalist and two-time national champion in High School.
He was the third undefeated NCAA wrestler over a four-year career ever and the first wrestler in the history of the NCAA Division II to end his entire career undefeated. He finished his career with a 133-0 Division II record.

Jarod Trice
Age: 30
Weight: a few divisions
Height: 6'0

4-0 in MMA 4-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time All American









Now I remember many many years ago during the early shootings of TUF. I remember Dana White saying after a fight( I can't remember what one) he said, "If you can't get back to your feet then you don't belong here".
Where did that Dana go? Seems for the past few years Dana has hated wrestlers.

When the UFC does get wrestlers, they are normally foreign ones. They pick up foreign wrestlers and then pair them up with someone that doesn't have a wrestling base. That shit pisses me off so much because Americans are very good at wrestling. The UFC needs foreign fighters and most high level ones have a wrestling base so the UFC doesn't have a choice.

How is it that Bellator can sign so many wrestlers without an MMA record and we see they go undefeated or have a great record after a few fights?

Is Bellators scouting better than the UFCs now? Does the UFC feel like they don't have to go scouting for fighters? Does the UFC just not want wrestlers anymore, if they can help it?

I know Bellator has more wrestlers but I posted some that maybe you haven't heard of or that they fight now.

Next up they’re gonna sign Mexican luchadors

 

[Nightrider]

Storley is a better version of Usman

 

[nhbfan8080]

Would they beat Greg Hardy?

 

[Striker Fox]

Ufc wants to put on exciting fights

None of these guys are likely to get far tbh

Ruth just got a gift decision against some scrub after almost being finished

Only good prospect of the lot is fortune and thats mostly due to how terrible hw is

Why don't they adopt PRIDE rules and scoring criteria if they hate wrestling so much?

 

[TITS]

I think the UFC is just tired of wrestlers just laying on top of guys for 15 minutes. The last fight with Emil Meke for example.

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

MMA is a wonderful sport. Sometimes it’s exciting. Other times it’s not.

 

[boladiQup]

they already had Brock Lesnar AND CM Punk, what more do you fuckin need?

greedy prick

 

[moreorless87]

Is Bellators scouting better than the UFCs now? Does the UFC feel like they don't have to go scouting for fighters? Does the UFC just not want wrestlers anymore, if they can help it?

I think that's been the basic UFC business style since at least the late 00's, don't invest early in talent but rather have other prompters do it for you or force fighters to build themselves up for years in tiny orgs.

Its a good way to maximise profit because the risk is fairly low, your signing fighters you know have transitioned into MMA reasonably well and indeed that have committed to MMA already needing no "come and get me" money.

Its the main reason the MMA talent pool is weakening in the higher weightclasses IMHO, if the UFC wanted to for example I think they could have raided a ton of kickboxing talent from orgs like Glory and Kunlun but they'd have needed to pay out to do it as was the case with guys like Crocop and Hunt back in the day. Someone like Spong crying out to be signed by them but no interest, probably because he cost too much.

 

[WaTaRu]

Next up they’re gonna sign Mexican luchadors

Cain Velasquez vs Rey Mysterio + Triple CCC....book it dana

 

[theincognito]

The only one I've seen is Ed Ruth. He got tooled for 2 of 3 rounds in his last fight (but won in a robbery) because he's an idiot who thinks he's a striker and refuses to use his wrestling.

 

[Deleted member 519031]

Good. Strong competition is hood for both parties

 

[YellowBanenoo]

Why would UFC waste money and resources to sign those guys when Belator is willingly doing the hard work, developing them from the ground up??

All UFC should do is to scoop them up once they are ripe.

 

[khabib time]

Just a rundown of the American wrestlers in Bellator:

Tyrell Fortune
Age: 29
Weight: 265 lbs
Height: 6'2

7-0 in MMA 7-0 in Bellator
5 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st MMA fight.
Career Highlights

• 2014: Team USA Ranking No. 3 at 125 KG

Romero Cotton
Age: 28
Weight: 185lbs
Height: 5'10

3-0 in MMA 3-0 in Bellator
2 finishes

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

50-10 (44-3 vs. D2 competition)
3-time All-American
2014 and 2015 national champ
2014 and 2015 MIAA champ

Logan Storley

Age: 27
Weight: 170lbs
Height: 5'9

10-0 in MMA 5-0 in Bellator
7 finishes

119-27 as a college competitor

Ed Ruth
Age: 29
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6'1

8-1 in MMA 7-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Champ in Folk Wrestling
2 time World Wrestling Champ in Freestyle Wrestling

Ty-wan Claxton
Age: 26
Weight: 145 lbs
Height: 5'8

5-1 in MMA 5-1 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

All-American status in Division 2 at the 141-pound weight class
Two time division 1 national qualifier

Joey Davis
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 5'11

6-0 in MMA 6-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

Two-time California State champion wrestler, three-time State finalist and two-time national champion in High School.
He was the third undefeated NCAA wrestler over a four-year career ever and the first wrestler in the history of the NCAA Division II to end his entire career undefeated. He finished his career with a 133-0 Division II record.

Jarod Trice
Age: 30
Weight: a few divisions
Height: 6'0

4-0 in MMA 4-0 in Bellator

Bellator signed him and gave him his 1st fight.

3 time All American









Now I remember many many years ago during the early shootings of TUF. I remember Dana White saying after a fight( I can't remember what one) he said, "If you can't get back to your feet then you don't belong here".
Where did that Dana go? Seems for the past few years Dana has hated wrestlers.

When the UFC does get wrestlers, they are normally foreign ones. They pick up foreign wrestlers and then pair them up with someone that doesn't have a wrestling base. That shit pisses me off so much because Americans are very good at wrestling. The UFC needs foreign fighters and most high level ones have a wrestling base so the UFC doesn't have a choice.

How is it that Bellator can sign so many wrestlers without an MMA record and we see they go undefeated or have a great record after a few fights?

Is Bellators scouting better than the UFCs now? Does the UFC feel like they don't have to go scouting for fighters? Does the UFC just not want wrestlers anymore, if they can help it?

I know Bellator has more wrestlers but I posted some that maybe you haven't heard of or that they fight now.

Have you watched the contender series? Dana won't sign them unless they stand and bang (go for finish). The UFC is trying to move away from grappling.

 

[dickcheney]

As others have said ufc doesn’t invest in people this early

they also doesn’t have the easier competition to develop these guys

 

[Rvd Slmr]

When the UFC does get wrestlers, they are normally foreign ones. They pick up foreign wrestlers and then pair them up with someone that doesn't have a wrestling base. That shit pisses me off so much because Americans are very good at wrestling. The UFC needs foreign fighters and most high level ones have a wrestling base so the UFC doesn't have a choice.

How is it that Bellator can sign so many wrestlers without an MMA record and we see they go undefeated or have a great record after a few fights?

Is Bellators scouting better than the UFCs now? Does the UFC feel like they don't have to go scouting for fighters? Does the UFC just not want wrestlers anymore, if they can help it?

I know Bellator has more wrestlers but I posted some that maybe you haven't heard of or that they fight now.

Wake me up when any of them beat someone relevant. I would also guess that they ask for a salary that doesn't match their MMA experience or fame. If the UFC doesn't do something, it's most likely because they don't think it's profitable enough.

Let's also no forget how signing 0-0 Pico turned out.

 

[Congo66]

Why don't they adopt PRIDE rules and scoring criteria if they hate wrestling so much?

Because Pride rules are dumb and they don't hurt wrestlers.
You should have gone with dropping the cage and using a ring but you didn't.

 

[Reydereyes]

It is because it's already been proven that russian wrestlers > murican wrestlers