What Does a Mir/Fedor Main Event Say About The State of MMA in 2018?

[HereticBD]

I'm all for Legend fights, but this being treated with a certain degree of relevance is a bit concerning, no?

This should be some pre-fight spectacle at this point, not a main event. I thought MMA had evolved.

 

[bigeastgi43]

Nothing

 

[Gilday]

It's part of a huge tournament and it's a 2 time UFC champion vs arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time

Seems fine to me.

 

[Dozer .]

Hi Dana

 

[loyalyolayal]

That WMMA sucks.

 

[Gambit MMA]

It's part of a huge tournament and it's a 2 time UFC champion vs arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time

Seems fine to me.

 

[Gambit MMA]

It’s certainly better then watching Amanda Nunes and Rocky Who Pennington headline a legit UFC PPV.

 

[Frank23]

Bellator is gonna Bellator. This is better than Kimbo vs. DaDs 5000.

 

[BTard]

Better than Nunes -Pennington.

 

[Flokk]

Agreed, should be a couple TUF chicks fighting for 10/10 and free Reebok gear. Fuck these HW legends, put em on the prelims.

Or just make snowmen out of Dana's imported snow and have them throw down.

 

[Spacelord13]

It’s Bellator.

It doesn’t necessarily mean shit in relation to the overall state of mma in 2018.

Look at Kimbo vs Dada. If you judged all mma by that shit show. And it actually went in that direction. MMA really would be dead by now.

 

[Readybodisready]

The anti-UFC contrarians are the ones clinging on to this org.

 

[HereticBD]

It's part of a huge tournament and it's a 2 time UFC champion vs arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time

Seems fine to me.

They're old, though. They're so very old.

This is like Tyson/Holyfield...in 2018. It's embarrassing that this is being treated like an elite MMA fight. Do you not care that this sport is so devoid of new talent, that they have to resort to this?

 

[DS66]

Who cares, it's Bellator. It's a fun legends fight that is ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of things when it comes to current MMA, which is exactly what Bellator should be.

If this was the main event of a UFC PPV, then we'd have an issue.

 

[Lawblaw]

If Tyson and Lewis came out of retirement, don’t you think they will be the main event?

 

[Lil Smokie]

MMA is a spectacle. I personally do not give a fuck who the latest hype train is.

Nobody lasts very long in the sport, so it’s amazing these guys can still fight. Might as well match them up against each other instead of mismatching them against some young guy no one has heard of.

 

[Flokk]

The anti-UFC contrarians are the ones clinging on to this org.

Yeah buddy. UFC is so good we don't need nothing else.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

That MMA has been in there long enough that we can have these type of legends fights.

This fight was the shit back in 04. Legit fight for the baddest man on the planet.

 

[Robert "Bill" McCoy]

I just thought it was a fun fight to watch on a night with no UFC events. But with all of your posts about how "concerning" it is. It ain't that deep man.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

They're old, though. They're so very old.

This is like Tyson/Holyfield...in 2018. It's embarrassing that this is being treated like an elite MMA fight. Do you not care that this sport is so devoid of new talent, that they have to resort to this?

Who is treating this as an elite MMA fight? Neither guy is or should be ranked even top 15 in the world.

It is part of a tournament in an organization with a really weak HW division. Chael P Sonnen is in it FFS.