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Bellator FC 48: Curran vs Sandro

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#1 ·
Bellator 48
Date: Aug 20, 2011
Location: Uncasville, Connecticut
Venue: Mohegan Sun
Broadcast: MTV2



MAIN CARD (MTV2)

* Pat Curran vs. Marlon Sandro (featherweight-tourney finale)
* Champ Cole Konrad vs. Paul Buentello (heavyweight non-title fight)
* Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricco Rodriguez
* Juan Barrante vs. Rene Nazare

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Saul Almeida vs. Tateki Matsuda
* Brett Oteri vs. Ryan Quinn
* Andrew Calandrelli vs. Matt Nice
* Nik Fekete vs. Mark Griffin
* Dan Cramer vs. Jeff Nader

The fight card is finalized for Bellator's third and final "Summer Series" show.

The event takes place Aug. 20 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, and a four-fight main card airs on MTV2.

In all, the card features nine bouts, including a handful of notables who compete on the untelevised preliminary card.

As previously announced, the event features the finale of the organization's summer-long featherweight grand prix. Two finalists from the eight-man tournament will be determined at Saturday's Bellator 47 event and semifinal round, and the winners then meet in the finale at Bellator 48.

Additionally, as previously announced, the main card features a non-title superfight between heavyweight champion Cole Konrad (7-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) and Paul Buentello (29-13 MMA, 0-0 BFC). An additional heavyweight fight between UFC vets Ricco Rodriguez (46-11 MMA, 0-0 BFC) and Seth Petruzelli (13-6 MMA, 0-0 BFC) also is set for the event.

Rounding out the main card are lightweights Rene Nazare (9-0 MMA, 2-0 BFC) vs. Juan Barrante (7-5 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

The featured bout of the preliminary card pits former UFC fighter and undefeated Bellator competitor Dan Cramer (7-2 MMA, 4-0 BFC) against fellow middleweight and Connecticut fighter John Clarke (8-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC).

Rounding out the main card are lightweights Andrew Calandrelli (4-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Matt Nice (1-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), welterweights Brett Oteri (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Ryan Quinn (5-2-1 MMA, 2-0 BFC), light heavyweights Nik Fekete (4-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) vs. Mark Griffin (3-2-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC), and featherweights Saul Almeida (9-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Tateki Matsuda (6-2 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
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#37 ·
And even if bellator was making money why would zuffa buy it? they needed to buy pride to acquire its fighters/library..They bought strikeforce to make sure spike had no alternatives in the event UFC and them couldn't reach a deal...What would bellator have that ufc need? maybe if they had the worlds greatest flyweights but they dont
 
#41 ·
Well why did Zuffa buy out the World Fighting Alliance? It wasn't really important in terms of any fighters or fight libraries.
Those were in the days they needed to fatten their roster
And besides, Bellator is now in the running for Spike.
So? still dont make them relevant to ufc
 
#39 · (Edited)
Lets be honest, Bellator has two dudes that might have a claim at the top ten in there weight classes (Alvarez and Warren} apart from that, they dont have a lot of fighters that will add a ton to the UFC. I dont really see any reason for the UFC to try and put bellator out of business. They are probably safe for awhile.

Got negged for this comment. Ive watched almost every bellator event since they started. Like ive stated on several occasions in the the past, they dont have a lot of credible fighters and there format lends itself to failure. At some point, one of there champs is going to lose one of these "superfights" (Buentello/Konrad is the opposite of a superfight). At that point, the tourny loses all its credibility and the title fight that follows wont mean jack. If you are one of those anti UFC dudes that will always route for the second fiddle (a title bellator didnt earn, they fell into when the UFC bought strikeforce), then I guess this is your show. I will watch it whenever it is on, but im not going to pretend that the fights they put on mean jack shit when it comes to figuring out who the best is.
 
#40 ·
Well I have to agree that so far Bellator has proved to be a stepping stone for some fighters. You look at Joe Duarte who just excelled at the last ShoMMA card who was in a Bellator tournament. So far most of their champions are rising stars but can get to be at an elite level if they keep it up.
 
#42 ·
So they bought out the WFA specifically so that they could fatten their roster? Well back to the main point I was trying to make, Bellator has made it known that they aren't trying to compete with the UFC. Bjorn Rebney is more interested in advancing the sport and doesn't want to compete with Dana White.
 
#44 ·
It was an amazing KO :)

lol tight striking of marlon sandro.. that dude was throwing wild bombs the entire fight, to be honest I thought pat was going to catch him with a straight punch and coming in hands down and put him out that way.

I'd like to see a rematch in the future :thumbsup:
 
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