Damn only 1 fight I'm interested in.
What happened to you Bellator?
*Sobs*
What happened?!?
They think that Kielholtz and Velasquez is big enough stars for them to headline, which they with all duo respect, isn't at all, not even remotely close. Bellator wants Kielholtz to win extremely bad, I dont think I've ever seen a contender whos had Bellator so much behind them, I dont see anything special in Kielholtz, nobody really cares about her, unless you like watching female kickboxing and she's not a potential star either.
Also they cut a shit ton of guys who was supposedly "old" and instead they are giving a large amount of "winnable" matchups to their future contenders, whether that be Faraldo or Johnny Eblen or even Tyrell Fortune before this matchup, Bellator doesn't understand that no one really cares about their new stars since they haven't been tested. Same with MVP whos been fighting cans for as long as I can remember and have been dodging people like Larkinz and others.
+ I have to listen to Josh fucking Thomson sit and talk for hours on end during the event on why people should be super interested in Kielholtz and Velasquez, imo Mitrione vs Fortune should be the main event and not this atrocity of a matchup.
It's sorta the mentality of "well the UFC has female main events", yeah but they are way better promoted and have waaaay more media coverage, trust me this event is gonna fall flat on it's ass in terms of pulling in casual fans.
Hopefully though the Showtime guy that was there the event before will still be there, he's miles ahead of the other commentators they have, besides Mauro Ranallo. Whoever put Josh Thomson in the commentating booth should be facing 5-10 years in a federal prison, keep him aslong as possible away from the action (he's good as an expert), till he's polished and mature enough to sit in the booth.
Josh is simply begging for the UFC to give him a job and thinks in his own mind that his too good for Bellator, which is a grand illusion if you ask me. Even on his podcast he said that "yeah this isn't really a good card", now we have to listen to "fake" Josh Thomson trying to sell us the fight as an expert on Showtime, do they think we are mentally retarded? How am I supposed to believe or listen to a single word he's saying if he had just stated prior that the card was sorta bad, does he think he has several personas? The "private" Josh Thomson and the "Pro" Josh Thomson who can just say whatever they like without any repercussions from the fans? It just doesn't make sense.
Bellator needs to find a better and more efficient matchmaker than what they have now, Rich Chou was great, but he's gone now. If I was them I would let Big John and probably someone like Jay Glazer handle that part.