Still haven't been able to make it one of these. Hopefully soon- looks like a lot of fun.
I've been to 2. One in San Diego and One in San Jose
They have potential to be a great time but they have been horribly organized in both situations. The san diego one was about an hour line to get to a long table with all the fighters behind it. It was cool for getting autographs but they allow the first half of the line to take pictures and talk to fighters so long that they end up pushing the second half through the line quickly and dont allow photos with the fighters.
The San jose one was brutal. They had people pre register that put you in a group 1-30 . I had group 13 which I thought would be no problem as how many people could they have in each group? I assumed 10-25 people well no it was 50 people per group. I flew to San jose just to get a photo with Fedor. After waiting in line for 4 hours and already ready to start unleashing hell on security and Bellator employees they informed the line no photos whould be allowed as they were running out of time. I offered to pass on getting autographs and skip all the other fighters If i could get a 5 second pic with Fedor. I was told they couldnt do that even though it would speed up the line. Finally after getting into the room of fighter I got several great autographs and had already met and had photos with everyone until I got to Fedor. After an attemp pull my camera out and take a photo I was escorted out by security.
The fighters are great to meet and they are there having a good times with fans but the organization is pitiful. For the chance to meet Fedor or Saku I would never tell someone to not go but be prepared to stand in long lines. Also this is not exclusive to Bellator as the UFC expo is not much better at making it easy or pleasent for fans to get to meet big name fighters.
