Pitbull's takes on Bellator

[Pitbull9]

Patricio Pitbull talks Bellator’s promotional mistakes, declining numbers, fighter expenses, financial burdens

He isnt wrong. Coker is kind of doing a shitty job. I dont know if they are hamstringing him to make him do what they want and showtime didnt or maybe he had way more talent in SF but Bellator needs to do something and its not putting on stupid ass fights like Chael and an aging out of shape slow plodding do nothing puncher like Rampage.

 

[jason73]

Bellator is more popular than it has ever been before.coker is doing a better job tha bjork ever did.

 

[SongExotic2]

Bellator is more popular than it has ever been before.coker is doing a better job tha bjork ever did.

Is it? I wouldn't know, I catch it when I can but it's not readily available in the UK.

And back when I was stateside there was a 3 hour delay on some providers (twc)

Most of the bellator I watch is on this board or youtuYo

 

[Pitbull9]

Bellator is more popular than it has ever been before.coker is doing a better job tha bjork ever did.

Bjorn had a good run in the beginning. I liked the tourney format at first. If you win you fight for the title, no names, no entertainment just winning which is what sports is all about. It def got messed up and Bjorn fucked a lot of things up. I like Coker dont get me wrong but we dont see fighters fighting enough. I havent seen pitbull in awhile or his brother, or Pat Curran or others. We keep getting these "name" fights but that wont help push the brand down the road. I mean we have two LHWs in a HW grand prix and a middle weight, i mean come on. The grand prix also wont finish, watch. I want Bellator to do well and I want some UFC talent to head over there but unless things really improve Patricio is right, viacom might not see it as viable anymore.

 

[SongExotic2]

Why the fuck does my spellchespker keep fucking stuff up?

@Splinty did you change something? I've noticed little quote marks after people post pictures sometimes too.

 

[Yossarian]

we dont see fighters fighting enough.

Good point also, and has been a concern/frustration of fighters taken on by Bellator. Again, less exposure on an already less than ideal channel/network.

 

[jason73]

Is it? I wouldn't know, I catch it when I can but it's not readily available in the UK.

And back when I was stateside there was a 3 hour delay on some providers (twc)

Most of the bellator I watch is on this board or youtuYo

Everything is readily available if you know how to work the internets.it is on tape delay where i live and i manage to watch it live

 

[Yossarian]

Everything is readily available if you know how to work the internets.it is on tape delay where i live and i manage to watch it live

Do you watch Bellator live without cable? And where? Just interested since I am a cable cutter.

 

[jason73]

Id like to see guys fight more too.if they cant afford to have them fight 3-4x a year they should allow them to fight in japan and russia

 

[jason73]

Do you watch Bellator live without cable? And where? Just interested since I am a cable cutter.

Kodi

 

[Yossarian]

Kodi

I thought that was a name of a thread on here a long time ago... is it legal?

 

[Clappin'Daddys]

Do you watch Bellator live without cable? And where? Just interested since I am a cable cutter.

there are streaming services that offer paramount network.

sling tv and directtv come to mind.

one thing i definitely agree with is that fighters need to be more active in bellator. that has always been my beef. that and they need to start doing something with their prelim fights. show them on youtube or something. get some exposure out there.

havent watched the interview, but his brother is set to fight. pitbull was set to fight weichel before he got injured.

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Everything is readily available if you know how to work the internets.it is on tape delay where i live and i manage to watch it live

I agree it's possible.

Never going to grow if you force the viewer to chase you.

I'm a fan and i won't even do that.

 

[jason73]

I thought that was a name of a thread on here a long time ago... is it legal?

Kodi is just a media player.it is legal.some addons are legal some are in a grey area .depends where you live.im pretty sure it is illegal in uk

 

[jason73]

I agree it's possible.

Never going to grow if you force the viewer to chase you.

I'm a fan and i won't even do that.

Is it any different than watch 2 fights on fight pass then a couple more on fox sports 1 unless baseball is on then fox sports 2 then buy a ppv?

 

[jason73]

there are streaming services that offer paramount network.

sling tv and directtv come to mind.

one thing i definitely agree with is that fighters need to be more active in bellator. that has always been my beef. that and they need to start doing something with their prelim fights. show them on youtube or something. get some exposure out there.

havent watched the interview, but his brother is set to fight. pitbull was set to fight weichel before he got injured.

Prelims were always live on spiketv.com .i dont know what paramount is doing with them

 

[jason73]

My main complaint against bellator is that it is on too early on fridays.by the time i get home from work its already the co-main event

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Is it any different than watch 2 fights on fight pass then a couple more on fox sports 1 unless baseball is on then fox sports 2 then buy a ppv?

Absolutely not.
I think that's also fucking the UFC.

 

[Lukewarm Carl]

Is it any different than watch 2 fights on fight pass then a couple more on fox sports 1 unless baseball is on then fox sports 2 then buy a ppv?

Just to expand for a moment. I've bitched about both companies changing times, changing channels, and even changing days that they show their events. People are creatures of habit. If i stumblr across fights on Friday night on Spike then maybe I'll look for them next Friday. If they're not there next week then my attention is going to get yanked elsewhere and who knows when I'll stumble upon them again.

 

[Clappin'Daddys]

My main complaint against bellator is that it is on too early on fridays.by the time i get home from work its already the co-main event

I honestly think this is why they have tape delay on the west coast(i know i know). the problem is that traffic is brutal in la. people need time to get home and relax before watching some tv. I hate it as a fan, but i can see why they do it. no way most people in SoCal are getting home to watch some fights that start at 6, especially if they arent high profile.

it sucks for the hardcores, but i completely understand it.

 

[sparkuri]

Yes, more fights. Paramount now has a better platform for promotion.
Another yuge one is their favoritism, which I can't stand.
And they have not been smart at ALL on the kickboxing side.
Production-wise, their last show looked and felt Bjorn-era.
Although being a smaller venue, they didn't do the necessary things to make it polished. Strikeforce Challengers had better production value p4p.
I'd love to work on the production & creative side.

 

[Greek777]

It's not more popular than ever. Ratings are down and PPVs have not trended upwards.. how can that be more popular than ever?

 

[ender852]

You poach these top guys and have them fight every 8 months, it's fucking retarded

 

[Pitbull9]

You poach these top guys and have them fight every 8 months, it's fucking retarded

They also have so many rematches. Strauss and Pitbull fought what like 3 times already.

 

[Silverball]

Who knows what's really going on behind the scenes between the Viacom execs and Coker? If the "suits" are deciding that Chael vs Rampage should headline over Lima vs Macdonald, that's a bad sign. If that was 100% Coker's call, it's an even worse sign. Strikeforce benefitted greatly from the purchase of EliteXC, but I don't see Bellator being in a position to purchase an entire organization as a way of bridging the talent gap in 2018.