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Biggest Winners & Losers From Bellator 198

In the main event of last night’s (Sat., April 28, 2018) Bellator 198, Fedor Emelianenko returned to run through former UFC champion Frank Mir in 48 seconds (watch highlights here) on Saturday night, igniting the Chicago crowd into a frenzy. ‘The Last Emperor’ hadn’t won a big fight like this on North American soil since knocking […]

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In the main event of last night’s (Sat., April 28, 2018) Bellator 198, Fedor Emelianenko returned to run through former UFC champion Frank Mir in 48 seconds (watch highlights here) on Saturday night, igniting the Chicago crowd into a frenzy.

‘The Last Emperor’ hadn’t won a big fight like this on North American soil since knocking out Brett Rogers back in Strikeforce in late 2009, so it had been some time for Fedor fans, and this had been a long time coming.

The rest of Bellator 198’s main card featured all finishes, with the winners looking amazing and the losers looking not so great. Let’s break down the biggest winners and losers from last night’s card in Rosemont, Illinois.

Biggest Winners:

Fedor Emelianenko

Fedor turned back the clock in classic Fedor fashion on Saturday by turning Mir’s lights out in less than a minute.

The Russian shrugged off the drama of reports of the FBI tailing him and put away a former champion who had never been finished in less than a minute before.

It was a much-needed win for Emelianenko, who now will go on to face Chael Sonnen in the semifinal round of the heavyweight Grand Prix.

Fans had unfortunately gotten used to seeing ‘The Last Emperor’ getting thrashed on national television, from Fabricio Werdum baiting him into his guard for a quick submission to Dan Henderson and Matt Mitrione shutting his lights out in the first round.

But in each of those knockout losses, Emelianenko had his man hurt first if not just as badly, scoring a rare double knockdown against Mitrione and trading concussive blows with Henderson until one of them went out.

So for now, Fedor is back. And that’s good news for Bellator and MMA as a whole.

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Conor McGregor Out On Bail, Next Court Hearing Set

Conor McGregor is in court Friday making his first appearance in front of a judge following his  bus attack on Thursday, and apparently, his pal Dillon Danis bailed him out. MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reports that Danis ponied up the $50,000 dollars necessary to get McGregor out of police custody: Dillon Danis paid for McGregor’s […]

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Conor McGregor is in court Friday making his first appearance in front of a judge following his  bus attack on Thursday, and apparently, his pal Dillon Danis bailed him out.

MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reports that Danis ponied up the $50,000 dollars necessary to get McGregor out of police custody:

McGregor was charged with one felony count of criminal mischief and three misdemeanor counts of assault. Danis, a Bellator fighter who is preparing to make his promotional debut, has been a friend and training partner of McGregor’s for quite some time now, which explains his paying McGregor’s bail during Friday’s arraignment.

Helwani reports that UFC President Dana White is in attendance at the Brooklyn courthouse, but isn’t allowed to speak to anyone at the moment.

Bail was then officially set at $50k For McGregor:

McGregor will have to return to Brooklyn on June 14th for his next court date.

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Dillon Danis Takes On Kyle Walker In MMA Debut At Bellator 198

Multiple time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Dillon Danis makes his highly anticipated mixed martial arts debut at Bellator 198 on April 28th. Danis, who is also Conor McGregor’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach, has teased his MMA debut for some ti…

Multiple time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Dillon Danis makes his highly anticipated mixed martial arts debut at Bellator 198 on April 28th. Danis, who is also Conor McGregor’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach, has teased his MMA debut for some time now. Dillon Danis has competed at the highest level in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and holds numerous IBJJF titles. […]

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Conor McGregor’s Teammates & Coaches React To Mayweather TKO

After a gutsy performance by Conor McGregor against Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night, his coaches and SBG teammates had a lot to say. Check out their reactions and see what they said below! Trained our hardest and gave it our best shot. Came up short this time but we’ll be back. Win or Learn ???? […]

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After a gutsy performance by Conor McGregor against Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night, his coaches and SBG teammates had a lot to say.

Check out their reactions and see what they said below!

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McGregor was TKO’d in the tenth round after a spirited showing in the first few frames. In fact, McGregor took the first two to three rounds, landing a nasty counter lead uppercut in the first.

For an 0-0 professional boxer going against an undefeated legend in the sport, Team SBG has plenty to be proud of in how their teammate acquitted himself in the ring when he usually does his work in the octagon.

How do you feel about McGregor’s performance against Mayweather on Saturday night?

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Dillon Danis Discusses Issues With Marcelo Garcia

Dillon Danis has broken his silence on his issues with Marcelo Garcia. It’s no secret that Danis has been brash and doesn’t lack confidence. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace isn’t shy when it comes to ripping fighters. He is currently signed to Bellator and will make his professional mixed martial arts debut in the future. Danis’ […]

Dillon Danis has broken his silence on his issues with Marcelo Garcia. It’s no secret that Danis has been brash and doesn’t lack confidence. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace isn’t shy when it comes to ripping fighters. He is currently signed to Bellator and will make his professional mixed martial arts debut in the future. Danis’ […]

Conor McGregor’s Training Partner Says He Won’t Retire After Boxing Match

The most talked about topic over the last year has been the crossover fight that will see boxing legend Floyd Mayweather taking on UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Now, the date is set (August 26th) and everyone can look forward to it. The fight, which both has haters and supporters, is currently being projected to […]

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The most talked about topic over the last year has been the crossover fight that will see boxing legend Floyd Mayweather taking on UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Now, the date is set (August 26th) and everyone can look forward to it.

The fight, which both has haters and supporters, is currently being projected to break the pay-per-view record for sales, surpassing Mayweather’s fight with Manny Pacquiao which pulled in an estimated 4.4 million buys. It won’t be an easy task, but a task that is doable. Although this will be a mega payday for McGregor, there is some concern about his future in the UFC.

The discussion has been based in part on previous statements by McGregor as well as pure speculation, that McGregor will walk away from the fight game after this boxing match. If he does, then the UFC is going to hurt big time as McGregor is their top draw. According to UFC President Dana White, he isn’t worried about it because he’s “pretty confident” McGregor will return to defend his title later this year.

McGregor’s good friend and training partner, Dillon Danis, recently did an interview with TMZ Sports and during the interview, he stated that he thinks that McGregor will have plenty of options after August. He also thinks that McGregor won’t be retiring from MMA because the sport is his passion.

“He can do what he wants. He’s the one that they’re all trying to get a fight with, in boxing and in MMA. So he has his options. MMA is his passion so I would think he’d go back to that but he has the option. . . At the end of the day, we’re all competitors. But whatever he wants to do, he has options.”

Danis, who recently signed a deal with Bellator MMA, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and former world champion at the brown belt level. However, his skills won’t help McGregor for this training camp as he has no striking experience. Danis is confident not only in McGregor’s ability to compete with a great boxer but to dominate him.

“I don’t think he’ll hang with him, I think he knocks [Mayweather] out. 100 percent. I believe in him, Danis said (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). I think it [will be] a little more dragged out [than the Jose Aldo first-round knockout]. Mayweather’s a little bit better at avoiding the shots, so I think maybe under six [rounds].”

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