According to Bellator Light Heavyweight contender Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor is getting credit for something he doesn’t deserve.
King Mo spoke with members of the MMA media this past weekend about his belief …
According to Bellator Light Heavyweight contender Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor is getting credit for something he doesn’t deserve.
King Mo spoke with members of the MMA media this past weekend about his belief that McGregor isn’t the original “money weight” fighter, pointing out that many others in the past paved the way for the way things are today and both he and McGregor are just following suit.
Mo, who has fought at Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight throughout his MMA career, explained why McGregor shouldn’t be getting the credit he has for moving up and down in weight for money fights, regardless of the division.
“People want to credit Conor McGregor, how about guys like Din Thomas?” Lawal said. “Din Thomas is the original moneyweight fighter. [Kazushi] Sakuraba was the original moneyweight fighter. Royce Gracie was the original moneyweight fighter. I’m a throwback fighter. These guys back then didn’t care about weight class. Now all of a sudden people want to give the credit to Conor?”
Lawal continued, “Or me? I don’t deserve credit for nothing. I’m copying what these guys did back in the past. These guys fought when there were no weight classes.”
McGregor will make his Octagon return in the main event of the landmark UFC 200 event, fighting Nate Diaz in an immediate rematch at 170-pounds on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It’s time for the third and final part of ‘The Gym Wars’ series, unearthing a final, fascinating selection of behind-the-scenes videos that shed light on what really goes on in the training room as tempers flare, kicks and punches land too hard and bodies start to hit the floor. Be sure to check out the
It’s time for the third and final part of ‘The Gym Wars’ series, unearthing a final, fascinating selection of behind-the-scenes videos that shed light on what really goes on in the training room as tempers flare, kicks and punches land too hard and bodies start to hit the floor.
Be sure to check out the first and second parts of the series if you haven’t already, and without any further ado, let’s begin.
During Friday night’s Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie 3 event, which aired live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Spike TV, Bellator MMA announced and began the promotion for the two main events scheduled for their event in San Jose, Califo…
During Friday night’s Bellator 149: Shamrock vs. Gracie 3 event, which aired live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on Spike TV, Bellator MMA announced and began the promotion for the two main events scheduled for their event in San Jose, California in May.
In what was a fight that had already been made but was delayed, former top-ranked UFC Light Heavyweight contender “Mr. Wonderful” Phil Davis takes on longtime MMA veteran and exciting 205-pound contender, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal in what was announced as the main event for the 5/14 show.
Joining Davis-Lawal as the co-main event for the show, which will air live and free on Spike TV, will be former UFC Lightweight contender Josh “The Punk” Thomson taking on former Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler.
Bellator: Davis vs. Lawal takes place from the SAP Center on Saturday, May 14, 2016, and will air live and free exclusively on Spike TV.
Bellator 131, the first of Bellator’s BIG events under Scott Coker was pretty god damn awesome.
Look, we know you’re busy and just want the GIFs, so we won’t burden your minds by making you read a painstaking punch-by-punch recap.
BUT FIRST, Bellator debuted a wicked new entrance ramp. Look at King Mo and Jo Vedepo’s entrance:
Check out the GIFs (via Zombie Prophet) from Bellator 131 below, and the card’s full results are written at the bottom of the post:
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Bellator 131, the first of Bellator’s BIG events under Scott Coker was pretty god damn awesome.
Look, we know you’re busy and just want the GIFs, so we won’t burden your minds by making you read a painstaking punch-by-punch recap.
BUT FIRST, Bellator debuted a wicked new entrance ramp. Look at King Mo and Jo Vedepo’s entrance:
Check out the GIFs (via Zombie Prophet) from Bellator 131 below, and the card’s full results are written at the bottom of the post:
King Mo smothered Joe Vedepo in the first two rounds while landing some intermittent ground and pound. He finally managed to put Vedepo away in the third round:
In the next fight, Mike Richman FUCKING DESTROYED Nam Phan. We’re not exaggerating. Richman straight up punching bagged him, landing unanswered combo after unanswered combo. Don’t believe us? Look at the GIF?
Melvin Manhoef vs. Joe Schilling was perhaps the fight of the year…or at least the bar room brawl-in-a-cage of the year. It was a true back-and-forth contest that saw both men hurt at times, but ultimately it was Schilling who prevailed and put Manhoef out COLD.
In the co-main event, Will Brooks scored a BIZARRE TKO finish over Michael Chandler, and in doing so defended his Bellator lightweight title. The fight was close going into the fourth round, but then Brooks landed a punch so hard it made Chandler literally forget he was in a fight. Chandler backed away and tried to wave off the fight, which proved to be a bad idea. Brooks blasted him multiple times, ending the match.
And finally, the main event bbetween Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar. This fight wasn’t particularly good, but it could’ve been WAY worse. Ortiz won a split decision by smothering Bonnar and also bruising and cutting up his face with some of the slowest punches we have ever seen. Like the only thing slower than Ortiz’s punches were Bonnar’s attempts at evading them. Ugly stuff. Even better (or worse), both fighters continued their feud after the bell. Ortiz flipped off Bonnar and threw his water at him. Bonnar told Ortiz to eat a turd burger (ugh). Here are some GIF highlights from the fight:
The complete results:
Main Card
Tito Ortiz def. Stephan Bonnar via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
Will Brooks def. Michael Chandler via TKO (punches), Round 4, 3:48
Joe Schilling def. Melvin Manhoef via knockout (punches), Round 2, 0:32
Mike Richman def. Nam Phan via knockout (punches), Round 1, 0:46
Muhammed Lawal def. Joe Vedepo via TKO (punches), Round 3, 0:39
Preliminary Card
Joao Faria def. Ian Butler via submission (arm-triangle choke), Round 3, 1:58
A.J. Matthews def. Kyle Bolt via knockout (punches), Round 1, 1:39
Jonathan Santa Maria def. Ron Henderson via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Andy Murad def. Bubba Pugh via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Nick Garcia def. Matthew Ramirez via submission (guillotine choke), Round 2, 0:56
Jordan Bailey def. Alex Higley via submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 3:27
Rolando Perez vs. Mark Vorgeas ruled split draw (29-27 Vorgeas, 26-30, 28-28)
The first leg of tonight’s #FridayNightWars MMA double-header kicks off with the Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 main card, live from Uncasville, CT, at 8 p.m. ET on Spike. We’re saving up our liveblog energy for UFC Fight Night 50 later this evening, but follow us after the jump for quick results from the Bellator card, as well as GIFs of all relevant knockouts and submissions. As always, follow us on twitter at @cagepotatomma for live commentary and ball-busting.
The first leg of tonight’s #FridayNightWars MMA double-header kicks off with the Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull 2 main card, live from Uncasville, CT, at 8 p.m. ET on Spike. We’re saving up our liveblog energy for UFC Fight Night 50 later this evening, but follow us after the jump for quick results from the Bellator card, as well as GIFs of all relevant knockouts and submissions. As always, follow us on twitter at @cagepotatomma for live commentary and ball-busting.
MAIN CARD (Spike TV, 8 p.m. ET)
Pat Curran vs. Patricio Freire
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. Dustin Jacoby
Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson
Bobby Lashley vs. Josh Burns
Tamdan McCrory vs. Brennan Ward
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com, 6 p.m. ET)
Rico DiSciullo vs. Marvin Maldonado
Steve Garcia vs. Kin Moy
Josh Diekmann vs. Mike Wessel
Dan Cramer vs. Perry Filkins
Mark Griffin vs. Mike Mucitelli
Pete Rogers vs. Phillipe Martins
Brandon Fleming vs. Blair Tugman
Matt Bessette vs. Scott Cleve
