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Bellator president Scott Coker doesn’t sound too optimistic on the return of Ben Askren. Askren and Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald have caused a stir on social media. The two have expressed interest in doing battle for 170-pound go…
Bellator president Scott Coker doesn’t sound too optimistic on the return of Ben Askren. Askren and Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald have caused a stir on social media. The two have expressed interest in doing battle for 170-pound gold. Even Dillon Danis, who had a successful professional mixed martial arts debut last night, said he […]
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Bellator President Scott Coker has addressed the possibility of signing former One FC champ Ben Askren. It wasn’t that long ago that Askren called it a career after his fight against longtime mixed martial artist Shinya Aoki, who is best known for his lightweight run and has even competed at featherweight, back in November. Around […]
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Bellator President Scott Coker has addressed the possibility of signing former One FC champ Ben Askren.
It wasn’t that long ago that Askren called it a career after his fight against longtime mixed martial artist Shinya Aoki, who is best known for his lightweight run and has even competed at featherweight, back in November.
Around the time of his retirement, Askren went on record by stating that the only other fight that would bring him out of retirement would be against current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, whom Askren trains with at Roufusport in Milwaukee.
Then, just a few months ago, Askren was asking for a fight against former UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre under the UFC banner.
Earlier this month, Askren had a Twitter exchange with Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald about a possible fight between the two fighters in the Viacom owned promotion.
“Ben, I don’t really think wants to fight,” Coker said to MMA Junkie after Bellator 198 on Saturday night (April 28, 2018). “I think he wants to fight one more fight and be done with it. That’s what I understand.”
“To me, we have a lot of plans for these guys in the 170-pound weight class,” he said. “We’re going to keep everybody busy.
We’ve got a big fight for (Michael Page) coming up in London. We’ve got a big fight for (Jon) Fitch and (Paul) Daley in San Jose on May 12.
“We’re going to keep these guys busy. I want fighters that are going to be here fighting.”
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Bellator president Scott Coker put the kibosh on talks of Michael Chandler vs. Patricio Freire. Chandler, who is a lightweight, has gotten into a bit of a beef with “Pitbull,” the reigning Bellator featherweight champion. This dates back to…
Bellator president Scott Coker put the kibosh on talks of Michael Chandler vs. Patricio Freire. Chandler, who is a lightweight, has gotten into a bit of a beef with “Pitbull,” the reigning Bellator featherweight champion. This dates back to June 2016. Chandler knocked out Patricio’s brother Patricky in the first round. Patricio claimed Chandler talked […]
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Mirko Cro Cop hasn’t served his U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspension, but that didn’t stop Bellator from signing him. Cro Cop will take on Roy Nelson in a rematch on May 25 at Bellator 200. The news caused some confusion, as Cro Cop r…
Mirko Cro Cop hasn’t served his U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspension, but that didn’t stop Bellator from signing him. Cro Cop will take on Roy Nelson in a rematch on May 25 at Bellator 200. The news caused some confusion, as Cro Cop retired following a two-year suspension from USADA during his Ultimate Fighting Championship […]
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Bellator MMA President Scott Coker is a bit surprised by the backlash over the Viacom owned promotion’s latest fighter signing. It’s been well documented that Mirko Cro Cop would be rematching Roy Nelson at the upcoming Bellator 200 event. Once the promotion made the announcement, it raised questions from some fight fans regarding his eligibility […]
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Bellator MMA President Scott Coker is a bit surprised by the backlash over the Viacom owned promotion’s latest fighter signing.
It’s been well documented that Mirko Cro Cop would be rematching Roy Nelson at the upcoming Bellator 200 event.
Once the promotion made the announcement, it raised questions from some fight fans regarding his eligibility to fight due to the fact that Cro Cop was suspended by USADA for two years for taking HGH. Instead of serving the suspension, he chose to retire from MMA.
Retirement for athletes is hard and usually doesn’t last. Cro Cop is no different as he returned just a year later to compete under the Rizin FF banner and even won the 2016 Open Weight Grand Prix.
Cro Cop has fought five times since receiving his USADA suspension. Thus, it raises the question of whether promoters should book him. Coker believes that makes no sense.
“Here’s the thing,” Coker told Jim Edwards of MMANYtt (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting). “Mirko fights in Rizin, in Japan, and USADA has a relationship with the UFC and they’re in Japan all the time. Why didn’t they go after him two years ago when he started fighting in Rizin? This is a question just because he’s fighting for Bellator at our 200th event?
“To me it’s like, if you wanted to take action, you should’ve took action a long time ago, because to me, honestly, when we booked it, we didn’t even know there were issues. He’s already fighting so we thought he was able to fight.”
Coker noted that Bellator doesn’t have any connection to USADA. Thus, the organization doesn’t have to go along with the suspension, especially since Cro Cop has been competing since he was given the suspension.
“Listen, USADA works with the UFC,” said Coker. “They’re doing their own thing, so go do it. I just feel like the timing of it is a little bit questionable because at the end of the day, if you really wanted to enforce it, you should’ve enforced it two years ago when Mirko fought in Japan.”
Bellator 200 is set to take place on Friday, May 25, 2018, from The SSE Arena, Wembley. The preliminary card will air online at 7:00 pm EST while the main card will air on Paramount Network at 9:00 PM EST.
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Paul Daley is at odds with Bellator president Scott Coker. It’s no secret that Daley and Bellator don’t exactly have a strong relationship. Back in January, Daley claimed he asked for and was granted his release from the promotion. A Bellat…
Paul Daley is at odds with Bellator president Scott Coker. It’s no secret that Daley and Bellator don’t exactly have a strong relationship. Back in January, Daley claimed he asked for and was granted his release from the promotion. A Bellator official later denied that “Semtex” was being let go. Instead, Daley will meet Jon […]
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