News Gegard Mousasi to defend title vs. John Salter at Bellator 264, Aug. 13

[MMALOPEZ]

Bellator 264 fight card (as of Aug. 8, noon ET)
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET)

• Champ Gegard Mousasi vs. John Salter – for middleweight title
• Sabah Homasi vs. Andrey Koreshkov
• Magomed Magomedov vs. Raufeon Stots
• Everett Cummings def. Davion Franklin
• Khadzhi Bestaev vs. Ty Gwerder

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6 p.m. ET)

• James Adcock vs. Nekruz Mirkhojaev
• Justin Montalvo vs. Kendly St. Louis
• Roberta Samad vs. Pam Sorenson
• Johnny Campbell vs. Danny Sabatello
• Jeffrey Glossner vs. Sebastian Ruiz
• Jon McNeil vs. Orlando Mendoza

 

[careto]

Bellator 264 fight card (as of Aug. 8, noon ET)
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET)

• Champ Gegard Mousasi vs. John Salter – for middleweight title
• Sabah Homasi vs. Andrey Koreshkov
• Magomed Magomedov vs. Raufeon Stots
• Everett Cummings def. Davion Franklin
• Khadzhi Bestaev vs. Ty Gwerder

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6 p.m. ET)

• James Adcock vs. Nekruz Mirkhojaev
• Justin Montalvo vs. Kendly St. Louis
• Roberta Samad vs. Pam Sorenson
• Johnny Campbell vs. Danny Sabatello
• Jeffrey Glossner vs. Sebastian Ruiz
• Jon McNeil vs. Orlando Mendoza

I cant remember a shittier preliminary card for Bellator.

 

[CorninginChristianburg]

I cant remember a shittier preliminary card for Bellator.

This is likely just me but I was looking ahead at the upcoming MMA cards and the cards aren't great, for a really long time. There are some interesting fights, and some interesting fighters who are fighting squash matches, but in general, the next few weeks Bellator, UFC, PFL, I'm not that excited.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I cant remember a shittier preliminary card for Bellator.

The one for the Kongo/Sergey card looks even worse.

 

[GueseGuy]

I cant remember a shittier preliminary card for Bellator.

It’s honestly disgustingly horrible. I’ll watch the main but the only fight that interests me in the prelims is the Campbell fight but I just don’t see how he’s gonna stop Suckatello from humping him for 15

 

[careto]

The one for the Kongo/Sergey card looks even worse.

Hamel vs Logan alone is better than the entire 264 prelims. I hope they add a few more decent match ups soon. Both main cards are pretty decent, though.

 

[careto]

It’s honestly disgustingly horrible. I’ll watch the main but the only fight that interests me in the prelims is the Campbell fight but I just don’t see how he’s gonna stop Suckatello from humping him for 15

Someone contact Cupcake through twitter and tell him the Sherdog Worldwide forum loves him and counts on him. Its a battle between good vs evil for us.

 

[GueseGuy]

This is likely just me but I was looking ahead at the upcoming MMA cards and the cards aren't great, for a really long time. There are some interesting fights, and some interesting fighters who are fighting squash matches, but in general, the next few weeks Bellator, UFC, PFL, I'm not that excited.

I still love mma but it’s hard for me to really get excited about these cards nowadays. Maybe I’m burnt out but a lot of these fights just aren’t worth watching.

 

[careto]

The one for the Kongo/Sergey card looks even worse.

265 looks like a nightmare card, the next fights they announce they have to be solid for the main event.

 

[GueseGuy]

Someone contact Cupcake through twitter and tell him the Sherdog Worldwide forum loves him and counts on him. Its a battle between good vs evil for us.

On his IG he’s saying all the right things. He’s been talking a ton of shit to Suckatello so hopefully he backs up all the talk.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

On his IG he’s saying all the right things. He’s been talking a ton of shit to Suckatello so hopefully he backs up all the talk.

Unfortunately he's going to be held down and stalled for 15 minutes.

 

[careto]

This is likely just me but I was looking ahead at the upcoming MMA cards and the cards aren't great, for a really long time. There are some interesting fights, and some interesting fighters who are fighting squash matches, but in general, the next few weeks Bellator, UFC, PFL, I'm not that excited.

I still love mma but it’s hard for me to really get excited about these cards nowadays. Maybe I’m burnt out but a lot of these fights just aren’t worth watching.

I think we are all burned out. Im only watching fights that either have solid prospects or that are somehow meaningul in the rankings or title picture. Main card for PFL are play offs but thise names have 0 value for me, IDK if I'll be watching. Bellator is king when it comes to prospects but these upcoming cards are seriously diluted.

 

[CorninginChristianburg]

Hamel vs Logan alone is better than the entire 264 prelims. I hope they add a few more decent match ups soon. Both main cards are pretty decent, though.

There's also Johnson vs. Aguiar. I don't know if they'll bump it up to the main since there are only 9 fights right now and usually there are 11 but if it stays on the prelims it'll be good. There main will be the Sergei/Kongo fight, the Storley fight, Boric/Wilson, and the WMMA fight so there's one more slot. The fact that we're like 12 days away though maybe hints that they'll just be filler fights and the Johnson/Aguiar fight gets bumped up.

I still love mma but it’s hard for me to really get excited about these cards nowadays. Maybe I’m burnt out but a lot of these fights just aren’t worth watching.

Yeah, the biggest fight upcoming is definitely Magomedov vs. Stots on this upcoming card. I hope Homasi vs Koreshkov will be fun. Borics vs. Wilson could be good. The main events aren't interesting to me at all, Mousasi Salter is a squash match, Kongo and Kharitonov are relics.

 

[careto]

Unfortunately he's going to be held down and stalled for 15 minutes.

Have some faith in him, if he beats Sabatello via submission or KO, would you rank him with Liz and Gareth? Or would it be too soon?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Have some faith in him, if he beats Sabatello via submission or KO, would you rank him with Liz and Gareth? Or would it be too soon?

He'd be up there, but you need a good period of dominance to keep up with the titans of the game. I don't want to fall into recency bias.

 

[TorontoTO]

 

[GueseGuy]

Like discussed above, it’s really a dreadful prelim card. Main card isn’t too hot either. Magomedov vs Stots is a great fight but Koreshkov will wrestle Homasi and a motivated Mousasi should make quick work of Salter.

 

[TorontoTO]

Like discussed above, it’s really a dreadful prelim card. Main card isn’t too hot either. Magomedov vs Stots is a great fight but Koreshkov will wrestle Homasi and a motivated Mousasi should make quick work of Salter.

I'm okay with the main card. Two good prospect fights, Stots vs. Magomed for the next title contender, Homasi's TDD is not that bad, and Mousasi vs. Salter is not that amazing, but it's the Bellator version off Izzy vs. Vettori.

 

[careto]

Just received a leak on a probable ( close to) opener :
Mousasi -375
Salter +325

Sounds about right --- if off ( like by alot), lol, blame my source but he/ they are pretty reliable.

I hope Gegard healthy and ready to show hes still one of the top fighters in world.

Mousasi is at -290, which is quiet surprising. Magomedov ia at -400, though and Koreshkov is at -335. Im pretty confident at a parley of this 3 fights (+118) and will be waiting for the odds on Magomedov vs Stots FGTD, Koreshkov vs Homasi FDNGTD, and Mousasi vs Salter O2.5.

 

[CorninginChristianburg]

Mousasi is at -290, which is quiet surprising. Magomedov ia at -400, though and Koreshkov is at -335. Im pretty confident at a parley of this 3 fights (+118) and will be waiting for the odds on Magomedov vs Stots FGTD, Koreshkov vs Homasi FDNGTD, and Mousasi vs Salter O2.5.

+400 for Magomedov seems very excessive.