Bellator BW Tournament matchups set for Sept. 24

Joe Warren (7-1) vs. Alexis Vila (9-0)

Joe Soto (9-1) vs. Eduardo Dantas (10-2)

Luis Alberto Nogueira (11-1) vs. Ed West (16-5)

Marcos Galvao (9-4-1) vs. Chase Beebe (18-7)



Pretty nice draw!

Nice, glad to see soto back

Villas been fighting at 125,but i guess he'll fight at 35 as well.thats an interesting matchup

oh man, Warren vs. Vila??



sick fight right there

need a late relacement joe pearson wood love too fill if needed

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 What was the story on him pulling out of the Chase Beebe fight recently?

Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila?

Jesus, that's a pay per view caliber fight.

 Great Card!!

Bellators FW and BW divisions are really good, WW also

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 Say what you will about Joe Warren and his supernatural power over the judges, but his willingness to take any fight is unquestionable. If he makes it to the final, 75 percent of his career will have been fought within three of the five toughest tournaments ever assembled below 155lbs (DREAM FWGP, Bellator FW, Bellator BW), with the other 25 percent including two title fights

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Bellator has some ridiculous fights...love that bracket.

To bad the 'mma fans' are not supporting bellator, last show was awesome and only had 185k viewers

smoogy - 
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 What was the story on him pulling out of the Chase Beebe fight recently?



He pulled out of the Jeff Curran fight due to car accident.

 soto is back, great news!

liquidrob - To bad the 'mma fans' are not supporting bellator, last show was awesome and only had 185k viewers


Those were about the numbers expected after the layoff, it being summer, mismatches, not real big names stateside, and the fact that it was the little guys competing.

The next couple cards will be buoyed some by more competitive, high caliber match-ups later in the tourney, names, and heavier fighters. 47 should do especially well with Konrad, Suave, Alvarez-Chandler, and the FW final on the card.

But you'll probably have to wait until the next season for them to see them build momentum again with weekly shows. They were building an audience at the end of last season. 325 K (average) tuned into Bellator 44. Then they had a 350 K peak at the end of their first fight in Bellator 45 only for those viewers to depart because of the big gap between fights. The promotion is on the rise.

As for the bantamweight tournament, it's excellent and I wish the couch champs would respect the little guys. They're deluded into thinking they could beat them up.

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smoogy - 
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 What was the story on him pulling out of the Chase Beebe fight recently?







He pulled out of the Jeff Curran fight due to car accident.


 Oh it was Curran vs. Pearson? My bad. Good to hear Joe is healed up though

DamnSevern -  soto is back, great news!


Warren/Vila projects to be a slugfest with the two fighter's wrestling canceling out and both those guys progressing great heart, but Soto/Dudu is the fight I'm looking most forward to. Those two are athletes and technicians. Might be the two strongest competitors in the tourney, actually. The match-ups are rather uneven. Beebe, Galvao, West, and Betao are good fighters, but arguably the 4 weakest in the tourney.

Vila vs Warren? What the fuck!? Awesome match making, you'd think they'd save that shit for the finals. Awesome. Phone Post