Bellator 207: Matt Mitrione vs. Ryan Bader & Roy Nelson vs. Sergei Kharitonov RBR

10-9 Larkin close 30-27 Larkin. Pascu gave it a go but a little too late. Larkin still wins the round and the fight pretty clearly.

 

Larkin is one of the best guys to watch standing up in all MMA when he really get's into rhythm. Still think the UFC made a mistake in letting him go.

 

Roy Nelson vs. Sergei Kharitonov - 3 rounds at Heavyweight

 

Think Nelson will probably end up taking Kharitonov down and controlling/dominating him pretty easily. Hope I'm wrong though.

 

Maybe. Kharitonov's chin isn't what it used to be but its still good(he was sick for 2 months leading up to the Ayala fight) on the flip side if the throw down it's quite possible that Kharitonov catches Nelson as well.

 

Roy milked that knee.

 

Still the most ******ed rule in MMA.

 

LOL. Look at the delayed flop from Nelson. Is this soccer?

 

**** YEAH. Pride never die.

 

Mistake from Nelson throwing down with Kharitionov who despite old and slow is still someone who made the Olympic boxing team and got jobbed against Helenius and gave Hrgovic one of the toughest fights of his life(this being the old plodding Kharitonov not the light Pride version) Nelson to be fair did look to take Kharitonov down but his TDD was on point for once.

 

I'm stoked right now. Kharitonov is one of my favorite fighters ever. This is a great win for him at this stage.

 

This version of Kharitonov would cause some problems in the UFC. Looks to be healthy and his TDD is back on point for the first time in like 10 years. That says more about the HW division than it does him as a fighter but yeah. He could very well crack the top 10. FFS Lewis is challenging for the belt now.