Christopher Colbert vs. Tögstsogt Nyambayar & Michel Rivera Medina vs. Jon Fernández Dominguez RBR.

Yeah, it's less that they couldn't have found something to make this a triple-header broadcast and more that they're trying to push Tank as the sort of 'big deal' that you have to keep talking about on TV ad nauseum even a week later.

 

And it sucked when HBO did it too.

 

Of course, they weren't shilling MMA fights on their broadcast...

 

The usual BS from ESPN is one thing (preempting boxing in favor of, say, the high school girl's softball world series airing live) because hey, boxing coverage has always been just one tiny sliver of their product. Showtime Sports, though, despite having dipped its toes into MMA in the past, has been built on like 90% boxing. So this disrespect just...hits different.

 

His full name is "Antonio De Carlo McKee Jr.", so wtf is up with him going by "A.J. McKee"? Where is the J - what, from the Jr.??

 

Alright, live fight time...IBF #11 ranked lightweight Michel Rivera "La Zarza Ali" Medina vs. WBA #11 ranked Jon Fernández "Jonfer" Dominguez in the co-main event.

 

To be fair that's the one Bellator fight in absolute ages I'm genuinely intrigued by and will tune into.

 

Is Jon Basque? If so I'm automatically supporting him.

 

The last Spaniard vs. Dominican fight I can remember is Maravilla vs. David Toribio, so...based on that, clearly this is about to be a shutout for Jonfer.

 

Bai, ziur dago.

 

Michel Rivera really trying hard to look like Ali. It's a bit early for Halloween costumes mate.