Bellator 44 telecasted this past Saturday night on MTV 2 and was broadcasted live from Atlantic City, NJ. There were a total of 7 fights, 3 were dark matches while the remaining 4 were televised. The first fight of the card was Alexander Shlemenko vs Jake Cooper and it was a qualifing bout for Season 5 Middleweight. After 3 rounds, Shlemenko def. Cooper by unanimous decision by the judges. Great way to start the card. The next fight was a Welterweight bout featuring Giedrius Karavackas vs Sam Oropeza. After 2 strong rounds, Karavackas managed to make Oropeza tap out, thus winning by submission. In my opinion, Oropeza did the right thing by tapping because when he was trapped in the armlock, his face had turned red and it looked like he was going to pass out. Had Oropeza not tapped out, the referee would have to stop the fight and Oropeza would've ended up in the emergency room.
After 2 fights, intermission occurred for the live crowd, but did return from commercial breaks to promote the main event and Bellator 45 (season finale of Season 4). Once intermission ended, the first main event fight occured between Hector Lombard and Falaniko Vitale. During the first few seconds of the 3rd round, Lombard gave a devasting KO blow. Bellator posted the video of the KO blow
Getting to baseball, the Yankees had a very disappointing weekend as they have lost to the Boston Red Sox three times in a row, one of which was the Saturday game where they were blanked. I do hope that one day that the Yankees snap out of their losing streak before their big game on Friday. A lot of people are saying that the Yankees "will not make it to the playoffs" and "starting to become the Mets". For those who are saying that the Yankees will not make it are losing hope. My advice is don't give up as it's only the beginning of the season and time will tell what will happen at the end. The Mets suffered a loss on Saturday, but did manage to recover on Sunday. The current ranking for the two teams are:
Yankees: 20-18 (remaining in 2nd place)
Mets: 19-21 (tied with Washington for 4th place)
Before the Subway Series this weekend, both of these teams will face their division rivals as the Mets face the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals this week, while the Yankees will face Tampa Bay and Baltimore.
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After 2 fights, intermission occurred for the live crowd, but did return from commercial breaks to promote the main event and Bellator 45 (season finale of Season 4). Once intermission ended, the first main event fight occured between Hector Lombard and Falaniko Vitale. During the first few seconds of the 3rd round, Lombard gave a devasting KO blow. Bellator posted the video of the KO blow
- Interesting Fact: During the middle of the first main event, a banner showed on the screen promoting Impact Wrestling on Spike (due to Spike and MTV 2 owned by Viacom). Bellator play by play announcer Sean Wheelock acknowledged the banner that was shown on the TV screens to the viewers at home and mentioned that "TNA Impact is now Impact Wrestling". Wheelock would briefly mention how he wanted to become a pro-wrestling commentator growing up and that Gordon Solie was one of his inspirations.
Getting to baseball, the Yankees had a very disappointing weekend as they have lost to the Boston Red Sox three times in a row, one of which was the Saturday game where they were blanked. I do hope that one day that the Yankees snap out of their losing streak before their big game on Friday. A lot of people are saying that the Yankees "will not make it to the playoffs" and "starting to become the Mets". For those who are saying that the Yankees will not make it are losing hope. My advice is don't give up as it's only the beginning of the season and time will tell what will happen at the end. The Mets suffered a loss on Saturday, but did manage to recover on Sunday. The current ranking for the two teams are:
Yankees: 20-18 (remaining in 2nd place)
Mets: 19-21 (tied with Washington for 4th place)
Before the Subway Series this weekend, both of these teams will face their division rivals as the Mets face the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals this week, while the Yankees will face Tampa Bay and Baltimore.
Coming up Next: review of 5/16 edition of Raw, Tough Enough, Subway Series
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