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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 21, 2019 8:44:48 GMT -5
Source: www.f4wonline.com/mma-news/jack-swagger-gets-date-opponent-second-bellator-mma-fight-277496It looks like Bellator is continuing the Bobby Lashley route with him and continue giving him cans. This was actually announced about a month ago, but looks like not many people care. I prefer they continue this route and build him up as a draw rather than give him guys way out of his depth. Brock Lesnar only has 5 MMA wins. While some were against VERY good opponents it didn't take a lot of fights for UFC to promote Lesnar as a beast. Even without quality opponents Bellator can do this with Swagger on a much smaller level. Perhaps after a while he can get slotted into some fun freak show main events. He's said he wants Roy Nelson in the past and I can dig it. With how Nelson has looked for years now I wouldn't even rule Swagger out completely. |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 21, 2019 10:37:42 GMT -5
Another Lashley. This is gonna be sad to watch. The minute he gets a real name, he’ll get killed. He’s just doing this to get back to the wwe and get a bigger push.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 21, 2019 11:44:58 GMT -5
It's the smartest move they can make really. Get what value out of him you can.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 21, 2019 11:47:23 GMT -5
It's the logical move. They gain nothing from throwing him to the wolves.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 11:53:54 GMT -5
Unless a promotion gets a freak of nature like Brock there’s no real reason to throw pro wrestlers that crossover in there against anyone above their level.
It makes sense, Swagger is a good wrestler, but is probably a white belt at BJJ and needs work on his striking, why throw him in there against someone legit and job him out? What does that accomplish?
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Mar 21, 2019 13:40:16 GMT -5
Another Lashley. This is gonna be sad to watch. The minute he gets a real name, he’ll get killed. He’s just doing this to get back to the wwe and get a bigger push. Or he develops his skill and becomes a competent fighter, while fighting guys of equal footing along the way? Not everyone is Brock Lesnar. |
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Mar 21, 2019 13:42:25 GMT -5
I mean, it's both the smartest move business wise and the most logical move from a matchmaking standpoint. Swagger's only 1-0, it doesn't make sense to give him name fighters yet.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 21, 2019 14:04:08 GMT -5
Another Lashley. This is gonna be sad to watch. The minute he gets a real name, he’ll get killed. He’s just doing this to get back to the wwe and get a bigger push. Or he develops his skill and becomes a competent fighter, while fighting guys of equal footing along the way? Not everyone is Brock Lesnar. Not by fighting tomato cans you don’t become competent, you up your competition and join a real gym which I don’t think Jack did. |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 21, 2019 14:04:53 GMT -5
I mean, it's both the smartest move business wise and the most logical move from a matchmaking standpoint. Swagger's only 1-0, it doesn't make sense to give him name fighters yet. Then you give him other 1-0 prospects, not cans. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 21, 2019 14:11:14 GMT -5
Smart move all things considered
It's his 2nd fight and most importantly it's a quick turnaround for him instead of doing one fight a year.If he destroys this can the maybe you consider giving him the aging vet in Roy Nelson but only if Swagger puts up a impressive performance
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 21, 2019 14:24:07 GMT -5
He turns 37 in 3 days, his MMA career is going to be fairly short regardless.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 14:32:11 GMT -5
I didn't know he had his first fight yet.
He's at least better than Punk right?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 14:33:40 GMT -5
I didn't know he had his first fight yet. He's at least better than Punk right? Absolutely. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 14:38:30 GMT -5
I don’t think that anyone knows much about Jones at all, much less whether he’s a can or not. Dude is 1-1 with a submission win in his last fight which was in 2017. Assuming that he has continued training for the last year and a half he should have improved a good bit since then.
I hate that every no name fighter against a kind of name guy is automatically labeled a can. A true can is a guy like Batista fought, a guy with a bunch of fights and is right at or just above a .500 winning percentage, and/or gets busted open in every fight usually in the first round.
This guy should give Swagger a challenge and may even defeat him depending on what his skill level is currently. All live combat is good for any fighter, there’s nothing in any fight camp in the world that can simulate that AND have its fighter in condition to compete.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 21, 2019 14:55:25 GMT -5
He turns 37 in 3 days, his MMA career is going to be fairly short regardless. At least he’s a heavyweight which is the weight class where fighters tend to stay competitive for the longest since knock out power is the last to go (though Jack’s hardly a proven striker). He could still go for another five years or more if he wants, especially if Bellator just feeds him cans. |
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Post by Woo on Mar 24, 2019 13:09:37 GMT -5
As long as he's not wrestling good for him.
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