Bellator 17 Recap: 2 Hulks, 1 Squash Match, an Upset, and Forty-Five Submission Attem

Celtic Fan · May 7, 2010

By DL “Tank Abbot” Richardson
Some of Bellator’s biggest names were on the card last night at the Citi Performing Arts Center, for the first-ever major MMA show in Boston. Two semi-final matchups for the lightweight tourney were on tap, plus a 160-pound SuperFight between Eddie Alvarez and Josh Neer, and a heavyweight exhibition featuring one of Brock Lesnar's training dummies partners. But not everything went as planned. A full rundown of Bellator 17 is after the jump. Prepare yourselves — some crazy shit went down...
Cole Konrad vs. Pat Bennett
It’s a battle of the XXL wrestlers, between Division III standout Pat “I Haven’t Come Up With a Good One Yet” Bennett and mammoth NCAA Division I champ Cole “Brock Won’t Let Me Have One” Konrad. Commentators Jimmy Smith and Sean Wheelock mention a rumored heavyweight tournament in Bellator’s third season, which begins August 21, while Bennet and Konrad wait to begin their matchup. The pre-fight hype surrounds Konrad, who compiled an impressive record of 155-13 at the University of Minnesota, and currently trains with Team DeathClutch (read: LesnarCamp). Thing is, the guy really needs to book a session with P.R. Cole and work out a plan — he possesses one of the most unimpressive physiques in all of sports. And yes, I know who John Daly is.
What follows is comparable to a battle between two bull elephant seals: there’s not much skill on display, just a lot of bulk moving around with occasional bursts of movement. Konrad scores a takedown in the first, and throws some strikes from top position. Bennett can’t get the behemoth off, and ends the first frame bloodied. The second round is uneventful: both fighters are totally gassed, sporadically winging punches at one another. Konrad manages to connect a few times with right hands that get through Bennett’s defense, but it looks like they both need to just sit down and talk out their differences. The fight just devolves from there: Hands continue to drop lower and lower, the pauses between action become longer and longer, and the crowd begins to boo louder and louder. Bennett can’t get off any effective striking, and Konrad manages to land enough of those right hands to make pretty fist patterns on Bennett’s facial area. Cole Konrad defeats Pat Bennett via unanimous decision.
Eddie Alvarez vs. Josh “The Dentist” Neer
In order to keep the Bellator champions in the spotlight and give them a payday, Bjorn Rebney and matchmaker Sam Caplan have set up non-title “SuperFights” to showcase the men who won last season. Tonight, 155-pound champ Eddie Alvarez fights a 160-pound catchweight bout with Josh Neer, a scrap apparently set up on the basis that both men have their last names tattooed on their backs. Alvarez took part in the 2008 Dream Lightweight Grand Prix prior to Bellator’s inaugural season, and he has never lost a tournament fight. Josh Neer has spent time in the UFC, but has been bounced twice because of losses. It’s a match that has “tune-up” written all over it.....
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Celtic Fan · May 7, 2010

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Bellator continues to put on entertaining fights and their tourney's continue to have surprising upsets. Sure they'll never be on par with the UFC, but I'm okay with that myself.

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