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    He's fought eight times since losing to Jon Jones and I have only a vague recollection of any of the subsequent fights. He's 39-years old and has fought once a year for the last three years which is apparently the Bellator model.
     
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    Rampage vs Fedor @ HW. Calling it now.
     
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    Bellator heavyweight tournament announced featuring Rampage, King Mo, Roy Nelson, Fedor, Matt Mitrione, Ryan Bader, Frank Mir, Chael Sonnen
     
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    I'm guessing they'll do Mir-Fedor first round
     
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    Meathead is going to make a fun Bellator Heavyweight Champion.
     
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    Bader looks the most likely to me.

    But these things never pan out as planned. DC won the tournament without being in it to start with IIRC.
     
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    Looks like this is the case. I'm guessing it was a condition of Mir's signing with Bellator that he wanted to get a chance to submit Fedor.

     
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    Rory MacDonald wants to be an alternate for the Hw tournament.
     
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    This is awesome. I really wish the UFC would do something like this.
     
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    Rampage supposedly returns in January in Inglewood, CA.

    Rumour has him fighting Chael Sonnen but he doesn't want to fight "another leg-humper."
     
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    Rampage should go to kickboxing or boxing then. In MMA he's going to run across a wrestler or two.
     
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    Page isn't on that title track, anyway. Coker can give him hitters if that's what he wants.
     
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    First round prediction

    Mir/Fedor
    King Mo/Bader
    Page/Meathead
    Nelson/Chael
     
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    Hmm got it wrong. Could be this isn't them announcing the first round fight though. Could just be saying they are in the tourney together.

    But maybe the Page/Chael rumour is true.

     
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    http://mmajunkie.com/2017/11/openin...YODDS&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebook
    Here are the odds via Oddessa, listed from best to worst (via Twitter):

    1. Mitrione +200
    2. Bader +260
    3. Mir +380
    4. Nelson +500
    5. Emelianenko +500
    6. Field (any other fighter) +1000
    7. Sonnen +1200
    8. Lawal +1200
    9. Jackson +1500
    If they seeded everything the way the betting odds are that would make for a fun little tournament I think. Rampage wouldn't even have to fight a leg humper.
     
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    Big Country is paying nice..
     
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    Seems like a longshot. His last five or so years have been poor.

    I don't think Mitrione is going to win the tournament. Too many "Meathead" moments in his career.
     
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    Im liking the money on Bader and Big Country. If BC fights smart, he wins this thing with ease.

    Never thought I'd see the day where Meathead was the favorite of a tournament involving Rampage, Fedor, Mir and Nelson
     
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    Shane Carwin has requested to be considered for an alternate spot in this tournament.

    Imagine Macdonald vs. Carwin?
     
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