It’s been a while since rival MMA promotions staged fight cards on the same night. There’s a lot less competition out there for the UFC – and no insolent upstarts like Affliction to motivate the 10,000-pound gorilla to raise its tents on short notice. Right now, it’s really just Bellator MMA, a slightly less garish product that, thankfully, hasn’t given a moment of its show away to Megadeth. Under the new management of ex-Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker, the defacto No. 2 player looks like its going to be transformed into something resembling his now-defunct promotion, but with a lot more media muscle behind it.
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10 reasons to channel surf for tonight’s UFC and Bellator cards – MMA Junkie