Filed under: Bellator , Featured , MMAjunkie Radio , News , Videos Semi-retired MMA fighter and coach Justin McCully said he was the guy behind the mask – figuratively – when it came to this past weekend’s bizarre faceoff at Bellator 123. McCully adamantly denied the physical part of the confrontation was staged, but happily admitted to scripting a scene where he revealed himself behind a two-part disguise and joined Stephan Bonnar in calling out Tito Ortiz . “We stamped our name on the game one more time,” McCully told MMAjunkie Radio. “We went out there and shocked the world and did something that nobody’s done, and it worked like a charm.” The idea for donning the mask came to McCully when Bonnar (15-8 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) asked him to join his camp for Ortiz in preparation for Bellator 131, which takes place Nov. 15 in San Diego with Bonnar and Ortiz (17-11-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) in the main event. “I thought about it overnight, and at that point, I really started to think about loyalty and how close I am to Tito still, and I thought to myself, ‘Well, not very,’” he said.
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