Former Bellator MMA commentator Jimmy Smith offered his ideas on rumors that the promotion might not proceed to advertise reveals.
“I went to Bellator 300 and it was some of the weird experiences of my life,” Smith stated in an Instagram dwell video. “It was bizarre. Very, very unusual. The one analogy I can consider is that it was like a funeral that introduced all the chums collectively.”
Smith talked about most of the former Bellator MMA executives and fighters who have been within the constructing in San Diego on Saturday night time for what may have been the promotion’s closing present.
For a number of weeks now it has been speculated that Bellator MMA could also be bought by PFL MMA. Viacom, who owns Bellator MMA, allegedly needs to get out of the struggle enterprise.
Bellator president Scott Coker has even addressed the uncertainty of Bellator’s future stating, “We’ll see the place the long run goes so far as if a deal is gonna occur or not gonna occur. These items take time, and till the time will get solidified it’s simply hypothesis.”
The frontman for the second largest combined martial arts promotion within the U.S. continued to debate the state of affairs.
“Bear in mind: I don’t personal Bellator,” Coker stated. “Bellator just isn’t my firm to personal or to promote or to maintain or to merge. It’s owned by Viacom, they usually have a course of that they do, they usually’re doing what they should do. It’s not one thing I personal to promote or not promote. …
“It’s exhausting for me to essentially touch upon (the state of affairs) as a result of it’s utterly totally different. Now, there are some emotions that really feel the identical, however on the finish of the day it’s not my firm.”
