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Coker distances Bellator from 50 Cent's $2 million offer to Nurmagomedov
Rap mogul 50 Cent recently offered Khabib Nurmagomedov $2 million to come to Bellator, but CEO Scott Coker tried kindly to put the brakes on the idea: "I told him, ‘Hey, let’s just stay clear of it because that has nothing to do with Bellator, it has to do with the commission and the fighter and the league.’ So that’s their business. ... I think what he means by that is like him as a manager. 50 Cent, when he’s talking to an athlete, that has nothing to do with Bellator. I can’t tell 50 Cent what to say or not say, believe me.” H/T MMAjunkie
NBA commissioner comments on UFC 229 post-fight melee
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver spoke recently with TMZ Sports about the UFC 229 post-fight melee: “They've got to deal with that. Obviously, there’s no place for that in sports. ... Especially with something spilling over into the crowd - I talked to a few people who were at the fight, and I know it felt very dangerous to be in the arena. That's something you never want. ... Dana’s been doing this a lot longer than I have, so I have complete confidence in him. The only thing I’d say to Dana is you’ve got to look at the long-term health of your league. Don’t make a short-term decision. But he knows that.”
This again: Khabib calls out Floyd Mayweather, with Money's manager by his side
Fedor explains how he'll prepare for Bader
“We take into consideration the specialties and the features of all the opponents we meet,” said Emelianenko after defeating Chael Sonnen. “We’re preparing for this fight, and we’re taking into considerations the very strong sides of Chael. The same will happen, actually, for the preparation for the fight for Bader. Me and my team will make the next conclusions. Certainly, there will be a lot of attention given to all the work on the ground, on the canvas.” H/T MMAjunkie
Coker responds to suggestions that Fedor vs. Sonnen was fixed
“C’mon – that doesn’t even deserve a response to the people that are saying it,” said Bellator CEO Scott Coker post-fight at Bellator 208. “Listen, Chael got clipped. He told me, he said, ‘Man, he hit me and he hit me really good.’ And he was done. That’s it. With Chael, the thing with Tito, ‘Oh, he let him go,’ or something. C’mon. Why would you do that? You’re a professional athlete. You’re a fighter. He wants to continue, he wants to go to the next round of the tournament. That’s just all rubbish. ... They see Chael, he’s got this character and they just feel like with Chael he’s this character, so maybe that’s what they’re thinking? If you had Fedor punching you and kicking you and kneeing you like he was doing today – that was real.” H/T MMAjunkie
GFM established for funeral expenses for young son of fighter McDaniels
Fighter Bubba McDaniel and Amber Odom lost their son Wilder on October 11, 2018. The FB live video of McDaniel on the way to his son's remains is nearly impossibly painful to watch. A GoFundMe has been established to help cover expenses for the child. Donations of any size are profoundly appreciated at a time of unimaginable sorrow. https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-expenses-4-wilder-mcdaniel
