SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
June - 2016
7
A Surefire Way For Bellator to
Spice Up Heavyweight Division
Article By: Jay Anderson
While all eyes are on the
UFC this coming weekend
for UFC 199, lets take a
look at the sport’s number
two promotion, Bellator
MMA, and their “heavy”
heavyweight
problem:
mainly, the lack of a cham-
pion following Vitaly Mina-
kov being stripped of his
title.
First off, the stripping of
Minakov was completely
justified. In fact, it should
have come much sooner.
Not defending your title
in two years while taking
fights in Russia is a sign
of complete disrespect to
the belt you’re holding. Is
Minakov worth more than
he was being paid? Sure,
probably. However, MMA
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