Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich - January 29 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION) Koscheck OUT

Bellator 148
January 29, 2016
SaveMart Center        
Fresno, California, USA

Main Card:
Paul Daley (37-13)           vs.       (11-5) Andy Uhrich   
Main Event | Lightweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)
Chris Honeycutt (6-0)       vs.       (22-6) Paul Bradley   
Co-Main Event | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)
Patricky Freire (14-7)        vs.     (10-3) Ryan Couture   
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)
Tony Johnson Jr. (9-2)       vs.    (9-1) Raphael Butler   
Main Card | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Bellator officials today announced Koscheck (17-10 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) meets fellow welterweight Matt Secor (7-2 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) in the headliner, and Daley (37-13-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) takes on fellow 170-pounder Andy Uhrich (11-5 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) in the co-headliner.

Bring back Bjorn.

Great to see Koscheck make his Bellator debut. Hopefully, he is successful as I would love to see him enjoy success in Bellator and maybe make trips to Rizin.

^Yeah, that sounds good. Would be cool to see him in a future RIZIN show.

Yeah im glad they didn't just book the rematch of Daley and Kos let kos make his debut and see how it pans out.

fka wrote:Yeah im glad they didn't just book the rematch of Daley and Kos let kos make his debut and see how it pans out.

If they both gets wins here, would be good to see that rematch. Winner of that fight should be in title contention.

Chris Honeycutt (6-0, 1NC) vs. Paul "The Gentleman" Bradley (22-6, 2NC) II set for ‪Bellator148‬ in Fresno on 1/29.
First fight at Bellator 140 was ruled a No Contest following an accidental clash of heads.

Great fight im really excited for this rematch!!!

TeamJohnPerretti wrote:Bring back Bjorn.

Why? Didn't Bjorn also do "cage rasslin"?

Raphael "The Silencer" Butler (9-1-1) vs. Tony Johnson Jr. (9-2) set for ‪‎Bellator148‬ on 1/29.

They both better win, or both better lose...

We gotta see Paul Daley look for revenge against Josh Koscheck.

Josh Koscheck's Bellator debut is going to have to wait.

The MMA star is injured and out of his main event fight with Matt Secor at Bellator 148 on Jan. 29 in Fresno, Calif., Bellator officials confirmed with MMA Fighting on Tuesday. The extent of the injury was not disclosed. Secor is not expected to be on the card.


A welterweight fight between Paul Daley and Andrew Uhrich will be the new Bellator 148 main event. The co-headliner will be a bout between prospect Chris Honeycutt and Paul Bradley.

Kingfedor wrote:
Raphael "The Silencer" Butler (9-1-1) vs. Tony Johnson Jr. (9-2) set for ‪‎Bellator148‬ on 1/29.

Good fight. Kongo has a good fight coming up soon as well. Winners of these fights are in line for a title shot.

Kingfedor wrote:
Josh Koscheck's Bellator debut is going to have to wait.

The MMA star is injured and out of his main event fight with Matt Secor at Bellator 148 on Jan. 29 in Fresno, Calif., Bellator officials confirmed with MMA Fighting on Tuesday. The extent of the injury was not disclosed. Secor is not expected to be on the card.


A welterweight fight between Paul Daley and Andrew Uhrich will be the new Bellator 148 main event. The co-headliner will be a bout between prospect Chris Honeycutt and Paul Bradley.

That sucks

Ryan Couture (10-3) will face Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (14-7) during the main card of "Bellator 148: Daley vs. Uhrich" 

Currently engrossed in a four-fight winning streak, including his first two contests with Bellator MMA, Couture will look to start off 2016 on the right foot. The son of MMA legend Randy Couture, the former Strikeforce competitor has finished all of the aforementioned wins via rear-naked choke submission. Couture was slated to compete at "Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis," but his opponent missed weight by more than 16 pounds.
 
Standing opposite of Couture will be the elder "Pitbull" brother, who agreed to the fight on short notice after Derek Anderson was forced to withdraw due to injury. Freire competed during the last event of 2015 and will now make his 14^th appearance for Bellator MMA during the first event of 2016. It's worth noting that 10 of Freire's wins have come before reaching the judges' scorecards.

TeamJohnPerretti wrote:Bring back Bjorn.

THIS!

Outside of the main event, the injuries actually proved to help this card.

wekka wrote:Outside of the main event, the injuries actually proved to help this card.

Yeah, I like the Couture/Patricky fight.

Ooooooo Bradley vs Honeycutt 2!!!!!!

Looking forward to the HW contender fight with Johnson. Hope to catch this one live tonight.

Patricky KO over Couture was impressive.

CDF47 wrote:Patricky KO over Couture was impressive.

Good way to start the year, was a violent finish.

Meanwhile Daley had the cleanest KO you could ask for. That was my favorite of the night.

AudaxSynth wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Patricky KO over Couture was impressive.

Good way to start the year, was a violent finish.

Meanwhile Daley had the cleanest KO you could ask for. That was my favorite of the night.

Yeah, real nice finishes on this card. Daley KO was also a real good one. After the Kos fight, if Daley wins, he should be fighting for the belt. If not, a fight with Lima prior to a title fight would be good as well.