Bellator MMA
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Oct 30, 2026
Manel KapeGUEST
When he came to UFC, I have a conversation with him.
Manel KapeGUEST
Brother, I know you want to get to the UFC, but I never see you talk in Bellator.
Manel KapeGUEST
I never see you do the kind of, you know, confrontation to the people.
Manel KapeGUEST
That's not what you are.
Manel KapeGUEST
So why should I hate? Why should I care about comments or what people think about Manel Kape? It is all the games wrong.
Manel KapeGUEST
I'm not here to prove anyone to anyone.
Josh ThomsonHOST
What went wrong with, because I'm a huge fan of Apache Mix and his transition from Bellator PFL into UFC.
Josh ThomsonHOST
Obviously, I was riding for him the whole way.
Jed MeshewHOST
Right.
Jed MeshewHOST
And my immediate sort of criticism was like, you're getting back the gang that did Bellator.
Jed MeshewHOST
Is that the gang you want to get back together? Because Bellator was such a like roiling success, right? Wouldn't be my thought.
Jed MeshewHOST
So my real answer is like, I would be looking for somebody much more nascent in the MMA space and maybe has new fresh ideas and interesting takes on things.
Jed MeshewHOST
Quite honestly, I do not believe Jon Kavanaugh is that, but I'm trying to think of like a specific entity who like would fit that who's like working for, uh like honestly i'd probably just be like i start talking to more people who work at the promotions i respect right the mid-levels that i respect like who's working at ryzen and i know they actually have a lot of talks with ryzen um and like how that will end up unfolding as a business partnership which i think is probably a long-term sort of strategy there we're just like
Mike HeckHOST
Take them.
Mike HeckHOST
You need them because you know what's going to happen.
Mike HeckHOST
They're going to trap Michael C. Williams out there just like they did with Bellator.
Steve AustinHOST
to make me some stew, but, you know, hey, man, we eat everything that we shoot out here.
Steve AustinHOST
Hey, man, so Tough Enough ended, and then when you rolled into Tough Enough, you had an MMA background, but you're kind of like a jack-of-all-trades because you're still doing some MMA stuff because, hell, a couple weeks ago, you had a fight with Bellator, didn't you? Yeah, yeah, it was
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
back in September.
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
You know, I always try to, you know... you know, with the, with the rest.
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
I think I pulled over both, uh, from both sides of MMA and wrestling.
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
Um, you know, um, I've had plenty of opportunities to kind of bounce back.
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
And I had another opportunity with Bellator, and I took it.
Jeremiah RiggsGUEST
It's just, you know, a lot of people don't realize, you know, the training regiments, you know, when you jump in, it's real.
Daniel CormierGUEST
I've got a 70-pounder named Alan Solomoff that is so good that I've been able to get him like a fight and a half in the last two years.
Daniel CormierGUEST
He fought a kid that was in Bellator for seven fights last time in Fury.
Daniel CormierGUEST
He knocked him out within a round, and it was one of the most beautiful combinations I've ever seen.
Daniel CormierGUEST
He is so ready to be in the UFC.
Royce IsaacsGUEST
But, yeah, you know what? Also, I'll shout out, I think, shout out to Pennsylvania, Matt Mikowski, I think he's a really talented wrestler that I think he should be more well-known, you know, nationwide and internationally.
Royce IsaacsGUEST
He's a Bellator fighter, really talented pro wrestler, and I think he I don't know.
Royce IsaacsGUEST
He just knows how to put it together.
Royce IsaacsGUEST
I'm a big Matt Mako fan.
GilHOST
His opponent? Ken Shamrock.
GilHOST
Again, more than 20 years after their first meeting, Royce defeated Shamrock by first round TKO and Bellator.
GilHOST
The finish was controversial because of a disputed low blow.
GilHOST
But officially, Royce Gracie ended his career with another victory.
Josh DulleaGUEST
He's pretty good.
Josh DulleaGUEST
I think he was a champion, like Bellator or something.
Josh DulleaGUEST
So he's good.
Marquay BelcherHOST
But not MMA.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
They're hoping to launch, of course, in 2027.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
What does this all mean? Because I remember, you know, you used to have a great relationship with Scott and the team over when they were running Bellator.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
What, if anything, does this mean for you?
John KavanaghGUEST
Yeah, well, I'm very proud to announce I'm now part of Key MMA.
Ariel HelwaniHOST
Do you believe there's enough talent out there to grow a promotion and make stars?
John KavanaghGUEST
Short answer is yes.
John KavanaghGUEST
And I think Scott has an incredible... track record of of unearthing talent as you point out that was many years ago with Strikeforce and then as he went with work in Bellator but I can tell you as being a coach like I look like Ireland alone we went from having a handful of MMA clubs not that long ago to now having I think as we're getting up to 80 80 clubs in Ireland alone And I'm sure in the UK, that's going to be much bigger.
John KavanaghGUEST
In Germany, huge.
TJ DillashawGUEST
Like he, in my opinion, ever since I worked with him day one, I think he'd be world champion.
Michael BispingPANELIST
And this is what he needed because to give him that self-belief and that real confidence to puff his chest out a little bit, start calling out the bigger names because he signs with the, well, I think his first fight in Bellator didn't go his way, right? Then he signs with the UFC, a lot of hype around him, gets knocked out by Lerone Murphy.
Michael BispingPANELIST
All right, fights Pitbull.
Michael BispingPANELIST
It was a win, but it wasn't the most exciting fight.
Val MakovetskiiGUEST
So we had to pivot again and we pivoted into The passion of mine, which is combat sports, and we became the 24-7 combat sports media.
Val MakovetskiiGUEST
We hosted 34 MMA events, which was the third largest after UFC and Bellator.
Val MakovetskiiGUEST
At some point, we started microbetting within our streaming platform.
Val MakovetskiiGUEST
when we reached half a million users.
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