Undefeated Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov and former UFC fighter Lavar Johnson will face each other in the final and main fight of the Bellator 116 for a place in the heavyweight final. Before entering the mixed martial arts, Ivanov was a combat sambo fighter, that is, he has skills in both standing and ground combat. He has not yet reached the levels he had before his serious injury, but if he applies the right tactics and drags his opponent to the ground, he will have an easy night. Johnson made it clear to the ufc that he can do nothing on the ground, although he has very strong kicks and punches, he has only one win in his last four games. I do not think he is capable of making the surprise against the undefeated Blagoi Ivanov.

The undefeated his heavyweight champion Bellator Vitaly Minakov will defend his title against his veteran ufc Cheick Kongo at its main event Bellator 115. Minakov was a 4-time world sambo champion and has a black belt in judo. Since entering the mixed martial arts he has not faced an experienced or famous opponent so he has not had much difficulty in any fight. Kongo has been fighting for the ufc for many years, he has lost to big names but he has also won some. He is a good striker but has a weakness on the ground. In standing battle I give Kongo a very small advantage but if the battle goes to the ground he has no hope. Because the performance is quite good I will risk a small stake. 

Green is a bit of a boring fighter, he has some moments that impress you but he also has others in which he makes big mistakes. Of course, he justifies himself a little from his age (23 years old) and has paid for them in the last races. Martinez is a more impressive fighter, in his entire career he has only seen the judges' decision once, he has more experience and is undefeated since 2010. I believe at some point in the match Green will make the fatal mistake and Martinez will subdue him. . The performance is good enough so we will go a little harder.

This fight will sooner or later be brought to the ground, where Weichel has the clear advantage, because of the 39 total fights he has in mixed martial arts, 20 of them he has won by submission thanks to the very good brazilian jiu jitsu . Bessette has beaten some good fighters but has only 16 fights in total. His inexperience and the not so good battle on the ground, I think will cost him this fight.

I will analyze the top battle of Bellator 112 here since I do not find it necessary to write the whole blog. 

Straus is its current champion featherweight class Bellator. This will be the third time they will face each other. The first time was in another event and the winner was Curran with a knockout in the 2nd round. Curran was also the first of two to join the Bellator and become a champion. At that time, many considered him a top 5 fighter in his category in all competitions. In November 2013, their 2nd fight took place (1st for the title) and Straus emerged victorious after 5 rounds and it seemed in short that he evolved more as a fighter, without a doubt for his victory. Now it will be their 3rd battle (2nd for the title) and I intended to abstain but the weighing enticed me. Straus weighed over the limit and had to get very tired to lose the extra weight within 2 hours. Because he wanted to be sure of the limit, he also cut his long hair! 

Since we are dealing with hairs, we have to bet hairs too!

The "tiger" kid who gives it all will take the trust of our money. He is just 24 old and has 25 wins and only a split split decision. Some people's eyes have never lost. 60% of his victories have ended with subordination and there seems to be a race today. His opponent also has a relatively good biography with 12 victories and 1 knockout defeat but he was never so impressive or seems to be approaching Alexander's talent. The odds unfortunately fell to 1,50 from 1,60, which was yesterday, but it remains at the limit I think is worth betting.

Doug Marshall reminds him of a little wrestler like a personality but that does not spoil me in trusting him a little money. It's racing in the style of fighters I admire. Fast with a lot of thirst for the win and very strong punches. The opponent technically is better and if the fight goes to 3 the round has a high probability of winning. But he is not as fast as Marshall, nor does he have such strong punches. We hope the fight lasts for a few minutes and knock out the 11 Serie A winner at the 1 or 2 round.