Bellator 68 - Sandro, Straus, Zaromskis,Petruzelli

Date: Friday, May 11th
Preliminary Card (Spike.com): 18:00 LP.net / 4pm PST / 7pm EST Bellator 68 live stream
Main Card (MTV2): 20:00 LP.net / 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Live Streams: Live and Free on Spike.com & MTV2





Main Card (Spike.com & MTV2)

Marlon Sandro (22-3) vs. Daniel Straus (19-4) (Featherweight Tournament Final)
Travis Marx (19-3) vs. Marcos Galvao (11-5-1) (Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal)
Carmelo Marrero (14-5) vs. Seth Petruzelli (14-6) (Catchweight 230 lbs)
Marius Zaromskis (16-6) vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf (9-9-1) (Welterweight)

Preliminary Card (Spike.com & MTV2)

Don Carlo-Clauss vs. Jacob Kirwan (Lightweight)
Marcin Held vs. Derrick Kennington (Lightweight)
Claudio Ledesma vs. Anthony Leone (Bantamweight)
Francois Ambang vs. Gregory Milliard (Middleweight)
Aung La Nsang vs. Jesus Martinez (Catchweight 175 lbs)
Eddie Fyvie vs. Jeff Lentz (Featherweight)

Other

- Kurt Pellegrino was scheduled to fight Marcin Held at this event. However, on March 13th, Pellegrino suffered a knee injury and was forced to pull out of the bout. Phillipe Nover has stepped in as Pellegrino's replacement and will rematch Held after the two went to a decision at Bellator 59 with Held coming out victorious.

Marlon Sandro (145.8) vs. Daniel Straus (146)
Marcos Galvao (136) vs. Travis Marx (135.4)
Carmelo Marrero (230) vs. Seth Petruzelli (225.5) - 230-pound catchweight
Waachiim Spiritwolf (172.4) vs. Marius Zaromskis (169.8)
Aung La Nsang (175.2) vs. Jesus Martinez (175.5) - 175-pound catchweight
Claudio Ledesma (134.5) vs. Anthony Leone (136)
Marcin Held (155.5) vs. Derrick Kennington (154.5)
Don Carlo-Clauss (156) vs. Jacob Kirwan (156)
Francois Ambang (183.5) vs. Gregory Millard (186)

Starts in 45 minutes: http://www.spike.com/shows/bellator-fighting-championships/live

My Picks

Daniel Straus > Marlon Sandro (Straus by Decision. He's big for the weightclass, fast, strong, has better technique, and doesn't gas out. Sandro is a beast, but one dimensional and his cardio isn't good enough to be in the top 10 Featherweight division.)
Marcos Galvao > Travis Marx (Should be a good fight, but Galvao has the far superior BJJ skills, and he can take damage)
Seth Petruzelli > Carmelo Marrero (Marrero had to cut to 230 for this fight, Petruzelli wanted an even lighter catchweight but Marrero said 230 was the lowest he could do. Petruzelli got on the scale eating an ice cream during weigh-ins.)
Marius Zaromskis > Waachiim Spiritwolf (Zaromskis has skills, he should drop 155 imo, too small for 170.)

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Update

"Seth Petruzelli is a late scratch from tonight's Bellator 68 main event.

The fighter today announced via Twitter that a doctor wouldn't clear him to fight because he "heard weezing and fluid in my lungs."

A second doctor concurred, Petruzelli (14-6 MMA, 1-0 BFC) said, and his 230-pound catchweight fight with Carmelo Marrero (14-5-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) has been pulled from the card."

Cool. Some fights got potential

The Sandro & Zaromskis fights have potential to be awesome.

Zaromskis looking tired as fuck after the first round, which was mostly clinching.

Spiritwolf almost finished Zaromskis with massive tomahawk chops in round 2.

Yea so does spirit wolf though.

That was a hell of a turn around by wolf that round. He was eating a lot of big knees. hell of a chin.

Wtf, cut doesn't even look bad.

I've seen bigger gashes between a pair of legs. Spiritwolf getting robbed, so sad.

"TKO" win for Zaromskis.

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Nice job by Marcin Held. He looks super small for a Lightweight though.

have a bet on galvao. couldnt pull trigger on sandro vs straus. think the line was about right with sandro as slight favorite. if straus can win round 2 though he should win the fight with sandro fading

I'd be surprised if Sandro finished Straus. Straus hasn't been finished since April 2009, and that was against Pat Curran who is a technical striker and big for Featherweight.

Straus should be able to out strike, out cardio, get the take downs to impress the judges.

People bring up Sandro's black belt in BJJ, but he's like Jorge Gurgel, he never uses his black belt and only strikes in a one dimensional way.

On May 11 2012 20:06 PuertoRican wrote: I'd be surprised if Sandro finished Straus. Straus hasn't been finished since April 2009, and that was against Pat Curran who is a technical striker and big for Featherweight. Straus should be able to out strike, out cardio, get the take downs to impress the judges. People bring up Sandro's black belt in BJJ, but he's like Jorge Gurgel, he never uses his black belt and only strikes in a one dimensional way.

sandros actually a pretty good wrestler. before he realized he hit like a truck he was an LNPer.

i think it goes to a decision a lot though. all comes down to the 2nd round. sandro will win 1st, straus will win 3rd.

Yea Sandro is pretty cool, but he fights like a retard.

Close eyes, throw hooks from new zealand.

Straus is hella funny with how he fights. He always makes sure to win round 1 by being super active, then round 2 he slows down a bit but still grinds out a noticeable win for that round, and round 3 he's much more defensive and tries to not get finished. This is how I see his fight vs. Sandro going.

Straus said awhile back in an interview that he doesn't mind having so many decision victories. He rather fight all 3 rounds instead of finishing an opponent early, he gets more fight experience that way. (roughly what he said)

As for Galvao, he needs to work on his technique, he was robbed in 2 fights in Bellator, but that could have been avoided if he threw more than the same 2 punch combo.

On May 11 2012 20:34 PuertoRican wrote: Straus is hella funny with how he fights. He always makes sure to win round 1 by being super active, then round 2 he slows down a bit but still grinds out a noticeable win for that round, and round 3 he's much more defensive and tries to not get finished. This is how I see his fight vs. Sandro going. Straus said awhile back in an interview that he doesn't mind having so many decision victories. He rather fight all 3 rounds instead of finishing an opponent early, he gets more fight experience that way. (roughly what he said) As for Galvao, he needs to work on his technique, he was robbed in 2 fights in Bellator, but that could have been avoided if he threw more than the same 2 punch combo.

youre making me a little more confident in straus's chances, but god i cant believe the line is even. was hoping to get straus at +150. sucks that its even money on both now. cant bet

Yay Straus~

He looked more cautious in round 1, when compared to how he usually fights. I guess he knew that Sandro had power and also didn't want to risk it and get clipped by a big punch. Usually he's more active.