Bellator 208 was a modest card by Bellator standards, but it had a marquee matchup in Fedor Emelianenko and Chael Sonnen.
In Sonnen’s pre-fight promo, Chael was dressed like Apolllo Creed in Rocky IV cracking political jokes. For the first time, Sonnen’s schtick kind of worked for me. Thankfully, the silliness translated to the action in the cage.
Because both men are consummate professionals, I assumed they both trained for the fight, but the early action looked liked an overly edited Jason Bourne fight scene. The first minute was like a super cut of each man’s greatest hits, minus any semblance of real strategy.