Friday night’s Bellator 222 card, from Madison Square Garden in New York, was a lot of things. I mean a lot of things. So much so it’s nearly impossible to figure out where to start. However, more than anything, it was as if Bellator CEO Scott Coker’s soul and psyche suddenly erupted, raining down a million pieces all over the cage. For MMA fans, the card was like an emotional abstraction combining excitement and hopefulness, but also frustration and disappointment.
Again, it’s hard to pick a logical starting point, but let’s begin with just how quintessentially ‘Coker’ this card was.