{"id":151281,"date":"2015-06-23T07:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151281"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:24","slug":"coker-wanted-8-man-tourny-settled-on-an-epic-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/coker-wanted-8-man-tourny-settled-on-an-epic-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Coker Wanted 8 Man Tourny, Settled On An Epic 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this a long time. I would love to go to an event, see some great MMA, see a tournament, see some kickboxing at the highest level and be fully entertained. So I said, \u2018Why don\u2019t we just do this?\u2019 We had a couple hurdles trying to set up the venue with both apparatuses. We went and actually set it up to make sure the sight lines were good and then called (California State Athletic Commission Executive Director) Andy Foster and asked, \u2018Can we do this with the rules and regulations?\u2019 Couldn\u2019t be an eight-man tournament. Because we originally wanted an eight-man tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018No, you can only go five rounds. Total. Just like a title fight. You can do one round, or you can do four rounds, or you can do two or three. You can do two-two-one if there\u2019s overtime.\u2019 He gave us the choice, and I said, \u2018Let\u2019s just go two. And then we\u2019ll do three.\u2019 And that\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s how Bellator president Scott Coker explained the creation of ‘Bellator: Dynamite’ to MMAJunkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was apparently originally going to be an 8 man tournament until the CSAC shut that idea down. Are you excited to see a one night tournament, throwback style?<\/p>\n

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