{"id":276660,"date":"2018-05-18T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276660"},"modified":"2018-05-18T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:15:09","slug":"scott-coker-promises-bellator-roster-will-really-blossom-in-the-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-promises-bellator-roster-will-really-blossom-in-the-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker promises Bellator roster will \u2018really blossom\u2019 in the next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bellator roster has been getting better and better over the last few years, as the promotion has signed a host of high profile stars, such as Rory MacDonald, Gegard Mousasi, Fedor Emelianenko, Chael Sonnen, Mirko &#8220;Cro Cop&#8221; Filipovic, Wanderlei Silva, Ryan Bader, Phil Davis, Matt Mitrione, Benson Henderson and Roy Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>While these are the names that have been headlining Bellator&#8217;s biggest cards of late, Bellator president Scott Coker expects the promotion&#8217;s ever-deepening pool of prospects\u00a0\u2014 which includes names like Aaron Pico, AJ McKee, James Gallagher, and Tyrell and Tyree Fortune \u2014 to begin carrying the torch in the near future.<\/p>\n<p id=\"93ng4K\">\u201cThe roster looks a lot different than it was three years ago,\u201d Coker told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/05\/bellator-scott-coker-talks-roster-ratings-paramount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>\u00a0this week. \u201cI think that we put on some great fights in the last three years, but in the last 18 months\u2026\u00a0Rory MacDonald\u2019s fight with\u00a0Douglas Lima\u00a0was one of my favorite fights of all-time in this company&#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"UGLsFv\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had just had so many great fights, I think in the last 18 months, and it\u2019s just gonna continue on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Sanlon\">\u201cIf you look at the roster now, it\u2019s something I\u2019m very proud of,\u201d Coker continued. \u201cBut, give us another 18 months \u2013 not 18 months. Maybe another year, that\u2019s when you\u2019ll see Aaron Pico really flourish out.\u00a0AJ McKee,\u00a0James Gallagher, the Fortunes&#8230; These are the future of the company, and I think you\u2019re gonna see them really blossom in the next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bellator&#8217;s next event is the landmark Bellator 200, which goes down on May 25 in London, England. 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