Fabian Edwards<\/a> and Mike Shipman fight. It\u2019s a big step up for Fabian. For Fabian, so far, he\u2019s been skating by. He\u2019s been lulled to sleep by the guys he fights. He\u2019s so good, that he\u2019s been so relaxed to the point where he\u2019s taking it for granted as he\u2019s been fighting guys he knows he can beat.<\/p>\n“This fight right here is a good step up. It\u2019s a fight that\u2019s going to challenge him in all the aspects that he needs to be challenged. He needs to be challenged to see if he can handle the pressure of someone who\u2019s going to walk through him like Shipman. Someone who\u2019s going to try to walk through his punches, and stay inside the kicking range so Fabian can’t use his kicks. He\u2019s (Shipman) going to press him to the fence and make it a dirty, grimy, fight and we\u2019re going to have to see how Fabian handles that.<\/p>\n
“The two of them know each other pretty well. They\u2019ve been fighting on the same circuit for a long time, Fabian\u2019s teammate (Yannick Bahati) has fought Shipman.<\/p>\n
“Going into it, they both know what to expect, but the thing is, nothing simulates the fight like the fight. You can\u2019t prepare for that in training. As much as Fabian says he\u2019s prepared for it. He won\u2019t be prepared for it as much as he thinks he is.”<\/p>\n
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In the headlining fight, UK star Michael “Venom” Page was scheduled to fight American fighter, Derek Anderson. The volume striker pulled out due to a groin injury and has been replaced by new Bellator fighter, Giovanni Melillo. Josh Thomson thinks the unique fighting style of Page is a monumental challenge for even the best opponents. He said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMVP\u201d is a different beast. Now people want to talk about his fight (loss) against Douglas Lima? You\u2019re talking about probably the greatest (Lima) welterweight in the business right now.<\/p>\n
Who are you picking to win at tomorrow\u2019s Bellator event in London? Sound off in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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