Earlier this summer, when Lorenz Larkin made the leap from the UFC to Bellator — becoming the latest marquee free agent to jump ship from the world’s leader — he wasn’t shy about explaining one of the major driving forces for his move. A lack of respect, Larkin said, was underneath it all. A lack of respect he felt from the UFC and its decision-makers, and a lack of desire he felt from the promotion whenever he asked them to push him in any perceivable way.
So how have things changed under the Bellator umbrella?