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Bellator MMA President Scott Coker and Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White have more mutual respect than is common for rival combat sport promoters, so it was something of a surprise when they got into a bit of a war of words over the weekend when it came to the respective qualities of their light heavyweight divisions. It certainly wasn’t filled with the sort of animus we see when White gets into it with boxing promoters Bob Arum or Oscar De La Hoya, but there was no mistaking…
