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Bellator MMA on Saturday closed the book on its heavyweight grand prix at Bellator 214 in Inglewood, California. With it came some good, some bad and some ugly.
THE GOOD: THE BADER REBRAND
When Ryan Bader left the Ultimate Fighting Championship, some interpreted this as evidence that the Reno, Nevada, native could not survive in the world’s leading MMA promotion.