The Legal Submission Newsletter 17
The Interview with Bellator stars, a new Legal Submission and thoughts on Triller
This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with several Bellator fighters as they prepare for the promotion’s next event on September 18th in San Jose.
Alex Polizzi takes on Grant Neal in a matchup of Light Heavyweights.
Deanna Bennett gets a long-awaited return match as she faces Alejandra Lara.
Also, Georgi Karakhanyan gets in the cage as a replacement for the injured Adam Piccolitti to take on Saul Rodgers.
You can find all the interview on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe.
I also have a new The Legal Submission up discussing Cat Zingano’s lawsuit against Halle Berry.
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To say that Saturday night’s Triller event was an embarrassment to boxing would be an understatement. First, it’s clear that 58-year-old Evander Holyfield should not have been in the ring. The fact that Triller had to travel from California to Florida so that a commission could regulate this match has to tell you that there was something array. Florida, the place of ‘freedom’ and COVID outbreaks was more than happy to take the money.
Triller is not the only promotion to forum shop. But to make sure that we knew Triller could go lower, it paid Donald Trump and his son to be a part of an ‘alternate’ broadcast. The fact that the former president would do such a denigrating thing on the 20th anniversary of September 11th should not surprise anyone. The fact that anyone in their right mind would purchase this PPV based on what some guy has to say is beyond me. I though we were just sticking to sports. Nonetheless, the show went on and it was more spectacle than sport.
While boxing fans say that the Paul brothers are bringing down the sport, yet laud this effort Triller has a lot to say about how divided we are in ideology.
Perhaps Triller is finding its demo somewhere between pro wrestling and Bare Knuckle Fighting and Barstool Sports, it wants to break the rules with decorum, civility, respect and everything else. The first Triller event featured a marijuana-filled smoke session with a Roy Jones, Jr.-Mike Tyson exhibition that everyone seemed to enjoy. It followed it up with a mismatch featuring Ben Askren and Jake Paul. Askren, appalled by the whole setup but willing to be concussed for the money, was no match for Paul. The telecast included actor/comedian Pete Davidson seemingly having a mental breakdown on PPV about how corrupt his morals were to subject himself to this. It also featured a panel featuring former Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya obviously on drunk or on some other enhancement trying to remain cogent during a Frank Mir boxing match. De La Hoya was scheduled to headline this event against Belfort but ‘fortunately’ he contracted COVID to avoid the head trauma and destruction of his legacy. Triller appears to be going as big as possible with their events in an effort to get as most money as soon as possible. Will the staying power of the promotion go past 2022…or will we see another sideshow promotion fall by the wayside.