In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes look at fighter feuds, in-cage squabbles, and reality-show donnybrooks in search of an answer to some important questions about where promotion gives way to pantomime. * * * * Fowlkes: So Danny, this week Bellator MMA kicked off another light-heavyweight tournament as Muhammed Lawal edged out Mikhail Zayats and uncrowned cruiserweight champ Quinton Jackson squeezed himself down to 206 pounds before knocking out Christian M’Pumbu. Then Bellator got Lawal and Jackson together in the cage for a mini-scuffle that was maybe pre-planned and maybe not , but which seemed, at the very least, not unexpected. We also saw, thanks to the UFC, a glimpse of a supposed on-set brawl between TUF Brazil coaches Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva .
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Trading Shots: Downes and Fowlkes on overhyped feuds and scripted scuffles – MMA Junkie