Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , Videos Bellator president Scott Coker was presented with a very difficult decision just hours before Bellator 172: What to do about the main event, what with the MMA world looking forward to the U.S. return and company debut of Fedor Emelianenko while his scheduled opponent, Matt Mitrione, was dealing with a painful kidney story. As we now know, Coker made the tough call to scrap the main event but not the entire show, elevating the Patricky Freire-Josh Thomson fight to the headliner slot. Chael Sonnen , who served as a commentator on the Spike-televised event, commended Coker for the way things were handled . “I thought Coker really went to the next best thing,” Sonnen told MMAjunkie.
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Chael Sonnen says he was ready, offered to step in vs. Fedor Emelianenko at last minute – MMA Junkie