Filed under: Bellator , Featured , News If you saw some of the main events Bellator has put on in recent years – broadcasts that drew high ratings even with dismal athletic performances, as long as the names in the headliners were familiar enough – at some point you had to wonder what it would take for one of these “tentpole” shows to be a disappointment. Then Matt Mitrione went to the hospital with a kidney stone hours before he was supposed to face Fedor Emelianenko in the main event of Bellator 172 in San Jose, Calif., and suddenly you had your answer. How big of a shadow did the canceled headliner have on this event? After winning the first fight on the televised main card, Mauricio Alonso spoke about how honored he was to fight on the same card as Emelianenko
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What happens when you promise us Fedor, but deliver just regular old Bellator? – MMA Junkie