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UFC needs to sign newly crowned Cage Warriors welterweight champion Karl Amoussou

Written by Nedu Obi

On Saturday night in the main event of Cage Warriors 80, which was held at the Indigo at The O2 Arena, London, England, Karl Amoussou captured the vacant 170-pound title via first-round TKO of Matt Inman. The “Psycho” has been impressive in his last seven outings – dispatching all his foes – six in the opening stanza.

For a while now, Amoussou (24-7-2 MMA) has been quite vocal in stating he needs, and wants to be in the UFC, and as performances go, his championship bout with Inman as well as his seven finishes should be requisite enough for a multi-fight contract with the world’s premier MMA promotion.

Amoussou, 31, does have solid mixed martial arts background havi…

#RFI_Afrique: “«L’Orage africain» : Sylvestre Amoussou veut «montrer l’autre Afrique»”

[ad_1] Son «Orage africain» s’est transformé au Fespaco en tempête cinématographique. Pendant une semaine et à chaque projection de «L’Orage africain, un continent sous influence», le réalisateur béninois Sylvestre Amoussou n’a cessé de répéter : «Les dirigeants occidentaux ont encore la mainmise sur l’économie africaine et décident à notre place. Ce n’est plus possible.» Au Festival panafricain…

Joey NOX

January 24th, 2013

Why It Matters: Bellator 86 Amassou vs Askren

Hello and welcome to the 2nd Bellator installment of the Why It Matters series! The last time out, Bellator had a great show with superb ratings and a collection of highlight reel finishes. Will this time out be as good? Time will tell ultimately but it's not exactly the sparkling card of before. Still there's plenty to analyze and digest with a full five fight main card, a collection of tournament fights, Ben Askren and a prelim slate that may be more than meets the eye. I'm done shilling so...let's find out why it all matters.

Pre warning: Bellator's fight bout order changes, often times the day of the event. If a fight is bumped to the main card or shuffled to the undercard then I apologize for the order being out of place. They're still figuring this whole fight card business out. Thanks.

Javier Obrego (4-3) vs Hunter Tucker (4-0)

Why It Matters: Is Bellator about to grab onto a future star?

Hunter Tucker is a featherweight who was discovered through the Greg Jackson MMA shows in New Mexico. He's since latched onto Greg Jackson's and in under just two years worth of work has gone 4-0 and has been featured by both NOS and Sherdog as a prospect to watch. He's got some serious hype going and given his undefeated pedigree, Bellator has reason to be excited. He'll be making his debut against veteran Javier Obrego who is coming off a loss. This is a prime opportunity for Tucker to make a statement in his Bellator debut.

Zachary Church (1-1) vs Damon Jackson (3-0)

Why It Matters: A rematch from KOTC winds up in Bellator

So at first seeing this fight booked was a little odd. Mainly because when I looked up Damon Jackson's fight profile, I noticed he had already beaten Zach Church previously. The story goes the fight was really good and partially controversial with the finish. As such, both guys got their rematch! Even better, they got it on Bellator. Good for them. The question is who will make the most of the opportunity? Church is the one who lost the first fight and another loss drops him to below .500 on his record. A win for Jackson doesn't do him much good but I doubt he wants to lose a rematch against a guy he handled previously.

Chris Pham (2-0) vs Jason Sampson (9-1)

Why It Matters: Josh Sampson's Bellator Ascension

As much as I love Bellator's 145 lb class, I can say that their 135 lb class is not very good. Or rather, it's not anything to write home about. In a division that lacks a dominant #1 and seems to be struggling for some depth, Jason Campson could be a help to them. While this fight is at 140 lbs, Sampson is a natural BW who fought at 135 for Bellator in the past. If he beats the undefeated Pham, you'd have to assume he'll find a soft spot in the next BW tournament. It's all dependent of course on whether he can beat the undefeated, unknown Pham.

Cortez Coleman (8-3) vs Matt Jones (4-3)

Why It Matters: Fresh off a failure in TUF 16, can Coleman find a home in Bellator?

Cortez Coleman seems like a likable enough guy. He has a unique life story worth reading about and as a fighter, he's generally an entertaining sort of guy. That said, he couldn't stick in Strikeforce, failed in his shot to get into the UFC via the Ultimate Fighter and now is on the Bellator prelims in a gimme fight vs Matt Jones. It's in a better weight class for Coleman (185 lbs) and it's a fight he should in all likelihood win. That said, Coleman has had his opportunities before and not cashed in on them. Should he lose this fight, he may truly be out of options on the bigger stage.

Raul Amaya (10-1) vs Jose Gomes (32-8-1)

Why It Matters: Either a long time spot pro or an up and coming prospect will advance

This is the first of four Bellator WW tournament entrants and again, I cannot stress enough how badly this tournament misses Paul Daley and War Machine. Still the show must go on and what they do have here isn't exactly awful. This fight, the last of the Bellator prelims, features Raul Amaya and Brazilian Jose Gomes to determine who will advance to the semi finals. Gomes is a long time veteran of the sport who has been fighting since 2004 and has taken on the likes of Jacare Souza,   Erick Silva, Daniel Acacio and Andre Santos. Raul Amaya is a 26 yr old prospect who is 1-1 in the Bellator cage including a loss to fellow WW tournament contestant Ben Saunders. Both guys are equal in skill level although far apart on the age and experience scale. Either Gomes will finally get his big break in the states with a win or Raul Amaya will try to regain his status as a solid prospect in Bellator with a win. He'd also earn a potential chance at redemption versus Killa B Saunders. It's a solid tournament fight with implications all around.

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