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| Subject: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:22 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:31 am | |
| It'll be interesting to find out the details once they start unfolding.
A lot of MMA fans think it'll be Scott Coker stepping in as the main man over at Bellator, now that his "sit-and-wait" time frame with Zuffa has expired. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:39 am | |
| Apparently there was some friction regarding a difference “in our views on the right strategic direction,” as Rebney was quoted.
There was also a comment by Rebney stating; “It is with bittersweet emotions that I announce that I am leaving the company I founded.”
It sounds like either a "hostile" take-over by shareholders, or that Rebney willingly sold the company. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:47 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:48 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:53 am | |
| This is interesting... apparently there's some talk that Coker was already brought into the Bellator organization : Updated: Bjorn Rebney out at Bellator, Scott Coker to replace him? Wednesday, 18 June 2014 04:33
By Josh Nason, Wrestling ObserverMMA journalist Josh Gross tweeted late Tuesday night that according to sources, former Strikeforce owner/CEO Scott Coker has been brought into Bellator and that current CEO/founder Bjorn Rebney might be on the way out. Spike TV made it official Wednesday morning, sending out a press release announcing that Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher are leaving the organization, effective immediately. After being part of Strikeforce's sale to Zuffa back in 2011, Coker hasn't been seen much, if at all, since UFC closed the doors on the promotion in January 2013. Coker's contract with Zuffa ended three months ago, leaving him open to move on with his career. Rebney, who founded the promotion in 2007, has become somewhat of a lightning rod at times for MMA fans, catching criticism for hanging onto the tournament format, signing older stars like Rampage Jackson and Tito Ortiz, his infamous legal battles with current lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, and more. However, he did help take the promotion from ESPN Deportes to MTV2 to Spike with 25 events a year without having a plethora of major stars. Bellator's next event is scheduled for July 25. More on this later today and tonight. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:54 am | |
| Here's that tweet from last night by Gross :
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:56 am | |
| Wow!!! We need to do a show on this. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:57 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:58 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:00 pm | |
| - DGfishingtime wrote:
- Wow!!! We need to do a show on this.
Yeah we do... things are still a bit up in the air with who will be replacing them. I didn't realize that Viacom owned a controlling percentage of shares of Bellator, but that's apparently who's pulling all of the strings. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:03 pm | |
| - Rich Davie wrote:
- DGfishingtime wrote:
- Wow!!! We need to do a show on this.
Yeah we do... things are still a bit up in the air with who will be replacing them.
I didn't realize that Viacom owned a controlling percentage of shares of Bellator, but that's apparently who's pulling all of the strings. Why wouldn't they? Bellator wouldn't be on Spike without Viacom. You know how they were with the UFC. They obviously made sure to buy up part of the company so that didn't happen again. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:07 pm | |
| After the UFC signed their seven-year broadcast deal with the FOX Broadcasting Company, the Viacom side of the Bellator organization purchased a majority stake and apparently the controlling shares of Bellator in late 2011. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:10 pm | |
| Are you free to do a quick show about this around 1 PM ? | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:15 pm | |
| - Rich Davie wrote:
- Are you free to do a quick show about this around 1 PM ?
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:32 pm | |
| OK... we'll do our first live broadcast on this topic at 1:00 pm ET.
No editing or post production. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:44 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:07 pm | |
| I'm just about ready to go live... just closing some windows.
I'll post the link to the show in the admin area when I have it... are you ready ? | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:08 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:11 pm | |
| OK... I'll post the link, don't be too long before joining in.
No random chit-chat... just starting the show as soon as you're connected. | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:17 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:59 pm | |
| Hopefully it doesn't take too long to process. Good show! | |
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| Subject: Re: Bjorn Rebney and president/COO Tim Danaher out at Bellator immediately according to Spike TV press release Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:04 pm | |
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