Bellator MMA continues its 2018 heavyweight grand prix on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, where a quarterfinal pairing between Ultimate Fighting Championship veterans Matt Mitrione and Roy Nelson will headline Bellator 194.
Mitrione and Nelson have met once previously, with “Big Country” delivering a first-round technical knockout at “The Ultimate Fighter 16” Finale in December 2012. Much has changed in the more than five years that have passed since, and neither man has lost as a member of the Bellator roster. Mitrione is 3-0 during a run that includes a first-round knockout of Fedor Emelianenko; Nelson made his organizational debut at Bellator 183 on Sept.