The main event of Bellator 206 is one of the best matchups that the promotion has ever booked. Middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) defends his title for the first time, and it’s against the welterweight champion Rory MacDonald (20-4). If MacDonald wins, he’ll become the first simultaneous two-division champion in Bellator history, and regardless of the outcome, he’s slated to face Jon Fitch in the quarterfinals of the eight-man welterweight tournament.
These two former UFC standouts — in MacDonald’s case, a former title challenger — are two of Bellator’s bigger free-agent signings in recent years. Both men are still clearly top-10 in their respective divisions, and they have expressed mutual interest in facing each other.