Two of Bellator MMA’s premier pound-for-pound competitors will determine the fate of the organization’s vacant middleweight championship when Gegard Mousasi confronts reigning welterweight titlist Douglas Lima in the Bellator 250 headliner on Thursday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The 185-pound throne was left unoccupied when the unbeaten Rafael Lovato Jr. was forced to put his career on hold and relinquish his championship after being diagnosed with brain condition known as cerebral cavernoma.
Mousasi has rattled off nine wins across his past 10 appearances.