Douglas Lima will have the opportunity to become a two-division champion when he meets Gegard Mousasi for the vacant middleweight crown in the Bellator 250 headliner on Thursday evening.
Regardless of what happens in that bout, the promotion’s reigning 170-pound champion has no plans to permanently exit the division in which he made his name with Bellator.
“I’m not leaving the welterweight division. That’s my weight class. I think there’s a lot more fights for me to do there,” Lima said during a virtual media day for Bellator 250. “But let’s see how I feel Thursday night.