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Emanuel Newton-Linton Vassell Rematch Rounds Out Main Card for Bellator 149

Bellator MMA has completed the main card of its Bellator 149 event, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

The California-based promotion on Tuesday announced the addition of a light heavyweight rematch between Emanuel Newton and Linton Vassell to the event.

Newton and Vassell previously locked horns at Bellator 130, where Newton secured a fifth-round rear-naked choke to submit his rival. Vassell looked to exact revenge when the two 205-pounders were placed in a four-man tournament last September, but the paths of the two did not cross that night in San Jose, Calif.