Bellator 206’s main event will be a curious bit of a role reversal for Gegard Mousasi.
The Bellator middleweight champion has made a career out of often playing the David to his opponent’s Goliath. Over his 15-year run in the fight game, Mousasi spent large swathes of his time competing as an undersized fighter in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions to great success, capturing the Strikeforce 205-pound title and even submitting current UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt with a 79-second armbar in Japan.
But this Saturday, for the first time in a long while, Mousasi will see the tables turned when he meets Bellator welterweight king Rory MacDonald in a much-anticipated champion vs.