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Jason Jackson Replaces Injured Neiman Gracie, Meets Kiichi Kunimoto at Bellator 236

An injury to Neiman Gracie has resulted in a last-minute change to the Bellator 236 card.

Jason Jackson will replace Gracie and meet Kiichi Kunimoto at Bellator 236. Sherdog.com confirmed the new bout with a promotion official following an initial report from MMAjunkie.com. Bellator 236 takes place on Dec. 21 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and is headlined by a women’s flyweight championship clash between Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Kate Jackson.

According to MMAFighting.com, Gracie suffered a broken hand in training 10 days before his proposed clash with Kunimoto.