Heavyweights Linton Vassell and Ronny Markes will collide in the co-main event of Bellator 254 on Dec. 10, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting.
Bellator 254 will take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and feature a title bout between undefeated flyweights Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Juliana Velasquez in the main event.
Vassell (20-8, 1 no contest), who moved up to heavyweight after dropping back-to-back bouts to Ryan Bader and Phil Davis in Bellator, is coming off a second-round knockout victory over longtime MMA veteran Sergei Kharitonov in November 2019.