Matt Mitrione will be making a quick turnaround after all. Less than a week after his harrowing but successful Bellator debut, the ex-UFC heavyweight has been booked to fight British veteran Oli Thompson on July 16 on the main card of Bellator 158.
Bellator first announced the news immediately following Mitrione's first-round knockout of Carl Seumanutafa at Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 -- a fight which was brilliantly profiled by our own Chuck Mindenhall. However the booking was only made official on Friday, as Mitrione had to be medically cleared after nearly being knocked out by Seumanutafa early in their back-and-forth showdown.