Matt Mitrione will take on Roy Nelson at the Bellator heavyweight tournament, which would be a rematch of their 2012 UFC bout. Mitrione, who lost by first round TKO, said that then UFC matchmaker Joe Silva lied to him to make him accept the bout.
“Anyone who’s ever listened to me fight or my interviews, knows how much I despise that small cage, and Joe Silva lied to me and told me it’s the big cage so I would take the fight,” Mitrione said at the MMA Hour. “The reason why I don’t like it is because it eliminates all my mobility, it eliminates my evasive action and my offensive footwork.