Bellator MMA returns this weekend with a “tentpole” event in Illinois, as Fedor Emelianenko takes on Frank Mir in the heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinals. One month from now, they’ll be in London, England for Bellator 200.
While there is a middleweight title fight between Gegard Mousasi and champion Rafael Carvalho, it will not be the final bout of the evening. Instead, Bellator has opted to place heavyweight legend Mirko Cro Cop and Roy Nelson in the main event slot, a move similar to when Quinton Jackson and Chael Sonnen was promoted as the headliner over Douglas Lima’s welterweight title bout vs.