Factors beyond Leandro Higo’s control have kept the former Legacy Fighting Alliance champion off camera for more than a year, and the Professional Fighters League-Bellator MMA merger ultimately cost him a shot at Bellator titleholder Patchy Mix.
“It’s a very complex situation,” he told Sherdog.com. “We knew the PFL had bought Bellator, but we didn’t know what would happen to Bellator; and in less than a year, Bellator went extinct, just as I had the opportunity to fight for the belt. I wish I had fought him, so I could exit the organization as a champion.