Bellator's big show to kick off 2017 just got a new fight.
Longtime jiu-jitsu instructor and Metamoris founder Ralek Gracie will make his Bellator debut on Jan. 21 against Hisaki Kato at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The news was first reported by Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, and was made official in a Bellator press release.
The fight will take place at middleweight.
For the 31-year old Gracie (3-0), it will be his return to a mixed martial arts cage for the first time in six years, and his first ever professional fight in the United States.