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Tyrell Fortune: Any Bellator Heavyweight ‘Is Gonna Have a Problem’ Going to the Ground with Me

Bellator MMA is taking a deliberate approach to the development of Tyrell Fortune, but that hasn’t stopped the heavyweight prospect from contemplating how he would fare against the division’s best.

Whether that’s Fedor Emelianenko, Cheick Kongo, Bobby Lashley, Matt Mitrione or someone else on the California-based promotion’s roster, Fortune is already confident that he’ll have one significant advantage -- despite a lack of high-level MMA experience.

“I look at that every time I watch them fight. I feel like anybody’s whose in the game now, who utilizes the ground game, they’re gonna [have a tough time with me].