Bellator MMA's second show on Showtime will see its light heavyweight grand prix begin as former champion Ryan Bader faces ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Lyoto Machida in the Bellator 256 main event, which is a rematch nearly a decade in the making.
The five-round main event is now official after the weigh-ins took place. Both veteran main eventers had no trouble making weight, which was to be expected from the professionals. 25 of the 26 mixed martial artists on the 13-fight card made their contracted weights with the exception being Jeffrey Glossner, who was 1.