Bellator 168 "Sakara vs. Beltran" goes down Dec. 10, 2016 at Mandela Forum in Florence, Italy. The originally scheduled headline fight was a Middleweight title rematch between Rafael Carvalho and Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef to settle the score from their first war in May.
Unfortunately for Manhoef, a second date with Carvalho will have to wait, as Carvalho has withdrawn from the show because of an undisclosed injury, leaving Alessio Sakara vs. Joey Beltran as the new main event in Florence.
For Manhoef getting a title shot in May was by his own admission "his last run" in the sport.