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Matt Mitrione Thinks Bout with ‘Rampage’ Jackson Would Break Bellator Ratings Records

Matt Mitrione will make his Bellator MMA debut at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on June 24, the same night Quinton Jackson returns to the California-based promotion.

Jackson will headline Bellator 157 “Dynamite 2” against Satoshi Ishii in a 215-pound catch-weight bout, while Mitrione will square off against Carl Seumanutafa in a featured heavyweight contest. If all goes as planned, Mitrione believes a future showdown against “Rampage” could be big business -- provided the former UFC light heavyweight champ doesn’t return to 205 pounds.

“If Rampage really thinks that he wants to fight me and have the last fight of his career, I would happily try to punch a hole in his face,” Mitrione told Sherdog.