Prime Picks: Bellator Champions Series San Diego

Bellator MMA sideswipes the Ultimate Fighting Championship by staging a special Saturday showcase that kicks off in the midst of the UFC’s main card. The show took a few hits but is rumbling into the station with a trim lineup of 10 bouts, and there is money to be made on a few of them. Skipping past the lopsided main event—there may be a smidge of value on the underdog but not enough to warrant a three-paragraph pitch—the Bellator Champions Series San Diego edition of Prime Picks features a pair of overlooked aging vets who still have plenty to prove in matchups where they can excel.

Lorenz Larkin (-120)

Dating back to 2018, the lone loss on the ledger of UFC ex-pat Larkin came in a…