This Saturday at Bellator 268, the participants in Bellator’s light heavyweight grand prix final will be determined.
In the co-main event, the first semifinal pits onetime champ Ryan Bader against former Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Corey Anderson. One man will advance to the final, and either Bader will earn a shot at regaining the belt or Anderson will continue to prove the UFC’s folly in letting him go as a Top 5 fighter.
The other semifinal presents a slightly more complicated storyline, as reigning champ Vadim Nemkov had been scheduled to take on Anthony Johnson, before “Rumble” was forced to withdraw due to illness.