Gegard Mousasi headlines the upcoming Bellator 282 card on June 24, defending his middleweight title against Johnny Eblen.
This will mark Mousasi’s second fight of the year, and he plans to have a third bout—potentially for the light heavyweight title—before the end of the year.
“That’s the plan, move up in weight class and grab the light heavyweight belt,” Mousasi says. “Corey Anderson and [Vadim] Nemkov have to fight each other again before that happens.”
Nemkov defended the light heavyweight title against Anderson last April, but the fight ended in a no-contest after an accidental butting of heads.