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Earlier this year, Bellator MMA, along with the support of Viacom, continued its embarkment on a series of “power moves” to close the distance with its rival, the UFC, and to quiet those who refer to the company as “the other guys.”
These moves began with the pursuit of free agents. Last year, it with Phil Davis. More recently, it has been Benson Henderson and Matt Mitrione.
Henderson, a former UFC lightweight champion and decorated fighter in two divisions, was a big initial step for Bellator head Scott Coker and his regime. Henderson decided to test free agency, an occurrence that is becoming more frequent as fighters attempt to find out their true worth. It’s also an occurrence that was previously unheard of in MMA. A UFC fighter had, up to this point, almost always re-signed with the promotion. It was a safe move in an industry where cash isn’t exactly flowing into a fighter’s pocket.
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Bellator 255 hosts the company’s consensus greater fighter, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, who squares off against top contender Emmanuel Sanchez in the semifinal of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix. However, there’s another fight in the lineup that will not disappoint. That is the welterweight contest between Neiman Gracie and Jason Jackson.
With the division wide open at present, both fighters have an opportunity to make a statement and insert their names into the title picture.
Gracie is a four-generation member of the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu family. Prior to his career in MMA, Gracie medalled in World and Pan-American Championships in jiu-jitsu. He began his MMA career in 2013 and went 9-0. This included seven wins in Bellator, including finishes over Ed Ruth and Javier Torres. He submitted Ruth, a standout collegiate wrestler, with a fourth-round rear-naked choke in the quarterfinals of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix in 2018.
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