Bellator 2018 16 2018-09-29 2018-09-29 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/urd7161610898966.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/12el8d1610898259.jpg Bellator 206: Mousasi vs. MacDonald took place on September 29, 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event streamed live on DAZN in the United States and all other regions previously served by the service, including Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Japan, as part of a new agreement giving the service rights to seven exclusive cards per-year. Background: The event saw Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald move up to the middleweight division to challenge Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi for the Bellator middleweight title. MacDonald was attempting to become the second multi-division champion in Bellator history, after former Bellator bantamweight and featherweight champion Joe Warren. In addition, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson met rival and former PRIDE FC middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva for the fourth time in their respective careers. Going into this fight, Silva held a 2–1 advantage in the series. This event featured the start of Bellator's inaugural welterweight grand prix tournament. Fighters expected to participate in the tournament are Rory MacDonald, Jon Fitch, Douglas Lima, Andrey Koreshkov, Paul Daley, Michael Page, Neiman Gracie, Ed Ruth, Lorenz Larkin, and Erick Silva, who replaced Yaroslav Amosov. Don Mohammed and Salvador Becerra were scheduled to face each other in a Lightweight bout on the undercard. However, the bout was cancelled the week of the fight for undisclosed reasons. At weight-ins, Ricky Abdelaziz weighed in at 147.3 pounds, 1.3 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight upper limit of 146 pounds. As a result, the bout proceeded catchweight. Abdelaziz was fined 20 percent of his purse which 10% went to his opponent, Laird Anderson, and 10% went to California State Athletic Commission. The bout between DeMarco Villalona and Abraham Vaesau was cancelled after Villalona did not make weight. Main Card: Middleweight / Bellator Middleweight Championship / Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. Rory MacDonald Heavyweight / Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva Welterweight / Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix Quarter-Final / Douglas Lima vs. Andrey Koreshkov Featherweight / Aaron Pico vs. Leandro Higo Women's Strawweight / Keri Taylor-Melendez vs. Dakota Zimmerman Featherweight / Gaston Bolanos vs. Ysidro Gutierrez Preliminary Card: Catchweight / Adam Piccolotti def. James Terry Bantamweight / Cass Bell def. Ty Costa Women's Featherweight / Arlene Blencowe def. Amber Leibrock Featherweight / Jeremiah Labiano def. Justin Smitley Bantamweight / Josh San Diego def. Joe Neal Light Heavyweight / Chuck Campbell def. Joseph Ramirez Lightweight / Anthony Figueroa def. Samuel Romero 1082946