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.
Gegard Mousasi
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Rory MacDonald
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Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
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Wanderlei Silva
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Douglas Lima
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Andrey Koreshkov
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Aaron Pico
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Leandro Higo
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Keri Anne Melendez
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Perfect Addiction67%
Undisputed III: Redemption75%
Born a Champion69%
Murder in the First71%
Laurel Canyon60%
Death Warrant62%
Never Back Down: No Surrender70%
Vicious59%
Undisputed65%
Pumping Iron71%
Beast62%
The Roast of Tom Brady67%
Head in the Clouds59%
Ronnie Coleman: The King67%
The Break-Up59%
Morocco64%
Step Up68%
Brawl in Cell Block 9969%
The Foreigner69%
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown64%
