Matt Mitrione recently signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator and he will make his promotional debut on June 24 in St. Louis as he will meet Carl Seumanutafa in the co-main event of Bellator 157.
The fight booking was announced by Bellator on Friday night.
Bellator 157: Dynamite II will come from the Scottrade Center and will be headlined by a catchweight bout of 215 pounds as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson returns to the promotion to meet Satoshi Ishii.
Mitrione (9-5) signed with Bellator last month and will enter this fight crd with back to back defeats. His most recent lost came in January as he lost to Travis Browne by TKO at UFC Fight Night 81. Seumanutafa (10-6) won his Bellator debut in January as he defeated Javy Ayala by TKO at Bellator 148. Nine of his ten wins have come by TKO/KO and he is 3-3 in his last six fights
The current Bellator 157: Dynamite II fight card is below.
Main Card: (Spike)
Quinton Jackson (36-11) vs. Satoshi Ishii (14-5-1)
Matt Mitrione (9-5) vs. Carl Seumanutafa (10-6)
Preliminary Card: (Bellator.com)
Kevin Engel (5-0) vs. Chel Erwin-Davis (3-1)
Jordan Howard (9-3) vs Justin Robbins (14-17-1)
Joaquin Buckley (5-0) vs Chris Heatherly (9-3-1)
Michelle Royer (1-0) vs Katy Collins (3-1)
Brad Jones (5-4) vs Clay Mitchell (1-2)
Jason Christeson (1-0) vs Jarrod Thomas (0-0)
Lee Burns (2-0) vs. Byron Stevens (0-0)
Elmir Kulosman (3-0) vs. Darryl Cobb (2-1) *
Tara Walker (4-3-1) vs. Mimi Kutzin (3-2) *
* – Kickboxing Bout