A heavyweight rematch between Mirko Cro Cop and Roy Nelson co-headlined tonight’s Bellator 216 event in Uncasville, Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cro Cop and Nelson first met under the Zuffa banner back at UFC 137 in October of 2011, with \u201cBig Country<\/a>\u201d emerging victorious by way of TKO in round three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mirko Cro Cop (37-11-2 MMA) was last seen in action at RIZIN<\/a> 13 where he scored a first-round TKO victory Roque Martinez. That victory extended Cro Cop’s current win streak to an impressive nine in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Roy Nelson will enter tonight’s rematch with Cro Cop looking to rebound, this after losing his past two fights. In his most recent appearance at Bellator 207, \u201cBig Country\u201d suffered a first-round knockout loss to Sergei Kharitonov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roy Nelson (23-16 MMA) has gone 3-7 over his past ten contests overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Round one of the Bellator 216 co-main event begins and Roy Nelson comes forward with an overhand right. He looks for an early takedown but Cro Cop stuffs it. The fighters clinch up and Mirko Cro Cop lands a hard uppercut. Nelson with a pair of knees to the body. Cro Cop replies with another hard uppercut followed by an elbow on the break. Cro Cop with a hard body kick now. Nelson shoots in for a takedown but once again it is not there. The horn sounds to end round one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n