Bellator 207 Main Card Predictions

Mitrione and Bader: Set to headline Bellator 207
Mitrione and Bader: Set to headline Bellator 207

#4 Heavyweight: Roy Nelson vs Sergei Kharitonov

"Big Country" set to collide with the big Russian

42-year-old Roy Nelson has a 50/50 record for Bellator having been eliminated in the last round of the Heavyweight Championship tournament by Matt Mitrione.

He had earlier defeated Javy Ayala in his Bellator debut. The UFC veteran has impressive victories under his belt and despite his advancing age and his less than stellar record over the past four years will still be a formidable opponent for the Russian, Sergei Kharitonov.

Kharitonov has also been around for a long time having competed in the popular but now-defunct Pride FC promotion in Japan in the mid-2000s and is returning to Bellator after 18 months away from the company.

This will no doubt be a quick match between two heavy hitters but who will land the knockout blow?

The favorite has to be Kharitonov. His recent fight record is far superior to Nelson's and due to his Kickboxing background and greater flexibility has more striking weapons to hurt Nelson then Nelson does to hurt him.

Therefore, there can be only one winner.

Prediction: Sergei Kharitonov via Knockout

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