"Kada se fanovi uključe 18. veljače, a budu jer Fedor je legenda, ja ću nokautirati tu legendu. Čim me vide kako udaram Fedora, sve će zanimati što je sljedeće. Ja sam ubojica, to mi je posao. Moj posao je doći do krvi, i to je ono što radim. Plaćam svoje račune."

- Matt Mitrione.

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   Bellator 172: Fedor vs. Mitrione   
18. veljače, San Jose, Kalifornija

Heavyweight: Fedor Emelianenko (36-4, 1 NC) vs. Matt Mitrione (11-5)
Lightweight: Josh Thomson (22-8, 1 NC) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” (16-8)
Heavyweight: Cheick Kongo (25-10-2) vs. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Welterweight: Josh Koscheck (17-10) vs. Mauricio Alonso (12-7, 1 NC)

Middleweight: Anatoly Tokov (24-2) vs. Francisco France (13-4-1)
Welterweight: James Terry (18-9) vs. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight: Nikko Jackson (1-1) vs. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight: Juan Cardenas (1-0) vs. Luis Vargas (0-1)
Welterweight: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) vs. Carlos Rocha (9-4)
Flyweight: Anthony Do (4-1) vs. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight: Matt Ramirez (1-2) vs. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight: J.J. Okanovich (3-1) vs. Paradise Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight: Justin Tenedora (Debut) vs. Roque Reyes (0-3)