Former 170-pound champion Douglas
Lima will lock horns with Jason
Jackson in the
Bellator London co-main event on May 13.
Promotion officials announced the matchup on Tuesday, as well as a
featured light heavyweight clash pitting Luke
Trainer against Simon
Biyong. Bellator London takes place at OVO Arena Wembley and is
headlined by a welterweight championship tilt between Yaroslav
Amosov and Michael
Page. The evening’s main card will be televised on Showtime in
the United States at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Lima is in the middle of the first three-fight losing streak of his
professional career. The American Top Team Atlanta stalwart began
his skid with a five-round decision defeat to Gegard
Mousasi in a middleweight title bout at Bellator 250. He then
relinquished the welterweight crown in a decision loss to Amosov at
Bellator 260 before dropping a split verdict to Page in the
Bellator 267 main event in his last outing this past October.
Jackson, meanwhile, could potentially seal his position as the
welterweight division’s No. 1 contender with a victory over Lima.
After falling to Ed Ruth in his
promotional debut, “The Ass Kicking Machine” has been victorious in
his last five Bellator appearances. Most recently, Jackson earned a
unanimous decision win over Paul Daley at
Bellator 260. The ex-Legacy Fighting Alliance title holder also
holds wins over the likes of Neiman
Gracie, Benson
Henderson and Jordan
Mein.
England’s Trainer is undefeated in five professional appearances
thus far in his burgeoning career. In his last outing, “The Gent”
scored a second-round TKO win against Yannick
Bahati at Bellator 267. He has finished all of his victories
inside the distance.
A native of Genoa, Italy, the 30-year-old Biyong had a four-fight
winning streak snapped in his promotional debut, as he fell to
Christian
Edwards via unanimous decision at Bellator 261. Biyong is 7-2
during his pro tenure, with six wins coming via KO or TKO.