Muhammed Lawal will be the latest Bellator fighter to test his luck in a Rizin FF championship fight when he heads to Japan to meet Jiri Prochazka for the inaugural light heavyweight title. After Bellator bantamweight champ Darrion Caldwell failed to beat Kyoji Horiguchi for the Rizin FF belt in December, Lawal (21-8) will be lent over to the Japanese organization to face Prochazka (23-3-1) at the April 21 event, which takes place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, and streams on Fite TV. This isn’t the first time “King Mo” has been allowed to fight for Rizin FF while under Bellator contract. He hasn’t done so since December 2016, though, and Bellator President Scott Coker said the latest opportunity came up because of his growing relationship with Rizin FF. “I am committed to keeping martial arts in Japan strong and by sending top Bellator athletes like ‘King Mo’ to compete for RIZIN in April, we are doing just that,” Coker said in a statement issued to MMAjunkie.
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