Filed under: Bellator , Featured , News SAN JOSE, Calif. – The highly anticipated Bellator debut of Fedor Emelianenko will have to wait. In a stunning development just hours before the Bellator 172 main card tonight in San Jose, Calif., the promotion announced that the headliner between Emelianenko (36-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and Matt Mitrione (11-5 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) was scratched because of illness to Mitrione. Multiple people with knowledge of Mitrione’s condition said kidney stones were to blame, though none could comment on record because they are not authorized to discuss a fighter’s medical conditions. Bellator said it would look to reschedule the fight at a later date. Mitrione was not immediately available for comment but took to social media to reveal he was briefly hospitalized.
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Bellator 172 main event between Fedor Emelianenko, Matt Mitrione scratched – MMA Junkie