LIVE! Bellator 250 Media Day Video!

Gegard Mousasi | Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Bellator MMA

Fighters are scheduled to start chatting today at 1:30 p.m. ET from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Bellator 250: “Lima vs. Mousasi” takes place this week (Thurs., Oct. 29, 2020) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The vacant Middleweight title goes to the winner of the main event between Douglas Lima (32-7) and Gegard Mousasi (46-7-2).

The fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day” this afternoon (Tues., Oct. 27, 2020), starting at 1:30 p.m. ET in the video player above.

Expected participants include:

Douglas Lima (1:30 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight/Middleweight
Nick Newell (1:45 p.m.) – Bellator Lightweight
Ty Gwerder (2:00 p.m.) – Bellator Middleweight
Desiree Yanez (2:15 p.m.) – Bellator Flyweight
Henry Corrales (2:30 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Veta Arteaga (2:45 p.m.) – Bellator Flyweight
Brandon Girtz (3 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight/Lightweight
Gegard Mousasi (3:15 p.m.) – Bellator Middleweight
Dalton Rosta (3:30 p.m.) – Bellator Middleweight
Jake Hager (3:45 p.m.) – Bellator Heavyweight

Selected news and memorable quotes from the participants will be available below.

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Douglas Lima: “(I) fight contenders. I’m here to fight contenders. If he (MVP) wants to fight me, go fight a guy that’s in line for a title shot. No disrespect to him but if you want the fight you got to fight guys that get you there. Every time I lost the belt I fought the guy who was No. 1 next in line for it. If Bellator says you’re ready (though) I’m here.”

Lima: “I think there’s a lot more fights me to do there (at 170) but let’s see how it feels on Thursday night. I usually walk around at 200. Middleweight it’s only 15 pounds, Welterweight I suffer a little bit more, but my goal is to win both defend both (and) stay busy. I feel healthy, I feel good.”

Lima: “Mousasi’s a complete fighter. He’s a good striker, a good wrestler, good on the ground. He’s gonna be ready to fight everywhere, same as me. I paid my dues in the gym, I’m ready to fight him. He’s probably going to be a little bit bigger than me but it is what it is. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the reward. I know it’s a tough challenge, that’s why I wanted this type of fight. I’m really looking forward to it.”

Lima: “There’s a lot of good guys, ex-UFC fighters, guys who have been on top there so everybody knows we have a deep division (at 170) and we can compete with everybody in the world.”

Lima: “He said it himself, Mousasi wants to wrestle me, put more weight on top of me. I prepared for the wrestling, ready for the striking, and I’m ready for everything. I’m sure he’s going to try fight his fight on every aspect, mix everything up, and we’re ready for it.”

Lima: “It will definitely be harder (after this) to make Welterweight but it’s been hard my whole career. But it’s my job, I always do it. Maybe I add three or four pounds during training camp but I didn’t get that much bigger. Give me eight weeks and I can make 170. Give me Middleweight and I can do it much sooner. This is a perfect fight for me to see where I stand in power at Middleweight.”

Lima: “I definitely want my name on the pound for pound (greatest) list after this win. It’s a legacy fight, it’s a super fight. I’ve got wins against good guys and I definitely think I belong in the pound for pound list but I’ve got to prove it Thursday night.”

Lima: “I gotta be on top of my game in this fight. Gotta be ready at all times, and so does he. It’s a dangerous fight for both of us. I just gotta be ready, and I feel like that. I did everything that I could and I feel good about it. I feel good about this fight. I can’t wait to perform against him on Thursday night.”

Nick Newell: “If you look at my record, I usually always finish the fight. 16 wins I have 13 first round finishes. I thought I had a 10-8 first round the last time but the judges didn’t. I’m going to fight smart, technical and good. Set my traps and look for the finish. I know Zach’s a little spitfire of energy, he’s aggressive, and that feeds into my style. I’m excited for this.”

Newell: “Most fights do (hit the floor). I think once it hits the ground, I’m very confident. I can stop his takedowns, he can’t stop mine. There wasn’t a lot of places to train this quarantine, so I took the best wrestlers I could find and was like ‘Hey you guys need a place to train?’ I trained with them. You’ve got to keep the blade sharp.”

Newell: “Bellator’s the best. I know that’s what I’m supposed to say but they’ve treated me very well. Hopefully I’m here until I decide to retire. I really am happy where I am and everything happens for a reason.”

Newell: “That time I took off to heal myself and these injuries was crucial. I don’t have as many miles on me as I think, and I’ve been doing this a long time, but I feel like I can hang with the best guys in the world. I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t think it was a possibility that I can compete with them.”

Newell: “It sucks that I couldn’t operate (my gym) for so long but my students are ride or die. I’m making the best out of the situation for sure. When this all started my wife had just barely found out she was pregnant and we just had our second child. She’s a speech pathologist so she’s been able to do all her work on Zoom and help to hold us up, and Bellator paid me for the last (canceled) fight. We got a minivan from it which was dope.”

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