The road to the Bellator MMA welterweight title runs through Tacoma, Washington's Emerald Queen Casino Friday night, and Fight Club FC's Jason Jackson is on it. Jackson, who is 15-4 and has won five straight, faces top contender Douglas Lima, 32-10; the tilt headlines Bellator 283 at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime.
Vegas believes Jackson will live up to his nickname, The Ass Kicking Machine.
"I'm excited to be the main event," he told Sherdog's Tudor Leonte with a wide grin. "[Lima's] going to be kicking, he's going to be punching, but he's going to be eating a lot of punches. It's going to be fireworks."
We can't wait.
Also on the 283 card are Kill Cliff FC's unranked middleweight fighter Mukhamed Berkamov taking on No. 6 Lorenz Larkin. Russian Berkhamov is 15-1 with 12 consecutive wins, stretching back to 2013. Larkin is lurking at 24-7 and hungry for a title shot in a new weight division.
A THIRD Kill Cliff FC fighter is featured Friday: Azerbaijani puncher Tofiq Musayev, 19-4, makes his Bellator debut against Sidney Outlaw, 16-4, in the penultimate match of the night.
Saturday night's XMMA 5 event in South Carolina—you can watch it on YouTube—sees Kill Cliff FC's middleweight Impa Kasanganay (9-3) vs. Jared Gooden (20-7); KCFC's Andre Harrison, 22-2-1 and former WSOF featherweight champion takes on Maike Linhares (16-3); and Demarques Jackson (12-6) faces wrestler Joseph Gigliotti, 7-2.
Enjoy your weekend of NOT-Pay-Per-View MMA!
