As big of a year for his career that 2022 was, for bantamweight Raufeon Stots , 2023 could be even better. As part of Bellator’s million dollar bantamweight tournament, Stots picked up wins in his first two bouts and now finds himself on the precipice of taking the tournament title, claiming the prize money, and establishing himself as the man to beat in the company’s 135lb division. “I feel like those wins were the start of something great,” Stots told MMAWeekly.com. “It started out in Hawaii about a year ago and I finished Juan (Archuleta), who I felt like was one of the toughest in the division for me to face, then I face somebody I didn’t really care for in (Danny) Sabatello and I was able to starch him, move on and get to the finals.
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Raufeon Stots looking to ‘go in there and whoop ass’ at Bellator 295 – MMA Weekly