(This story appears in today’s print edition of “ USA TODAY .”) It was a classic understatement from one of the fight game’s classically understated promoters. Speaking to reporters after the first opening-round fight of a planned heavyweight grand prix, Bellator President Scott Coker touched on the need to have a couple alternates on hand as the promotion plows forward with its most ambitious undertaking yet – a single-elimination, eight-man, yearlong tournament to crown a new heavyweight champ by the end of 2018.
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Bellator grand prix is officially underway, but the road could now get bumpy – MMA Junkie