Bellator returned to its home base of San Jose, Calif., on Saturday with Bellator 199 at SAP Center. The main card aired on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie. In the main event, Ryan Bader (25-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) became the fourth and final fighter to advance to the semifinals of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix when he earned a 15-second knockout win over Muhammed Lawal (21-7 MMA, 10-5 BMMA). Bader, the current Bellator light-heavyweight champ, continued his quest to become the organization’s first two-division titleholder; the grand-prix winner wins the organization’s vacant heavyweight belt
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