SAN JOSE, Calif. –When it comes to Matt Mitrione , Muhammed Lawal has just one question: What’s there to be afraid of? If “King Mo” (21-6 MMA, 10-4 BMMA) beats Ryan Bader in the last quarterfinal bout of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix, he’ll book himself a fight with Mitrione (13-5 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) in the semifinals. But even if things don’t go Lawal’s way Saturday at Bellator 199 from SAP Center, he’d gladly welcome a fight with Mitrione regardless. Because, as he made perfectly clear to MMAjunkie on Thursday, what’s there to be afraid of? “I’m not afraid of him. What’s there to be afraid of?
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