This coming weekend, Grant Neal (8-1) will make his debut in a new weight class of middleweight, as he takes on Romero Cotton at Bellator 300.
Neal has picked up impressive back-to-back wins in his last two outings, beating both Karl Albrektsson and Christian Edwards. Romero Cotton on the other hand was defeated in his last fight, getting finished in round three of his fight with Dalton Rosta.
At the Bellator 300 media day, “The Truth” spoke about how much it means to him to be able to fight on such a monumental event. “Rocking the Gold gloves is unbelievable and I’m glad to have the opportunity to fight on such a historical show with some great competitors throughout the card, it means a lot.
“It’s going to be a great night, I’m going to have a lot of fun and just enjoy it and take in every moment.”
The 28-year-old also went into detail about why he decided to move down from light heavyweight to compete at middleweight. Despite moving down, Neal admitted that somewhere down the line, he will move back up to 205lbs.
“The decision was made just to be more active, I was having a great time at 205lbs and that’s an opportunity to go back up and challenge the best there but as you know everyone in front of me is tied up. They’d either already fought or they were only just fighting one time or two times a year.
“I plan to stay at 185lbs for the next few fights and then go back up to 205lbs and challenge there. I really feel that I’m the best fighter in the world and I want to prove that at both weight classes and I want to cement my name and my claim and it’s awesome to have the opportunity to compete at these two weight classes with phenomenal competitors.”
Watch the full Bellator 300 media day appearance from Grant Neal above.
