Zach Makovsky finally has a chance to defend his crown in Bellator Fighting Championships.
The bantamweight titleholder’s first official defense of his belt takes place Friday in Atlantic City at Bellator 65 (8 p.m. ET, MTV2) against Eduardo Dantas, winner of last fall’s Season 5 135-pound tournament.
Makovsky won two non-title bouts this past year, but he’d rather have everything at stake.