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Bellator president Scott Coker went on Ariel Helwani's ESPN MMA Show on Monday and disclosed that his promotion is planning on conducting a 16-man featherweight grand prix tournament. According to Coker, the tournament will start running in October and will feature 16 of their top featherweights in Bellator, including fighters already in the branch as well as bantamweights moving upward and possibly even lightweights moving . The featherweight championship follows at the forefront of this advertising's heavyweight grand prix, which just watched Ryan Bader crowned winner, and also the welterweight championship, which remains continuing. Coker advised Helwani he wants the very first round of eight fights from the tournament to take place on one night or on back-to-back nights at the fall. In addition, he said he needs the championship to complete within a year, which practically mirrors the heavyweight and welterweight tournament timelines. As far as that will be among the 16 fighters in the championship, so far nobody has been announced, however, Coker did say that he wants Bellator featherweight champion Patricio"Pitbull" Freire for a part of the tournament. Pitbull is taking on Michael Chandler in May for its Bellator lightweight title, so if he does take part in the championship he will still be the champion, meaning that his belt is going to be on the line in every round of this tournament like Rory MacDonald's welterweight name is on the line each time he fights. As far as other featherweights who are predicted to be in the tournament, here are a few who seem to be near locks: Growing prospect AJ McKee; top contender Henry Corrales; former champ Daniel Straus; former champ Pat Curran; former top prospect Aaron Pico; former title contender Emmanuel Sanchez; and former UFC fighter Sam Sicilia. The fact there are not 16 featherweights means that bantamweights will also be encouraged to move up, and Coker already said that James Gallagher and Darrion Caldwell is going to be requested to take part in the tournament. I would also anticipate Ricky Bandejas and Juan Archuleta to be requested, too. So far as lightweights proceed, there could potentially be a few fighters who could create the cut down a weight class including Derek Campos, who simply fought at featherweight in his last fight, and Ryan Scope, who just lost a close fight against Patricky"Pitbull" Freire. It's exciting to see Bellator continue to maintain these tournaments as the sport of MMA was build on the championship format. The advertising's bedrock back at the Bjorn Rebney days was the tournaments but when Coker first came in they began to go away in exchange for superfights and legends conflicts. But it seems like Coker, Bellator, Paramount and DAZN adore the tournaments as this is the third one the promotion will be running over the previous two years. At this point, you need to wonder what another tournament for Bellator is, and when I had to guess that it would be something in the women's branches. For the time being, however, featherweight is getting a great set of fights. Disclaimer: This page includes affiliate links and MMA Odds Breaker will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on the hyperlinks. Read more: http://classicsounds.pl/ufc-222-odds-frankie-edgar-vs-brian-ortega-betting-guide-2/