The bout was a rematch from their first encounter at Bellator 215, which ended in a no contest after an accidental low blow from Mitrione to Kharitonov.
Mitrione, who had issues with his mouthpiece throughout the fight, would issue the following statement on Twitter about the defeat:
A defeated Mitrione has now lost two of his last three bouts and the fighter hasn?t picked up a victory in over a year. The aforementioned mouthpiece did cause a lot of issues for Mitrione, as the referee almost took a point from the fighter after it fell out of his mouth for a total of four times.
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