Tyrell Fortune Signs A Deal With Bellator

MMA Fighting reports that Bellator has signed amateur wrestler Tyrell Fortune, one of the top heavyweight wrestlers in the world. He trains with Blackzilians in Boca Raton, Florida and is a member of the US national wrestling team. He’s a former NCAA Division II champion at Grand Canyon University in Arizona and is the 2013 Division II wrestler of the year. He’s also a two-time NJCAA champion at Clackamas (Oregon) Community College. He will try to quality for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the trials in April and will then make his Bellator debut sometime in 2016.