The semifinals in the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix will go down on back-to-back nights next week with Matt Mitrione meeting Ryan Bader and Fedor Emelianenko squaring off against Chael Sonnen.

Bellator 207 takes place next Friday, with Bellator 208 going down the following evening on Saturday. Both cards air live on Paramount Network.

The winners of the two semifinal fights are scheduled to compete in early 2019 to crown a new heavyweight champion.

Bellator 207: Mitrione vs. Bader Fight Card

MAIN CARD (Paramount Network/9 p.m. ET)

Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal
Matt Mitrione vs. Ryan Bader

Heavyweight: Roy Nelson vs. Sergei Kharitonov

Lightweight: Kevin Ferguson Jr. vs. Corey Browning

Welterweight: Lorenz Larkin vs. Erick Silva

PRELIMINARY CARD (ParamountNetwork.com)

Bantamweight: Michael Kimbel vs. Alex Potts

Welterweight: Sean Lally vs. Kemran Lachinov

Welterweight: Kastriot Xhema vs. Pat Casey

Female Featherweight: Sinead Kavanagh vs. Janay Harding

Middleweight: Tim Caron vs. Reginaldo Felix

Lightweight: Peter Barrett vs. Blair Tugman

Lightweight: Nicholas Giuletti vs. Alex Ortiz

Female Flyweight: Alexandra Ballou vs. Lisa Blaine

Middleweight: Andre Fialho vs. Javier Torres

Bellator 208: Fedor vs. Sonnen Fight Card

MAIN CARD (Paramount Network/9 p.m. ET)

Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Chael Sonnen

Middleweight: Alexander Shlemenko vs. Anatoly Tokov

Lightweight: Benson Henderson vs. Saad Awad

Heavyweight: Cheick Kongo vs. Timothy Johnson

PRELIMINARY CARD (ParamountNetwork.com)

Bantamweight: Tommy Espinosa vs. Suhrob Aidarbekov

Featherweight: Frank Buenafuente vs. James Gonzalez

Middleweight: Jeremy Puglia vs. Eric Olsen

Welterweight: Mike DiOrio vs. Andrews Rodriguez

Bantamweight: Zarrukh Adashev vs. Christian Medina

Lightweight: Ryan Castro vs. Dennis Buzukia

Welterweight: Robison Gracie Jr. vs. Peter Nascimento

Lightweight: Jerome Mickle vs. Nick Fiore

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