Check out 'Rampage' Jackson and Chael Sonnen highlights ahead of Bellator 192

Bellator’s heavyweight grand prix gets underway a month from now in Southern California when a former champ and former title challenger meet in the opening round.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson (37-12 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) takes on three-time UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen (29-15-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) at Bellator 192. Already, the two have gotten face to face in front of the media, and already “Rampage” has started talking about what will happen if Sonnen tries to make their fight a wrestling match.

Bellator 192 takes place Jan. 20 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The event’s main card airs live on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Will the fight turn into a slugfest? Bellator wants you to know there’s certainly the potential for fisticuffs in a short highlights package featuring the two fighters.

Sonnen is two fights into his Bellator tenure. After 11 fights in the UFC, he had a layoff of more than three years that included a suspension for a third failed drug test. When he returned, it was with Bellator – for a quick submission loss to Tito Ortiz in Ortiz’s retirement fight. But he got back in the win column in June with a unanimous decision over heated rival Wanderlei Silva in the Bellator NYC main event. It was his first win in nearly four years.

Jackson has fought five of his past six bouts under the Bellator banner with one UFC victory in between – part of an odd contract dispute between “Rampage” and the two promotions. Once things got ironed out, he took a split decision from Satoshi Ishii in the Bellator 157 main event in June 2016. But at Bellator 175 earlier this year, he lost a rematch to Muhammad Lawal – who also is in the Bellator heavyweight tournament – at Bellator 175.

Before “Rampage” and “The American Gangster” meet in a month, check out their highlights in the video package above. And below, don’t miss their face-off at a media lunch in Los Angeles earlier this month.

For more on Bellator 192, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.