Bellator signs former two-division GLORY champ Robin van Roosmalen; watch him in action

Another GLORY alum is making his way to the big MMA stage.

On Tuesday, Bellator president Scott Coker announced the signing of Robin van Roosmalen. Coker also indicated that van Roosmalen, who held GLORY titles at both lightweight and featherweight, could be part of Bellator’s 145-pound tournament (via Twitter).

Roosmalen just announced his full-time transition from kickboxing to MMA last December, but he’s already got two pro MMA bouts on his record. And so far, so good: He finished both of them at Final Fight Championship (FFC) in impressive fashion.

At FFC 22, in February 2016, Roosmalen scored a second-round knockout of Theo Michailidis. In March 2017, at FFC 28, he kept his streak with a first-round knockout of Risto Dimitrov. (You can check out both fights in the videos below and above.)

Despite his short MMA record, Roosmalen (2-0) said in an interview with ESPN last year that he had been training in the sport for five years. At the time, the 29-year-old fighter from the Netherlands was representing Hard Knocks 365 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Roosmalen is in good company when it comes to GLORY alumni on the big MMA stage. Interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya competed for the promotion, as well as UFC light heavyweight Gokhan Saki and Bellator’s own Joe Schilling.

Bellator’s featherweight tournament, according to the latest info from Coker, is set to kick off in October and will include 16 fighters.

For more on Bellator’s upcoming schedule, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.