A pivotal heavyweight rematch goes down at Bellator 225, and it appears to have title implications.

Matt Mitrione (13-6-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) will rematch Sergei Kharitonov (28-6-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) in the main event of Saturday’s card, which takes place at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.

The two previously fought at Bellator 215 in February, when in the first 15 seconds of the fight, Mitrione accidentally struck Kharitonov with a low blow, and the Russian was rendered unable to continue. The bout was ruled a no-contest.

Speaking to MMA Junkie on Thursday, Bellator president Scott Coker said the winner of the rematch could be next in line for a shot a title shot, if they put on a worthy performance.

“That’s not a bad argument, my only thing is: I’m going to wait and see the performance,” Coker said. “Then we’ll decide from there because the last fight ended in 15 seconds with a disqualification so let me just take it all in and see how the fight goes. We’ll go back to the Bay Area in L.A. and we’ll dissect what happened and then we’ll make some decisions from there.”

Dual-champion Ryan Bader is set to make his first heavyweight title defense when he takes on Cheick Kongo in the main event of Bellator 226 next month. With back-to-back heavyweight main events for Bellator, the winners of each fight could be matched up for the next title fight.

That of course, will all depend on how the main event on Aug. 24 pans out.