Fuck, I can't believe you made me nostalgic for that era of Bellator. Bellator Middleweight wasn't a super stacked with talent or anything, but it had a pretty violent reputation. Lombard KOing dudes and the war vs Shlemenko. The Shlemenko/Cooper/Marshall era was pretty fun back in the tournament days. Although mostly forgotten now, Carvalho liver-kicking Halsey was a HUGE upset. Halsey vs Salter was bloody as fuck. Kendall "Da Spyda" Grove having a bit of a career resurgence by KOing Beltran and France was pretty cool to see.
Anyways, Bellator's fucked up matchmaking made a bit of a cult following for Hisaki Kato for awhile. I think he's since moved into K-1. I really wish we got to see him fight Lyoto Machida or Alexander Shlemenko.
Nowadays at 185, you got the likes of Mousasi, Tokov, and Vanderford, but that unpredictable, chaotic charm of that division isn't there anymore.