Back to the Drawing Board: Former Bellator Champ Liam McGeary Must Reinvent Himself Liam McGeary was once one of the brighter and more exciting prospects coming up in the ranks not only for Bellator MMA, but in the sport as a whole. Now, he’s trying to figure out how to get his career back on track. The light heavyweight raced off to a perfect 11-0 start to his career with eight first-round stoppages. In fact, four of his first five victories in Bellator came within the first five minutes of action. McGeary seemed poised to take his division by storm and become one of the next great fighters for Bellator. Then, Phil Davis jumped ship from the UFC and the outlook for McGeary quickly changed. There was no way Davis wasn’t going to climb to the top of the mountain and become the Bellator light heavyweight champion.