Former South Jefferson wrestler Marc Stevens, of Watertown, is scheduled to fight tonight in Bellator 63 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

The Bellator Fighting Championships is the largest mixed martial arts tournament in the world.

Stevens, the owner and operator of Jiu-Jitsu Nation in Watertown, owns a 14-6 record and has won his past two bouts.

Stevens was a Section 3 wrestling runner-up for South Jefferson and received a scholarship to wrestle at the University at Buffalo. He left Buffalo to pursue his mixed martial art training.

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