Another title fight has been added to the inaugural Bellator MMA pay-per-view on November 2nd as featherweight champion Pat Curran will defend the title against season six tournament winner Daniel Straus. 
Bellator announced the fight on Tuesday in a press release and it will be one of three title fights on the November 2nd card.
“Pat Curran’s one of the best Mixed Martial Artists we have in the game today,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Before breaking his hand, Straus was a fixture in the Top 10 rankings with a huge amount of talent. Curran vs. Straus is a fight I’ve wanted to see since Daniel won the tournament a year ago last May. This should be an epic world title fight and our PPV provides the perfect stage.”
Curran (19-4) has won six fights in a row and and already holds a win over Straus as he defeated him in 2009 at XFO 29 by knockout in the second round. This will be his third featherweight title defense and his last title defense came at the season eight finale of Bellator in April as he defeated Shahbulat Shamhalaev by technical submission in the first round.
“I’ve been with Bellator since the beginning, and seen my career grow as Bellator has,” Curran said. “It means the world to me to be able to defend my title on our first Pay-Per-View, especially with such a tough fight ahead of me. I’m not taking Straus lightly. He is an incredibly tough featherweight, and I’m not even thinking about our first fight in 2009, we are two totally different guys right now. This card is stacked, and I want to give Bellator and all our fans a great show.”
Straus (21-4) won the season six featherweight tournament to secure this title shot and he will enter this fight on a five fight winning streak. This will be his first fight since October of last year which he defeated Alvin Robertson by submission in the second round.
“It’s finally here. I’ve faced so many setbacks over the last year, and my title shot is finally here,” Straus said. “When Pat and I met in 2009, we were two completely different fighters. Both of us have developed so much in that time, but I still want that loss of my record. That fight taught me a lot about where I was as a fighter, especially considering I’ve gone 17-1 since we last met. I’m just excited to be able to get a chance to fight for a title on a huge stage like this. I really don’t know how this fight is going to end, but I envision it going quickly. This won’t be a long, drawn out process. I’m going in for the kill.”
Bellator 106 will come from the Long Beach Convention Center on November 2nd and will be headlined by a three round light heavyweight bout as former UFC champions meet as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson faces Tito Ortiz.
The current Bellator 106: Jackson vs. Ortiz card is below.
Quinton Jackson (32-11) vs. Tito Ortiz (16-11-1)
Michael Chandler (12-0) vs. Eddie Alvarez (24-3)
Muhammed Lawal (11-2, 1NC) vs Emanuel Newton (21-7-1)
Pat Curran (19-2) vs. Daniel Straus (21-4)