A lightweight bout has been added to the Bellator 111 card on March 7th in Thackerville, Oklahoma as undefeated lightweight Brent Primus will meet Kyle Sjafiroeddin.
Primus announced the fight booking on Twitter and Bellator has not confirmed the bout at this time.
Bellator 111 will come from the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma on March 7th and will be headlined by Eduardo Dantas defending the bantamweight title against Rafael Silva.
Primus (4-0) has won all of his professional fights by rear-naked choke submission and his last two wins have come in Bellator. His most recent appearance in Bellator came at the season nine finale at Bellator 109 as he submitted Brett Glass a the 3:20 mark of the opening round.
Sjafiroeddin (4-4) will be making his Bellator debut in this bout and will be facing former UFC fighter Ryan Couture at Battlegrounds MMA 3 tomorrow in Norman, Oklahoma. All four of his wins have come by submission and has won two of his last three fights.
The current Bellator 111: Dantas vs. Silva card is below.
Eduardo Dantas (15-3) vs. Rafael Silva (21-3)
Ryan Martinez (10-3) vs. Lavar Johnson (17-8) *
Peter Graham (9-6) vs. Mighty Mo (5-2) *
Alexander Volkov (19-4) vs. Mark Holata (12-4) *
Blagoi Ivanov (9-0) vs. Rich Hale (21-6) *
Brent Primus (4-0) vs. Kyle Sjafiroeddin (4-4)
* – Opening Round of Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament