Former Bellator tournament winner Brennan Ward will look for his second straight win at Bellator 140 as he will meet Gavin Sterritt in a welterweight bout on the main card.
The fight booking was announced by Bellator on Wednesday afternoon.
Bellator 140 will come from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on July 17 and will be headlined by a title fight as Douglas Lima defends the welterweight title against two-time tournament winner Andrey Koreshkov.
Ward (10-3) dropped to the welterweight division last year and lost his 170 pound debut to Tamdan McCrory. He returned to the cage in February and scored his third career submission victory with a first round win against Curtis Millender.
Sterritt (6-1) has won six in a row since losing his pro debut in 2008. His last two wins have come in the Bellator cage and his last win came at Bellator 114 last year as he submitted Mike Estus with a guillotine choke.
The current Bellator 140: Lima vs. Koreshkov fight card is below.
Douglas Lima (26-5) vs. Andrey Koreshkov (17-1)
Chris Honeycutt (6-0) vs. Paul Bradley (22-6, 1NC)
Michael Page (7-0) vs. Rudy Bears (16-13)
Brennan Ward (10-3) vs. Gavin Sterritt (6-1)