A heavyweight bout has been booked for next month’s Bellator 141 as Lorenzo Hood will make his promotional debut against Raphael Butler.
The fight booking was reported by MMA Junkie on Tuesday evening after a Bellator official confirmed the matchup to them.
Bellator 141 will come from the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California on August 28 and will be headlined by a lightweight bout as Melvin Guillard makes his Bellator debut against Brandon Girtz.
Hood (9-2) is currently on a three fight winning streak and is coming off a win in December against Joshua Anderson. All of his career victories have come by TKO/KO in the first round and two of his wins have come in under one minute. Butler (9-1-1) will enter this fight following a submission win at Bellator 134 against Josh Diekmann. He is 4-1-1 in Bellator and all of his wins in the promotion have come by stoppage in the first round.
The current Bellator 141: Guillard vs. Girtz fight card is below.
Melvin Guillard (32-14-2, 2NC) vs. Brandon Girtz (11-4)
Patricky Pitbull (13-6) vs. Saad Awad (18-6)
Lorenzo Hood (9-2) vs. Raphael Butler (9-1-1)