Bellator’s return to England early next month has seen a change on the main card.
Ryan Scope (11-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) is out of his lightweight fight against Derek Campos (19-8 MMA, 8-6 BMMA) at Bellator Europe 2. Stepping up for him on short notice is Pedro Carvalho (9-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA). A Bellator official today confirmed the change with MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMAFighting.com
Bellator Europe 2 takes place May 4 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England. The card streams on DAZN.
Carvalho comes into the fight riding a four-bout winning streak, including back-to-back wins under the Bellator banner. At Bellator 200 in May 2000, he took a split call from Daniel Crawford. And at Bellator 211 this past December in Italy, he finished Luca Vitali in just 43 seconds with a guillotine choke.
Campos will be trying to rebound from back-to-back losses. After a four-fight winning streak, he dropped both his fights in 2018. He lost to Patricky Freire with a first-round TKO at Bellator 194. And at Bellator 212, he dropped a split decision to Sam Sicilia.
Scope lost his promotional debut in February with a split-decision loss to Freire at Bellator’s European series event in Newcastle, England. He has dropped two of his past three after starting his pro career 10-0.
The Bellator Europe 2 lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD
- Brent Primus vs. Tim Wilde
- Derek Campos vs. Pedro Carvalho
- Fabian Edwards vs. Falco Neto
- Raymond Daniels vs. Jon Durrant
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Aiden Lee vs. Saul Rogers
- Brian Moore vs. Binh Son Le
- Domingos Barros vs. Rob Beech
- Lee Chadwick vs. James Mulheron
- Giorgio Pietrini vs. Jim Wallhead
- David Khalsa vs. Dominique Wooding
- Ashley Reece vs. Craig Turner
- Kane Mousah vs. Mateusz Piskorz
- Corey Beldon vs. Akonne Wanliss
- Daniel Cassell vs. John Nicholls
For more on Bellator Europe 2, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
