Marcos Galvao became the Bellator bantamweight champion on March 27, 2015, and he’s finally putting his belt on the line Friday night at Fresno’s Save Mart Center.
"Loro" was previously scheduled to rematch Eduardo Dantas last October and February, but health issues prevented both fighters from competing at those dates. Fifteen months after claiming the 135-pound gold, Galvao enters Bellator 156 anxious to end this chapter of his life once for all.
"This fight should have happened a long time ago," Galvao told MMA Fighting. "He pulled out four times already.