Rafael Carvalho remains unbeaten under the Bellator following his second middleweight title defense at Bellator 176 in Torino, Italy, on Saturday, and he’s excited with the possibility of new blood coming to the division in the future.
Carvalho improved to 5-0 in Bellator with a fourth-round knockout victory over Melvin Manhoef, and admits that he didn’t expect the veteran striker to last that long.
"It went exactly how we planned, but I expected the knockout to come earlier, in the second round, but it was good because the best part came in the end,” Carvalho told MMA Fighting.