The original main event of Bellator 144 on October 23rd inside Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Arena was set to be an epic rematch between current bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao and former titleholder Eduardo Dantas.
That pairing was originally announced back in August of 2015. Dantas once knocked Galvao out at Bellator 89 in a title defense, but since that time, Galvao won a rematch of his own, knocking off Joe Warren to finally claim the gold.
Unfortunately, an injury suffered in training by Dantas has derailed a chance to see them meet again.