Eduardo Dantas was forced out of a Bellator 144 main event with bantamweight champion Marcos Galvao due to an injury, and hopes to be back in action by the end of the year.
The former 135-pound champion, who holds a second-round knockout win over Galvao on his record, released a statement on Thursday, revealing that UFC featherweight Hacran Dias caused his rib injury.
"It was one of my last hard training sessions for the fight, I was in the final stretch. Unfortunately, and unintentionally, Hacran Dias hit me.