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Eduardo Dantas injured, bantamweight title fight vs. Marcos Galvao pulled from Bellator 144

Eduardo Dantas suffered an injury and won't be able to rematch Marcos Galvao for the title at Bellator 144.

One cancelled rematch might make way to a trilogy as Bellator bantamweight title challenger and former champion, Eduardo Dantas, suffered a rib injury and pulled out of his fight against reigning champion, Marcos Galvao, as Combate reported. Bellator MMA issued an official press release on the situation:

A rib injury sustained by Eduardo Dantas (17-4) during training camp has forced him to withdraw from his "Bellator 144" main event matchup against Marcos Galvao (17-6-1) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.