Rafael Carvalho has changed pretty much everything ahead of his Bellator 224 fight with Chidi Njokuani.
The Brazilian striker, who previously won and defended the Bellator middleweight championship training out of Curitiba’s Evolucao Thai in Brazil, decided to fulfill an old dream and move overseas after having his 15-fight winning streak snapped by back-to-back defeats to Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida.
It’s been only a few weeks since he’s moved to Florida to train at American Top Team, “something I’ve always wanted to do to evolve as a person and as an athlete,” but Carvalho already knows it was the right call.