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Former champion Rafael Carvalho volunteers to welcome Lyoto Machida to Bellator

CURITIBA, Brazil — Lyoto Machida is the latest addition to the Bellator middleweight division, and a former Bellator champion wants to be the first to face him.

Rafael Carvalho recently lost the 185-pound championship to Gegard Mousasi after a 6-0 run in the company, and is offering to welcome “The Dragon” to the Bellator cage later this year.

”I went to the barbershop today to get a haircut and people asked me about Lyoto signing with Bellator, and I said it would be cool to welcome him,” Carvalho told MMA Fighting.