Kevin Souza signed with Bellator to replace injured Derek Campos on five days’ notice in the main event of Bellator 152 in Italy, and he can thank a Twitter follower for getting the fight.
A week after announcing a June 3 bout at Croatian promotion Final Fight Championship, his first fight after being cut by the UFC in December, Souza was tagged in a tweet from a fan, asking if he would be down to replacing Patricio Freire’s opponent John Teixeira at Bellator 153.
"Patricio’s opponent got injured and he tweeted that he needed someone to step up, and this guy tagged me on Twitter," Souza told MMA Fighting.