Saad Awad owns a signature win over Will Brooks. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
A Bellator MMA card already anchored by what should be an action-packed lightweight battle just got heftier.
Bellator 141 will be headlined by a showdown between Melvin Guillard and Brandon Girtz, but the California-based promotion announced Thursday the addition of another 155-pound battle: Saad Awad versus Patricky Freire.
A Millennia MMA representative, Awad stands as the only man to defeat reigning Bellator lightweight champion Will Brooks. Awad eventually lost to Brooks in a rematch, but he’s bounced back with three consecutive wins, including a first-round knockout of former Strikeforce veteran Joe Duarte.