Fabian
Edwards will step in for the injured Norbert
Novenyi Jr. and face Charlie
Ward at
Bellator 270.
Promotion officials confirmed the new middleweight booking
following an initial report from
MMAjunkie.com. Novenyi Jr. announced that a torn ACL forced him
to withdraw from the event. Bellator 270 takes place at 3Arena in
Dublin, Ireland, on Nov. 5 and is headlined by a clash between
Peter
Queally and Patricky
Freire for the vacant lightweight championship.
Edwards, the younger brother of UFC welterweight contender Leon
Edwards, began his professional tenure with nine consecutive
victories, including four under the Bellator MMA banner. The
28-year-old Team Renegade product is coming off back-to-back losses
against Costello
van Steenis and Austin
Vanderford in his last two outings.
Anchored at SBG Ireland, the 40-year-old Ward has been victorious
in six of seven appearances within the California-based promotion.
Ward went 2-0 in 2020, posting victories against Kyle Kurtz
and Andy
Manzolo. The Dublin native suffered a pair of first-round KO
losses in the UFC before signing with Bellator.