With featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire injured, his title matchup against Daniel Weichel has been cancelled. Instead the the co-main event matchup pitting Noad Lahat vs. Jeremiah Labiano is now the new main event. Ram Giboa was the first to report the news on Twitter.
Freire (26-4) took to Instagram to explain the injury and he hopes to return by Feburary.
Bellator signs former WWE champion Jake Hager (Jack Swagger)
As announced on The MMA Hour Monday, former WWE champion Jake Hager (know as Jack Swagger in the ring) has signed with Bellator MMA and will make his debut as a heavyweight in 2018. Hager (0-0) is 35-years-old and was a standout wrestler at the University of Oklahoma where he set a single-season record for most pins in a season (with 30) in 2006.