Bellator middleweight champ Carvalho eyes future kickboxing bouts

via Bellator MMABellator's new middleweight champion is set to defend the title for the first time on May 20th at Bellator 155, but he's got his eyes on more than just MMA in the future.

Rafael Carvalho is getting ready for his first Bellator middleweight title defense. The Brazilian knockout artist is facing power punching legend Melvin Manhoef in the main event of Bellator 155 this Friday, May 20th, in Boise, Idaho. It's a fight that promises to be something closer to a kickboxing match in small gloves than an MMA contest that tests all realms of the sport.

And to hear both men tell it, that may suit them just fine. Obviously, Manhoef always comes out looking for blood, but in a recent…