Less than two days after Cal Ellenor was forced to withdraw from his Bellator Dublin main event clash with James Gallagher, Bellator has found a replacement for the Irishman as he will now take on three-time UFC fighter Roman Salazar in the headline bout of the Sept. 27 card.
Bellator confirmed to MMA Fighting that Gallagher vs. Salazar would remain as the main event bout for the Bellator Dublin card, but the fight will now be contested at a catchweight of 140 pounds.
The day after the news surfaced that he was off the card, Ellenor took to social media to explain how he was forced to pull of the bout when some abnormalities were discovered in his pre-fight brain scan.