Fresh off of a 67-second TKO win, Saad Awad is ready to keep rolling in 2018.
The “Assassin” has been booked to fight J.J. Ambrose in the lightweight co-main event of Bellator 193 on Jan. 26 at the Penchaga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.
Officials confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Monday.
Awad (21-9) has competed 15 times in the Bellator cage, going 9-6 for the organization while competing in both the lightweight and welterweight divisions. He has won two straight, including a quick first-round finish of Zach Freeman on Nov.