Vedepo steps in for Injured Deblass, Against “King Mo” at Bellator 131
A nasty cut suffered by Tom Deblass (9-2) in training will force his withdrawal with Bellator 131. “King Mo” (13-4) will now instead take on moving up from Middleweight Joe “The Doctor” Vedepo (17-8).
Vedepo has won 3 in a row all inside the Bellator cage, including TKO’s of Ben Crowder and Davin Clark.
“King Mo” is 2-2 in his last 4. At Bellator 123 “Mo” bounced back from a decision loss to “Rampage” with a TKO of Justin Jacoby.
Bellator 131 is on November 15, at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, Claifornia.
Update Bellator 131 Line Up
Spike TV main card
Tito Ortiz (17-11) vs. Stephan Bonnar (15-8) – Light Heavyweight
Will Brooks (14-1) vs. Michael Chandler (12-2) – Lightweight Title Bout
Muhammed Lawal (13-4) vs. Joe Vedepo (17-8) – Light Heavyweight
Melvin Manhoef (29-11-1) vs. Joe Schilling (1-3) – Middleweight
Spike.com prelims
Mike Richman (17-5) vs. Nam Phan (20-13) – Bantamweight
AJ Matthews (6-3) vs. Kyle Bolt (8-3) – Middleweight
Ron Henderson (3-0) vs. Jonathan Santa Maria (2-0) – Featherweight
Jordan Bailey (4-1) Alex Higley (2-1) – Featherweight
Matt Ramires (1-0) vs. Nick Garcia (7-3) – Flyweight
Andy Murad (8-2) vs. Bubba Pugh (3-2) – Welterweight
Rolando Perez (7-4-1) vs. Mark Vorgeas (5-2) – Featherweight
Ian Butler (1-0) vs. Joao Faria (1-1) – Lightweight