Team SBG’s Carvalho (11-4 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) will face Jay Jay Wilson in a featherweight fight on the preliminary card of Bellator 257 on April 16, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Junkie on Tuesday.
With the addition, the Bellator 257 lineup now includes:
Champion Vadim Nemkov vs. Phil Davis – for light heavyweight title, grand prix quarterfinal
Corey Anderson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov – grand prix quarterfinal
Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi
Veta Arteaga vs. Desiree Yanez
Julia Budd vs. Dayana Silva
Pedro Carvalho vs. Jay Jay Wilson
Lance Gibson Jr. vs. Marcus Surin
Grachnik Bozinyan vs. Demarques Jackson
John de Jesus vs. Alfred Khashakyan