Aaron
Pico will return to motion for the primary time since injuring
his shoulder this previous October when he faces Otto
Rodrigues at Bellator
295.
MMAjunkie.com was first to report the featherweight reserving.
Moreover,
MMFighting.com has confirmed {that a} 145-pound conflict pitting
Mads
Burnell towards Justin
Gonzales can be set for the occasion. Bellator 295 takes place at
the Neil S. Blaisdell Heart in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 22 and
is headlined by a bantamweight grand prix closing matchup between
Raufeon
Stots and Patrick
Combine.
Pico suffered a first-round TKO loss to Jeremy
Kennedy at Bellator 286 resulting from a shoulder harm suffered in
the bout. That snapped a six-bout Bellator profitable streak for the
26-year-old Jackson-Wink MMA product.
A 34-year-old native of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigues has compiled a
13-1 mark since starting his skilled tenure in 2007. Most
not too long ago, Rodrigues outpointed Carlos
Augusto Santos da Silva at LFA 112 in July 2021.
Denmark’s Burnell is coming off an 0-2 marketing campaign in 2022 that noticed
him drop unanimous verdicts towards Adam Borics
and Pedro
Carvalho. Previous to that, he had compiled a seven-bout profitable
streak that included three triumphs below the Bellator banner.
After struggling the primary lack of his skilled profession to Pico
in November 2021, Gonzales rebounded with wins over Kai Kamaka
III and Andrew
Fisher in Bellator competitors final 12 months. “J-Prepare” owns a 14-1
profession mark.
