Paul Daley to face Andre Santos at Bellator 134: The British Invasion

Andreas Georgiou - @AGeorgiouMMA

After numerous injuries hit the Bellator 134 card, which takes place Friday, February 27, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn, the card has been updated, and will see Paul "Semtex" Daley (35-13) face Andre "Chatuba" Santos (37-9), stepping in for the injured Douglas Lima (26-5).

Bellator MMA CEO Scott Coker said: "We're disappointed we had to delay these fights between Bobby Lashley and James Thompson, and Douglas Lima and Paul Daley, but I have no doubt that these matchups will be fantastic once they eventually come to fruition." 

"Fortunately, we're able to replace the bouts with equally entertaining contests for our fans."

Originally scheduled to face Lima for the Bellator welterweight championship, an injury to the Brazilian put the fight on hold. Daley said: "Nervous, Scared??.....I understand, preparing to fight me.... I would be. It's ok.... guess you get to have a few more photo shoots with the belt.... My focus has shifted, same date, new opponent.... British Invasion at Bellator 134."

Semtex's new opponent is Santos, who is currently riding a six fight win streak, and made his American MMA debut against James Terry at Bellator 129 by unanimous decision.

On the undercard, an injury forced Bobby Lashley (12-2) out of a rematch with Brit James Thompson (20-14) and the fight will be replaced by Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (14-4) vs. Cheick Kongo (22-9-2). 

"King Mo" is set to make his 10th appearance under the Bellator MMA banner, moving up to heavyweight from his preferred 205lb weight-class for the first time since 2009.

After recent knockout wins over Joe Vedepo and Dustin Jacoby the former NCAA Division I All-American and Pan American gold medallist was hoping for a super-fight with Tito Ortiz, earned 11 of his 14 career MMA wins by knockout.

He will face long time heavyweight, France's 6-foot-4 Karate and Kendo black belt, Kongo. 4-1 under in Bellator, with his only loss to heavyweight champion Vitaly Minakov, the Wolfslair MMA Academy fighter is coming off a first-round submission over Lavar Johnson at Bellator 123.

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