Galvao vs Nogueira announced for Bellator 73

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Bellator Fighting Championships has announced that a bantamweight fight between Marcos Galvao (12-5-1 MMA, 3-2 BFC) and Luis Nogueira (14-2 MMA, 4-1 BFC) will take place on August 24 at Bellator 73, the conclusion of the promotion’s “Summer Series”. The winner of this bout will go on to face Eduardo Dantas (14-2 MMA, 4-0 BFC) for the title.

Galvao is coming in off back-to-back wins over Travis Marx and Ed West in the tournament’s first two rounds. Nogueira is coming in from a three fight winning streak of his own, including a decision over Olympic Bronze Medalist Alexis Vila and a KO victory at Bellator 70 over Hiroshi Nakamura. Nogueira lost tot Dantas in 2008 with “Shooto Brasil”,

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Bellator executives have yet to officially announce the location and venue of the card, which joins a title fight between Featherweight Champion Pat Curran (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC) and season-four tournament winner Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (17-1 MMA, 5-1 BFC). The main card will be broadcast on MTV2.

The rest of the card remains unannounced, but will be posted on Lowkick.com as information becomes available.

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