Galore Bofando has suffered an injury and has been pulled from Bellator 230 according to MMA Junkie, replacing him against Stefano Paterno is going to be Ashley Reece.
Paterno (12-3-1) is going to be making his Bellator MMA debut in this bout and does so having won two of the last three bouts. Paterno has previously challenged for the Cage Warriors Welterweight Title, losing to Ross Houston at Cage Warriors 98. Paterno has picked up twelve victories as a professional MMA fighter and eight of them have come by way of KO/TKO.
Reece (8-1-0) is undefeated thus far in Bellator MMA competition, defeating the duo of Craig Turner and John-Ross Harkins. Reece has suffered a single defeat as a professional MMA fighter and that came against Adam Proctor at ACB 87. Reece has picked up eight wins as a professional MMA fighter and half of them came by way of KO/TKO.
Bellator 230 takes place on Saturday, October 5 from the Ex Palalido in Milan, Italy with Rafael Carvalho and Vadim Nemkov headlining. Fightful is going to be providing live coverage of the event, which airs via tape delay on the Paramount Network.
