Featherweights Aaron Pico, Pedro Carvalho to Clash at Bellator 299 in Dublin

Aaron
Pico will lock horns with Pedro
Carvalho in a featherweight duel at
Bellator 299.

The California-based promotion announced the bout on Tuesday.
Bellator 299 takes place at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Sept. 23
and is headlined by a middleweight championship showdown between
Johnny
Eblen and Fabian
Edwards.

After a shoulder injury led to a technical knockout loss against
Jeremy
Kennedy at Bellator 286 in October, Pico returned to the win
column at Bellator 295, taking a clear-cut unanimous verdict
against James
Gonzalez on April 22. The 26-year-old Jackson-Wink MMA product
has won seven of his last eight contests under the Bellator
banner.

According to a release, Carvalho recently signed a new Bellator
deal. The SBG Ireland export is 2-2 in his last four outings ?
including a decision defeat to Kennedy in his most recent
appearance at Bellator 291. The Portugal native owns notable wins
over the likes of Mads
Burnell, Daniel
Weichel, Sam Sicilia
and Derek
Campos.