‘Tooth Fairy’ Foster Joins Bellator Featherweight Tourney

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Featherweight Kenny Foster will take part in Bellator Fighting Championships’ upcoming 145-pound tournament, the promotion announced Wednesday.

Foster joins Eric Larkin and Zac George on the list of official participants for the Season 4 tournament field. Other featherweights rumored to compete include Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, Georgi Karakhanyan, Wilson Reis and Nazareno Malegarie.

An NCAA Division II All-American wrestler at Tennessee’s Carson-Newman College, Foster began his amateur career with no formal mixed martial arts training. The “Tooth Fairy” joined the New York-based Team Bombsquad when he turned pro and has worked his way up by fighting in local shows. Foster made his Bellator debut in October, when he earned a unanimous decision over Lester Caslow at Bellator 33.

“If any of my opponents take me lightly, I think that’s great,” Foster said in a press release. “That’s their own fault. We’re all here for a reason, and you don’t just end up in one of these tournaments because you got lucky. You're there because you are one of the top guys in your division.”

Foster holds a mark of 8-2 and owns all but one of his career victories by stoppage. The featherweight has been finished twice in his career, once by knockout and once by submission. His most recent defeat came in June, when he was knocked out by Donny Walker. Prior to that misstep, the two-time Georgia state high school wrestling champion had won six straight bouts.

While still without an official start date, Bellator's fourth season will begin in March and is set to air on MTV2.