Lyoto Machida to Face Fabian Edwards at Bellator London on May 13

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Lyoto Machida will lock horns with Fabian Edwards in a middleweight clash at Bellator London on May 13.

Promotion officials confirmed the pairing on Wednesday. Bellator London takes place at the SSE Arena and is headlined by a welterweight championship tilt pitting Yaroslav Amosov against Michael Page. The evening’s main card will air on Showtime.

Machida will be entering the final bout on his Bellator contact, according to a report from MMAFighting.com. The 43-year-old former UFC light heavyweight champion is in the midst of the second-three fight skid of his professional tenure after falling to Gegard Mousasi, Phil Davis and Ryan Bader in successive appearances.

Edwards, the younger brother of UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards, began his MMA career with nine consecutive triumphs — including four under the Bellator banner — but has dropped back-to-back decisions against Costelo van Steenis and Austin Vanderford in his last two outings. The 28-year-old Englishman had been slated to meet Marian Dimitrov at Bellator 275 before the newly-announced matchup.