Romero Cotton vs. Jason Perrotta Set for Bellator 233; Tyrell Fortune Expected to Compete

Prospect Romero Cotton will attempt to remain unbeaten in his burgeoning MMA career when he faces Jason Perrotta at Bellator 233.

Sherdog.com confirmed the middleweight bout with a promotion official on Tuesday. Additionally, rising heavyweight star Tyrell Fortune is expected to compete on the card against an as yet to be determined opponent. Cotton vs. Perrotta, along with a newly-announced light heavyweight clash pitting Grant Neal against Jimmy Lugo, are slated for the preliminary draw.

Bellator 233 takes place at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., on Nov. 8 and features a welterweight clash between John Salter and Costello van Steenis.

Cotton, a three-time NCAA Division II national champion wrestler at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, has compiled a 3-0 record under the Bellator banner. The American Kickboxing Academy product last appeared at Bellator 204, where he scored a first-round TKO of Willie Whitehead.

Perrotta has not competed since April 2017, when he fell to Milan Kopravinecz via TKO in just 49 seconds on the regional circuit.

The 29-year-old Fortune is unbeaten in seven professional outings, all of which have occurred at heavyweight in the California-based promotion. The Arizona Combat Sports member is coming off a second-round submission win over Rudy Schaffroth at Bellator 225.