A bureaucratic nightmare will keep Thiago Santos out of Saturday’s Bellator 52 event and the organization’s eight-man heavyweight tournament.
Santos was slated to fight Blagoi Ivanov in an MTV2-televised main-card bout at Saturday’s event at L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort.
However, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney today told MMAjunkie.com Radio that “Big Monster” couldn’t leave Brazil because of “bureaucratic hurdles.”