Brennan Ward will not be making his return to the cage at October’s Bellator 207 event.

MMAjunkie today verified with a Bellator official that Ward (14-6 MMA, 9-6 BMMA) has suffered an undisclosed injury and won’t compete in his scheduled welterweight matchup against Andre Fialho (9-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA). A replacement search is currently underway.

Bellator 207 takes place Oct. 12 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on Paramount following prelims streamed on MMAjunkie.

Ward, 30, has not compete since a third-round submission loss to Fernanda Gonzalez more than a year ago at Bellator 182 in August 2017. The nature of his injury has not been revealed, but it will be at least a while longer before “Irish” can attempt to break out of his current 1-3 slump.

The latest Bellator 207 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Paramount, DAZN, 9 p.m. ET)

Matt Mitrione vs. Ryan Bader – Bellator heavyweight grand prix semifinal

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Roy Nelson

Andre Fialho vs. opponent TBA

Corey Browning vs. Kevin Ferguson Jr.

Lorenz Larkin vs. Erick Silva

PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 7 p.m. ET)

Janay Harding vs. Sinead Kavanagh

Pat Casey vs. Kastriot Xhema

Mike Kimbel vs. Alex Potts

Kemran Lachinov vs. Sean Lally

Tim Caron vs. Reginaldo Felix

Peter Barrett vs. Blair Tugman

Nicholas Giulietti vs. Alex Ortiz

Alexandra Ballou vs. Lisa Blaine

For more on Bellator 207, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.