Severe MMA confirmed tonight with Bellator MMA that Paul Redmond has been forced to withdraw from his Bellator MMA debut against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 169 in Dublin.

The Team Ryano product suffered an elbow injury in training yesterday and is unable to compete.

Bellator’s C.J. Tuttle told us that the promotion “are actively seeking an opponent for Weichel”.

The Bellator and BAMMA collaboration event is headlined by King Mo Lawal vs Satoshi Ishii and takes place on 16th December 2016 at the 3Arena in Dublin. The BAMMA portion of the card is headlined by Tom Duquesnoy vs Alan Philpott.

UPDATE: Redmond tweeted details of the injury which forced him out.

Apologies to @BellatorMMA & @danielweichel hopefully you get matched soon mate. Would love another shot in there when im healed @ScottCoker pic.twitter.com/L4yOfvCz4N — Paul Redmond (@RedserMma) October 28, 2016