Ex-Lightweight Champ Brent Primus to Face Peter Queally in Bellator Dublin Co-Headliner

Former lightweight champion Brent Primus will meet Peter Queally in the Bellator Dublin co-main event.

Promotion officials initially confirmed the booking to MMAFighting.com. Bellator Dublin takes place at 3Arena on Feb. 22 and is headlined by a bantamweight duel between James Gallagher and Cal Ellenor.

Primus has competed infrequently of late, fighting just once per year since 2014. He claimed the 155-pound belt with an upset victory over Michael Chandler at Bellator 180 in June 2017 but lost the title in a rematch at Bellator 212. The Sports Lab representative has since rebounded to submit Tim Wilde with a gogoplata at Bellator Birmingham on May 4.

Queally, a Dublin native, is 1-1 thus far in his Bellator tenure. After dropping a split decision t Myles Price in his debut at Bellator 217, the SBG Ireland product scored a second-round TKO victory over Ryan Scope in his last outing at Bellator 227.