With Brennan Ward off the card and apparently headed for retirement, Andre Fialho now has a replacement opponent for Bellator 207 in October.

Fialho (9-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) will fight Javier Torres (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a 177-pound catchweight bout on the Bellator 207 card, MMAjunkie verified with an official from the promotion.

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

Fialho, 24, is a Portuguese fighter whose only career flaw came against Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 167 in December 2016. He won eight fights – all by stoppage – leading up to that contest, and managed to successfully rebound from the setback with a split-decision win over A.J. Matthews at Bellator 181 in July 2017.

The 15-month layoff will come to an end for Fialho when he takes on Torres, 30, who will compete on short notice for the second time in as many promotional appearances. “Chunty Boy” fell short in his Bellator debut in April when he succumbed to a second-round submission from Neiman Gracie at Bellator 198.

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. Javier Torres
• 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.