Report: Patricky Freire injured, out of Bellator 167 main event rematch with Derek Campos

It looks like the second of next week’s back-to-back Bellator cards in Oklahoma has taken a big hit.

According to a report from MMAfighting.com, citing Bellator officials, Bellator 167 headliner Patricky Freire (16-8 MMA, 9-7 BMMA) is out of his lightweight main event against Derek Campos (17-6 MMA, 6-3 BMMA). Bellator officials have not yet made a formal announcement.

Bellator 167 takes place Dec. 3 at WinStar World Casino & Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The previous day, Bellator 166 takes place at the same location. Both events air on Spike following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Freire scored a second-round TKO of Campos in their first meeting at Bellator 117 in April 2014. He’s gone 3-3 in the six fights following that victory. Most recently, “Pitbull” was knocked out by Michael Chandler at the 2:14 mark of Round 1 in a bid to capture the vacant lightweight title.

Campos is 3-2 since his loss to Freire. He is currently riding a two-fight winning streak, knocking out Melvin Guillard at Bellator 149 and taking a decision win over Djamil Chan. According to MMAfighting.com, he will be rebooked after the new year.

It is not yet known which fight will move up to become Bellator 167’s new headliner. But with Bellator 166 taking place the day before, there could be the possibility that a fight could shift from the Friday show to Saturday.

Bellator 167’s original main event was set to be between former featherweight champion Pat Curran (22-7 MMA, 12-4 BMMA) and John Teixeira (18-1-2 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) before an injury knocked Curran off the card. Teixeira will now face Justin Lawrence (9-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) on the main card.

The Bellator 167 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Spike, 9 p.m. ET)

• Emily Ducote vs. Ilima MacFarlane
• Andre Fialho vs. Chidi Njokuani
• Justin Lawrence vs. John Teixeira
• Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo

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

• Brandon Lee vs. Jarod Trice
• Jonathan Gary vs. Aaron Roberson
• Stephen Banaszak vs. Brandon Phillips
• Codale Ford vs. Justin Peterson

For more on Bellator 167, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.