British reality star Aaron Chalmers meets Ash Griffiths at Bellator 200 in London

A new rising talent will make his way to the Bellator cage this spring.

Aaron Chalmers (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), best known for his role on the MTV England-based reality series “Geordie Shore,” has been given a provisional release from his BAMMA contract to fight for Bellator. He’ll take on Ash Griffiths (4-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) in a catchweight bout at Bellator 200, the promotion today announced.

Bellator 200 will take place May 25 at The SSE Arena, Wembley in London. The main card will air on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Chalmers joined “Geordie Shore” for Season 8 in 2014. The show, which is England’s veresion of “Jersey Shore.” He also has appeared in the British reality show “Ex on the Beach.” But in 2017, he took his muay Thai skills to the MMA world and signed with BAMMA.

In three fights this past year, he went 3-0 with three first-round stoppages. In his pro debut at BAMMA 29 in May 2017, he submitted Greg Jenkins with a keylock. At BAMMA 31 in September, he knocked out Alex Thompson in 30 seconds. And he need just 43 seconds to stop Karl Donaldson with a first-round TKO at BAMMA 33 in December.

In Griffiths, Chalmers will face his most experienced opponent. But Griffiths is mired in a three-fight skid and has lost four of his past five fights. He made his promotional debut at Bellator 191 in December and suffered a first-round TKO loss to Mohammed Yahya in England.

With the addition, the Bellator 200 card now includes:

• Champ Rafael Carvalho vs. Gegard Mousasi – for middleweight title
• Mirko Cro Cop vs. Roy Nelson
• Michael Page vs. David Rickels
• Phil Davis vs. Linton Vassell
• Aaron Chalmers vs. Ash Griffiths

For more on Bellator 200, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.