Cris Cyborg Retains Featherweight Crown And Pound-For-Pound Dominance With First-Round Knockout Victory

Linton Vassell And Steve Mowry Put The Heavyweight Division On Notice With Amazing Performances

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA is ending the year off with a banger inside the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, December 3 with BELLATOR MMA 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi, an event that will see the BELLATOR Bantamweight World Champion Sergio Pettis make his first title defense against current RIZIN and former BELLATOR 135-pound champ Kyoji Horiguchi in a must-watch clash of champions. Also, the co-main event sees a battle between top-10 featherweights, as No. 4-ranked Emmanuel Sanchez and No. 9-ranked Jeremy Kennedy collide in a scrap that is sure to bring fireworks.  

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. AJ McKee (18-0) 2. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 3. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) ∇1 4. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 6. Corey Anderson (16-5) ∆1   7. Ryan Bader (28-7) ∆1   8. Sergio Pettis (21-5) ∇2 9. Michael Page (20-1) 10. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1) WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC) 2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0) 3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 4. Liz Carmouche (16-7) 5. Denise Kielholtz (6-3) 6. Arlene Blencowe (15-8) 7. Cat Zingano (12-4) 8. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1) 9. Leah McCourt (6-1) 10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (28-7) IC. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1)  2. Cheick Kongo (31-11-2) 3. Fedor Emelianenko (40-6)    4. Linton Vassell (22-8) ∆2 5. Tim Johnson (15-8) ∇1 6. Tyrell Fortune (11-2) ∇1 6. Steve Mowry (10-0) ∆1   8. Said Sowma (8-2) 8. Davion Franklin (4-0) ∆1   10. Gokhan Saricam (6-1)
MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 1. Corey Anderson (16-5) 2. Phil Davis (23-6)  3. Ryan Bader (28-7) 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6) 4. Julius Anglickas (10-2) 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Karl Albrektsson (13-3) 8. Alex Polizzi (9-1) 9. Grant Neal (6-1) 10. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1)MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 1. Austin Vanderford (11-0)  2. John Salter (18-5)  3. Costello van Steenis (13-2)  4. Fabian Edwards (9-2)  5. Johnny Eblen (9-0) 6. Anatoly Tokov (30-2)   7. Charlie Ward (9-4) 8. Mike Shipman (14-3) 9. Romero Cotton (5-0) 10. Dalton Rosta (5-0)MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 1. Michael Page (20-1) 2. Douglas Lima (32-10) 3. Jason Jackson (15-4) 4. Neiman Gracie (11-2) 5. Logan Storley (12-1) 6. Derek Anderson (17-4)  7. Paul Daley (43-18-2)  8. Andrey Koreshkov (24-4) ∆1      9. Joey Davis (8-0) ∇1      10.Oliver Enkamp (10-2)
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricky Pitbull (24-10) 1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4)  2. Brent Primus (11-2)   3. Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0) 4. Goiti Yamauchi (26-5)    5. Peter Queally (13-6-1)   6. Benson Henderson (28-11)   7. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1)      8. Myles Jury (19-6) 9. Aviv Gozali (6-0)       10. Adam Piccolotti (12-4)   MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. AJ McKee (18-0) 1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 2. Mads Burnell (16-3) 2. Adam Borics (17-1) ∆1   4. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-6) 5. Aaron Pico (9-3) ∆1      6. Pedro Carvalho (12-5) ∇1 7. Daniel Weichel (41-13)   8. Justin Gonzales (12-1) 9. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5)MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Sergio Pettis (21-5) 1. Juan Archuleta (25-3) 2. Raufeon Stots (17-1) 3. Patchy Mix (15-1) ∇1        4. Magomed Magomedov (18-2) 5. Leandro Higo (21-5)  6. James Gallagher (11-2)  7. Josh Hill (20-4) 8. Jornel Lugo (7-0) 9. Cass Bell (5-2) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5) 
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC) 1. Arlene Blencowe (15-8) 2. Cat Zingano (12-4) 3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) 4. Leah McCourt (6-1)  5. Janay Harding (6-5) ∆1      6. Sinead Kavanagh (7-5) ∇1 7. Pam Sorenson (9-4)  7. Jessy Miele (9-5) ∆2     9. Talita Nogueira (8-2) ∇1   10. Jessica Borga (3-4)WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT C. Juliana Velasquez (12-0) 1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 2. Liz Carmouche (16-7) 3. Denise Kielholtz (6-3)  4. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)  5. Kate Jackson (11-5-1) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4) 7. Alejandra Lara (9-5) 8. DeAnna Bennett (11-7-1)      9. Vanessa Porto (23-9) 10. Diana Avsaragova (4-0)        Logo
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