LOS ANGELES (May 17, 2022) – Kickstarting the fireworks just before Fourth of July weekend, BELLATOR MMA has assembled a blazing card featuring a Middleweight World Championship main event and the conclusion of the BELLATOR Bantamweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinals at BELLATOR MMA 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen. The event is set for Friday, June 24 and will air live on SHOWTIME beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
Headlining the card, BELLATOR Middleweight World Champion Gegard Mousasi (49-7) will defend his title against undefeated and No. 1-ranked middleweight Johnny Eblen (11-0). Leading into the main event and part of the Bantamweight Grand Prix, No. 6-ranked Leandro Higo (21-5) takes on No. 9-ranked Danny Sabatello (12-1) for the right to advance to the semifinal round to face Interim BELLATOR Bantamweight Titleholder Raufeon Stots (18-1). On the other side of the bracket, No. 4-ranked Magomed Magomedov (18-2-0) will face No. 10-ranked Enrique Barzola (18-5-2), with the winner set to move on to face No. 2-ranked Patchy Mix (16-1) in the semifinal round.
The preliminary fight card will begin at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT, and will be distributed on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel, and Pluto TV.
Tickets for BELLATOR MMA 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen are on sale at both Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
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| MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (33-5) 2. Vadim Nemkov (15-2, 1 NC) 3. Gegard Mousasi (49-7-2) 4. AJ McKee (18-1) 5. Ryan Bader (30-7) 6. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 7. Corey Anderson (16-5, 1 NC) 8. Sergio Pettis (22-5) 9. Raufeon Stots (18-1) ∆1 10. Logan Storley (14-1) NR | WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (26-2, 1 NC) 2. Liz Carmouche (17-7) 3. Juliana Velasquez (12-1) 4. Arlene Blencowe (15-9) ∆1 5. Cat Zingano (12-4) ∆1 6. Denise Kielholtz (6-4) ∇2 7. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-2) 8. Kana Watanabe (11-1-1) 9. Sinead Kavanagh (8-5) 10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) | MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (30-7) 1. Valentin Moldavsky (11-2) 2. Linton Vassell (23-8) 3. Fedor Emelianenko (40-6) 4. Cheick Kongo (31-12-2) 5. Steve Mowry (10-0) 6. Tyrell Fortune (12-2) 7. Tim Johnson (15-9) 8. Davion Franklin (5-0) 9. Said Sowma (8-3) 10.Gokhan Saricam (7-1) |
| MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 1. Corey Anderson (16-5) 2. Phil Davis (24-6) 3. Ryan Bader (30-7) 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6) 5. Julius Anglickas (10-3) 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Karl Albrektsson (13-3) 8. Yoel Romero (14-6) 9. Alex Polizzi (10-2) 10. Grant Neal (7-1) | MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (49-7-2) 1. Johnny Eblen (11-0) 2. Austin Vanderford (11-1) 3. John Salter (18-6) 3. Fabian Edwards (10-2) ∆1 5. Anatoly Tokov (30-2) 6. Lorenz Larkin (24-7) 7. Romero Cotton (6-0) 8. Dalton Rosta (6-0) 9. Anthony Adams (9-2) 10. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3) | MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) IC. Logan Storley (14-1) ∆4 2. Michael Page (20-2) ∇1 3. Douglas Lima (32-10) ∇1 4. Jason Jackson (15-4) ∇1 5. Neiman Gracie (11-3) 6. Andrey Koreshkov (25-4) 7. Derek Anderson (17-4) 8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) 9. Kyle Crutchmer (9-1) 10. Sabah Homasi (16-10) |
| MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricky Pitbull (24-10) 1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4) 2. Brent Primus (11-2) 3. Benson Henderson (29-11) 4. Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0) 5. Peter Queally (13-6-1) 6. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1) 7. Myles Jury (19-6) 8. Alexander Shabliy (20-3) 9. Dan Moret (15-7) 10. Gadzhi Rabadanov (17-4-1) | MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (33-5) 1. AJ McKee (18-0) 2. Adam Borics (18-1) 3. Mads Burnell (16-4) 4. Aaron Pico (10-3) 5. Jeremy Kennedy (17-3) 6. Pedro Carvalho (12-6) 7. Daniel Weichel (41-13) 8. Justin Gonzales (13-1) 9. Cody Law (6-0) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-6) | MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Sergio Pettis (22-5) IC. Raufeon Stots (18-1) 2. Patchy Mix (16-1) 3. Juan Archuleta (25-4) 4. Magomed Magomedov (18-2) 5. Kyoji Horiguchi (29-5) 6. Leandro Higo (21-5) 7. James Gallagher (11-2) 8. Josh Hill (21-4) 9. Danny Sabatello (12-1) 10. Enrique Barzola (18-5-2) |
| WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (26-2, 1 NC) 1. Arlene Blencowe (15-9) 2. Cat Zingano (12-4) 3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) 4. Sinead Kavanagh (8-5) 5. Leah McCourt (6-2) 6. Pam Sorenson (9-4) 7. Talita Nogueira (8-2) 8. Janay Harding (6-6) 9. Dayana Silva (10-7) 10. Jessica Borga (3-4) | WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT C. Liz Carmouche (17-7) 1. Juliana Velasquez (12-1) 2. Kana Watanabe (11-1-1) ∆1 3. Denise Kielholtz (6-4) ∇1 4. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-2) 5. Alejandra Lara (9-5) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4) 7. DeAnna Bennett (12-7-1) 9. Justine Kish (8-5) 8. Vanessa Porto (23-9) 10. Diana Avsaragova (5-0) |
