Bellator 283: Lima vs. Jackson was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on July 22, 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma, Washington, United States.^[1][2][3]

Visiting the state of Washington for the first time, the main event was to feature reigning Bellator Lightweight World Champion Patricky Pitbull taking on the challenger Sidney Outlaw. Patricky avenged a doctor stoppage loss to Peter Queally to capture the vacant lightweight title in November, while Outlaw has won his last two bouts in Bellator against Myles Jury and Adam Piccolotti after suffering a loss to former champion Michael Chandler.^[4][5][6] On July 4, it was announced that Patricky had sustained an injury and that the bout would be moved to a later date.^[7] The next day, after Piccolotti pulled out of his bout against Tofiq Musayev, Sidney Outlaw and Musayev were booked against each other in the co-main.^[8]

The co-main event was to feature former Bellator Welterweight World Champion Douglas Lima taking on Jason Jackson. The bout was initially scheduled for May 13, 2022 at Bellator 281.^[9] However, due to unknown reasons, the bout was pulled from the event and was rescheduled for this event.^[10] After the main event between Patricky and Outlaw was scrapped and the reshuffling of the bouts, Lima vs. Jackson was upgraded to the main event and 5 rounds.^[8]

A light heavyweight bout between Viktor Nemkov and José Augusto Azevedo was scheduled for this event, however due to an injury to Nemkov, the bout was scrapped.^[11]

A lightweight bout between Justin Montalvo and Vladimir Tokov was scheduled for this event, however due to an injury to Tokov, he pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Archie Colgan.^[11] Colgan instead faced Bryan Nuro in a 160 lb catchweight bout.^[12]

A featherweight bout between Kai Kamaka III and Akhmed Magomedov was scheduled for this event.^[13] Kamaka however pulled out of the bout due to unknown reasons.^[12]

At the weigh-ins, Douglas Lima, came in at 172.8 lbs, 1.8 pounds heavy for his headlining welterweight bout vs. Jason Jackson, along with Kevin Boehm weighing in at 147.6 lbs, 1.6 pounds over limit for his featherweight bout and Mark Coates weighing in at 137.8 lbs, 1.8 pounds over limit for his bantamweight bout. The bouts proceeded at a catchweight and they were fined a percentage of their individual purses, which went to their opponents.^[14]

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The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Washington State Athletic Commission. It is important to note the amounts do not include sponsor money, discretionary bonuses, viewership points or additional earnings.^[16]

• Jason Jackson: $191,000 (includes $83,000 win bonus) def. Douglas Lima: $100,000
• Tofiq Musayev: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus) def. Sidney Outlaw: $30,000
• Usman Nurmagomedov: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus) def. Chris Gonzalez: $30,000
• Mukhamed Berkhamov: $33,000 vs. Lorenz Larkin: $125,000
• Marcelo Golm: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Davion Franklin: $30,000
• Dalton Rosta: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Romero Cotton: $25,000
• Veta Arteaga: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Vanessa Porto: $18,000
• Gadzhi Rabadanov: $62,000 (includes $31,000 win bonus) def. Bobby King: $17,000
• Akhmed Magomedov: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Kevin Boehm: $4,000
• Roman Faraldo: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Luis Iniguez: $8,000
• Jaylon Bates: $22,000 def. Mark Coates: $4,000
• Archie Colgan: $7,500 def. Bryan Nuro: $4,000

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