Bellator_MMA_in_2021

2021 in Bellator MMA
2021 in Bellator MMA
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Promotion	Bellator MMA
First date aired	April 2, 2021
Last date aired	December 3, 2021
Events
Total events	18
Fights
Title fights	13
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2021 in Bellator MMA

Bellator mixed martial arts events in 2021

2021 in Bellator MMA was the thirteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 18 events in 2021.

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[22] Julius Anglickas replaced an injured Anthony Johnson.^[21]

[25] Original final match was held at Bellator 277 and ended in a No Contest;^[22] A rematch final took place November 18, 2022 at Bellator 288.^[23]

[26] For the Bellator Featherweight World Championship

[27] For the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship

[28] For the Bellator Bantamweight World Championship

[29] For the Bellator Women's Featherweight World Championship.

[30] For the Bellator Welterweight World Championship.

[31] For the interim Bellator Heavyweight World Championship.

[32] For the Bellator Women's Flyweight World Championship.

[33] For the Bellator Featherweight World Championship

[34] For the Bellator Middleweight World Championship.

[35] For the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship

[36] For the vacant Bellator Lightweight World Championship.

[37] For the Bellator Women's Featherweight World Championship.

[38] For the Bellator Bantamweight World Championship.

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Steven Marrocco (February 3, 2021). "Bellator targets April 9 for 2021 return in familiar venue". mmafighting.com.

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Brent Brookhouse (2021-02-09). "Bellator set for Showtime debut in April as star-studded Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix headlines slate". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

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Martin, Damon (2021-10-20). "Sergio Pettis defends bantamweight title against Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator event on Dec. 3". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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Heck, Mike (2021-10-06). "Cris Cyborg vs. Sinead Kavanagh featherweight title fight set for Bellator 271". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-10-06.

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"Bellator zeroes in on James Gallagher vs. Patchy Mix grudge match in Ireland". MMA Junkie. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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Lee, Alexander K. (2021-06-25). "Bellator announces Fedor Emelianenko return bout on Oct. 23 in Moscow, opponent to be determined". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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"Sources: Nemkov-Johnson among Bellator semis". ESPN.com. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-01.

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"Bellator London fight card: Douglas Lima vs. Michael 'Venom' Page 2 to headline return to England". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

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Helwani, Ariel. "Yoel Romero's Bellator debut is set (again)". arielhelwani.substack.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

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"Bellator 265 heads to South Dakota, adds Alejandra Lara vs. DeAnna Bennett matchup". MMA Junkie. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

[11] [11]
"Gegard Mousasi to defend title vs. John Salter at Bellator 264 in Connecticut". MMA Junkie. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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Cruz, Guilherme (2021-06-10). "Patricio Pitbull vs. AJ McKee grand prix final set for July 30 Bellator event". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

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"Velasquez to defend Bellator title vs. Kielholtz". ESPN.com. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

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Heck, Mike (2021-05-07). "Tim Johnson vs. Valentin Moldavsky set for promotion's first interim heavyweight title fight at Bellator 261". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-05-08.

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"Bellator 260 set for June with Douglas Lima vs. Yaroslav Amosov headliner". MMA Junkie. 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-15.

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Anderson, Jay (2 April 2021). "Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith 2 Announced for Bellator 259". Cageside Press. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[17] [17]
Nolan King (February 9, 2021). "Bellator 258 set for May 7, headlined by Juan Archuleta vs. Sergio Pettis title fight". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2021.

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Bohn, Mike (17 April 2021). "Bellator 257 post-event facts: Is 6-foot-8 Steve Mowry a contender?". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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Bohn, Mike (11 April 2021). "Bellator 256 post-event facts: Lyoto Machida falls to 0-4 in rematches". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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Bohn, Mike (3 April 2021). "Bellator 255 post-event facts: Patricio 'Pitbull' hits new milestones on epic resume". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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King, Nolan (18 September 2021). "With Anthony Johnson out, Julius Anglickas joins Bellator grand prix to fight Vadim Nemkov Title". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[23] [22]
Anderson, Jay (15 April 2022). "Bellator 277: Clash of Heads Leads to No Contest in Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson". Cageside Press. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

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Al-Shatti, Shaun (29 August 2022). "Corey Anderson vs. Vadim Nemkov 2 headlines championship doubleheader at Bellator 288". MMA Fighting. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

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#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Atten.	Ref.
18	Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi	December 3, 2021	Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut	U.S.		^[3]
17	Bellator 271: Cyborg vs. Kavanagh	November 12, 2021	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood	Hollywood, Florida	U.S.		^[4]
16	Bellator 270: Queally vs. Pitbull 2	November 5, 2021	3Arena	Dublin	Ireland		^[5]
15	Bellator 269: Fedor vs. Johnson	October 23, 2021	VTB Arena	Moscow	Russia		^[6]
14	Bellator 268: Nemkov vs. Anglickas	October 16, 2021	Footprint Center	Phoenix, Arizona	U.S.		^[7]
13	Bellator 267: Lima vs. MVP 2	October 1, 2021	Wembley Arena	London	England		^[8]
12	Bellator 266: Davis vs. Romero	September 18, 2021	SAP Center	San Jose, California	U.S.		^[9]
11	Bellator 265: Kongo vs. Kharitonov	August 20, 2021	Sanford Pentagon	Sioux Falls, South Dakota			^[10]
10	Bellator 264: Mousasi vs. Salter	August 13, 2021	Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut			^[11]
9	Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee	July 31, 2021	The Forum	Inglewood, California			^[12]
8	Bellator 262: Velasquez vs. Kielholtz	July 16, 2021	Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut			^[13]
7	Bellator 261: Johnson vs. Moldavsky	June 25, 2021					^[14]
6	Bellator 260: Lima vs. Amosov	June 11, 2021					^[15]
5	Bellator 259: Cyborg vs. Smith 2	May 21, 2021				0	^[16]
4	Bellator 258: Archuleta vs. Pettis	May 7, 2021					^[17]
3	Bellator 257: Nemkov vs. Davis 2	Apr 16, 2021					^[18]
2	Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2	Apr 9, 2021					^[19]
1	Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2	Apr 2, 2021					^[20]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Vadim Nemkov (c)	UD

Phil Davis	5
		Vadim Nemkov (c)	SUB

		Julius Anglickas^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4
Anthony Johnson	KO

Jose Augusto	2
				Vadim Nemkov (c)	UD

				Corey Anderson	5^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Corey Anderson	TKO

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov	3
		Corey Anderson	TKO

		Ryan Bader	1
Ryan Bader	UD

Lyoto Machida	5

Title fights in 2021
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Featherweight	Patrício Pitbull (c)	def.	Emmanuel Sanchez	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:35	Bellator 255	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Light Heavyweight	Vadim Nemkov (c)	def.	Phil Davis	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	Bellator 257	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Bantamweight	Sergio Pettis	def.	Juan Archuleta (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	Bellator 258	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg (c)	def.	Leslie Smith	TKO (punches)	5	4:51	Bellator 259	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Welterweight	Yaroslav Amosov	def.	Douglas Lima (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)	5	5:00	Bellator 260	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Heavyweight	Valentin Moldavsky	def.	Timothy Johnson	Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)	5	5:00	Bellator 261	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Women's Flyweight	Juliana Velasquez (c)	def.	Denise Kielholtz	Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)	5	5:00	Bellator 262	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Featherweight	A. J. McKee	def.	Patrício Pitbull (c)	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:57	Bellator 263	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Middleweight	Gegard Mousasi (c)	def.	John Salter	TKO (punches)	3	2:07	Bellator 264	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Light Heavyweight	Vadim Nemkov (c)	def.	Julius Anglickas	Submission (kimura)	4	4:25	Bellator 268	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Lightweight	Patricky Pitbull	def.	Peter Queally	TKO (punches)	2	1:05	Bellator 270	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg (c)	def.	Sinead Kavanagh	KO (punches)	1	1:32	Bellator 271	^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Bantamweight	Sergio Pettis (c)	def.	Kyoji Horiguchi	KO (spinning backfist)	4	3:24	Bellator 272	^{[lower-alpha 13]}

Bellator_MMA_in_2021

2021 in Bellator MMA

Background

Events list

Past events

Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Tournament

Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament

Title fights

See also

References

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