| 2022 in Bellator MMA | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | Bellator MMA |
| First date | January 29, 2022 |
| Last date | December 31, 2022 |
| Events | |
| Total events | 18 |
| Fights | |
| Total fights | 228 |
| Title fights | 15 |
2022 in Bellator MMA was the fourteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
| 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 | |||||||||
The eight participants of the tournament were revealed on December 3, 2021. They include current champion Sergio Pettis, the former Rizin and Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi, another former Bellator champion in Juan Archuleta, who captured the vacant bantamweight title in 2020 against Patchy Mix, who will also be in the tournament. The final four fighters in the Grand Prix are all ranked in the top six by Bellator at 135 pounds: Magomed Magomedov, James Gallagher, Raufeon Stots and Leandro Higo. [21] [22] [23] Pettis and Gallagher would eventually pull out due to injuries requiring surgery. [24] [25] Due to the pull outs, two wild card qualifier bouts between Josh Hill and Enrique Barzola, with the winner meeting Magomed Magomedov in the opening round, and the second qualifier between Jornel Lugo and Danny Sabatello, which will have the winner face Leandro Higo in the first round of the tournament. [26] Due to Covid, Hill had to pull out of the bout and was replaced by Nikita Mikhailov. [27] [28]
| Wild Cards | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Juan Archuleta | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots | KO | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots (ic) | SD | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Higo | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | UD | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | UD | |||||||||||||
| Jornel Lugo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots (ic) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | KO | |||||||||||||
| Magomed Magomedov | SUB | |||||||||||||
 Enrique Barzola | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Enrique Barzola | UD | |||||||||||||
| Nikita Mikhailov | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Magomed Magomedov | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | UD | |||||||||||||
 Kyoji Horiguchi | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Title fights in 2022 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ryan Bader (c) | def. | Valentin Moldavsky (ic) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 273 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi (c) | def. | Austin Vanderford | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:25 | Bellator 275 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vadim Nemkov (c) | vs. | Corey Anderson | No Contest (accidental clash of heads) | 3 | 4:55 | Bellator 277 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull | def. | A. J. McKee (c) | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 277 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche | def. | Juliana Velasquez (c) | TKO (elbows) | 4 | 4:47 | Bellator 278 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Bantamweight | Raufeon Stots | def. | Juan Archuleta | KO (head kick and elbows) | 3 | 0:16 | Bellator 279 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg (c) | def. | Arlene Blencowe | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 279 | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Heavyweight | Ryan Bader (c) | def. | Cheick Kongo | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 280 | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Welterweight | Logan Storley | def. | Michael Page | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 281 | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Middleweight | Johnny Eblen | def. | Gegard Mousasi (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 282 | [lower-alpha 10] |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull (c) | def. | Ádám Borics | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 286 | [lower-alpha 11] |
| Lightweight | Usman Nurmagomedov | def. | Patricky Pitbull (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 288 | [lower-alpha 12] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vadim Nemkov (c) | def. | Corey Anderson | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 288 | [lower-alpha 13] |
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche (c) | def. | Juliana Velasquez | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:24 | Bellator 289 | [lower-alpha 14] |
| Bantamweight | Raufeon Stots (ic) | def. | Danny Sabatello | Decision (split) (45–50, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 289 | [lower-alpha 15] |
Patrício Freire, known professionally as Patrício Pitbull, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in Bellator MMA where he is the current three-time Bellator Featherweight Champion and former Bellator Lightweight Champion. He is the younger brother of lightweight fighter Patricky Pitbull. He is the second-ever simultaneous two-weight champion in Bellator MMA history, and is widely considered to be the best Bellator fighter of all-time. He is also considered one of the best ever, pound-for-pound, to have never fought in the UFC.
Sergio Jerome Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who is currently signed with Bellator MMA, where he is the former Bellator Bantamweight Champion. Prior to signing with Bellator, Pettis competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he fought in both the Bantamweight and Flyweight divisions.
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Bellator 257: Nemkov vs. Davis 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on April 16, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Bellator 258: Archuleta vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on May 7, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This fight card is notable for being Anthony Johnson's final fight before his death.
Bellator 268: Nemkov vs. Anglickas was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on October 16, 2021, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on April 15, 2022, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States.
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