Bellator 286 goes live tonight from the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, CA. The headliner for this one will be Patricio Pitbull defending his Bellator MMA featherweight title against the surging Adam Borics.
The co-main features the man who Pitbull recently defeated for the belt, submission-machine A.J. McKee. He’ll be fighting recent UFC fighter Spike Caryle. Also on the card Aaron Pico takes on Jeremy Kennedy and Juan Archuleta meets Enrique Barzola.
In the US the main card airs on SHOWTIME and begins at 10PM ET. Some viewers outside the US can watch the main event on YouTube (see above video).
The prelims are available for free on YouTube (for everyone). That stream, which is shared below, starts at 7PM ET.
Full Results
Main Card (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)
Featherweight championship: Patricio Freire def. Adam Borics via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 50-45)
Lightweight: A.J. McKee def. Spike Carlyle via unanimous decision (29-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Featherweight: Jeremy Kennedy def. Aaron Pico via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 5:00
Catchweight (141 lbs): Juan Archuleta def. Enrique Barzola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (YouTube, 7 p.m. ET)
Lightweight: Keoni Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas
Bantamweight: Bobby Seronio III def. Miguel Peimbert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bantamweight: Bobby Seronio III def. Miguel Peimbert via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight: Islam Mamedov def. Nick Browne via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight: Jay Jay Wilson def. Vladimir Tokov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Middleweight: Khalid Murtazaliev def. Khadzhimurat Bestaev via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:02
Flyweight: Sumiko Inaba def. Nadine Mandiau via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight: Weber Almeida def. Ryan Lilley via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight: Lance Gibson Jr. def. Dominic Clark via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:49
Bantamweight: Cee Jay Hamilton def. Richard Palencia via TKO (injury) – Round 2, 2:12
Mike Hamel vs. Max Rohskopf was cancelled after Rohskopf was not medically cleared to compete by the California State Athletic Commission,