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Socrates Hernandez, Rogelio Luna Go To War On Bellator 277 Prelims

A Bellator featherweight scrap between prospects Socrates Hernandez and Rogelio Luna ended up exceeding expectations at Bellator 277. Hernandez and Luna went to battle on the Bellator 277 prelims, with Luna making his professional debut and Hernandez making his second walk to the Bellator cage. From the opening bell, Hernandez and Luna threw bombs at…

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A Bellator featherweight scrap between prospects Socrates Hernandez and Rogelio Luna ended up exceeding expectations at Bellator 277.

Hernandez and Luna went to battle on the Bellator 277 prelims, with Luna making his professional debut and Hernandez making his second walk to the Bellator cage. From the opening bell, Hernandez and Luna threw bombs at a frantic pace on their feet.

The two 145-pounders went toe-to-toe through the first two rounds of the fight. Hernandez almost sunk in a rear-naked choke in Round 2, but Luna was able to work out of it and survive the attempt.

In the third and final round, Luna and Hernandez met in the center of the cage once again and threw a barrage of strikes. But, with a minute left in the fight, Luna poured it on an exhausted Hernandez with punches and elbows to get the finish with 12 seconds left.

Check out some of the highlights of this wild fight between Luna and Hernandez.

Luna won his professional debut following wins in three of his four amateur fights. His lone defeat came in his last cage appearance against Temuujin Ulzii-Orshikh at SF 3: Break Out last December.

Bellator 277 features two title fights, including the featherweight title rematch between AJ McKee and Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire.

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Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2 Takes Place Live Tonight On Showtime

Bellator will put on arguably their most anticipated card of 2022 thus far tonight in Bellator 277, which will feature an epic doubleheader between featherweight champ AJ McKee and former champ Patricio “Pitbull” Freire. McKee won the championship from Pitbull last July via first-round guillotine choke. The victory kept the Bellator franchise player undefeated at…

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Bellator will put on arguably their most anticipated card of 2022 thus far tonight in Bellator 277, which will feature an epic doubleheader between featherweight champ AJ McKee and former champ Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.

McKee won the championship from Pitbull last July via first-round guillotine choke. The victory kept the Bellator franchise player undefeated at 18-0, with his last four victories coming by way of finish. On the flip side, the defeat marked the first loss for Pitbull since 2016 and his first loss at featherweight since 2015.

The co-main event will feature the final of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix when champion Vadim Nemkov takes on former UFC standout Corey Anderson.

The 15-2 Nemkov is currently on a nine-fight winning streak and defeated Phil Davis and Julius Anglickas to make it to the grand prix finals. The Russian became champion when he defeated Ryan Bader last August via first-round KO.

Corey Anderson has yet to taste defeat in Bellator. On the contrary, he has gone 3-0 in the promotion, with all three wins coming by way of TKO. Anderson punched his ticket to the finals with victories over Melvin Manhoef, Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, and Ryan Bader.

Bellator 277 goes down from the SAP Center in San Jose, California tonight, Friday, April 15, 2022. The main card begins at 10:00 PM ET on SHOWTIME, with the preliminary card kicking off at 7:00 PM ET.

You can view the full slate of fights along with the official weigh-in results below! Also, be sure to check back here for all the results and highlights from Bellator 277 at the conclusion of tonight’s event!

MAIN CARD (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Featherweight Championship Bout: A.J. McKee (c) (144.4) vs. Patricio Freire (144.6)
  • Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Final: Vadim Nemkov (c) (204.4) vs. Corey Anderson (205)
  • Adli Edwards (149.6) vs. Aaron Pico (149.4)
  • Tim Johnson (260) vs. Linton Vassell (239.6)

PRELIMINARY CARD (YouTube, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Gaston Bolanos (144.4) vs. Daniel Carey (144.8)
  • Rakim Cleveland (238.6) vs. Tyrell Fortune (258)
  • Rafael Carvalho (206) vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (205.4)
  • Kyle Crutchmer (170.5) vs. Michael Lombardo (170.3)
  • Calob Ramirez (135.7) vs. Bobby Seronio III (135.8)
  • Rhalan Gracie (170) vs. Tyson Miller (170.4)
  • Edwin De Los Santos (124.8) vs. Alberto Mendez (124.5)
  • Socrates Hernandez (145.5) vs. Rogelio Luna (145)
  • Laird Anderson (145) vs. JT Donaldson (144.6)
  • Alan Benson (203.4) vs. Theo Haig (201.5)

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