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Brett Johns rides out comfortable grappling win over Jordan Winski – Bellator 285 Highlights

Welsh contender, Brett Johns returns to the 3Arena tonight in once more dominant fashion, wrestling and grappling his way to a unanimous decision win against short-notice replacement opponent, Jordan Winski on the preliminary card of Bellator 285. Johns, an alum of the UFC and a trainee alongside UFC bantamweight contender, Jack Shore in the pair’s […]

Johns, an alum of the UFC and a trainee alongside UFC bantamweight contender, Jack Shore in the pair’s native Wales, featured at the 3Arena back in February of this year, turning in another dominant third round win over Khushed Kakhorov.

Landing a multitude of takedowns throughout the opening, second and then third rounds, Johns, who was initially scheduled to share tonight’s cage with fellow bantamweight contender, James Gallagher, managed to ride out a comfortable unanimous decision win over Winski on short notice.

With the Scott Coker-led organization set to land in the Irish capital again on February 24. next, you can be sure Johns has sights set on securing a rescheduled grudge match with Strabane grappler, Gallagher.

Below, catch the highlights from Brett Johns’ dominant win at Bellator 285

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Watch: MMA Fighter Pulls Off Mind-Splitting Sub At Bellator 285

MMA fighter Luca Poclit pulled off one of the craziest submissions you’ll ever see in the sport against Dante Schiro at Bellator 285 on Friday. Poclit and Schiro opened up the preliminary card of Bellator 285 in Dublin, IE. The two welterweights …

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Luca Poclit finishes Dante Schiro with frightening, peculiar submission win – Bellator 285 Highlights

Kicking-off tonight’s Bellator 285 card from the 3Arena, welterweight, Luca Poclit managed to land a truly peculiar submission win over opponent, Dante Schiro — choking the latter unconscious with a second round effort. Sharing the cage for the first fight of the promotion’s return to the Irish capital, Poclit and Schiro enjoyed an even stand-up […]

Sharing the cage for the first fight of the promotion’s return to the Irish capital, Poclit and Schiro enjoyed an even stand-up affair in the opening frame, however, the former would find his own in the grappling scrambles.

Furthermore so, forcing a scramble at the fence in the second round, Poclit, who now improves to 7-1 as a professional, managed to lck up a quite rare and surprising submission on Schiro, choking the latter unconscious with a truly innovative finish.

Below, catch the highlights from Luca Poclit’s win against Dante Schiro

Bellator Wants Silva/Fedor Superfight Amid Recent Developments

It appears that Anderson Silva has one more MMA fight in him, and it might be against one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Since parting ways with the UFC, Silva has put together a solid run as a boxer, knocking out Tito Ortiz and Julio Cesar …

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Exclusive – Peter Queally eyes trilogy fight with Patricky Pitbull with win over Benson Henderson at Bellator 285

One-time Bellator lightweight title challenger, Peter Queally tops another Emerald Isle card this week following a prior November homecoming. And with stakes high for the Waterford veteran, Queally hopes to earn a trilogy rubber match against champion, Patricky Pitbull off the back of a massive clash with former UFC star, Benson Henderson at Bellator 285. […]

Queally, the current #7 ranked Bellator lightweight contender, featured most recently at Bellator 270 back in November in a vacant title rematch with Pitbull, suffering a second round knockout loss to the Brazilian veteran.

The Waterford native, who plys his trade between Straight Blast Gym HQ and the banner’s Naas facility, holds a prior finish over Pitbull, to boot – forcing a second round doctor’s stoppage win of his own after opening a series of cuts on his hairline in May of last year.

Peter Queally welcomes a definitive third fight with Patricky Pitbull

The victory came as Queally’s second in the promotion since his landing under the scrutiny of Scott Coker – after rallying to finish Ryan Scope at the 3Arena after a tumultuous back-and-forth in front of a raucous attendance.

Speaking with LowKick MMA reporter, Joe Reynolds, Queally maintained he was not overlooking his pivotal clash with former UFC champion, Henderson, however, hopes to settle his rivalry with Pitbull in the future.

“Definitely,” Peter Queally replied when asked if he’s open to a third fight with Pitbull. “You know, I’d like if it was for the belt obviously, but even if it’s not for the belt, I wanna fight Patricky (Pitbull) again. I feel like that’s kinda unfinished – I think it’s one all.”

“I think we need to kinda put a definitive end to that one,” Peter Queally explained. “And see who the better man is there. Hopefully I’ll meet him for the belt, maybe after this fight, or after my next fight.”

Detailing how he underwent a surgical procedure earlier this year to address a forever niggling shoulder injury, Queally was initially scheduled to feature at Bellator 275 back in February of this year against Manchester veteran, Kane Mousah, however, was ruled from proceedings to injury.

Boasting a 13-6 professional record, Queally, 33, who has competed under the Cage Warriors, BAMMA, Cage Legacy, and Fight Nights Global banners to name a few, entered the Bellator cage off the back of notable victories against Igor Egorov, and David Khachatryan.

Melvin Manhoef will retire after Yoel Romero fight: “This is a great opponent to say farewell to all the fans”

Veteran MMA fighter Melvin Manhoef is set to retire after Bellator 285 in Dublin, Ireland. The light heavyweight will have his final fight against fellow MMA veteran Yoel Romero in the co-main event on Sept. 23. The fight was originally scheduled to take place in May but Manhoef pulled out due to a hand injury. […]

The fight was originally scheduled to take place in May but Manhoef pulled out due to a hand injury. Now, the 46-year-old will return to the octagon for the first time in nearly two years.

Manhoef spoke with the media at the Bellator 285 pre-fight press conference, where he announced his intentions to retire. It will be the last fight in his 26-year career.

“Yeah, I think it’s going to be it. It’s the last fight of my contract with Bellator and I think I’ve done a lot of things,” Manhoef said. ”There’s also time to go and I think this is a great opponent to say farewell to all the fans because this fight is epic. It’s going to be a hard fight…the fans will be the winner.” (Transcribed via MMANews).

Melvin Manhoef Has Enjoyed His Two-Decade Career: “I Think I Have Given People A Lot of Fun to Watch”

The Surinamese-born fighter is 32-15-1 with 2 no contests in his MMA career. 29 of his wins have been knockouts. Along with Bellator, he has competed for One FC, Strikeforce, K-1, DREAM, RINGS, and KSW.

Manhoef last fought in Nov. 2020 where he faced Corey Anderson in a losing effort. He is 3-3 in his last six fights.

The MMA veteran is motivated to put on a show for the fans against a tough opponent in Yoel Romero. Before signing with Bellator in 2020, Romero had fought for Strikeforce and UFC. The 45-year-old is coming off a TKO win over Alex Polizzi at Bellator 280 in May.

“Everything in life has a beginning and an end. Hopefully, in his next and future life as a family man, he contributes to society with everything this sport has put in him [like] discipline, dedication and respect,” Romero said. “When we’re in the ring, It is what it is. I come to do my job and I hope he does his.” (English translation by Marc Ray).

Manhoef admits that it’s hard to say goodbye to MMA but is poised to get one final win to wrap up his career.

“I’m going to be there and do the best I can and enjoy what I do all the time [by] hurting people and knocking people out,” Manhoef said. “I really felt alive when I was doing this training camp [but] I’ve been doing this for 28 years now so it’s hard. I have to leave it to the next generation.“