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

Brett JohnsWelsh 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 […]

Brett Johns

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 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

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

Luca PoclitKicking-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 […]

Luca Poclit

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 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 …

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 Chavez Jr., en route to a marquee…

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

Peter QueallyOne-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. […]

Peter Queally

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.

Exclusive – Pedro Carvalho plans ‘clean’ performance in pivotal Bellator 285 clash with Mads Burnell

Pedro CarvalhoFeaturing on adopted home soil once more this Friday, Straight Blast Gym staple, Pedro Carvalho has intentions to display a “clean” performance against opponent, Mads Burnell – as the featherweight duo share the 3Arena cage in a pivotal top-5 matchup at Bellator 285 in the capital. Carvalho, the current #5 ranked featherweight contender under the […]

Pedro Carvalho

Featuring on adopted home soil once more this Friday, Straight Blast Gym staple, Pedro Carvalho has intentions to display a “clean” performance against opponent, Mads Burnell – as the featherweight duo share the 3Arena cage in a pivotal top-5 matchup at Bellator 285 in the capital.

Carvalho, the current #5 ranked featherweight contender under the Scott Coker-led banner, featured at the same venue back in November of last year against experienced German stalwart, Daniel Weichel – displaying tremendous heart and grit to secure a close, split decision win.

The Portuguese-born striker would then go on to meet Piotr Niedzielski at Bellator 280 back in May of this year, suffering another close decision loss to the Pole.

As for Burnell, the UFC alum and former Cage Warriors title challenger met with incoming title challenger, Hungarian contender, Adam Borics back in March of this year. The Danish technician suffered his first defeat since his move to Bellator as a result. 

Speaking with LowKick MMA reporter, Ross Markey during a recent interview ahead of his matchup with Burnell, Carvalho admitted that while his style often warrants Fight of the Night plaudits, he hopes to turn in a “clean”, Performance of the NIght donned display against Burnell.

“We match up pretty well in terms of styles,” Pedro Carvalho said. “We are both well-rounded – striking, grappling-wise. We both have amazing cardio, we both like to go forward, so, yeah, I see like – of course, it’s going to be a great fight. I’ve been preparing myself, I’ve been making some changes and adjustments, to not be Fight of the Night, but Performance of the Night for myself.”

“I go in there with the intention to be clean,” Pedro Carvalho explained. “If it ends up being a scrap, well, you know, I was born to be a scrapper. That’s not an issue for me. But I go in there with the intentions to be clean, and as soon as possible out there.” 

With the duo both attempting to work their way back to a title challenge in the future off the back of Friday’s matchup in Dublin, Carvalho, who previously fought champion, Patricio Pitbull, welcomed the idea of a number one contenders tilt against either Aaron Pico, or Jeremy Kennedy.

“… I think the most logical outcome of them all is, me beating Mads (Burnell), and fighting the winner of (Aaron) Pico, and Jeremy Kennedy for the number one contenders spot,” Pedro Carvalho explained. “Other than that, who is left to fight for the belt? (A.J.) McKee is at lightweight – (Adam) Borics is now fighting for the belt. I think pretty much, it’s down to who wins this match, and the winner versus winner gets the spot I think.” 

Pedro Carvalho holds five wins under the Bellator banner

Landing five victories since his move to Bellator back in 2018, Carvalho, a staple teammate of event headliner, Peter Queally, debuted with a string of wins over Daniel Crawford, Luca Vitali, Derek Campos, and Sam Silica, before last November’s successful homecoming win over Weichel.

Scott Coker reveals interest in signing Nate Diaz to Bellator deal: ‘We are definitely talking to him’

Nate DiazBellator MMA leader, Scott Coker has confirmed the promotion’s interest in signing Nate Diaz in the future to a deal to the organization, after the latter recently completed his contractual obligations with his UFC 279 headliner earlier this month.  The promotion, which is set to touch down in Dublin this week for Bellator 285, according […]

Nate Diaz

Bellator MMA leader, Scott Coker has confirmed the promotion’s interest in signing Nate Diaz in the future to a deal to the organization, after the latter recently completed his contractual obligations with his UFC 279 headliner earlier this month. 

The promotion, which is set to touch down in Dublin this week for Bellator 285, according to president, Coker, has expressed an interest in signing Diaz, who is set to become a free agent following the completion of his contract with the UFC earlier this month.

Scott Coker expresses interest in signing Nate Diaz to Bellator contract

“Well, we’re definitely talking to him (Nate Diaz),” Scott Coker told BBC Sport ahead of Bellator 285. “We’ve reached out and I know he’s probably talking to everybody. He’s, I think, in a pretty good situation. I know he wants to fight Jake Paul. Jake Paul’s fighting, you know, against Anderson Silva on Showtime pay-per-view, which is our home network, so there’s some synergies here.” 

“We’re just hoping that we could have some type of deal to at least have his MMA fights with Bellator,” Scott Coker continued. “We are in dialogue.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Headlining UFC 279 earlier this month against former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson, Nate Diaz weathered an early storm of offense from the Oxnard native en route to an eventual fourth round guillotine win. 

The victory came as Diaz’s first since August 2019, where he snapped a three-year hiatus from the sport with an impressive unanimous decision win over former undisputed WEC and UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis.

Ahead of his UFC 279 main event, Diaz, who was originally slated to compete against the undefeated, Khamzat Chimaev, maintained how he wanted to try his hand at other combat sports including professional boxing, amid links to a fight with the aforenoted, Jake Paul – as well as returning to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition.

Diaz also recently launched his own fight promotion, Real Fight Inc. ahead of his final contracted Octagon walk.