Featherweight Title Fight tops stacked Bellator 286 Card
The Bellator Featherweight Championship will be on the line is the promotion heads to Long Beach California October 1st.
The Bellator 286 main event will see the first defense of Patricio Pitbull third title reign begin with a challenge from Adam Borics. This past October Pitbull won the championship for a third time regaining the belt by decision from AJ McKee. Borics is on a four-fight win streak that includes decisions wins over contenders Jeremy Kennedy & Mass Burrell.
Pitbull is known for power punches and crushing guillotine. While Borics had a tight rear naked choke and favors flying knees.
The co-main event will see former featherweight champion AJ McKee Jr. begin his journey at lightweight when he faces UFC vet Spike Carlyle.
Rising Featherweight contender Aaron Pico who’s won six fights in a row will face above mentioned Jeremy Kennedy who’s coming off a decision win over Emmanuel Sanchez.
The final announced main card fight will see former Bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta against TUF Latino 2 winner Enrique Barzola.
BELLATOR 286 MAIN CARD on SHOWTIME
- Featherweight World Championship: Patricio “Pitbull” (33-5) vs. Adam Borics (18-1)
- Lightweight Co-Main Event: AJ McKee (18-1) vs. Spike Carlyle (14-3)
- Featherweight Bout: Aaron Pico (10-3) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (17-3, 1 NC)
- Bantamweight Bout: Juan Archuleta (25-4) vs. Enrique Barzola (18-6-2)
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- Lightweight Bout: Mike Hamel (9-5) vs. Max Rohskopf (7-1)
- Lightweight Bout: Islam Mamedov (21-2-1) vs. Nick Browne (13-1)
- Lightweight Bout: Keoni Diggs (9-2) vs. Ricardo Seixas (9-3)
- Bantamweight Bout: Richard Palencia (10-0) vs. Cee Jay Hamilton (15-9)
- Middleweight Bout: Khadzhimurat Bestaev (11-4) vs. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3)
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