Bellator 288 live and official results
CHICAGO – Bellator 288 takes place Friday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT).
The event takes place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie.
In the main event, light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov (15-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) puts his title on the line against Corey Anderson (16-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA). The fight is a rematch from an April title bout that ended in a no contest after an accidental clash of heads left Nemkov with too deep of a cut to continue. The fight also is the $1 million final of Bellator’s light heavyweight tournament.
In the co-feature, lightweight champion Patricky Freire (24-10 MMA, 15-8 BMMA) puts his belt up for the first time when he takes on the unbeaten Usman Nurmagomedov (15-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA).
Official Bellator 288 results include:
MAIN CARD (Showtime (9 p.m. ET)
Champ Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson – for light heavyweight title; light heavyweight tournament final
Champ Patricky Freire vs. Usman Nurmagomedov – for lightweight title
Timur Khizriev vs. Daniel Weichel
Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James
Levan Chokheli vs. Roman Faraldo
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6 p.m. ET)
Imamshafi Aliev vs. Sean Fallon
Killys Mota vs. Jairo Pacheco
Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam
Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick
Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker
Laird Anderson def. Rob Fenicle via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:28
Isaiah Hokit def. Matias Nader via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:48
Wladmir Gouvea def. Kory Moegenburg via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:46