Bellator 290 takes place at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 4. The fight card live on Paramount+, headlined by heavyweight champion Ryan Bader and Fedor Emelianenko, received a new co-main event pitting middleweight champion Johnny Eblen and challenger Anatoly Tokov. The initially announced co-headline-bout between light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero is no longer featured on the program.
Undefeated Eblen (12-0) claimed the title in his previous bout by unanimous decision against former champion Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282. Prior to that a native of Des Moines, Iowa and No. 5-ranked pound-for-pound similarly defeated John Salter and TKO’d Collin Huckbody in the first round.
Tokov (31-3) won his previous bout by TKO in the first-round against Muhammad Abdullah. Before that No. 3-ranked contender took a split decision against Sharaf Davlatmurodov and stopped Hracho Darpinyan in Round 2.
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Also added to the Bellator 290 main card a welterweight bout between Sabah Homasi (17-10) and Brennan Ward (16-6). Among the newly announced preliminary card bouts, former welterweight title challenger Neiman Gracie (11-4) faces Michael Lombardo (13-3, 1 NC), Jornel Lugo (8-1) takes on unbeaten Jaylon Bates (6-0) at bantamweight and Henry Corrales (20-6) meets Akhmed Magomedov (9-0, 1 NC) at featherweight. Plus, former No. 1 contender Alejandra Lara (9-6) and unbeaten Diana Avsaragova (5-0) square off at women’s flyweight, Grant Neal (7-1) duels Karl Albrektsson (13-4) at light heavyweight and Chris Gonzalez (7-2) battles former UFC fighter Max Rohskopf (7-1) at lightweight.
Bellator 290 fight card
The current lineup can be found below. The finalized Bellator 290: Bader vs Fedor 2 fight card is expected to be announced shortly.
Main card
- Ryan Bader vs. Fedor Emelianenko – Bader’s heavyweight title
- Johnny Eblen vs. Anatoly Tokov – Eblen’s middleweight title
- Sabah Homasi vs. Brennan Ward
Preliminary card
- Neiman Gracie vs. Michael Lombardo
- Jaylon Bates vs. Jornel Lugo
- Henry Corrales vs. Akhmed Magomedov
- Grant Neal vs. Karl Albrektsson
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Max Rohskopf
- Alejandra Lara vs. Diana Avsaragova
- Ethan Hughes vs. Yusuf Karakaya
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