NORWICH, Conn. – Bellator 282 takes place Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville and features 14 bouts including a middleweight title fight and two bantamweight grand prix tournament bouts.
Atop the card, middleweight champion [autotag]Gegard Mousasi[/autotag] (49-7-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) defends his title against undefeated American Top Team product [autotag]Johnny Eblen[/autotag] (11-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA). In the co-main event, bad blood boils over as bitter rivals [autotag]Leandro Higo[/autotag] (21-3 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) and [autotag]Danny Sabatello[/autotag] (12-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) finally will get their hands on one another in a grand prix quarterfinal. Also part of the tournament, Enrique Barzola (18-5-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on Magomed Magomedov (18-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA).
The 28 fighters competing on the card are set to tip the scales Thursday at the host hotel. MMA Junkie will be on scene live and reporting from the venue over the course of the one-hour weigh-in window. Check out the results below.
MAIN CARD (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET)
- Champion Gegard Mousasi () vs. Johnny Eblen () – for middleweight title
- Leandro Higo () vs. Danny Sabatello () – bantamweight grand prix quarterfinal
- Enrique Barzola () vs. Magomed Magomedov () – bantamweight grand prix quarterfinal
- Kassius Kayne () vs. Brennan Ward ()
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMA Junkie, 6 p.m. ET)
- Dan Moret () vs. Killys Mota ()
- Lucas Brennan () vs. Johnny Soto ()
- Brent Primus () vs. Alexander Shabliy ()
- Sabah Homasi () vs. Maycon Mendonca ()
- Ilara Joanne () vs. Alejandra Lara ()
- James Gonzalez () vs. Cody Law ()
- Fabio Aguiar () vs. Aaron Jeffery ()
- Bryce Logan () vs. Mandel Nallo ()
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