Tag: Kamil Oniszczuk

Bellator 297 post-event facts: Vadim Nemkov achieves rare feat in dominant title defense

Check out all the facts from Bellator 297, where Vadim Nemkov took another step toward arguably the greatest resume in Bellator history.

Bellator’s lone event of the month went down Friday with Bellator 297 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, and it was arguably the promotion’s biggest show of the year thus far.

Two championship bouts topped the card, and both men who entered the cage with belts, lefts with them, too. [autotag]Vadim Nemkov[/autotag] (16-2 MMA, 9-0 BMMA) handily defeated [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] (15-7 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) by unanimous decision in the headliner to retain the light heavyweight strap, while [autotag]Sergio Pettis[/autotag] (23-5 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) kept hold of bantamweight gold with a unanimous decision over [autotag]Patricio Freire[/autotag] (35-6 MMA, 22-6 BMMA).

For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from Bellator 297.

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Bellator 297 video: Norbert Novenyi comes out with hands down, flattens opponent with brutal KO

At Bellator 297, Norbert Novenyi, a 23-year-old prospect, came in with his hands down and promptly flattened his opponent.

CHICAGO – [autotag]Norbert Novenyi[/autotag] may just have had an all-time Bellator performance Friday at Wintrust Arena.

At Bellator 297, the 23-year-old Novenyi (7-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) finished [autotag]Kamil Oniszczuk[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) and sent the crowd into a frenzy without a knockout 46 seconds into the fight.

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Novenyi came out with his hands down in full karate stance and hurled oddly-angled strikes toward Oniszczuk. A big right hand flattened Oniszczuk, who toppled over backward. While initially still there, Oniszczuk was put out with follow-up shots.

Pegged by many as one of the best prospects in all of Bellator, Novenyi turned heads once again with his second career knockout and his sixth career finish overall.

Heading into the fight, MMA Junkie released a mini-documentary entitled “‘On His Way to Greatness’: Norbert the Shootfighter,” which can be viewed above.

The up-to-the-minute Bellator 297 results include:

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 297.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (April 10-16)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from April 10-16