Bellator 275

Bellator 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford
Bellator 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford
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Information
Promotion	Bellator MMA
Date	February 25, 2022
Venue	3Arena
City	Dublin, Ireland
Event chronology

Bellator 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on February 25, 2022, at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Background

In the main event, Gegard Mousasi defended his Middleweight title against undefeated Austin Vanderford. Vanderford sealed his spot as the No. 1 middleweight contender in May 2021 when he defeated Fabian Edwards by unanimous decision Bellator 259, which was also his fifth win in a row with Bellator. Mousasi is coming off his first title defense against John Salter in August 2021 at Bellator 264, where Mousasi dominated the bout before finishing the bout via third-round TKO with punches. Mousasi, a former Strikeforce champ who spent four years in the UFC, is on a three-fight winning streak and has won 11 out of 12 fights dating back to February 2016.^[6]

A middleweight bout between Fabian Edwards and Marian Dimitrov was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was scrapped a week before for unknown reason.^[7] Edwards was rebooked against Lyoto Machida at Bellator London.^[8]

A lightweight bout between Peter Queally and Kane Mousah and welterweight bout between Stefano Paternò and Luca Poclit were expected to take place at the event. However, Queally and Paternò both pulled out off their bouts due to injury.^[9]

At the weigh-ins, Jamie Hay missed weight for his bout, weighing in at 146.8 pounds, .8 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Hay was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to his opponent Lee Hammond.^[10]

Results

Main Card (Showtime)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Gegard Mousasi (c)	def.	Austin Vanderford	TKO (punches)	1	1:25	^[a]
Women's Featherweight	Sinead Kavanagh	def.	Leah McCourt	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Ciaran Clarke	def.	Abou Tounkara	TKO (shoulder injury)	1	5:00
Featherweight	Khasan Magomedsharipov	def.	José Sanchez	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Jornel Lugo	def.	Brian Moore	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Bantamweight	Brett Johns	def.	Khurshed Kakhorov	TKO (punches)	3	3:00
Lightweight	Davy Gallon	def.	Charlie Leary	TKO (punches)	2	3:01
Women's Strawweight	Stéphanie Page	def.	Danni McCormack	TKO (punches)	1	1:46
Lightweight	Darragh Kelly	def.	Junior Morgan	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:47
Lightweight	Vladimir Tokov	def.	Daniele Scatizzi	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Gokhan Saricam	def.	Kirill Sidelnikov	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Nathan Kelly	def.	Scott Pedersen	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Catchweight (146.8 lb)	Lee Hammond	def.	Jamie Hay	TKO (knee and punches)	1	3:32	^[b]