Bellator 276

Bellator 276: Borics vs. Burnell
Bellator 276: Borics vs. Burnell
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Information
Promotion	Bellator MMA
Date	March 12, 2022
Venue	Family Arena
City	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Event chronology

Bellator 276: Borics vs. Burnell was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on March 12, 2022, at the Family Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Background

The main event featured a Featherweight title eliminator between Ádám Borics and Mads Burnell.^[5]

In the co-main event, former Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion and No. 2-ranked Phil Davis returned to action against No. 4-ranked Julius Anglickas, who most recently challenged for the 205-pound title.^[6]

One-time Bellator middleweight title challenger John Salter faced Johnny Eblen in a middleweight bout.^[7]

A women's featherweight between Cat Zingano and Pam Sorenson was scheduled for the event.^[8] However, Zingano was forced to pull out due to injury and the bout was cancelled.^[9]

A middleweight bout between Romero Cotton and Lance Wright was scheduled for this event. However, Wright pulled out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by Freddy Sandoval.^[10]

A welterweight bout between Derek Anderson and Goiti Yamauchi was scheduled for this event.^[11] The week of the event, the bout was scrapped for unknown reasons.^[12]

A women's flyweight bout between Diana Avsaragova and Ashley Deen was scheduled for this event.^[13] The week of the event, Deen pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Kyra Batara.^[14]

At the weigh-ins, Josh Weston missed weight for his bout, weighing in at 175.8 pounds, 4.8 pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. Due to the weigh miss, his bout against Josh Augustine was cancelled.^[15]

Results

Main Card (Showtime)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Ádám Borics	def.	Mads Burnell	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 49–46)	5	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Phil Davis	def.	Julius Anglickas	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Johnny Eblen	def.	John Salter	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Gadzhi Rabadanov	def.	Jay-Jay Wilson	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Light Heavyweight	Alex Polizzi	def.	José Augusto Azevedo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	0:49
Middleweight	Romero Cotton	def.	Freddy Sandoval	TKO (punches)	1	1:39
Women's Flyweight	Diana Avsaragova	def.	Kyra Batara	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Cody Law	def.	James Adcock	KO (punches)	1	1:17
Welterweight	Roman Faraldo	def.	Kelvin Rayford	TKO (punches)	1	0:44
Bantamweight	Jordan Howard	def.	Trevor Ward	TKO (elbows)	2	3:24
Amateur bout
Middleweight	Nico Alcaraz	def.	Stanton Ketcherside	Submission (keylock)	2	2:00