| 2022 in Bellator MMA | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | Bellator MMA |
| First date | January 29, 2022 (2022-01-29) |
| Last date | December 31, 2022 (2022-12-31) |
| Events | |
| Total events | 18 |
| Fights | |
| Total fights | 228 |
| Title fights | 15 |
2022 in Bellator MMA was the fourteenth year in the history ofBellator MMA, amixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vadim Nemkov (c) | UD | |||||||||
 Phil Davis | 5 | |||||||||
| Vadim Nemkov (c) | SUB | |||||||||
 Julius Anglickas[a] | 4 | |||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | KO | |||||||||
 Jose Augusto | 2 | |||||||||
| Vadim Nemkov (c) | UD | |||||||||
| Corey Anderson | 5[b] | |||||||||
| Corey Anderson | TKO | |||||||||
 Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | 3 | |||||||||
| Corey Anderson | TKO | |||||||||
| Ryan Bader | 1 | |||||||||
| Ryan Bader | UD | |||||||||
| Lyoto Machida | 5 | |||||||||
The eight participants of the tournament were revealed on December 3, 2021. They include current championSergio Pettis, the formerRizin and Bellator championKyoji Horiguchi, another former Bellator champion inJuan Archuleta, who captured the vacant bantamweight title in 2020 againstPatchy Mix, who will also be in the tournament. The final four fighters in the Grand Prix are all ranked in the top six by Bellator at 135 pounds:Magomed Magomedov, James Gallagher,Raufeon Stots andLeandro Higo.[21][22][23] Pettis and Gallagher would eventually pull out due to injuries requiring surgery.[24][25] Due to the pull outs, two wild card qualifier bouts betweenJosh Hill andEnrique Barzola, with the winner meetingMagomed Magomedov in the opening round, and the second qualifier between Jornel Lugo andDanny Sabatello, which will have the winner faceLeandro Higo in the first round of the tournament.[26] Due to Covid, Hill had to pull out of the bout and was replaced by Nikita Mikhailov.[27][28]
| Wild Cards | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Juan Archuleta | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots | KO | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots (ic) | SD | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Higo | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | UD | |||||||||||||
| Danny Sabatello | UD | |||||||||||||
| Jornel Lugo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Raufeon Stots (ic) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | KO | |||||||||||||
| Magomed Magomedov | SUB | |||||||||||||
 Enrique Barzola | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Enrique Barzola | UD | |||||||||||||
| Nikita Mikhailov | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Magomed Magomedov | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Patchy Mix | UD | |||||||||||||
 Kyoji Horiguchi | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Title fights in 2022 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ryan Bader (c) | def. | Valentin Moldavsky (ic) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 273 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Gegard Mousasi (c) | def. | Austin Vanderford | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:25 | Bellator 275 | [b] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vadim Nemkov (c) | vs. | Corey Anderson | No Contest (accidental clash of heads) | 3 | 4:55 | Bellator 277 | [c] |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull | def. | A. J. McKee (c) | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 277 | [d] |
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche | def. | Juliana Velasquez (c) | TKO (elbows) | 4 | 4:47 | Bellator 278 | [e] |
| Bantamweight | Raufeon Stots | def. | Juan Archuleta | KO (head kick and elbows) | 3 | 0:16 | Bellator 279 | [f] |
| Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg (c) | def. | Arlene Blencowe | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 279 | [g] |
| Heavyweight | Ryan Bader (c) | def. | Cheick Kongo | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 280 | [h] |
| Welterweight | Logan Storley | def. | Michael Page | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 281 | [i] |
| Middleweight | Johnny Eblen | def. | Gegard Mousasi (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 282 | [j] |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull (c) | def. | Ádám Borics | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 286 | [k] |
| Lightweight | Usman Nurmagomedov | def. | Patricky Pitbull (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 288 | [l] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vadim Nemkov (c) | def. | Corey Anderson | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 288 | [m] |
| Women's Flyweight | Liz Carmouche (c) | def. | Juliana Velasquez | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:24 | Bellator 289 | [n] |
| Bantamweight | Raufeon Stots (ic) | def. | Danny Sabatello | Decision (split) (45–50, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator 289 | [o] |