Four fights added to Bellator 289, including return of Dalton Rosta
Bellator has added four new fights to its final event of 2022.
Scheduled for Dec. 9 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., Bellator 289 already featured two bantamweight grand prix fights and a women’s flyweight title fight. Now, its undercard is filling up, too.
Most notably, a middleweight bout between rising contender Dalton Rosta (7-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) and Anthony Adams (9-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) will take place.
Rosta, 26, is undefeated as a professional. In his most recent outing, Rosta dominated blue-chip wrestling prospect Romero Cotton en route to a third-round knockout. Meanwhile, Adams upset former UFC fighter Khalid Murtazaliev via unanimous decision in his Bellator debut in September 2021 and has not competed since.
A promotion official recently notified MMA Junkie of the addition, as well as Chris Gonzalez (7-2 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) vs. Shamil Nikaev (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) at lightweight, Cass Bell (5-2 MMA, 5-2 BMMA) vs. Jared Scoggins (10-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at bantamweight, and Kevin Boehm (9-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Kai Kamaka (9-5-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA).
The Boehm vs. Kamaka bout was first reported by BellatorZone.
Rosta with the best finish of #Bellator283?@DaltonRosta ???????????????????????????????? Romero Cotton in R3 to take him to 7-0 in the Bellator cage
Watch the replay on @BBCiPlayer pic.twitter.com/JSbTwZITxC
— Bellator Europe (@Bellator_Europe) July 24, 2022
With the additions, the Bellator 289 lineup includes:
- Champion Raufeon Stots vs. Danny Sabatello – bantamweight grand prix semifinal for interim title
- Champion Liz Carmouche vs. Juliana Velasquez – for women’s flyweight title
- Magomed Magomedov vs. Patchy Mix – bantamweight grand prix semifinal
- Anthony Adams vs. Dalton Rosta
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Shamil Nikaev
- Cody Law vs. Cris Lencioni
- Cass Bell vs. Jared Scoggings
- Mark Lemminger vs. Michael Lombardo
- Kevin Boehm vs. Kai Kamaka
- Theo Haig vs. Kareem Kline