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February 3, 2023
The storied career of Fedor
Emelianenko will come to an end with one final shot at
championship glory in the main event of
Bellator 290.
The three-fight main card on the CBS airwaves will feature two
title fights and a sure-fire welterweight banger. Both heavyweight
headliners easily came in under the 265-pound limit, as champion
Ryan
Bader weighed 234.4 pounds, while Emelianenko (40-6, 1 NC) came
in slightly heavier at 236.2 pounds. Middleweight titleholder
Johnny
Eblen also made weight at 184 pounds on the dot, ahead of his
first defense against Anatoly
Tokov (184.8). The only fighter to miss weight was prelim
participant Diana
Avsaragova, who checked in at 128.8 pounds for her flyweight
match against Alejandra
Lara (125.8). Avsaragova will be fined a percentage of her
purse as a result, but the contest will otherwise continue as
scheduled.
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The first fight between Bader (30-7, 1 NC) and “The Last Emperor”
went about as poorly as possible for the Russian. In only 35
seconds, Emelianenko was floored by a left hook, and Bader was
crowned the king of the Bellator heavyweight division. While the
heavy betting underdog blamed illness for that 2019 performance,
now at 46 years of age, Emelianenko will have to turn back the
clock one last time in the rematch. Meanwhile, Bader has never lost
as a heavyweight, with five victories and a no contest on his
ledger above 205 pounds. Neither competitor has ever lost a
rematch.
Bellator 290’s main card will air live on CBS and stream on
Paramount+ on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while the prelims
will kick off on the promotion’s YouTube channel at 6 p.m. ET/3
p.m. PT.
Bellator 290 Weigh-in Results:
Ryan
Bader (234.4) vs. Fedor
Emelianenko (236.2)
Johnny
Eblen (184) vs. Anatoly
Tokov (184.8)
Sabah
Homasi (170.8) vs. Brennan
Ward (170.8)
Neiman
Gracie (170.4) vs. Dante
Schiro (170.6)
Mukhamed
Berkhamov (171) vs. Lorenz
Larkin (171)
Henry
Corrales (145.6) vs. Akhmed
Magomedov (145.2)
Ali
Isaev (261.8) vs. Steve Mowry
(253.4)
Christopher
Gonzalez (155.6) vs. Max
Rohskopf (155.6)
Karl
Albrektsson (205.2) vs. Grant Neal
(205.2)
Diana
Avsaragova (128.8)* vs. Alejandra
Lara (125.8)
Darrion
Caldwell (135.8) vs. Nikita
Mikhailov (135.4)
Jaylon
Bates (136) vs. Jornel Lugo
(135)
Isaiah
Hokit (145.6) vs. Peter
Ishiguro (145)
Ethan
Hughes (170.8) vs. Yusuf
Karakaya (170.2)
* Avsaragova missed weight by 2.8 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of her purse.