Bellator 297

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Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero
A poster or logo for Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero.
Information
Promotion Bellator MMA
Date June 16, 2023 (2023-June-16)
Venue Wintrust Arena
City Chicago, Illinois, United States
Event chronology
Bellator 296: Mousasi vs. Edwards Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero Bellator MMA x Rizin 2

Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on June 16, 2023, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[1][2][3][4]

Background

The event marked the promotion's fifth visit to Chicago and first since Bellator 288 in November 2022.[1]

A Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero headlined the event. They were previously expected to meet at Bellator 290 but Nemkov withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[5]

For the co-main event, a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Sergio Pettis and the current Bellator Featherweight Champion Patrício Pitbull (also former Bellator Lightweight Champion) took place.[6] This was the third time in Bellator history that champions in different divisions fought for the same title, following Bellator 206 and Bellator 221 (the latter event in which Pitbull defeated Michael Chandler to become the simultaneous featherweight and lightweight champion).[7]

If successful, Pitbull would have become the first man to become a three division champion in a major MMA organization, the first man to become champion in two divisions simultaneously twice, and that his win would have mark the fourth time overall where a fighter has won a title in different divisions (after Joe Warren at Bellator 128, Ryan Bader at Bellator 214, and Pitbull at Bellator 221).[8] Meanwhile, Pitbull also became the first challenger in a Bellator champion vs. champion bout to drop a division.[9]

A welterweight bout between Bobby Nash and Roman Faraldo was scheduled for this event.[10] In the beginning of May, it was announced that Faraldo had pulled out of the bout and replaced by Kyle Crutchmer.[11]

A middleweight bout between Austin Vanderford and Imamshafi Aliev and a bantamweight bout between Leandro Higo and Nikita Mikhailov were scheduled for this event. However, both bouts were scrapped due to unknown reasons for the middleweight bout and illness for Mikhailov for the bantamweight one.[12]

Results

Main Card (Showtime)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Vadim Nemkov (c) def. Yoel Romero Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight Sergio Pettis (c) def. Patrício Pitbull Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 50–45, 50–45) 5 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Light Heavyweight Corey Anderson def. Phil Davis Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Gökhan Saricam def. Daniel James Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Lightweight Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Pieter Buist Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Ramazan Kuramagomedov def. Jaleel Willis KO (knee and punches) 1 1:24
Middleweight Norbert Növényi Jr. def. Kamil Oniszczuk KO (punches) 1 0:46
Lightweight Archie Colgan def. Emmanuel Sanchez Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Jordan Newman def. Matthew Perry Submission (keylock) 1 4:20
Featherweight Cody Law def. Edwin Chavez Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Postliminary card (Youtube)
Heavyweight Wladmir Gouvea def. Gabriel Sayeg KO (body kick and punches) 1 0:20
Welterweight Kyle Crutchmer def. Bobby Nash TKO (punches) 1 3:42
Lightweight Mike Hamel def. Shamil Nikaev Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Karl Moore def. Alex Polizzi Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Timur Khizriev def. Richie Smullen Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ For the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship
  2. ↑ For the Bellator Bantamweight World Championship.

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See also

References

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