Bellator 288 is primed and ready to go down later TONIGHT (Fri., Nov. 18, 2022) inside Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill., featuring a championship doubleheader. In the main event of the evening, Light Heavyweight kingpin, Vadim Nemkov, will rematch Corey Anderson in the Grand Prix finale. Co-headlining the event will be a highly-intriguing Lightweight title fight as Patricky Pitbull puts his 155-pound belt on the line against Usman Nurmagomedov.
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Bellator 288 Quick Results:
205 lbs.: Champion Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson
155 lbs.: Champion Patricky Pitbull vs. Usman Nurmagomedov
145 lbs.: Daniel Weichel vs. Timur Khizriev
265 lbs.: Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James
170 lbs.: Roman Faraldo vs. Levan Chokheli
185 lbs.: Imamshafi Aliev vs. Sean Fallon – Aliev via first-round TKO (doctor’s stoppage)
155 lbs.: Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam – Colgan via first-round TKO
185 lbs.: Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker – Newman via second-round submission (guillotine choke)
155 lbs.: Killys Mota vs. Jairo Pachecho – Mota via unanimous decision
205 lbs.: Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick – Cauley via first-round knockout
145 lbs.: Laird Anderson vs. Rob Fenicle – Anderson via second-round TKO
145 lbs.: Isaiah Hokit vs. Matias Nader – Hokit via second-round TKO
265 lbs.: Vlad Gouvea vs. Kory Moegenburg – Gouvea via second-round TKO
Bellator 288 Play-By-Play:
Champion Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson
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Champion Patricky Pitbull vs. Usman Nurmagomedov
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Daniel Weichel vs. Timur Khizriev
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Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James
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Roman Faraldo vs. Levan Chokheli
Round 1: Both men come out swinging and Chokheli goes for an early takedown, and he gets it. Chokheli nearly had a choke but Faralod escapes. Back to their feet and Chokheli is letting his fist fly and he rocks Faraldo momentarily. Chokheli goes in for the takedown, stuffed and a nice judo throw from Farlaldo, who ends up in mount position. That was smooth. Farldo is starting to let the elbows fly and Chokheli somehow reverses position and he is now in guard. Chokheli not doing much from this position. He gets some space and starts with the ground-and-pound. Faraldo tries to get back up but Chokheli is maintaining position. Faraldo scrambles, but he can’t get away from his opponents tight grasp. This was a close round but Chokheli takes it. 10-9 Chokheli
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