Bellator 280: Results

Bellator 280 results are in. The MMA competition took place May 6th, 2022 at the Accor Arena, in Paris France. The headline of the card was none other than Heavyweight champion Ryan Bader vs Cheick Kongo 2. The two met in 2019 at Bellator 226, when an unfortunate eye poke left Kongo unable to complete the match.

The Co-main event on the card was Light-Heavyweight phenoms Yoel Romero vs Alex Polizzi. It was an excellent fight for Romero, and he closed it out in champion fashion, when he secured the knockout in the closing seconds of the fight. The prelim video can be seen at the link courtesy of Bellator.

Main Card (aired on Showtime)

Ryan Bader c (31-7-0) vs Cheick Kongo (31-12-2) – Heavyweight Championship – Bader by decision

Yoel Romero (14-6-0) vs Alex Polizzi (10-2-0) – Light-Heavyweight bout – Romero by TKO

Davy Gallon (21-7-2) vs Benjamin Brander (12-9-0) Lightweight bout – Gallon by TKO

Lorenz Larkin (24-7-0) vs Kyle Stewart (15-6-0) Middleweight bout – Larkin by TKO

Michael Shipman (14-4-0) vs Gregory Babene (22-11-0) – Middleweight bout – Babene by KO

Prelims (on Showtime)

Pedro Carvalho (12-6-0) vs Piotr Niedzielski (17-4-0) – Featherweight bout – Niedzielski by decsion

Lewis Long (19-7-0) vs Thibault Gouti (14-5-0) – Welterweight bout – Gouti by decision

Fabacary Diatta (8-1-0) vs Jordan Barton (7-1-1) – Featherweight bout – Barton by decision

Soren Bak (15-1-0) vs Charlie Leary (17-13-1) – Lightweight bout – Bak by decision

Yves Landu (17-9-0) vs Gavin Hughes (10-3-0) – Lightweight bout – Landu by TKO