The Bellator 283 fight card is set to go down Friday, July 22 from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. The prelims start at 7:00 PM ET with the main card going on at 10 PM ET.
The main event will feature two welterweights. Douglas Lima will look to break a three fight losing streak when he meets Jason Jackson. The task looks difficult for Lima as Jackson boasts five straight wins.
The co-main event features two lightweight fighters when Sidney Outlaw meets Tofiq Musayev. Outlaw is looking to make it three straight wins, coming off of a round 3 submission victory over Myles Jury in June of last year. Meanwhile, Tofiq has 14 of 18 wins coming by way of KO/TKO.
The rest of the matches are listed below. Here’s a video, courtesy of Bellator, of the pre-fight media day. The remaining matches are listed below that.
Bellator 283 Fight Card
Main Card (airing on Showtime)
Douglas Lima (32-10-0) vs Jason Jackson (15-4-0) – welterweight bout
Sidney Outlaw (16-4-0) vs Tofiq Musayev (18-4-0) – lightweight bout
Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0-0) vs Chris Gonzalez (7-1-0) – lightweight bout
Lorenz Larkin (24-7-0) vs Mukhamed Berkhamov (14-0-0) – welterweight bout
Davion Franklin (5-0-0) vs Marcelo Golm (9-3-0) – heavyweight bout
Prelims (airing on Showtime)
Jaylon Bates (5-0-0) vs Mark Coates (10-7-0) – bantamweight bout
Roman Faraldo (7-0-0) vs Luis Iniguez (5-1-0) – welterweight bout
Akhmed Magomedov (8-0-0) vs Kevin Boehm (9-4-0) – featherweight bout
Gadzhi Rabadanov (17-4-1) vs Bobby King (12-4-0) – lightweight bout
Veta Arteaga (6-4-0) vs Vanessa Porto (23-9-0) – women’s’ flyweight bout
Romero Cotton (6-0-0) vs Dalton Rosta (6-0-0) – middleweight bout
Archie Colgan (4-0-0) vs Bryan Nuro (8-4-0) – contract weight fight – 160lbs
That wraps it up for the Bellator 283 fight card. Be sure to tune in when the event goes live this Friday at 7:00 PM ET. It should be a great night of fights.
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