Two title fights shoulder the Bellator MMA marquee at Bellator 288 this Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, where Vadim Nemkov defends his light heavyweight crown against Corey Anderson in the main event and Patricky Freire puts the lightweight championship on the line against the unbeaten Usman Nurmagomedov in the co-headliner. The Nemkov-Anderson rematch serves as the final of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix, with a $1 million prize going to the winner.
A closer look at the Bellator 288 particulars:
THE LINEUP
205: Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson155: Patricky Freire vs. Usman Nurmagomedov
145: Daniel Weichel vs. Timur Khizriev
265: Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James
170: Roman Faraldo vs. Levan Chokheli
145: Otto Rodrigues vs. Khasan Askhabov
185: ImamShafi Aliev vs. Sean Connor Fallon
155: Killys Mota vs. Jairo Pacheco
155: Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam
205: Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick
185: Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker
145: Laird Anderson vs. Rob Fenicle
145: Isaiah Hokit vs. Matias Nader
265: Vladimir Gouvea vs. Kory Moegenburg
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