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Room exists for only one of them.
Incumbent champion Ryan Bader and interim titleholder Valentin Moldavsky will unify the Bellator MMA heavyweight crown when they collide in the Bellator 273 main event on Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. Meanwhile, former World Extreme Cagefighting and Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight titlist Benson Henderson looks to break a three-fight losing streak when he confronts Islam Mamedov in the three-round co-headliner at 155 pounds.
Bellator 273 “Bader vs. Moldavsky”—which airs live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—also features a featherweight clash pitting Henry Corrales against Aiden Lee and a welterweight encounter matching Sabah Homasi with Jaleel Willis. The undercard streams in its entirety to the Bellator YouTube page at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, a bantamweight battle between Darrion Caldwell and Enrique Barzola anchoring a seven-fight preliminary slate.
A closer look at the Bellator 273 particulars:
THE LINEUP
265: Ryan Bader vs. Valentin Moldavsky155: Benson Henderson vs. Islam Mamedov
145: Henry Corrales vs. Aiden Lee
170: Sabah Homasi vs. Jaleel Willis
135: Darrion Caldwell vs. Enrique Barzola
155: Saad Awad vs. Christopher Gonzalez
185: Dalton Rosta vs. Duane Johnson
135: Nikita Mikhailov vs. Blaine Shutt
145: Lucas Brennan vs. Ben Lugo
145: Weber Almeida vs. Fabricio Franco
205: Ben Parrish vs. Sullivan Cauley
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview• By The Numbers: Bader vs. Moldavsky
• Rivalries: Darrion Caldwell
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Islam Mamedov
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