How to Watch Bellator 289

Two title fights will anchor Bellator MMA’s final show of 2022, as Raufeon Stots defends his interim bantamweight championship against Danny Sabatello in the Bellator 289 headliner and Liz Carmouche puts her women’s flyweight crown on the line against Juliana Velasquez on the co-main event on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. In addition, the Stots-Sabatello serves as a semifinal in the Bellator bantamweight grand prix.

Bellator 289 “Stots vs. Sabatello”—which airs live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—also features the other bantamweight grand prix semifinal pitting Magomed Magomedov against Patrick Mix and a middleweight showcase pairing Dalton Rosta with Anthony Adams. Meanwhile, the seven-fight undercard streams to the Bellator YouTube channel in its entirety at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT, a women’s flyweight clash between Denise Kielholtz and Ilara Joanne highlighting the preliminary slate.

A closer look at the Bellator 289 particulars:

THE LINEUP

135: Raufeon Stots vs. Danny Sabatello
125: Liz Carmouche vs. Juliana Velasquez
135: Magomed Magomedov vs. Patrick Mix
185: Dalton Rosta vs. Anthony Adams
125: Denise Kielholtz vs. Ilara Joanne
170: Kyle Crutchmer vs. Jaleel Willis
145: Cody Law vs. Cris Lencioni
145: Kevin Boehm vs. Kai Kamaka III
170: Mark Lemminger vs. Michael Lombardo
185: Pat Downey vs. Christian Echols
135: Cass Bell vs. Jared Scoggins

THE RUNDOWN
• By The Numbers: Stots vs. Sabatello
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Danny Sabatello
• 5 Defining Moments: Liz Carmouche

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