2022 in Bellator MMA

2022 in Bellator MMA was the fourteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

Events list

#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Ref.
18	Bellator MMA vs. Rizin		Saitama Super Arena	Saitama	Japan
17	Bellator 289: Stots vs. Sabatello		Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut	U.S.
16	Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2		Wintrust Arena	Chicago, Illinois	U.S.
15	Bellator 287: Piccolotti vs. Barnaoui		Allianz Cloud	Milan	Italy
14	Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics		Long Beach Arena	Long Beach, California	U.S.
13	Bellator 285: Henderson vs. Queally		3Arena	Dublin	Ireland
12	Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi	August 12, 2022	Sanford Pentagon	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	U.S.
11	Bellator 283: Lima vs. Jackson		Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel	Tacoma, Washington	U.S.
10	Bellator 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen		Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut	U.S.
9	Bellator 281: MVP vs. Storley		SSE Arena	London	England
8	Bellator 280: Bader vs. Kongo		AccorHotels Arena	Paris	France
7	Bellator 279: Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2		Neal S. Blaisdell Arena	Honolulu, Hawaii	U.S.
6	Bellator 278: Velasquez vs. Carmouche		Neal S. Blaisdell Arena	Honolulu, Hawaii	U.S.
5	Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2		SAP Center	San Jose, California	U.S.
4	Bellator 276: Borics vs. Burnell		Family Arena	St. Louis, Missouri	U.S.
3	Bellator 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford		3Arena	Dublin	Ireland
2	Bellator 274: Gracie vs. Storley		Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut	U.S.
1	Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky		Footprint Center	Phoenix, Arizona	U.S.

The eight participants of the tournament were revealed on December 3, 2021. They include current champion Sergio Pettis, the former Rizin and Bellator champion Kyoji Horiguchi, another former Bellator champion in Juan Archuleta, who captured the vacant bantamweight title in 2020 against Patchy Mix, who will also be in the tournament. The final four fighters in the Grand Prix are all ranked in the top six by Bellator at 135 pounds: Magomed Magomedov, James Gallagher, Raufeon Stots and Leandro Higo. Pettis and Gallagher would eventually pull out due to injuries requiring surgery. Due to the pull outs, two wild card qualifier bouts between Josh Hill and Enrique Barzola, with the winner meeting Magomed Magomedov in the opening round, and the second qualifier between Jornel Lugo and Danny Sabatello, which will have the winner face Leandro Higo in the first round of the tournament. Due to Covid, Hill had to pull out of the bout and was replaced by Nikita Mikhailov.