KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF BELLATOR 282

With five Brazilians on the card, the event features the quarterfinals of the bantamweight GP and a middleweight title fight.

Opening Brazil's participation in the event, Fábio Aguiar is looking for his second consecutive victory in Bellator against Canadian Aaron Jeffery.

Fábio Aguiar (18-2)

The pitbull brothers from Ceará faces Colombian Alejandra Lara in search of redemption after two consecutive defeats in Bellator.

Ilara Joanne        (9-6)

After debuting with a defeat in 2021, the former LFA welterweight champion is looking for his first win in Bellator against the experienced Sabah Homasi.

Maycon Mendonça (11-5)

Still on the preliminary card, Killys Mota seeks to overcome his bad form against Dan Moret; the fighter from São Paulo is coming off two consecutive defeats in Bellator.

Killys Mota (12-3)

The first duel of the quarterfinals of the bantamweight GP features Magomed Magomedov; the Russian had a five-fight winning streak broken by a setback against Raufeon Stots in August 2021.

Magomed Magomedov (18-2)

Magomedov's opponent will be 'El Fuerte'; the Peruvian impressed in the qualifying stage by dominating Nikita Mikhailov and is undefeated in Bellator, with two victories.

Enrique Barzola (18-5-2)

In the other bracket, it's 'Pitbull' Leandro Higo's turn to take action; the Potiguar has been riding on three consecutive victories and hasn't lost since 2018.

Leandro Higo (21-5)

The Brazilian's opponent will be the 'Italian Gangster', who dominated Jornel Lugo in the previous phase and arrives on the back of six consecutive victories.

Danny Sabatello (12-1)

In the main fight of the night, the veteran attempts the third consecutive defense of his middleweight belt; the Dutch-born Iranian has won 12 of his last 13 fights.

Gegard Mousasi (49-7-2)

The challenger this time is 'Mãos de Diamante'; An American Top Team athlete, the North American is undefeated in professional MMA and has won seven of his 11 victories in Bellator's circular cage.

Johnny Eblen (11-0)