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Tonight, Bellator 286 will be broadcast live from Long Beach, California's Long Beach Arena. Patricio Pitbull will compete in the main event, defending his Bellator MMA featherweight championship against the advancing Adam Borics.
Pitbull's recent opponent for the title, submission-machine A.J. McKee, is in the co-main event. Spike Caryle, a recent UFC fighter, will be his opponent. On the same card, Juan Archuleta fights Enrique Barzola, while Aaron Pico squares off against Jeremy Kennedy.
The main card in the US airs on SHOWTIME and kicks off at 10 PM ET. The main event may be seen by certain people outside of the US on YouTube.
The prelims are freely accessible on YouTube (for everyone). At 7 PM ET, the feed that is posted below begins.
Key Card (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET)
Patricio Freire defeats Adam Borics in a unanimous decision to win the featherweight title (48-47, 49-46, 50-45)
Lightweight: A.J. McKee defeats Spike Carlyle in a decision by all three judges (29-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Featherweight: Round 1 at 5:00, TKO victory for Jeremy Kennedy over Aaron Pico due to injury
Juan Archuleta defeated Enrique Barzola in a unanimous decision at catchweight (141 pounds) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
introductory card (YouTube, 7 p.m. ET)
Keoni Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas in a lightweight match
Bobby Seronio III defeats Miguel Peimbert in the bantamweight division by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bobby Seronio III defeats Miguel Peimbert in the bantamweight division by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Nick Browne is defeated by lightweight Islam Mamedov in a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight: By a split decision, Jay Jay Wilson defeats Vladimir Tokov (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Middleweight: Round 2, 3:02, Khalid Murtazaliev defeats Khadzhimurat Bestaev by TKO (punches).
Nadine Mandiau loses to Sumiko Inaba in a unanimous decision at flyweight (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Weber Almeida defeats Ryan Lilley in a split decision at featherweight (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Lance Gibson Jr. defeated Dominic Clark at lightweight in Round 1 at 1:49 by submission (triangle choke).
Bantamweight: Richard Palencia is defeated by Cee Jay Hamilton through TKO (injury) in Round 2.
The California State Athletic Commission declared Max Rohskopf medically unable to participate, which led to the cancellation of Mike Hamel vs. Rohskopf.