Bellator 269: Fedor vs. Johnson (also known as Bellator Moscow) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Bellator MMA that is expected to take place on October 23, 2021 at VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia.
Fight Card
Main Card (Showtime)
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko vs. Timothy Johnson
Heavyweight Vitaly Minakov vs. Said Sowma
Catchweight (160 lbs) Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Patrik Pietilä
Middleweight Anatoly Tokov vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov
Preliminary Card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Heavyweight Kirill Sidelnikov vs. Rab Truesdale
Lightweight Vladimir Tokov vs. Aymard Guih
Women's Flyweight Darina Mazdyuk vs. Katarzyna Sadura
Women's Flyweight Irina Alekseeva vs. Stephanie Ielö Page
Bantamweight Nikita Mikhailov vs. Brian Moore
Welterweight Grachik Bozinyan vs. Alexey Shurkevich
Featherweight Aiden Lee vs. Alexander Osetrov
Featherweight Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Alexander Belikh
Background
On the second last bout of his contract, Fedor Emelianenko was announced to be returning on October 23rd, 2021 against a TBA opponent at the VTB Arena in Moscow. The opponent was later revealed to be #2 ranked Timothy Johnson.
A heavyweight bout between Vitaly Minakov and Tyrell Fortune was scheduled as a comain for this event. However in August, it was announced that Fortune pulled out due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Said Sowma.
A welterweight bout between Grachik Bozinyan and Ross Houston was scheduled for this event, however Houston had to pull out of the bout due to medical issues. Bozinyan was rescheduled against Alexey Shurkevich, whose opponent Christian Eckerlin also pulled out.
A welterweight bout between Rustam Khabilov and Andrey Koreshkov was scheduled for this event. However the bout was scrapped after Khabilov came down with a sickness.