Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for April 2, 2021 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (Showtime )
Featherweight Patricio Freire (c) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez Tournament Semi-Final for the Featherweight Championship
Lightweight Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Mike Hamel
Welterweight Neiman Gracie vs. Jason Jackson
Women's Flyweight Kana Watanabe vs. Alejandra Lara
Heavyweight Jack May vs. Tyrell Fortune
Preliminary Card
Welterweight Mukhamed Berkhamov vs. Herman Terrado
Middleweight Fabio Aguiar vs. Khalid Murtazaliev
Middleweight Jordan Newman vs. Branko Busick
Welterweight Roman Faraldo vs. Trevor Gudde
Bantamweight Cee Jay Hamilton vs. Magomed Magomedov
Lightweight Mandel Nallo vs. Ricardo Seixas
Catchweight (160 lb) Roger Huerta vs. Chris Gonzalez
Background
This will be the first Bellator event to air on Showtime, and the first MMA event to air on the network since the Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine event on January 12, 2013.
The event will be headlined by the semi-final of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Tournament in a rematch between the current champion Patricio Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez. Freire won the last bout at Bellator 209 via unanimous decision.
Matt Mitrione was expected to face Tyrell Fortune at this event, however, during the week of the bout, Mitrione had to pull out.