Bellator 286: Pitbull vs. Borics is a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that is scheduled for October 1, 2022, at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (Showtime)
Featherweight Patrício Pitbull (c) vs. Ádám Borics Featherweight Championship
Lightweight A. J. McKee vs. Spike Carlyle
Featherweight Aaron Pico vs. Jeremy Kennedy
Bantamweight Juan Archuleta vs. Enrique Barzola
Preliminary Card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Lightweight Jay Jay Wilson vs. Vladimir Tokov
Lightweight Mike Hamel vs. Max Rohskopf
Lightweight Nick Browne vs. Islam Mamedov
Lightweight Keon Diggs vs. Ricardo Seixas
Bantamweight Richard Palencia vs. Cee Jay Hamilton
Middleweight Khadzhimurat Bestaev vs. Khalid Murtazaliev
Women's Flyweight Sumiko Inaba vs. Nadine Mandiau
Lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. vs. Dominic Clark
Bantamweight Bobby Seronio III vs. Miguel Peimbert
Background
Patrício Pitbull in his first bout since reclaiming the Bellator Featherweight World Championship at Bellator 277 in April, faces off against Ádám Borics, who’s currently on a four-fight winning streak and coming off a unanimous decision win over Mads Burnell at Bellator 276.
A. J. McKee moves up to lightweight for the first time after losing his first bout in his career in a title defense against Patrício Pitbul at Bellator 277 in April. In the opposite corner, he will face Spike Carlyle, who has won five straight bouts since parting ways with the UFC in 2020, and is coming off two techncial submission wins under Bellator contract, against Dan Moret in December at Bellator 272 and Koji Takeda in April at Rizin 35.
