Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that will take place on November 18, 2022, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Fight Card
Main Card (Showtime)Light Heavyweight Vadim Nemkov (c) vs. Corey Anderson Light Heavyweight WGP Final and Light Heavyweight Championship ($1 million dollar prize)Lightweight Patricky Pitbull (c) vs. Usman Nurmagomedov Lightweight World ChampionshipFeatherweight Daniel Weichel vs. Timur Khizriev
Heavyweight Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James
Welterweight Roman Faraldo vs. Levan Chokheli Preliminary Card (Youtube/Pluto TV) Middleweight Sean Connor Fallon vs. Imamshafi Aliev
Lightweight Jairo Pacheco vs. Killys Mota
Lightweight Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam
Light Heavyweight Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick
Middleweight Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker
Featherweight Laird Anderson vs. Rob Fenicle
Featherweight Isaiah Hokit vs. Matias Nader
Heavyweight Wladmir Gouvea vs. Kory Moegenburg BackgroundThe event will be headlined by a rematch in the final of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament for the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship between the champion Vadim Nemkov and former title challenger Corey Anderson. The two met earlier in the year at Bellator 277 where the bout ended in a no contest due to an accidental clash of heads at the end of the third round.
A Bellator Lightweight World Championship bout between the champion Patricky Pitbull and undefeated contender Usman Nurmagomedov will take place at the event.
A featherweight bout between Daniel Weichel and Akhmed Magomedov was set for this event. However, Magomedov pulled out due to unknown reason and was replaced by Timur Khizriev.
A bantamweight bout between Jaylon Bates and Jornel Lugo was scheduled for this event, however the bout was scrapped the week of the event after Bates pulled out due to unknown reasons.
A featherweight bout between Lucas Brennan and Nick Talavera was set for this event. However, Talavera pulled out due to unknown reason the week of the event and the bout was scrapped.
A featherweight bout between Khasan Askhabov and Otto Rodrigues was scheduled for this event, however Askhabov did not attempt to weigh in and the bout was scrapped. Nov 17 - Updated fight card & background
