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The headliner for Bellator 297 is the setting where ex-UFC title challenger, Yoel Romero, had a rough night at the office against Bellator’s light heavyweight champion, Vadim Nemkov. For the bulk of the fight, Nemkov moved forward as he unloaded tight punching combinations that seem to overwhelm Romero multiple times. Nothing Romero did was working, so at one point he even resorted to a drunken master style to try an make something happen. On Twitter, pros reacted to what went down.
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Tonight’s Bellator 297: Pitbull vs. Pettis live mma card results:
Main card
- Vadim Nemkov def. Yoel Romero by unanimous decision (49-46 x3): Light Heavyweight Title
- Sergio Pettis def. Patricio Pitbull by unanimous decision (50-45 x2, 49-46): Bantamweight Title
- Corey Anderson def. Phil Davis by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29): Light Heavyweight
- Gokhan Saricam def. Daniel James by unanimous decision (30-27 x3): Heavyweight
Prelims
- Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Pieter Buist by unanimous decision (29-28 x3): Lightweight
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov def. Jaleel Willis by KO at 1:24 of round 1: Welterweight
- Norbert Novenyi Jr. def. Kamil Oniszczuk by KO at :46 of round 1: Middleweight
- Archie Colgan def. Emmanuel Sanchez by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2): Lightweight
- Jordan Newman def. Matthew Perry by submission (Americana) at 4:20 of round 1: Middleweight
- Cody Law def. Edwin Chavez by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28): Featherweight
- Wladmir Gouvea vs. Gabriel Sayeg: Heavyweight
- Kyle Crutchmer vs. Bobby Nash: Welterweight
- Mike Hamel vs. Shamil Nikaev: Lightweight
- Karl Moore vs. Alex Polizzi: Light Heavyweight
- Timur Khizriev vs. Richie Smullen: Featherweight