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Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky will take place on January 29, 2022, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Bellator 273: Bader Vs. Moldavsky main card gets underway at 9 p.m. ET/2 a.m.
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Bellator 273: Bader vs Moldavsky airs live from Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, January 29. The promotion’s first fight card of 2022 features a series of MMA bouts with heavyweight titles contested in the headliner of the show.
Former two-weight champion Ryan Bader puts his heavyweight belt on the line when he faces the division’s interim titleholder Valentin Moldavsky. The pair meets in the scheduled for five rounds championship unification.
Bader (28-7, 1 NC) returns to heavyweight following his attempt to reclaim light heavyweight gold when he took part in the World Grand Prix but was stopped by Corey Anderson in the first round of the semi-final last October. Moldavsky (11-1) was in action last June when he scored a unanimous decision against Timothy Johnson to earn an interim strap and secure the sixth win in a row.
How to watch Bellator 273 live stream, date and time
MMA fans can watch Bellator 273: Bader vs Moldavsky live stream on Showtime. The date is Saturday, January 29. The start time is scheduled for 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT.
The preliminary card airs live stream on Bellator MMA and Showtime Sports channels on YouTube and Pluto TV. The start time is scheduled for 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT.
Bellator 273 fight card
The current Bellator 273: Bader vs Moldavsky lineup looks like the following:
Main Card
- Ryan Bader vs. Valentin Moldavsky – Bader’s Bellator heavyweight title
- Benson Henderson vs. Islam Mamedov
- Henry Corrales vs. Aiden Lee
- Sabah Homasi vs. Jaleel Willis
Preliminary card
- Darrion Caldwell vs. Enrique Barzola
- Chris Gonzalez vs. Saad Awad
- Duane Johnson vs. Dalton Rosta
- Nikita Mikhailov vs. Blaine Shutt
- Lucas Brennan vs. Ben Lugo
- Fabricio Franco vs. Weber Almeida
- Ben Parrish vs. Sullivan Cauley
Bellator 273: preview and prediction
Bellator 273 will make history as two grappling heavyweights square off to unify the Bellator heavyweight championship. Ryan Bader, the defending champion, competed in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, and due to his inactivity in the division, Bellator had their very first interim title fight between Tim Johnson and Valentin Moldavsky.
Moldavsky won that fight and now at Bellator 273, the Russain from Team Fedor, and the former duel-champ Bader, will square off in the first-ever fight in Bellator for an undisputed title.
Not only is this a fight between two champions, but it’s also a fight between two similar, yet different styles. With Bader, you have a two-time All-American and three-time Pac 12 champion at wrestling. In Moldavsky, you have a world champion in Sambo. A Russian form of grappling. The two styles should see these men meet on the mat far more often than your usual heavyweight encounter.
Ryan Bader Might Be Past His Prime?
The 38-year-old American fighter has a 28-7 record in his pro career that started back in 2007. Over the years, Bader competed in several promotions, including the UFC where he fought 20 bouts. In 2017, Bader signed for Bellator, winning the Light Heavyweight World Championship in his first fight.
In the next couple of years, we saw him defending the title, as well as moving up a division. In the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix Final, Bader defeated legendary Fedor Emelianenko by TKO.
It happened in 2019 and for nearly a year, Bader held two Bellator titles. He lost the Light Heavyweight title in summer 2020 to Vadim Nemkov. A year later, he started his comeback, but his campaign ended in the semifinal of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix in October 2021. He lost to Corey Anderson in that fight, who won by TKO after just 51 seconds.
Valentin Moldavsky Wants to Go 7-0 in Bellator MMA
Moldavsky is a protégé of legendary Russian MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko. Same as his trainer, Moldavsky too is an expert at sambo, a combat sport focusing on wrestling. This explains why three of his 11 wins happened by submission, while he won only once by knockout.
Still, most of his fights were ended by decision. In fact, he won seven fights this way and his only career loss happened by a decision as well. Further, four of his previous Bellator fights were also decided by the judges.
Ryan Bader and Valentin Moldavsky could be a grappling clinic at Bellator 273
Bader and Moldavsky can stand and throw strikes, but that’s not really their game. Bader has legitimate knockout power, sure, but he still uses his wrestling to set up his knockouts. Moldavsky is a grinder, a classic ground and pound guy with endurance for days. They could easily have one of the more compelling grappling contests in heavyweight history.
The styles should play off each other well, but there’s a quiet story going on here behind the scenes, as for Bader, this is a trilogy fight. Not against Moldavsky, mind you but against Team Fedor. Moldavsky is looking to bring the second title to Team Fedor, alongside light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov. Nemkov defeated Bader to win the light heavyweight championship. Clearly, Nemkov and Moldavsky are teammates, learning under the tutelage of Fedor Emelianenko, the leader of Team Fedor.
It’s going to be a close decision, but the oddsmakers think of Moldavsky as a -320 favorite for a reason. In 2022, he looks like a better fighter than Bader.
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