''Bellator 269: Fedor vs. Johnson'' (also known as ''Bellator Moscow'') was a

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event produced by

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that took place on October 23, 2021 at

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, Russia.

Background

On the second last bout of his contract,

Fedor Emelianenko Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko ( rus, Фёдор Влади́мирович Емелья́ненко, r=Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, p=ˈfʲɵdər vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ jɪmʲɪˈlʲjænʲɪnkə, IPA; born ...

was announced to be returning on October 23rd, 2021 against a TBA opponent at the

. The opponent was later revealed to be #2 ranked Timothy Johnson. A heavyweight bout between

Vitaly Minakov Vitaly Viktorovich Minakov (russian: Виталий Викторович Минаков; born February 6, 1985, Bryansk) is a Russians, Russian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, Sambo (martial art), sambist and judoka currently competing ...

and Tyrell Fortune was scheduled as a comain for this event. However in August, it was announced that Fortune pulled out due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Said Sowma. A welterweight bout between Grachik Bozinyan and Ross Houston was scheduled for this event, however Houston had to pull out of the bout due to medical issues. Bozinyan was rescheduled against Alexey Shurkevich, whose opponent Christian Eckerlin also pulled out. A welterweight bout between

Rustam Khabilov Rustam Khabilov (born 4 November 1986) is a Russian mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Lightweight division of Bellator MMA. He is a Combat Sambo World Champion and a former member of the Legion Sport Club fight team in Rostov-on-D ...

and

Andrey Koreshkov Andrey Andreevich Koreshkov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Корешков, born August 23, 1990) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of Bellator MMA. He is the former Bellator Welterw ...

was scheduled for this event. However the bout was scrapped after Khabilov came down with a sickness. A lightweight bout between Vladimir Tokov and Aymard Guih was scheduled for this event, however Guih was not allowed to fight for medical reasons the day before the event and the bout was scratched. At the weigh-ins, Aiden Lee and Gadzhi Rabadanov missed weight for his bout. Lee weighed in at 147.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit and Rabadanov weighed in at 148.8 lb, 2.8 pounds over the featherweight limit. Aiden Lee vs. Alexander Osetrov bout proceeded at catchweight and Lee was fined a percentage of his purse which went to his opponent. Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Alexander Belikh however was scrapped due to medical complication from Gadzhi's weight cut.

Results

References

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Background

Results

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