Bellator 254 Macfarlane vs Velasquez

Date
Thu 10th December 2020 (UTC)
Thu 10th December 2020 (Local)

Timestamp
2020-12-10T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

Poster

Your Rating (Click a star below)

Star off icon

Total Rating
(0 users)

Thumb

Square Poster
no thumb

League
Bellator

Season
2020

Round
17

Status

Location
Mohegan Sun Arena

Video Highlights

Description

Bellator 254: Macfarlane vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held on December 10, 2020 from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. This event aired live on CBS Sports Network.

Background

The event featured a Women's Flyweight main event for the Bellator Women's Flyweight World Championship between Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Juliana Velasquez.

At weigh ins, Goiti Yamauchi weighed in at 162.8 pounds, 6.8 pounds over the lightweight limit. The bout against PFL veteran, Nate Andrews was cancelled. Mohegan Sun commission head, Mike Mazzulli, said that from now on Yamauchi will be required to fight at Welterweight, 170 pounds.

A women's featherweight bout between Marina Mokhnatkina and Jessica Borga was scheduled for this event but cancelled a week before for unknown reasons.

This would be the last card to air on CBS Sports Network; all Bellator cards will air exclusively on Showtime beginning in April 2021.

Reports

Result List

01	Juliana Velasquez	WIN
01	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane	LOSS

02	Magomed Magomedov	WIN
02	Matheus Mattos	LOSS

03	Linton Vassell	WIN
03	Ronny Markes	LOSS

04	Romero Cotton	WIN
04	Justin Sumter	LOSS

05	Shamil Nikaev	WIN
05	Kemran Lachinov	LOSS

06	Grant Neal	WIN
06	Maurice Jackson	LOSS

07	Cody Law	WIN
07	Kenny Champion	LOSS

08	Billy Goff	WIN
08	Robson Gracie Jr.	LOSS

Result Description
Main card
Women's Flyweight Juliana Velasquez def. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (c) Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 48–47) 5 5:00
Bantamweight Magomed Magomedov def. Matheus Mattos Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Linton Vassell def. Ronny Markes TKO (punches) 2 3:37
Middleweight Romero Cotton def. Justin Sumter Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:36

Preliminary card
Welterweight Shamil Nikaev def. Kemran Lachinov Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Grant Neal def. Maurice Jackson Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 3:59
Featherweight Cody Law def. Kenny Champion TKO (punches) 3 4:44
Welterweight Billy Goff def. Robson Gracie Jr. TKO (punches) 2 1:46

Collections
None found...

Popular Tweets

Fanart