Bellator 269 Fedor vs Johnson

Date
Sat 23rd October 2021 (UTC)
Sat 23rd October 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-10-23T19:00:00

Time

19:00:00 UTC

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Season
2021

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Description

Bellator 269: Fedor vs. Johnson (also known as Bellator Moscow) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Bellator MMA that is expected to take place on October 23, 2021 at VTB Arena in Moscow, Russa.

Background
On the second last bout of his contract, Fedor Emelianenko was announced to be returning on October 23rd, 2021 against a TBA opponent at the VTB Arena in Moscow. The opponent was later revealed to be #2 ranked Timothy Johnson.

A heavyweight bout between Vitaly Minakov 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 and Andrey Koreshkov was scheduled for this event. However the bout was scrapped after Khabilov came down with a sickness.