Bellator 291: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley reside outcomes [UPDATED]
For the primary time in roughly a year-and-a-half, Yaroslav Amosov is returning to the Bellator MMA cage, as he’ll look to defend and unify the Bellator welterweight championship in opposition to interim champion Logan Storley.
That serves as the principle occasion of right this moment’s Bellator 291 card, which takes place on the 3Arena in Dublin, Eire.
It’ll additionally function a rematch between the pair, with Amosov successful their first bout through cut up resolution at Bellator 252 in November 2020. That is Storley’s sole loss in his MMA profession.
When Russia started its invasion of Ukraine precisely one yr in the past, Amosov was considered one of a number of fight sports activities athletes — alongside Oleksandr Usyk, Vasyl Lomachenko and the retired Klitschko brothers — who took up arms to defend Ukraine. Actually, when Ukrainian forces recaptured Irpin, the place Amosov is from, a video surfaced of him rescuing his Bellator championship belt from his mom’s house.
Amosov grew to become Bellator welterweight champion with a win over Douglas Lima at Bellator 260 in June 2021. Amosov had been scheduled to defend the title in opposition to Michael “Venom” Web page at Bellator 281, however his participation within the Russian-Ukrainian conflict pressured him out of the bout.
Storley, who enters this struggle 9-1 within the promotion, then crammed in in opposition to Web page in an interim title struggle. Storley defeated Web page through cut up resolution to win the interim title.
[UPDATED] Bellator 291 outcomes
Bellator 291: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley Primary Card (Showtime, 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT)
- Yaroslav Amosov def. Logan Storley through unanimous resolution (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
- Jeremy Kennedy defeated Pedro Carvalho through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Bryce Logan def. Peter Queally through TKO, Spherical 2, 2:32
- Sinead Kavanagh defeated Janay Harding through unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 20-28)
- Ciaran Clarke defeated Leonardo Sinis through unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Bellator 291: Yaroslav Amosov vs. Logan Storley Preliminary Card (YouTube/Pluto TV, 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT)
- Karl Moore defeated Maciej Rozanski through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Mike Shipman defeated Charlie Ward through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Oleg Popov defeated Gokhan Saricam through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Norbert Novenyi Jr. defeated Andy Manzolo through TKO, Spherical 1, 3:13
- Brian Moore defeated Luca Iovine through cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Richie Smullen defeated Piotr Niedzielski through cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Darragh Kelly defeated Dorval Jordan through TKO, Spherical 3, 1:58
- Asael Adjoudj defeated Liam McCracken through unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Khasan Magomedsharipov defeated Rafael Hudson through TKO, Spherical 1, 4:40
- Jena Bishop defeated Elina Kallionidou through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Kenny Mokhonoana defeated Craig McIntosh through TKO, Spherical 1, 3:13
- Dmytrii Hrytsenko defeated Daniele Scatizzi through unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Steven Hill defeated Joel Kouadja through submission (rear-naked choke), Spherical 2, 2:03