Four fights added to Bellator 289, including return of Dalton Rosta

Bellator has added four new fights to its final event of 2022.

Scheduled for Dec. 9 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., Bellator 289 already featured two bantamweight grand prix fights and a women’s flyweight title fight. Now, its undercard is filling up, too.

Most notably, a middleweight bout between rising contender Dalton Rosta (7-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) and Anthony Adams (9-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) will take place.

Rosta, 26, is undefeated as a professional. In his most recent outing, Rosta dominated blue-chip wrestling prospect Romero Cotton en route to a third-round knockout. Meanwhile, Adams upset former UFC fighter Khalid Murtazaliev via unanimous decision in his Bellator debut in September 2021 and has not competed since.

A promotion official recently notified MMA Junkie of the addition, as well as Chris Gonzalez (7-2 MMA, 6-2 BMMA) vs. Shamil Nikaev (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) at lightweight, Cass Bell (5-2 MMA, 5-2 BMMA) vs. Jared Scoggins (10-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at bantamweight, and Kevin Boehm (9-5 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Kai Kamaka (9-5-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA).

The Boehm vs. Kamaka bout was first reported by BellatorZone.

Rosta with the best finish of #Bellator283?@DaltonRosta 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 Romero Cotton in R3 to take him to 7-0 in the Bellator cage

Watch the replay on @BBCiPlayer pic.twitter.com/JSbTwZITxC

— Bellator Europe (@Bellator_Europe) July 24, 2022

With the additions, the Bellator 289 lineup includes:

• Champion Raufeon Stots vs. Danny Sabatello – bantamweight grand prix semifinal for interim title
• Champion Liz Carmouche vs. Juliana Velasquez – for women’s flyweight title
• Magomed Magomedov vs. Patchy Mix – bantamweight grand prix semifinal
• Anthony Adams vs. Dalton Rosta
• Chris Gonzalez vs. Shamil Nikaev
• Cody Law vs. Cris Lencioni
• Cass Bell vs. Jared Scoggings
• Mark Lemminger vs. Michael Lombardo
• Kevin Boehm vs. Kai Kamaka
• Theo Haig vs. Kareem Kline