Bellator 299 took place Saturday from Dublin, Ireland as Johnny Eblen successfully defended his middleweight title. The main card aired live on Showtime from the 3Arena. Eblen scored a victory over Fabian Edwards to remain the champion.
Bellator 299 Results: Johnny Eblen Blasts Fabian Edwards
Johnny Eblen proved he is one of the top middleweight fighters in the world still Saturday, scoring a successful title defense over Fabian Edwards. The championship match served as the main event live on Showtime for Bellator 299 from the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
Eblen landed with strikes in succession on Edwards in the third round, seeing the bout come to a halt just 21 seconds in. For the champion, it marked the second successful title defense, adding to a February decision over Anatoly Tokov.
In the co-main event, Aaron Pico made a serious push towards the top of the featherweight rankings with a first round finish of Pedro Carvalho. Pico, one of the top prospects for years in the sport, has now won two in a row since a shoulder injury in a 2022 fight with Jeremy Kennedy led to a loss.
Other main card winners included Sara Collins, Mads Burnell and Levan Chokheli. Both Collins and Burnell won by decision while Chokheli knocked out Sabah Homasi with a front-kick.
Bellator 299 Results: Illegal Kick Ends Peter Queally Fight
The prelim main event between Peter Queally and Daniele Miceli was stopped just 26 seconds into the first round after an illegal soccer kick by Miceli to Queally caused the stoppage.
Jay-Jay Wilson, Gregory Babene and Ciaran Clarke were among the other prelim winners on the night, as all three scored submission victories.
What Is Next
On October 7, a special Bellator 300 will take place with four championship matches Usman Nurmagomedov and Brent Primus meet for both the title and a spot in the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix.
Other championship matches include Cris Cyborg vs. Cat Zingano, Ryan Bader vs. Linton Vassell and Liz Carmouche vs. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane.
Bellator 299 Results
C-Johnny Eblen (14-0) defeated #1-Fabian Edwards (12-3) via KO at :21 of round three
#3-Aaron Pico (12-4) defeated #5-Pedro Carvalho (13-8) via TKO at 3:05 of round one
#6-Sara Collins (5-0)defeated #4-Sinead Kavanagh (9-6) via split decision (29-28,28-29, 29-28)
#4-Mads Burnell (18-5) defeated #9-Daniel Weichel (42-15) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Levan Chokheli (13-2, 1 NC) defeated #10-Sabah Homasi (17-12) via KO at 1:51 of round one
Peter Queally (13-8-1, 1 NC) and Daniele Miceli (10-5, 1 NC) ended in a no contest at :26 of round one
Jay-Jay Wilson (10-1) defeated #9-Mansour Barnaoui (20-6) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Gregory Babene (23-11, 1 NC) defeated Charlie Ward (10-7) via submission (guillotine) at 1:03 of round one
Ciaran Clarke (8-0) defeated Przemysław Górny (5-4) via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:52 of round two
Luca Poclit (10-1) defeated Roman Faraldo (8-2) via submission (D’arce choke) at 2:18 of round one
Khasan Magomedsharipov (9-0) defeated Piotr Niedzielski (17-7) via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:58 of round two
Darragh Kelly (5-0) defeated Jelle Zeegers (2-3) via TKO at 3:42 of round three
Otto Rodrigues (14-1) defeated Brian Moore (16-10) via submission (arm-triangle choke) 1:31 of round two
Attila Korkmaz (14-7) defeated Davy Gallon (21-9-2, 1 NC) via TKO at :23 of round three
Asael Adjoudj (7-1) defeated Ibrahim Al-Faqih Hassan (4-2) via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Josh O’Connor (5-0) defeated Kenny Mokhonoana (5-1) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)
Romain Debienne (10-4) defeated Nicolo Solli (4-2, 1 NC) via KO at :39 of round one
Sergei Bilostennyi (11-3) defeated Kasim Aras (7-3) via TKO at 2:33 of round one
Mark Ewen (5-0) defeated Noah Gugnon (4-1) via TKO at 3:51 of round two
Mackenzie Stiller (2-0) defeated Chiara Penco (8-4) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
