Bellator 264: Mousasi vs. Salter was a

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event produced by

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that took place on August 13, 2021 at the

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Background

Current Bellator Middleweight World Champion

Gegard Mousasi Gegard Mousasi (born 1 August 1985) is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Mousasi most recently competed in Bellator MMA, where he is the former two-time Bellator Middleweight Champion. He is also the former DREAM Light Heavywe ...

made his first title defense against #1 ranked

John Salter John Salter (born March 21, 1985) is an American retired mixed martial artist, he competed in the Middleweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), St ...

. Most recently, Mousasi defeated former Bellator Welterweight World Champion Douglas Lima, clearing his path to a shot at a second middleweight title run. Salter entered his title shot riding a three-fight winning streak with victories over Chidi Njokuani, Andrew Kapel and Mousasi’s teammate Costello van Steenis. He entered the title bout winning six of his eight Bellator victories via submission. Former Bellator welterweight champion

Andrey Koreshkov Andrey Andreevich Koreshkov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Корешков, born August 23, 1990) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of Bellator MMA. He is the former Bellator Welterw ...

returned to the promotion to face

Sabah Homasi Sabah Homasi (born October 19, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle boxer currently competing with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, he previously competed in the Welterweight division ...

in a welterweight bout. It was Koreshkov's first appearance with the promotion since October 2019. Two ranked bantamweights, the #3 ranked Magomed Magomedov and #4 ranked

Raufeon Stots Raufeon Stots (born December 16, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist and graduated collegiate wrestler. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is a former Interim Bellator Bantamweight C ...

, were scheduled to compete at

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. On July 19, it was announced that the bout was scratched from the event and was rescheduled for this event. A heavyweight bout between two undefeated fighters, Davion Franklin and Everett Cummings, was announced for the event's main card. A middleweight bout between Ty Gwerder and Khadzhimurat Bestaev was the opening fight of the main card. Former

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featherweight champion

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made her Bellator debut against fellow promotional newcomer Roberta Samad in the featured preliminary bout. A heavyweight bout between #6 ranked Steve Mowry and

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was scheduled for this event. However, on August 4 it was announced that Steve Mowry was scratched from the bout, with Golm now facing

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on August 20 at

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was expected to face the 34-fight veteran Johnny Campbell in a bantamweight bout. However, the bout between Sabatello and Campbell and a featherweight bout between James Adcock and Nekruz Mirkhojaev scheduled for this event were both cancelled during fight week due to health and safety protocols, with Sabatello being confirmed to have tested positive for

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. A lightweight bout between Justin Montalvo and Kendly St. Louis was cancelled by the Mohegan Tribe director of athletic regulation after St. Louis came in at 162.5 pounds, missing weight by 6.5 pounds (including the one-pound allowance for non-title bouts).

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