''Bellator 285: Henderson vs. Queally'' was a
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.
In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
event produced by
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...
, that took place on 23 September 2022 at the
3Arena in
Dublin
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, Ireland.
Background
Bellator returned to
Dublin
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for the second time in 2022, featuring Irish fighter
Peter Queally in the main event against former
WEC and
UFC Lightweight Champions Benson Henderson.
After initially being booked for May 6, 2022 at
Bellator 280 and being scrapped due to a hand injury to Manhoef,
Yoel Romero and
Melvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese people, Surinamese-born Dutch people, Dutch mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime (kickboxing), It's Showtime Middl ...
was rescheduled for this event.
A bantamweight bout between
Brett Johns and James Gallagher was scheduled for this event. However in August, it was announced that Gallagher pulled out of the bout for unknown reasons. Jordan Winski was picked as a replacement for Gallagher.
Results
See also
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2022 in Bellator MMA
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List of Bellator MMA events
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List of current Bellator fighters
References
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