About This Sports Courier Bellator 257 MMA Interview: Featherweight fighter Mads Burnell (15-3) discusses his second-round RNC submission win over Saul Rogers on the Bellator 257 Prelims, bouncing back from a crazy 2020, fighting in the Mohegan Sun Bubble, and what’s next in his MMA career! Footage courtesy of and provided by Bellator MMA, BZA PR, and Showtime Sports.
Bellator 257 results and event facts
Date: April 16, 2021
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
City: Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Main Card (Showtime)
Vadim Nemkov (c) def. Phil Davis via Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) (Round 5, 5:00; Light Heavyweight; Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament Quarter-Final bout for the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship)
Corey Anderson def. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov via TKO (elbows and punches) (Round 3, 2:15; Light Heavyweight; Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament Quarter-Final bout)
Veta Arteaga def. Desiree Yanez via Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Flyweight; Arteaga was deducted a point in Round 2 due to knees to a downed Yanez)
Paul Daley def. Sabah Homasi via TKO (punches) (Round 2, 1:44; Catchweight (175 lb))
Preliminary card (Youtube/Pluto TV)
Julia Budd def. Dayana Silva via Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Women’s Featherweight)
Julius Anglickas def. Gregory Milliard via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)
Steve Mowry def. Shaun Asher via TKO (knee and punches) (Round 1, 0:55; Heavyweight)
Grachik Bozinyan def. Demarques Jackson via Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Welterweight)
Raymond Daniels def. Peter Stanonik via Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–26) (Round 3, 5:00; Welterweight)
Lance Gibson Jr. def. Marcus Surin via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Lightweight)
Karl Albrektsson def. Viktor Nemkov via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)
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