Emmanuel Sanchez

Ortiz vs. Sonnen took place on January 21, 2017 at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV. On October 18, 2016, it was announced that former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz and UFC veteran Chael Sonnen would headline this event. Sonnen owns career wins over the likes of Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt, Brian Stann, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua and the current UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. Ortiz is a UFC Hall of Famer and one of the most decorated champions in UFC history. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" signed with Bellator in 2013 and has gone 2-1 with the promotion. He has wins over the likes of Alexander Shlemenko, Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva, Ken Shamrock and Forrest Griffin. A women's bout between Rebecca Ruth and Colleen Schneider was initially announced for this card. However, the bout never came to fruition for undisclosed reasons and Ruth was replaced by Chrissie Daniels

Bellator 175: Rampage vs. King Mo 2 was held on March 31, 2017 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will air live in prime time on Spike TV. The event was headlined by Heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson against former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Lawal. At the weigh ins, Emmanuel Sanchez missed the 146-pound featherweight limit, coming in at 149.5 pounds. The fight was changed to a catchweight.

Bellator 184: Dantas vs. Caldwell took place on October 6, 2017 at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event aired live in prime time on Spike TV.

Rafael Lovato Jr. was originally scheduled to face John Salter on this card. However, Salter was pulled by the Illinois Athletic Commission due to an eye issue on April 24 and replaced by Gerald Harris. Due to the lateness of the rebooking, the bout was contested at a catchweight of 188 pounds.

Bellator 209: Pitbull vs. Sanchez took place on November 16, 2018 at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event aired live on Paramount Network.

Bellator 218: Sanchez vs. Karakhanyan 2 took place on March 22, 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma The event aired on Paramount Network and DAZN. The event featured a featherweight main event bout between Emmanuel Sanchez and Georgi Karakhanyan.

Bellator 226: Bader vs. Kongo was a mixed martial arts event that took place on September 8th, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.

145 lbs.: Patricio Freire (30-4) vs. Pedro Carvalho (11-3) 145 lbs.: Daniel Weichel (40-11) vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (19-4) 170 lbs.: Yaroslav Amosov (24-0) vs. Logan Storley (11-0) 145 lbs.: Aaron Pico (6-3) vs. John de Jesus (13-8)

Pitbull vs Sanchez

Patrício Freire vs. A.J. McKee (Featherweight) Mads Burnell vs. Emmanuel Sanchez (Featherweight) Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Manny Muro (Lightweight) Brent Primus vs. Islam Mamedov (Lightweight) Goiti Yamauchi vs. Chris Gonzalez (Lightweight)

Sergio Pettis vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (Bantamweight) Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Jeremy Kennedy (Featherweight) Josh Hill vs. Jared Scoggins (Bantamweight) Johnny Eblen vs. Collin Huckbody (Middleweight)

Bellator 279: Cyborg vs. Blencowe 2 is a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took take place on April 23, 2022, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on June 16, 2023, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. A Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero headlined the event. The co-main event, a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Sergio Pettis and the current Bellator Featherweight Champion Patrício Pitbull (also former Bellator Lightweight Champion) took place.