Bellator 255 goes down on April 1, 2021, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The first event of the year for the promotion, it’s also the organization’s Showtime debut. The 13-fight card, including the five-fight main card, will be headlined by a rematch between Bellator featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez. This highly-anticipated rematch comes after Pitbull defeated Sanchez in 2018. The winner earns the right to face the currently-undefeated A.J. McKee in the final.
Freire is the most destructive slugger in his division in combat sports.