Bellator 273 will be headlined by a heavyweight title unification fight between heavyweight champion, Ryan Bader, and interim heavyweight champion, Valentin Moldavsky. The co-main event is set to be a lightweight bout between Benson Henderson and Islam Mamedov. Bellator 273 is set to take place in the Footprint Center in Pheonix, Arizona.
Main Event
Ryan Bader won the Bellator heavyweight title at Bellator 214 in 2019 with a knockout win over Fedor Emelianenko.