Larkin vs. Berkhamov, Franklin vs. Golm Added to Bellator 283 Main Card

The lineup for Bellator 283 continues to grow, as a welterweight clash between Lorenz Larkin and Mukhamed Berkhamov and a heavyweight tilt pitting Davion Franklin against Marcelo Golm have been added to the main card.

Promotion officials announced the bouts on Tuesday. Bellator 283 takes place at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash., on July 22 and is headlined by a lightweight championship clash between Patricky Freire and Sidney Outlaw. The main card airs on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Additionally, six more fights were confirmed for the preliminary card: Viktor Nemkov vs. Jose Augusto at light heavyweight; Veta Arteaga vs. Vanessa Porto at flyweight; Jaylon Bates vs. Mark Coates at bantamweight; Roman Faraldo vs. Luis Iniguez at welterweight; Vladimir Tokov vs. Justin Montalvo at lightweight; Ethan Hughes vs. Kevin Hand at welterweight and Kai Kamaka III vs. Akhmed Magomedov at featherweight. Prelims air on the Bellator YouTube channel, the Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Larkin has won his last six appearances within the California-based promotion. Most recently, “Monsoon” defeated Kyle Stewart via first-round technical knockout at Bellator 280 on May 6.

Russia’s Berkhamov is undefeated in 14 professional outings. He made his promotional debut at Bellator 268, where he submitted Jaleel Willis in the opening stanza this past October.

Franklin is 5-0, with all of his triumphs coming under the Bellator banner. The 28-year-old Jackson-Wink MMA product is coming off a split-decision triumph against Said Sowma at Bellator 274 on Feb. 19.

A four-time UFC competitor, Golm has won his last three fights. In his most recent outing, the Brazilian scored a first-round TKO of Billy Swanson at Bellator 265.