Ryan Bader vs. Fedor Emelianenko (Heavyweight) Johnny Eblen vs. Anatoly Tokov (Middleweight) Sabah Homasi vs. Brennan Ward (Welterweight)

Rory MacDonald vs. Douglas Lima — Paul Daley vs. Saad Awad — Patrick Mix vs. Isaiah Chapman — Nick Newell vs. Manny Muro — Kevin Ferguson Jr. vs. Craig Campbell — Marcus Surin vs. Devin Powell — Zarrukh Adashev vs. Tevin Dyce — Demetrios Plaza vs. Ryan Evans — Lance Gibson Jr. vs. Dominic Jones — John Douma vs. Jornel Lugo — Jonathan Lopez vs. Dan Cormier —

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)

Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2 took place on April 9, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was headlined by a Quarterfinal of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. The headliner will be a rematch between former Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida.

Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. Austin Vanderford (Middleweight) Leah McCourt vs. Sinead Kavanagh (Featherweight) Ciaran Clarke vs. Abou Tounkara (Featherweight) Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Jose Sanchez (Featherweight) Brian Moore vs. Jornel Lugo (Bantamweight)

Juliana Velasquez vs. Liz Carmouche (Flyweight) Enrique Barzola vs. Nikita Mikhailov (Bantamweight) Jornel Lugo vs. Danny Sabatello (Bantamweight) Christian Edwards vs. Grant Neal (Light Heavyweight) Manny Muro vs. Nate Andrews (Catchweight 160lb)

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Cheick Kongo (Heavyweight) Logan Storley vs. Dante Schiro (Welterweight) Billy Swanson vs. Marcelo Golm (Heavyweight) Keith Lee vs. Jornel Lugo (Catchweight)