Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA, it took place on January 29, 2022 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Since then, Bader lost his 205-pound title against Vadim Nemkov before entering the light heavyweight grand prix where he defeated Lyoto Machida in April before suffering a KO loss to Corey Anderson in October at Bellator 268.

[2] A middleweight bout between Romero Cotton and Dalton Rosta was scheduled for this event.

[5] However, two weeks before the event Cotton pulled out of the bout due to illness and was replaced by Duane Johnson.

[6] A featherweight bout between Weber Almeida and Josh Wright was scheduled for this event, however it was scrapped due to unknown reasons.