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Ireland's Karl Moore will face American Corey Anderson for the vacant Bellator light-heavyweight title in Belfast on 22 March.

Moore, 32, beat Alex Polizzi in June for his fourth successive win and will compete for his first world title.

Russia's Vadim Nemkov vacated the belt earlier this month to move up to heavyweight.

It is the first Bellator-branded show since the MMA promotion was acquired by the Professional Fighters League.

The organisation has not held an event since Bellator 301 in Chicago in November, one week before the deal with the PFL was finalised.

In the co-main event, Leah McCourt will fight Sinead Kavanagh in a rematch of their fight in 2022.

Dublin's Kavanagh, 38, won that fight on points despite a horrific knee injury and comes into the contest off the back of a defeat to American Sara Collins.

McCourt, 31, has the chance to avenge the defeat, fighting in front of her hometown fans for the first time as a pro MMA fighter.

The Belfast fighter was originally slated to take on featherweight champion Cris Cyborg, before Kavanagh was drafted in as an opponent.

After Nemkov vacated the title, 39-year-old Anderson was next in line to fight for the belt, having beaten former world champion Phil Davis last June.

Moore, who first fought in Bellator in 2019, is aiming to become the first Irish champion in the promotion's history.

Peter Queally (lightweight) and Kavanagh (featherweight) have both failed in recent attempts to achieve the feat.

Moore has won 12 of his 14 fights since making his professional debut in 2011.