The event featured in the main event a Bellator Welterweight Championship bout between the champion Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch. The bout served as both a title defense for MacDonald and a quarter-final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. The event featured a Bellator Women's Flyweight Championship bout between the champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Veta Arteaga.
Bellator 226: Bader vs. Kongo was a mixed martial arts event that took place on September 8th, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.
Phil Davis vs. Yoel Romero (Light Heavyweight) Neiman Gracie vs. Mark Lemminger (Welterweight) Alejandra Lara vs. DeAnna Bennett (Flyweight) Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Saul Rogers (Lightweight) Christian Edwards vs. Ben Parrish (Light Heavyweight)
