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Los Angeles, CA — Lightweight Usman Nurmagomedov made short work of Manny Muro at Bellator 263. There was only one problem: he wanted the fight to go longer. Nurmagomedov (13-0) finished the fight after landing a nasty-looking knee to the body...

The Bellator light heavyweight grand prix will resume this October, as the promotion is heading to Phoenix, AZ for the next leg of the tournament. On Saturday, promotion officials announced that the semifinals of the grand prix would be held...

Bellator 263 is the home of the best fight of the weekend as the featherweight grand prix concludes with Patricio Pitbull and AJ McKee. Cageside Press has its picks set. The main event of Bellator 263 is the featherweight grand...

Bellator featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire has already secured his legacy, but he now faces the best prospect of the last decade in AJ McKee in the Grand Prix Final at Bellator 263. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1419005833552097282?s=20 To say that Patricio "Pitbull" Freire has...

Los Angeles, CA - Bellator 263 features a few lightweight bouts but one to keep an eye on involves Chris Gonzalez taking on long time Bellator veteran Goiti Yamauchi. Gonzalez (6-0) is undefeated in his young career but knows that...

Los Angeles, CA — The press conference has come and gone. The weigh-in is in the book. There's nothing but time between now and the Bellator 263 main event on Saturday, when A.J. McKee goes toe-to-toe with featherweight champ...

Bellator 263 lost one fight at the official weigh-in on Friday morning in sunny California, but that was all it lost. Which, in comparison to a UFC card ravaged by fight cancellations, was very good news. The better news? Saturday's...

For once in a MMA lifetime, the stars have aligned, and fans have the Featherweight Grand Prix finale they wanted at Bellator 263. When it comes to tournaments, quite frankly, match-ups are a crap-shoot. That's what makes them fun, but...

Los Angeles, CA — A.J. McKee has oft referred to himself as his father's revenge in the sport of MMA. The elder McKee never quite got the credit he deserved during his MMA run, which saw him cut from the...

There's just over 48 hours until Patricio Pitbull and A.J. McKee step into the cage to complete the Bellator featherweight grand prix. And ahead of that showdown, things have gone from tense, to heated, to boiling over, frankly. On Thursday,...