Bellator MMA

Following Bellator 249, Leandro Higo has his sights set high. On gold, if he can get it. On a top name in the bantamweight division if not. Higo (20-5), a former title challenger, submitted Ricky Bandejas at the event in...

Bellator heavyweight prospect Steve Mowry made the most of his last-minute promotion to the Bellator 249 main card on Thursday. The towering 6"8 fighter improved to 8-0 with his finish of Shawn Teed, an opponent who wore gold outside the...

Mandel Nallo's night didn't end the way he wanted it to at Bellator 249, but then, the same can absolutely be said of opponent Saad Awad. Nallo (7-1, 1NC) landed an inadvertent knee to the groin early in the bout....

Bellator 249 on Thursday, the promotion's first show back from a multi-week stint in Europe, had a little bit of everything. From the inspired, to the weird, to the downright wince-inducing. When it comes to weird, nothing was stranger than...

Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made the first defense of her featherweight title on Thursday at Bellator 249. And the famed striker secured a personal first in the process: the first submission win of her lengthy career. Cyborg (23-2,...

Following Bellator 249, which saw Cris Cyborg successfully defend her featherweight title, Bellator has a full schedule over the next few weeks. Douglas Lima moves up to middleweight to face Gegard Mousasi for the vacant 185lb title. And the...

On Thursday, Bellator MMA revealed the next dates in its ongoing Featherweight World Grand Prix. The tournament, which began over a year ago but was brought to a screeching halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, is set to resume on...

Bellator 249 lost its co-main event shortly before the main card was set to begin. During the preliminary card broadcast on Thursday, promotion officials announced that Patricky Pitbull vs. Jaleel Willis had been removed from the event. The reason appears to...

Bantamweights Leandro Higo and Ricky Bandejas find themselves facing off at Bellator 249, in very similar circumstances. Both men have had mixed results of late. But both have also been fighting at the top of the division, taking on some...

So many people have tried and failed against Cris Cyborg over the years. "So many people have tried and failed, but not all of them," Bellator 249 title challenger Arlene Blencowe corrected at this week's Bellator 249 media day. "I...