Bellator MMA

In a perfect world, mixed martial arts should be about results. Yet heading into Bellator 239 this weekend, heavyweight Tim Johnson is a reminder that we do not live in a perfect world. Johnson (12-6) left the UFC in...

A number of additions have been made to the upcoming Bellator 241 in March. As first reported by MMA Junkie, Leslie Smith vs. Jessy Miele, Robson Gracie vs. Billy Goff, Anatoly Tokov vs. Fabio Aguiar, and Romero Cotton vs. Justin...

Nick Newell will look to bounce back from his first loss in Bellator against DWCS' Zach Zane. While one 'Notorious' fighter made his return in January, another is set to get back in the cage next month. The 'Notorious' Nick...

Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima will be moving up to challenge Gegard Mousasi for the vacant middleweight title on May 9 in San Jose. Just 24 hours after it was announced that he had signed a new contract extension with...

Bellator has announced that welterweight champion Douglas Lima and flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane have signed multi-fight, multi-year extensions with the company. Early Monday, Bellator MMA sent out a press release stating that reigning welterweight and flyweight champions Douglas Lima and...

Facing scrutiny from athletic commissions and questions regarding the viability of fighting with a brain condition, Rafael Lovato Jr. has vacated Bellator MMA's middleweight title. After going public with a brain condition that has put his fighting career on hold,...

With James Gallagher forced off the card due to injury, Irish featherweight Leah McCourt now headlines Bellator Dublin, opposite Judith Ruis. SBG Ireland star James Gallagher has been forced out of his Bellator Dublin fight. The Irish bantamweight had been...

Ahead of his Bellator 239 match-up with former UFC standout Myles Jury, we caught up with Bellator lightweight mainstay Brandon Girtz. Girtz (16-8) will be making his first appearance inside the Bellator cage since last March, when he went...

Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. is a fighter in limbo. Lovato, appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show this week, revealed that he was dealing with a brain condition that had his fighting career in jeopardy. Lovato (10-0)...

Josh Barnett and Ronny Markes will throw down after all, at Bellator 241 this March. It fell through at the eleventh hour ahead of Bellator 235, but it looks like Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes is on again. MMA Fighting...