Bellator 181: Emily Ducote Excited to Add to the Flyweight Action
Emily Ducote is one of the top flyweights in the world, and she's excited to showcase her skills at a time when women's MMA has never been bigger. The Bellator flyweight division is among the most stacked in MMA and...
Bellator 183 to Feature “Big Country” Roy Nelson, Benson Henderson vs. Patricky Freire
Among the many, many talking points coming of out the Bellator 180/Bellator NYC show at New York's Madison Square Garden last night was the announcement that Roy Nelson, known to UFC and MMA fans for years simply as Big...
Bellator 180: Phil Davis Not Involving Judges in Bader Rematch
Bellator 180 features a pair of former UFC standouts vying for the Bellator light heavyweight title in a rematch between Phil Davis and Ryan Bader. Phil Davis left the UFC as one of the winningest light heavyweights in UFC history....
At Bellator NYC, Chael Sonnen Faces the One Man Not In On the Joke
At Bellator NYC, Chael Sonnen will be facing the one guy in the room not in on the joke. Or, at least, the one guy in the room who doesn't find the joke funny. The cat was out of the...
Interview: Bellator 180 Fighter Chinzo Machida is “Ready to WAR!”
On the Spike TV broadcast of Bellator 180, prior to the promotion's Bellator NYC PPV this Saturday, Brazilian featherweight Chinzo Machida returns to action. There, he'll meet rising prospect, and teammate of Conor McGregor, James Gallagher. It's an interesting contrast...
Michael Chandler vs. Brent Primus is the Real Headliner at Bellator NYC
The real headliner at Bellator NYC is a fight that's not on the marquee. It has been overlooked with the media attention given to Chael, to Wanderlei, to Fedor. It's not even on the Bellator NYC poster, depending on which...
Bellator NYC: Brent Primus is Ready to “Shock Everybody” at MSG
It's his eighth career fight. His first title fight. He hasn't fought in more than a year. His opponent is Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler. You could be forgiven for not believing in Brent Primus' chances at Bellator NYC this...
Paradigm Shift: Can Bellator Become the Premiere MMA Organization?
As Bellator NYC nears, and the UFC continues to seemingly make all the wrong moves, could Bellator unseat the UFC at the top of the MMA world? On June 18, 2014, Scott Coker was announced as the new President of...
Ryan Bader Sees Bellator Title Shot as “Just Any Other Fight”
On Spike TV next Saturday at Bellator 180, Ryan Bader will at long last get his title shot. No, it's not in the UFC, where the light heavyweight got his start after winning The Ultimate Fighter. Yet maybe that...
Bellator NYC: The Last Emperor Fedor Emelianenko Explains Why He’s Still Fighting
Bellator NYC (preceded by Bellator 180 on Spike TV) June 24 features a co-main event of The Last Emperor, Fedor Emelianenko, taking on former UFC slugger Matt Mitrione. It's a fight that was originally supposed to be part of...