Bellator MMA

Roberto de Souza, RIZIN's reigning lightweight champion, caps off the Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN card on New Year's Eve by taking on former Bellator featherweight champ A.J. McKee. The fight features two of the best athletes in either company, and...

Bellator bantamweight Juan Archuleta sees Saturday's Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN event as something special. "The Spaniard," a former champion in the promotion, spoke in poetic terms of the warrior spirit that is driving him as he prepares to take on...

One last major event in the mixed martial arts calendar year remains, with Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN representing a true cross-promotion between Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation and the Viacom-backed Bellator. More than just a handful of fun throw-away fights, Bellator...

On New Year's Eve, Patricio Pitbull, Bellator's reigning featherweight champion and one of the faces of the promotion, will face his RIZIN counterpart, Kleber Koike. It's a non-title affair, given the logistics of the situation, with two promotions coming together...

Former UFC women's bantamweight title challenger Sara McMann will have a new home moving forward. McMann (13-6), who faced Ronda Rousey at UFC 170 in 2014 in an attempt to claim the promotion's bantamweight title, has signed an exclusive deal...

Strange as it may seem, Japanese star Kyoji Horiguchi will represent American promotion Bellator MMA at a massive cross-promotional event with RIZIN Fighting Federation on New Year's Eve. "Yeah of course, it's a little strange, you know? Because I'm Japanese....

Along with Obon and Golden Week, New Years in Japan is among the three biggest national holidays — and MMA has become a New Year's Eve tradition. So it's no surprise to see arguably RIZIN's biggest card to date...

A.J. McKee wants to do some "full blown exploring" of Japan, taking in everything from the snowboarding opportunities, to temples, to the classic car scene — but December 31 is purely a business endeavor as he takes on Roberto...

Bellator MMA is welcoming two new fighters to the fold ahead of 2023. On Tuesday, promotion officials announced the signing of UFC and Dana White's Contender Series alumnus Aalon Cruz, and Ukrainian women's featherweight talent Kateryna Shakalova. Both fighters enter the...

Leah McCourt will not be fighting on the Bellator Dublin card next February, which feels like a bit of a missed opportunity. McCourt, from Northern Ireland, has turned up in nearby Dublin five times under the Bellator MMA banner, after...