Uncasville, CT — The first card of Bellator's Showtime era is in the books. Bellator 255 went down Friday, and set up exactly the featherweight grand prix finale that everyone was looking for. In the main event, Patricio Pitbull choked...

Uncasville, CT — On Friday night at Bellator 255, the mainstream MMA audience was introduced to a different kind of Nurmagomedov. A cousin of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib, Usman Nurmagomedov displayed a strong stand-up game in addition to...

Uncasville, CT — After nearly five months, Patricio Pitbull finally got back in the cage on Friday night, and it didn't last long. While his 2018 meeting with Emmanuel Sanchez went the distance, the pair's Bellator 255 rematch went...

Uncasville, CT — Khalid Murtazaliev hasn't been seen inside the cage in nearly three years. That changed Friday at Bellator 255, with Murtazaliev joining a new home and defeating Fabio Aguiar via unanimous decision. Prior to that, Murtazaliev's last action...

The upcoming Bellator 259 has a women's featherweight title fight as its main event. During Friday's Bellator 255 broadcast on Showtime, the promotion announced the return of Cris Cyborg and Leslie Smith, with both fighters on hand. The pair will...

Since their first meeting in 2018, Patricio Pitbull and Emmanuel Sanchez had both remained perfect. In their rematch on Friday, that would change for one man. The featherweight pair topped the Bellator 255 card, with 145lb gold and a...

The Bellator 255 co-main event had something of a throwback feel to it. A welterweight battle between ranked 170lb'ers, the fight saw BJJ expert Neiman Gracie go up against Jason Jackson — whose advantage would clearly be on the...

Coming into Bellator 255, heavyweight Tyrell Fortune had expected to feature in a prospect versus veteran scrap with Matt Mitrione. With Mitrione forced out, however, Fortune instead found himself running one back with ex-UFC and PFL fighter Jack May. Fortune's...

The Nurmagomedov name has become synonymous with dominance in MMA. But thus far, that name has been all but exclusive to the UFC. On Friday at Bellator 255, all that changed, as Usman Nurmagomedov, cousin of former UFC lightweight...

Now a full-time member of the Bellator MMA roster, Japan's Kana Watanabe brought an undefeated record to her Bellator 255 flyweight scrap against Alejandra Lara. The bout opened up the main card Friday night, which marked the first event...