Bantamweight standout Raufeon Stots returns at Bellator 253 on Thursday, for his second fight since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Happy to get in a second fight before the end of the year, Stots (14-1) has been paired up...

Like Tom Petty once sang, the waiting is the hardest part. That's been the case for a lot of fighters during the coronavirus pandemic, chomping at the bit to get back in the cage. But for A.J. McKee, who...

Benson Henderson let Bellator MMA know earlier this Fall that he was looking for a fight. Short notice, he told the promotion, was fine — just give him three weeks if it was going to be at 155lbs. In the...

Kevin Ferguson Jr., more commonly known to fight fans as Baby Slice, has been waiting for his return to the Bellator cage for a while. Thanks to the coronavirus wiping out a March date, Slice has been on the sidelines...

Following a split decision win against Logan Storley, himself undefeated until Bellator 252, Yaroslav Amosov's record improved to 25-0. That's no small feat in MMA. Fighters like Glover Teixeira and Juan Archuleta have gone on stellar win streaks over the...

Bellator 252 went according to plan for Emmanuel Sanchez. Now, he has a title fight ahead. "I want to say better ," the featherweight grand prix quarterfinal winner said following a five-round decision win over Daniel Weichel. The victory sets...

Aaron Pico scored what can only be called an emphatic knockout win at Bellator 252. The spectacle following that concussive blow, however, was one many who have followed Pico's young career would be unfamiliar with: the 24-year old screaming...

Bellator 252 saw the return of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix — and with it, two quarterfinal fights, one with the promotion's 145lb title on the line. That main event bout had Patricio Pitbull taking little time to knock out...

Patricio Pitbull retained his featherweight title in stunning fashion at Bellator 252 on Thursday night, flooring challenger Pedro Carvalho within a round. The knockout victory will see Pitbull move on in the featherweight grand prix, where a semifinal date...

The main event of Bellator 252 was not just the second of two Featherweight Grand Prix quarterfinal fights. It also happened to be another title defense for 145lb champ Patricio Pitbull (also Bellator's lightweight champion), as he defended his...