At 45, Cheick Kongo is finally getting the opportunity to fight at home. Bellator Paris this Saturday — part of a double bill with Bellator 248 — will mark the first official MMA event in France. Which means longtime...

This weekend's Bellator Paris card — actually two events in one, Bellator Europe 10 and Bellator 248 — seems to grow bigger and bigger. Fans will be at the venue, albeit in limited numbers. It will be the first official...

Bellator 249 has a slight change to its lineup. On Wednesday, sources confirmed to Cageside Press that middleweight Tony Johnson had withdrawn from his bout with Joseph Creer. In his place, Andrew Kapel has stepped up. The event is set...

For the first time in its history, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to air mixed martial arts action. Specifically, the storied broadcaster will air this weekend's Bellator 248 on its iPlayer, a streaming service available across a...

The third of three consecutive Bellator cards in Milan, Italy on Saturday put an end to a successful run at the Allianz Cloud. The trio of shows, including Bellator Europe 8, Bellator 247, and Bellator Europe 9, secured the...

A fight originally lined up for Bellator 241, scuttled thanks to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, is back on. At Bellator 250, lightweights Nick Newall and Zach Zane will face off. The fight will mark Newell's third under...

"Superb, absolutely superb." That's how British lightweight Charlie Leary described his victory over Kiefer Crosbie on Saturday, at Bellator Europe 9. To say it was an upset was an understatement. "I just knocked off one of the top prospects in...

James Gallagher is known as one of the more boisterous, talkative, antagonistic characters on the Bellator MMA roster. Between that, and his association with SBG Ireland and Conor McGregor, "The StrabAnimal" has been a lightning rod for criticism, from...

When it comes to career turnarounds, SBG Ireland's Charlie Ward is a shining example of what you can do by building a fighter the right way. Ward (9-4), a close friend and teammate of Conor McGregor, was more or...

Sinead Kavanagh went the distance with former Invcita FC title contender Katharina Lehner at Bellator Europe 9 on Saturday. It wasn't the finish she'd hoped for, but a unanimous decision gave the Irish featherweight her second straight win. Which...