Bellator Champions Lima and Macfarlane Sign Contract Extensions
Bellator has announced that welterweight champion Douglas Lima and flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane have signed multi-fight, multi-year extensions with the company. Early Monday, Bellator MMA sent out a press release stating that reigning welterweight and flyweight champions Douglas Lima and...
Bellator Middleweight Champion Rafael Lovato Jr. Vacates Title Due to Health Issues
Facing scrutiny from athletic commissions and questions regarding the viability of fighting with a brain condition, Rafael Lovato Jr. has vacated Bellator MMA's middleweight title. After going public with a brain condition that has put his fighting career on hold,...
James Gallagher Out of Bellator Dublin, Leah McCourt vs. Judith Ruis Now Headlines
With James Gallagher forced off the card due to injury, Irish featherweight Leah McCourt now headlines Bellator Dublin, opposite Judith Ruis. SBG Ireland star James Gallagher has been forced out of his Bellator Dublin fight. The Irish bantamweight had been...
Bellator 239’s Brandon Girtz: “I’m not playing pitter-patter, I’m going out there for the...
Ahead of his Bellator 239 match-up with former UFC standout Myles Jury, we caught up with Bellator lightweight mainstay Brandon Girtz. Girtz (16-8) will be making his first appearance inside the Bellator cage since last March, when he went...
Rafael Lovato Jr. In Career Limbo Due to Brain Condition, Bellator Issues Statement
Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. is a fighter in limbo. Lovato, appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show this week, revealed that he was dealing with a brain condition that had his fighting career in jeopardy. Lovato (10-0)...
Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes On Again, This Time for Bellator 241
Josh Barnett and Ronny Markes will throw down after all, at Bellator 241 this March. It fell through at the eleventh hour ahead of Bellator 235, but it looks like Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes is on again. MMA Fighting...
Bellator 238: Scott Coker Addresses Cyborg’s Grand Prix Pitch, Pico’s Performance
Los Angeles, CA — Bellator CEO Scott Coker had a lot of be pleased with following Bellator 238 on Saturday. The debut of Cris Cyborg went exceptionally well, with the former UFC champ earning a fourth-round TKO of Julia...
Bellator 238: Curtis Millender Wants MVP Fight, Says It’s Up to Page
Los Angeles, CA — Improving to 18-5 with a one-sided beatdown of Moses Murrietta at Bellator 238, former UFC welterweight Curtis Millender got back in the win column in a big way. Millender picked up his first win in just...
Bellator 238: Raymond Daniels Happy with Ground n’ Pound Finish, but Would Prefer Something...
Los Angeles, CA — While Chase Hooper hit it big with his M&M affinity, count Raymond Daniels as a Reeses man. Daniels, Bellator kickboxing champ and mixed martial artist, was sporting a bag of Reeses Pieces following Bellator 238...
Bellator 238: Emilee King Looked to Coach’s Fight with Heather Hardy as Blueprint for...
Los Angeles, CA — While talk of boxers crossing over to MMA seems to fire up every month, few practitioners of the sweet science have actually made the jump. That said, Bellator has mined some of women's boxing's best...
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