"Heaps different" is how Arlene Blencowe describes the feeling ahead of her second fight with Cris Cyborg, in comparison to their first match-up. Speaking at this week's Bellator 279 media day, Australia's Blencowe added that "I feel like I'm ready....

The second — and significantly larger — card of back-to-back shows in Honolulu, Hawaii, Bellator 279 went down Saturday night with two title fights, the return of Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, and quarterfinal action in the bantamweight grand prix. Headlined by Cris...

Bellator 279 features two title fights as the women's featherweight and interim bantamweight belts are on the line. Cageside Press has its picks set. The main event of Bellator 279 is a rematch between featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and challenger...

At age 36, Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1NC) doesn't appear to be slowing down. "I feel great, I feel very blessed to never have any bad injury in my career. And I've been doing great fights," she...

Bellator bantamweight and former champ Juan Archuleta has been out almost a year, but after losing his title to Sergio Pettis in May of 2021, the wait to return has turned out to be worth it. That's because, with Pettis...

After initially being matched up with fellow Roufusport fighter and Bellator bantamweight champ Sergio Pettis at Bellator 279, Raufeon Stots was thrown a welcome curve ball. "I'm super-excited about this one. For me, personally, it's way easier getting behind fighting...

Cris "Cyborg" Justino has proven all she needs to for her career and in Bellator, so the focus will be on her as Arlene Blencowe looks to exact revenge at Bellator 279. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1471555733221167113?s=20&t=ZIyyb5o-l-7wQ-MpbJ5b2Q For the first time in many years, it...

At 38, after years of pursuing a world championship, the moment arrived for Liz Carmouche at Bellator 278. A fourth-round TKO saw Carmouche (17-7) claim the women's flyweight title from Juliana Velasquez. The finish did, however, raise eyebrows, with Velasquez...

They'd been on a collision course for the last couple of years. At Bellator 278, Juliana Velasquez and Liz Carmouche finally collided. Undefeated at 12-0, Velasquez had defeated Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, a former training partner of Carmouche, for the Bellator women's...

Newcomer Nikita Mikhailov walked right into a bantamweight grand prix opportunity in a wild card fight at Bellator 278. He also walked into a very tough opponent in Enrique Barzola. Ultimately, the veteran fighter was too much for Fedor Team's...