Any number of Dagestani mixed martial artists were influenced by the teachings of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the late father of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib. Abdulmanap helped train a host of fighters from the region in addition to his son, including...

Adam Borics and Mads Burnell fought like two men with a coveted prize on the line at Bellator 276 — which there essentially was. Though the winds of MMA can change on a dime and take a promotion's best laid...

The immediate question for Phil Davis following Bellator 276 was, what's next? Davis (24-6, 1NC), a former UFC standout and Bellator light heavyweight champion, picked up a dominant unanimous decision against Julius Anglickas at the event in St. Louis on...

Johnny Eblen was able to put his full arsenal on display in his fight against John Salter at Bellator 276 — and while giving the "crafty" vet props, Eblen feels it was a dominant performance. Just not his best performance,...

One of the better fights out of any promotion over the weekend was Bellator 276's main event featherweight fight between Adam Borics and Mads Burnell. A five round, back-and-forth scrap that pitted Borics' Muay Thai against Burnell's boxing, there was...

Bellator MMA have been working on Fedor Emelianenko's retirement fight for a while now, with a date sometime this Summer likely. The plan all along has been to host that final fight in Moscow, where Fedor knocked out Tim Johnson...

Mads Burnell and Adam Borics knew exactly what was on the line when they faced off at Bellator 276: a featherweight title shot. Not the next one; that was promised to Patricio Pitbull, who was set to run it back...

A title shot may or may not have been on the line in Bellator 276's light heavyweight bout between Phil Davis and Julius Anglickas. For Anglickas, almost certainly not, given it was his first fight back from a loss to...

The next challenger — after Patricio Pitbull, set to rematch A.J. McKee later this year — for Bellator's featherweight title was set to be named Friday, in the main event of Bellator 276. The St. Louis card found the surging...

Late notice opponent? It is no big deal for Cody Law. Law (5-0) returns to the Bellator cage this weekend for the sixth time. He was initially scheduled to face Johnny Soto at Bellator 276; however, with a little over...