In a way, Jornel Lugo vs. Keith Lee at Friday's Bellator 265 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota felt like an audition. Consider it a dry run for the potential (but not yet official) bantamweight grand prix, widely expected to be...

A pair of LFA alumni will collide at Bellator 268 this October. The Phoenix, Arizona card, set for October 16, 2021, at the Footprint Center will see LFA lightweight champ Nick Browne (11-1) make his promotional debut, opposite the returning...

Cheick Kongo and Sergei Kharitonov comprised the main event of Bellator 265 on Friday. But the more important fight was arguably the South Dakota card's co-main event. Or well, it was right up until it wasn't. The heavyweight headliner promised...

"It's a big opportunity, another step up in competition, so I'm ready to just showcase my skills." Dante Schiro's statement during Wednesday's media day resonates even more following the events of the past twenty-four hours. Schiro was originally in a main...

Bellator 265 has lost what was a very promising co-main event. Thursday morning, at the event's official weigh-in, Jay Jay Wilson came in 4.4lbs over the featherweight limit for his fight with Adam Borics. The pairing had been announced as...

Welterweight standout Logan Storley will have the home field advantage as Bellator returns to South Dakota this Friday. Storley (11-1) will be looking to bounce back from the first loss of his career, with fans back in the building at...

One of Bellator's most recognizable heavyweights was set to return this Friday at Bellator 265. Cheick Kongo last fought in November, losing at home in Paris to Tim Johnson, who would go on to fight for interim gold in the...

Sergei Kharitonov returns to the Bellator cage for the first time since 2019 this Friday. In the main event of Bellator 265, the Russian veteran takes on fellow long-standing big man Cheick Kongo. The pair have four full decades of...

Since being bounced from the featherweight grand prix by Darrion Caldwell, Adam Borics has done nothing but win. Three wins, in fact, which has led him to a title eliminator this Friday against Jay Jay Wilson. So just how important...

At 46, Bellator heavyweight Cheick Kongo has all sorts of accolades to his name. The oldest fighter on the promotion's roster has the most fights, and wins, in the heavyweight division, for starters. What "The Darkness" does not have is...