Looking Ahead — Bellator NYC: Sonnen vs. Silva Preview
Bellator MMA steps into the glitz and glamour of New York City, and back onto Pay-per-View, with Bellator NYC Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The PPV card (Bellator 180 serves as the televised prelims, but is a strong...
Interview: Bellator 180 Fighter Chinzo Machida is “Ready to WAR!”
On the Spike TV broadcast of Bellator 180, prior to the promotion's Bellator NYC PPV this Saturday, Brazilian featherweight Chinzo Machida returns to action. There, he'll meet rising prospect, and teammate of Conor McGregor, James Gallagher. It's an interesting contrast...
Michael Chandler vs. Brent Primus is the Real Headliner at Bellator NYC
The real headliner at Bellator NYC is a fight that's not on the marquee. It has been overlooked with the media attention given to Chael, to Wanderlei, to Fedor. It's not even on the Bellator NYC poster, depending on which...
Bellator NYC: Brent Primus is Ready to “Shock Everybody” at MSG
It's his eighth career fight. His first title fight. He hasn't fought in more than a year. His opponent is Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler. You could be forgiven for not believing in Brent Primus' chances at Bellator NYC this...
Paradigm Shift: Can Bellator Become the Premiere MMA Organization?
As Bellator NYC nears, and the UFC continues to seemingly make all the wrong moves, could Bellator unseat the UFC at the top of the MMA world? On June 18, 2014, Scott Coker was announced as the new President of...
Ryan Bader Sees Bellator Title Shot as “Just Any Other Fight”
On Spike TV next Saturday at Bellator 180, Ryan Bader will at long last get his title shot. No, it's not in the UFC, where the light heavyweight got his start after winning The Ultimate Fighter. Yet maybe that...
Bellator NYC: The Last Emperor Fedor Emelianenko Explains Why He’s Still Fighting
Bellator NYC (preceded by Bellator 180 on Spike TV) June 24 features a co-main event of The Last Emperor, Fedor Emelianenko, taking on former UFC slugger Matt Mitrione. It's a fight that was originally supposed to be part of...
Lorenz Larkin Has No Problem Being Overshadowed at Bellator NYC
On Tuesday's Bellator NYC conference call, you'd be forgiven if you'd forgotten Lorenz Larkin was on the line. Not that it was his doing — simply, all anyone wanted to talk about was the signing of Mike Goldberg and...
Bellator NYC: Chael Sonnen Warns Wanderlei Silva “If You Attack Me in Front of...
Bellator NYC (and Bellator 180, which airs immediately prior to the Pay-per-View card) goes down in less than two weeks. June 24 at Madison Square Garden in New York, Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen will finally square off to...
Bellator MMA Signs Both Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo
Bellator MMA's play-by-play man Sean Grande announced his departure from the promotion yesterday. Less than twenty-four hours later, his replacement (actually replacements) have been announced. On today's Bellator NYC conference call, attended by Cageside Press, Scott Coker confirmed the...