A.J. McKee entered last year's featherweight grand prix final the surging upstart, an unlikely star in the making looking to topple reigning champ Patricio Pitbull. That might sound as if it's selling McKee short, but few could have predicted that...

The light heavyweight grand prix came to its conclusion at Bellator 277 in San Jose on Friday night. Well, it should have anyway. With Vadim Nemkov attempting to defend his title against Corey Anderson in the finale, it was bragging...

There is little that is more dangerous than a talented fighter making his debut on short notice against a popular star expected to be the heavy favorite. Lots to lose, little to gain for the established name is the rule...

Both Tim Johnson and Linton Vassell had flirted with gold throughout their Bellator MMA careers. For Vassell, that had come at light heavyweight, where he'd challenged for gold; Johnson had competed for an interim title at heavyweight. It was in...

San Jose, CA — Dovletzhan Yagshimuradov was one of the big winners on the Bellator 277 preliminary card in San Jose. Coming into the fight, however, there were concerns far greater than fighting weighing on Yagshimuradov, a light heavyweight from...

Few fights in Bellator history were as anticipated as last year's featherweight grand prix final between A.J. McKee and Patricio Pitbull. The rematch between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez? Up there. Fedor's debut? Perhaps. But McKee vs. Pitbull had taken...

San Jose, CA — Scott Coker is faced with an embarrassment of riches this month, with five title fights in April, including the culmination of Bellator MMA's light heavyweight grand prix. The promotion president has long espoused the belief that...

Bellator 277 features a pair of title fights in the first event from the promotion in over a month. Cageside Press has its picks set. The main event of Bellator 277 is the rematch of the Featherweight Grand Prix final...

San Jose, CA — Patricio Pitbull does not foresee a lightweight title shot for A.J. McKee, despite the featherweight champ having expressed interest in exactly that. "It's not gonna happen," Pitbull told Cageside Press on Thursday in an exclusive interview....

Bellator featherweight champion AJ McKee has proven he's everything he said he was, but his heated rival Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is looking to exact revenge at Bellator 277. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1510694350044364803?s=20&t=kO6cUNds-v9HIbZ2ZquMdQ There is little left to prove for MMA super prospect AJ McKee....