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Douglas Lima is happy to see fans back in the building at the Mohegan Sun Arena for Bellator 260 this Friday. "Very, very excited about that," the welterweight champ told Cageside Press ahead of his return to Connecticut. "I fought...

Undefeated featherweight Justin Gonzales makes his Bellator debut this Friday at Bellator 260. “It feels great to be making my Bellator debut. I'm pumped. I feel like I should have been here a long time ago,” Gonzales said in an...

Bellator 261 on June 25 has its co-headliner set, as Liz Carmouche will meet Kana Watanabe in what feels like a flyweight title eliminator. News of the booking was first reported by The San Diego Union-Tribune. The match-up finds both...

Kyle Crutchmer (6-1) makes his fourth Bellator appearance this Friday at Bellator 260. The former two-time NCAA All-American wrestler out of Oklahoma is coming off his first professional loss. Last October, he lost a unanimous decision to Kemran Lachinov at...

Surging prospect Kyra Batara is looking to pick up where she left off in her newest chapter as she makes her Bellator debut on June 25 against Lena Ovchynnikova. The last time you saw Kyra Batara, the 25 year old...

Hannah Guy made her Bellator debut last Friday at Bellator 259, and she upset -575 favorite Valerie Loureda. She would defeat the 22-year-old via unanimous decision, bringing the undefeated streak of the social media darling to a screeching halt. During...

"The Italian Gangster" made quite the opening impression for his Bellator debut. Dismantling the former UFC veteran, Brett Johns, and spoiling the coming out party for the Wales native. Danny Sabatello stepped up on under a week's notice, and...

At Bellator 259, women's featherweight champ Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1NC) secured her second title defense under the Bellator banner. A world champion under Strikeforce, Invicta FC, the UFC, and now Bellator, if Cyborg does one thing consistently, it's win. Friday,...

Bellator 259 saw Cris Cyborg going five rounds (or just under), Valerie Loureda suffer her first loss, and Austin Vanderford cement himself as a legitimate contender in the middleweight division. Cyborg's fifth-round finish of Leslie Smith paves that way for...

Bellator women's flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez will make her first title defense at Bellator 262 in July. Promotion officials announced via press release on Friday that Velasquez will take on Bellator kickboxing champ Denise Kielholtz at the event, which takes...