Bellator MMA

"The StrabAnimal" will return after 16 months on the sidelines at Bellator 292. Strabane, Northern Ireland's James Gallagher (11-2) will face Brazilian Leandro Higo (21-6) at the event on March 10, 2023, in a bantamweight match-up. Severe MMA was first to...

Bellator MMA is returning to Paris this May, and bringing a couple of high-profile fights along with it. On Thursday, promotion officials announced via press release that the organization would return to the Accor Arena in Paris, France on May...

Usman Nurmagomedov (16-0) will attempt to make the first defense of his lightweight title at Bellator 292 this March. And that fight will come against former UFC champion Benson Henderson (30-11). Shortly after Bellator CEO Scott Coker announced the launch...

While Bellator makes its 2023 debut on February 4, care of a card headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader 2, its lightweight grand prix will kick off the following month. On a Wednesday appearance on The MMA Hour, Bellator...

He may be known as "The Mercenary," but A.J. McKee is staying loyal, and staying put with Bellator MMA. Now one of the promotion's biggest stars, former featherweight champ McKee (20-1) has spent the entirety of his professional career with...

Next month's Bellator 290 sees a pair of title fights usher in 2023 for the promotion, and the event's undercard has now been completed. On Friday, promotion officials announced the full preliminary card for the California-based event, which takes place...

Japan's Hiromasa Ougikubo (25-6-2) has a rare opportunity in front of him at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN. Down 0-2 in his career series against Kyoji Horiguchi, the RIZIN bantamweight grand prix winner gets a third crack at his rival on...

Roberto de Souza, RIZIN's reigning lightweight champion, caps off the Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN card on New Year's Eve by taking on former Bellator featherweight champ A.J. McKee. The fight features two of the best athletes in either company, and...

Bellator bantamweight Juan Archuleta sees Saturday's Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN event as something special. "The Spaniard," a former champion in the promotion, spoke in poetic terms of the warrior spirit that is driving him as he prepares to take on...

One last major event in the mixed martial arts calendar year remains, with Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN representing a true cross-promotion between Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation and the Viacom-backed Bellator. More than just a handful of fun throw-away fights, Bellator...