Bellator MMA

Uncasville, CT — When Diana Avsaragova kicked off her Bellator MMA career with a stunning knockout of Tara Graff, the MMA world took notice. The Russian beauty had been written off as an Instagram model hired for her follower count...

Juliana Velasquez feels she's more recognized than prior to winning Bellator's women's flyweight championship — but aside from that, life hasn't changed too much. One thing she's planning to change, however, is her ink. Not change, necessarily, but expand on....

Heavyweight Matt Mitrione returns to the Bellator cage this Friday at Bellator 262, looking to snap a three-fight losing skid. Only, to hear Mitrione explain it, it's not really a three-fight skid at all. In an exclusive interview with Cageside...

After five hard-fought rounds at Bellator 261, Valentin Moldavsky now holds gold. Interim gold, that is. Up against Timothy Johnson, the resurgent former UFC heavyweight, Moldavsky controlled a fight that was a grinding, exhausting affair peppered with occasional bursts of...

Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi is scheduled to defend his title against John Salter on August 13 at Bellator 264. Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will be looking to record the second defense of his title when he takes on...

Bellator announced at a special press conference Friday morning that heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko will be returning to the cage on October 23 in their debut event in Moscow. Legendary heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will return to action for the first...

Sidney Outlaw returns to the Bellator cage this Friday at Bellator 261, and he says he will reintroduce himself. Outlaw (15-4) only fought once last year in 2020, marking his least active year since he was an amateur back in...

Christian Edwards will look to extend his undefeated record to five consecutive wins at Bellator 261. He'll attempt to do so against a short-notice opponent: Simon Biyong, who stepped up during fight week to replace Ben Parrish. Edwards (4-0) was...

Timothy Johnson returns to the Bellator cage for the promotion's first-ever interim title fight this Friday at Bellator 261. Johnson (15-6) earned his title shot by rattling off three wins in 2020. In February, he knocked out Tyrell Fortune, knocked...

From duels in the cage to donuts, Kana Watanabe is an interesting character. But then, that's something that Japanese fighters seem to excel at: character. Personality. Getting over with the audience. While western MMA promotions have clung to the notion that...