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Bellator President Scott Coker weighed in on the status of Fedor Emelianenko following the promotion's debut in Tacoma, Washington on Friday night. While it was the welterweight and lightweight divisions that saw contenders emerge on Friday, namely Jason Jackson and...

At Friday's Bellator 283, Team Alpha Male lightweight Chris Gonzalez has the unenviable task of facing off with undefeated Dagestani Usman Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov has been heavily promoted coming into the fight, with Gonzalez himself being somewhat overlooked. That's not something...

Roman Faraldo will be looking to play spoiler against hometown fighter Luis Iniguez at Bellator 283, and he's not expecting a long night. "I don't see it getting out of the first round, to be honest," Faraldo (7-0) predicted during...

True to his word, Lorenz Larkin, riding a six-fight win streak, is back in the welterweight division this week at Bellator 283. After a two-fight stint at middleweight, Larkin (24-7, 1NC) stated at Bellator Paris back in May that he'd...

A high-profile match-up with Dalton Rosta finally arrives for Romero Cotton on Friday night at Bellator 283. The only question is, just how many times has the pair been scheduled to face off? According to Rosta, it's four, but that's...

Jason Jackson finds himself in the main event this Friday night at Bellator 283. It's not a spot that was planned; Jackson vs. former champ Douglas Lima was originally the card's co-feature. But with Patricky Pitbull withdrawing from a title...

Undefeated lightweight Usman Nurmagomedov doesn't mind being billed as "Khabib Nurmagomedov's cousin." The Dagestani star, a perfect 14-0, returns to action on Friday at Bellator 283, and was asked if the occasion would be an opportunity to establish himself as...

After five fights in Bellator, Jaylon Bates wants to let everyone know he is the best bantamweight on the planet. Bates (5-0) returns to the Bellator cage for his second fight of 2022 this Friday in Tacoma, Washington. There, he...

Azerbaijan's Tofiq Musayev, a former RIZIN lightweight champion, makes his promotional debut at Bellator 283 this Friday. Making a first impression is always important, but in Musayev's case, he's doing so in a co-main event, filling in for reigning champion...

Go back a couple of months, and Bellator heavyweight Davion Franklin had been expected to fight as part of the promotion's return to Paris. What was to be his second fight of 2022 never did transpire, however. Instead, the undefeated...