Bellator MMA

Long Beach, CA — Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull did not expect his brother, lightweight champ Patricky, to be in his corner at Bellator 286 this weekend. Patricky, after all, has his own title defense coming up, opposite Usman Nurmagomedov. "Yeah...

Patricio Pitbull and A.J. McKee were set to once again share a card on Saturday at Bellator 286. But for the first time in a year, the pair were not scheduled to fight each other. Instead, Pitbull, who had won...

Long Beach, CA — Hungarian featherweight Adam Borics knows a thing or two about shocking the MMA world. It was Borics who in 2019 crushed Aaron Pico with a flying knee, halting his fellow prospect in his tracks. Since then,...

Although the fight finally arrives this Saturday at Bellator 286, featherweight Jeremy Kennedy (17-3, 1NC) wasn't entirely sure he'd get his fight with Aaron Pico re-booked. The pair had been scheduled to face off earlier this year, only for injury...

With welterweight, featherweight, heavyweight, light heavyweight and bantamweight grand prix tournaments either in the books or about to wrap up, Bellator MMA has announced the next weight class to feature the grand prix format. During an episode of The MMA...

Former Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta returns to action at Bellator 286 this Saturday. Archuleta (25-4) is looking to shake off back-to-back losses, the most recent of which saw him bounced from the bantamweight grand prix, in an interim...

Aaron Pico's MMA career has been a wild ride thus far, and he is finally putting it all together. A little more than three years ago, Pico (10-3) was on a two-fight losing streak — finding himself knocked out twice....

It's difficult not to immediately associate Max Rohskopf with his disastrous UFC appearance two years ago, which saw him fail to answer the bell for the third round against Austin Hubbard. But after walking away from MMA ever so briefly,...

Former UFC women's featherweight champion and current Bellator MMA champ Cris Cyborg has ruled out a return to the octagon, barring major organizational changes. A champion in every major promotion she has competed for — Strikeforce, Invicta FC, the UFC,...

Bellator MMA returns to the 3Arena in Dublin this Friday, with Bellator 285 featuring Ireland's own Peter Queally in the main event, taking on former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson. There is plenty of Irish talent on the card beyond...