Bellator MMA

Flyweight Valerie Loureda is trading in the cage for the squared circle. The Bellator MMA "It" girl hasn't fought since November, but earlier this year, was seen at the WWE Performance Center, and also attended WrestleMania in April. News quickly...

Bellator 283 goes down on July 22, and sees the promotion make its debut in Tacoma, Washington. With the event quickly approaching, a number of key match-ups have now been announced for the card. On Tuesday, Bellator officials confirmed via...

Bellator middleweight Fabian Edwards has weighed in on the Bellator 282 main event upset. On Friday night, Johnny Eblen defeated Gegard Mousasi to become the new Bellator MMA middleweight champion. Eblen went into the championship bout as the underdog, largely due...

Russian lightweight Alexander Shabliy is three fights into his Bellator MMA run, and has now dispatched a former champion. Shabliy (22-3) hasn't lost a fight since 2016, and on Friday at Bellator 282, put away ex-champ Brent Primus with a...

Welterweight Brennan Ward's perfect finishing rate remains intact following Bellator 282. "100%. Keep that f*cker at 100," Ward (16-6) exclaimed back stage at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT, a short while after his second-round TKO of Kassius Kayne. Ward...

Magomed Magomedov advanced in Bellator's bantamweight grand prix on Friday, but not without facing some adversity early. The Russian standout (19-2) was neck-and-neck with opponent Enrique Barzola, a former Ultimate Fighter winner, before catching the Peruvian in a guillotine choke...

A seemingly exhausted Killys Mota revealed following Bellator 282 that he had fought out his contract at the event. Mota (13-3) picked up a unanimous decision win over #9-ranked lightweight Dan Moret at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT...

Recently signed undefeated bantamweight Sarvadzhon Khamidov will make his promotional debut at Bellator 284 in August. Khamidov (13-0) will face Jared Scoggins (10-2) at the event, set for the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on August 12, 2022....

Featherweight prospect Lucas Brennan improved his record to a perfect 7-0 on Friday at Bellator 282, and is starting to get the respect he deserves. The 22-year old has spent his entire pro career in Bellator, with six submission victories...

A girl has a name. And that name, apparently, is Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. Flyweight Ilara Joanne is known to fight fans as "Arya Stark," the pint-sized heroine of HBO's Game of Thrones (not to mention the A Song of Ice and...