Bellator MMA

It's rare that a pair of fighters with a combined 0-1 record going into a fight offer much to write home about. But apparently, sometime ahead of Friday's Bellator 277 card in San Jose, somebody sat Socrates Hernandez and...

San Jose, CA — Dovletzhan Yagshimuradov was one of the big winners on the Bellator 277 preliminary card in San Jose. Coming into the fight, however, there were concerns far greater than fighting weighing on Yagshimuradov, a light heavyweight from...

San Jose, CA — Scott Coker is faced with an embarrassment of riches this month, with five title fights in April, including the culmination of Bellator MMA's light heavyweight grand prix. The promotion president has long espoused the belief that...

Bellator 277 features a pair of title fights in the first event from the promotion in over a month. Cageside Press has its picks set. The main event of Bellator 277 is the rematch of the Featherweight Grand Prix final...

San Jose, CA — Patricio Pitbull does not foresee a lightweight title shot for A.J. McKee, despite the featherweight champ having expressed interest in exactly that. "It's not gonna happen," Pitbull told Cageside Press on Thursday in an exclusive interview....

Bellator featherweight champion AJ McKee has proven he's everything he said he was, but his heated rival Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is looking to exact revenge at Bellator 277. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1510694350044364803?s=20&t=kO6cUNds-v9HIbZ2ZquMdQ There is little left to prove for MMA super prospect AJ McKee....

Bellator champion Vadim Nemkov will look to cement his status as an elite fighter with a victory over perennial contender Corey Anderson in the Grand Prix final at Bellator 277. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1514006064013869060?s=20&t=kO6cUNds-v9HIbZ2ZquMdQ Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov is not in the...

San Jose, CA - There's a luxury of sorts when fighting in your own backyard when it comes to travel, lodging, training and specially cutting weight. For Bellator welterweight Kyle Crutchmer fighting at home in San Jose makes everything...

San Jose, CA - Streaks are nothing new to Bellator heavyweight Tim Johnson where he attempts to break a two-fight losing skid when he faces Linton Vassell at Bellator 277 on April 15th at the SAP Center. Speaking to reporters...

San Jose, CA — One year on from its start, almost to the day, Vadim Nemkov and Corey Anderson will close out the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix this Friday. Their Bellator 277 championship bout has a million dollars in...