Bellator MMA

Bellator's February Dublin, Ireland date was a smashing success, and the promotion has already announced its return to the Emerald Isle. On Tuesday, promotion officials announced via social media that September 23, 2022 would mark their next visit to the...

Las Vegas - Former UFC and Bellator star Chael Sonnen is facing 11 charges stemming from an alleged fight in a hotel in Las Vegas in December 2021. TMZ was the first to report the charges.  Online court records show that...

Bellator flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez will take on top contender Liz Carmouche in the main event of Bellator 278 on April 22. The first night of Bellator's Hawaiian double-header officially has a main event as flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez will...

Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis has been forced to withdraw from his April 23 bout with Raufeon Stots, Juan Archuleta will now step into the fight with an interim title on the line. The Bellator bantamweight champion will unfortunately not...

Another Hawaiian talent will be fighting on the Bellator 279 card in Honolulu this April. Kai Kamaka III (9-4-1) is set to take on Justin Gonzalez (12-1) at the April 23, 2022 event, the second of back-to-back nights at the...

Hawaii's Yancy Medeiros is about to fight at home for the first time in over a decade. Medeiros (15-8, 1NC) is set to face multi-time Bellator MMA title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez (20-7) when the promotion returns to Hawaii this April....

Any number of Dagestani mixed martial artists were influenced by the teachings of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the late father of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib. Abdulmanap helped train a host of fighters from the region in addition to his son, including...

Adam Borics and Mads Burnell fought like two men with a coveted prize on the line at Bellator 276 — which there essentially was. Though the winds of MMA can change on a dime and take a promotion's best laid...

The immediate question for Phil Davis following Bellator 276 was, what's next? Davis (24-6, 1NC), a former UFC standout and Bellator light heavyweight champion, picked up a dominant unanimous decision against Julius Anglickas at the event in St. Louis on...

Johnny Eblen was able to put his full arsenal on display in his fight against John Salter at Bellator 276 — and while giving the "crafty" vet props, Eblen feels it was a dominant performance. Just not his best performance,...