Bellator MMA

Another key welterweight fight has been added to May's Bellator London card. Already topped by a 170lb title fight between champ Yaroslav Amosov and Michael "Venom" Page, the event will also feature the #2 and #3 ranked welterweights in the...

Bellator's U.K. television deal has expanded, and starting with Bellator 275 later this month, the promotion's European based events will air on BBC Three. Promotion officials announced the deal on Friday. Bellator 275, which takes place on February 25, 2022,...

Phoenix, AZ — Even Ryan Bader felt like his title defense at Bellator 273 against Valentin Moldavsky was a toss up. Which left him a little nervous, at least, when the fight went to the judges. "Man I'm never confident...

Phoenix, AZ — Despite Fedor Emelianenko expressing interest in a rematch with Ryan Bader, Cheick Kongo was always next in line for the heavyweight title. That's according to Bellator President Scott Coker, who revealed following Bellator 273 in Phoenix that...

Bellator has announced that Ryan Bader's next heavyweight title defense will take place in the challenger's home country, as he will face Cheick Kongo in Paris, France on May 6. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1487659286478131203?s=20&t=fWyUWYzZGyEl14EVN2qPpg After nearly three years since his last heavyweight title defense...

Phoenix, AZ — Former UFC light heavyweight champion Benson Henderson hasn't had the easiest go of late. Coping with a three-fight slump heading into Bellator 273, "Smooth" was paired up with the surging Islam Mamedov in the card's co-main...

Phoenix, AZ — Featherweight Lucas Brennan improved his spotless record to 6-0 at Bellator 273, doing so with another dazzling submission. This time out, it was (as Brennan clarified after the fight) an assassin choke, which forced the tap from...

Phoenix, AZ — Improving to 3-0 in the opening bout of Bellator 273 on Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix was Sullivan Cauley. The hometown hero went up against Ben "Big Tuna" Parrish, and was able to use...

Ryan Bader will collide with Valentin Moldavsky in the main event of Bellator 273 on Saturday night in Phoenix — and Friday morning, that fight became official. Both men hit the scales as undersized heavyweights, Bader just north of 232lbs,...

The stakes were high in the main event of Bellator 273. Having lost his light heavyweight title to Vadim Nemkov, former double champ Ryan Bader was set to defend his heavyweight championship against Nemkov's teammate, Valentin Moldavsky. During Bader's recent absence...