Bellator MMA

Ireland's Peter Queally has been forced out of the Bellator 275 main event this Friday. On Monday, Bellator officials released an updated lineup for the event, which sees the promotion return to the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Notably absent was...

First off, the good news: Chance Rencountre is doing well, or at least as well as can be for a man who no doubt feels like he was just kicked by a mule. Rencountre, a former UFC fighter who returned...

Former welterweight champ Andrey Koreshkov dazzled with a spinning back kick finish of Chance Rencountre at Bellator 274. It's his coach, another former champ in Alexander Shlemenko, who inspired the move however. "It's his move, it's his style," Koreshkov (25-4)...

Nick Browne has felt like an afterthought through two Bellator fights to date. That probably won't happen a third time. The former LFA lightweight champ finished Mandel "Rat Garbage" Nallo at Bellator 274, with Nallo being a 2-to-1 favorite. Browne, who...

Bellator 274 saw the promotion make a little history, offering up the first five-round non-title main event in the organization's existence. It's lucky they pulled the trigger when they did. Through three rounds, Gracie vs. Storley was a listless affair,...

In the end, Bellator's decision to implement five-round main events, starting with Bellator 274's Neiman Gracie vs. Logan Storley welterweight headliner, was a wise one. It didn't really feel as if the Bellator 274 main event even got going until...

Most fighters who finish the night with a submission victory tend to walk away with their head held high, but following Bellator 274 on Saturday, bantamweight Jaylon Bates was not happy with his performance. Bates improved to 5-0 following a...

Bellator Kickboxing, which launched in 2016 to much fanfare and produced champions including Denise Kielholtz and Raymond Daniels, is officially defunct. A sister promotion to Bellator MMA, the kickboxing outfit had not held an event since prior to the coronavirus...

Davion Franklin didn't have too much to say about Bellator 274 opponent Said Sowma during this week's media day, at least at first. "I think Said Sowma, he's showing up," Franklin (4-0) replied when asked about his current foe. But...

Jaylon Bates turned a few heads when he told Cageside Press ahead of Bellator 274 that he'd previously turned down a ranked opponent, and wanted more "chicken" to fight guys in the top ten. Then again, the fight game is...