Bellator MMA

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...

Phoenix, AZ — The Bellator 273 open workouts took place Thursday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, with the card's biggest stars showing off their moves. In some cases, it wasn't even just fight moves. Darth Bader Heavyweight champ Ryan Bader (28-7,...

Phoenix, AZ — His first Bellator fight at home in Arizona "didn't go as planned," Ryan Bader admitted this week. It most certainly did not. Corey Anderson finished the former light heavyweight (and current heavyweight) champion, knocking him out of...

Losing a fight was something that Jaleel Willis had forgotten the feeling of, and it left a bitter taste in his mouth when Willis saw his win streak end last year. At Bellator 268 in October, Willis (15-3) suffered his...

Phoenix, AZ — Bellator interim heavyweight champion Valentin Moldavsky will look to claim the undisputed heavyweight crown against Ryan Bader at Bellator 273 this Saturday. That's an opponent Moldavsky is rather familiar with. His teammate, Vadim Nemkov, defeated Bader to...