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Undefeated welterweight prospect Roman Faraldo returns to action at Bellator 271 on Friday. The Florida-based fighter won his first two fights under the Bellator banner, finishing both within the distance. Against Robert Turnquest on the preliminary card Friday, Faraldo will...

Business is starting to pick up in Bellator MMA's heavyweight division, and this weekend at Bellator 271, there's a high-stakes match-up between two top contenders, Tyrell Fortune and Linton Vassell. With Fortune ranked fifth and Vassell right behind him,...

Heavyweight Linton Vassell returns to action at Bellator 271, holding down the co-main event slot against top-flight wrestler Tyrell Fortune. It's a fight that, under other circumstances, might be a title eliminator. There's a chance it still could be. Especially...

Aaron Pico believes his friend and former teammate AJ McKee could very well conquer Bellator's lightweight division next. Pico (8-3) returns at Bellator 271 this Friday, paired opposite another featherweight standout, the undefeated Justin Gonzales. For years, McKee and Pico...

Sinead Kavanagh will look to record a historic upset as she takes her turn against the legendary Cris Cyborg for the featherweight championship at Bellator 271. https://twitter.com/BellatorMMA/status/1458585264637448196?s=20 Cris "Cyborg" Justino has been dominant for so long that the day her reign...

Women's featherweight juggernaut Cris Cyborg returns to action on Friday, facing a very motivated Sinead Kavanagh atop the Bellator 271 card. Since her arrival in Bellator early last year, Cyborg (24-2, 1NC) has won the 145lb title and defended it...

Tyrell Fortune returns to action in the co-main event of Friday's Bellator 271, looking to make it four wins in a row — the sort of streak that, were the title picture a little less murky, might put him...

Ireland's Sinead Kavanagh is a clear underdog in her fight with Cris Cyborg atop the Bellator 271 card. That said, if she's intimidated at all by the legendary Brazilian fighter and women's featherweight champ, however, Ireland's Kavanagh (7-4) isn't showing...

It's a different sort of fight week for flyweight Valerie Loureda ahead of Friday's Bellator 271. Yes, she's fighting at home in Florida, made clear by the fact that she was sporting a Miami cap during Wednesday's media day. Loureda...

Justin Gonzales is excited to share the cage with highly touted featherweight prospect Aaron Pico this Friday. Gonzales (12-0) returns for his second fight under the Bellator banner at Bellator 271. In his Bellator debut, he defeated then ranked Tywan...