Bellator MMA

At Bellator 285 in Dublin, Mads Burnell and Pedro Carvalho went toe to toe in a matchup between ranked featherweights. Third-ranked Burnell had been undefeated in three fights in the promotion before running into Adam Borics, who is now the...

Bellator MMA returned to the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on Friday, with two big fights topping the Bellator 285 card. In the main event, former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson looked for his second straight win over former Bellator title...

Two Brazilian grappling standouts topped Bellator 284 on Friday, with Neiman Gracie, a former title challenger, up against Goiti Yamauchi. As it turned out, there wasn't much ground action at all. Yamauchi was in just his second fight since moving to...

Coming off a two-fight skid, former Bellator women's flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane was in need of a win at Bellator 284 on Friday night. While the Hawaiian has mulled retirement of late, there's no cure for the blues like a...

Former middleweight title challenger Austin Vanderford made his return at Bellator 284, in his first fight back since a loss to Gegard Mousasi earlier this year. Vanderford, who suffered his first career defeat against then-champ Mousasi, had been expected to...

Brazilian welterweights Neiman Gracie and Goiti Yamauchi topped Friday's Bellator 284 card, which had a little something for everyone. Standout grapplers in the main event? Check. Former women's flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane looking to snap the first losing streak of...

Bellator will be returning to Long Beach with featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire facing Adam Borics and the lightweight debut of AJ McKee against Spike Carlyle on October 1. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire will be heading into the backyard of rival...

Capping off the night at Bellator 283, which saw the promotion debut in Tacoma, Washington, was a welterweight showdown between ex-champ Douglas Lima and top contender Jason Jackson. Having missed weight on Thursday, Lima had raised eyebrows; just how rough...

There can be little doubt that Sidney Outlaw suffered a massive disappointment ahead of Bellator 283, seeing his title shot and main event billing fall through due to an injury to lightweight champ Patricky Pitbull. Stepping in to replace Pitbull...

Undefeated lightweight talent Usman Nurmagomedov faced off with Team Alpha Male standout Chris Gonzalez on Bellator 283's main card Friday night. The event marked the promotion's debut in Tacoma, Washington, and was capped off by a welterweight main event featuring...