Bellator MMA

Nearly three years on, Ryan Bader and Cheick Kongo finally ran back their 2019 heavyweight title fight, which ended early in a disappointing no contest due to an eye poke. At Bellator 280 on Friday, Kongo got a second chance...

Alex Polizzi found himself with the opportunity of a lifetime at Bellator 280 on Friday night in Paris, France — stepping up on short notice to face Yoel Romero. Romero, a multi-time UFC title challenger, was in search of his...

Now competing as a middleweight, former Bellator title challenger and UFC standout Lorenz Larkin returned to action at Bellator 280 in Paris on Friday — with short-notice replacement and fellow UFC alum Kyle Stewart stepping up to face him. Larkin,...

Bellator MMA returned to Paris, France on Friday night, with Cheick Kongo finally getting his rematch against Ryan Bader. Bellator 280 was a chance for Kongo to not only finally, after two decades in the sport, claim gold in a...

Outside of a "blip" against Amanda Nunes back in the UFC, Cris Cyborg has been all but unstoppable throughout her MMA career. At Bellator 279, Arlene Blencowe would get a second crack at the women's featherweight champ. Hoping, no doubt,...

With an interim title on the line, the bantamweight grand prix quarter-final between Juan Archuleta and Raufeon Stots at Bellator 279 was already high stakes. Ahead of the fight, it also appeared that emotions were close to boiling over, with...

It was 500 days between fights come Saturday night at Bellator 279 for Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. 500 days, counting the day of, since she'd lost her women's flyweight title. Since she had last competed. That's a lot of time away from...

The first quarter-final of the Bellator bantamweight grand prix saw Kyoji Horiguchi paired up with Patchy Mix on the Bellator 279 main card. A former champion in both Bellator and RIZIN, Horiguchi was looking to work his way back to...

The first thing that stood out as the Bellator 279 main card opened up Saturday in Honolulu: the hero's welcome received by Hawaii's own Yancy Medeiros. Medeiros, who left the UFC on four-fight skid, was fighting at home for the...

The second — and significantly larger — card of back-to-back shows in Honolulu, Hawaii, Bellator 279 went down Saturday night with two title fights, the return of Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, and quarterfinal action in the bantamweight grand prix. Headlined by Cris...