Bellator MMA

The Bellator 272 main event bantamweight title fight between Sergio Pettis and Kyoji Horiguchi might as well have been a champ versus champ fight. Pettis started the night undisputed 135lb champ, having defeated Juan Archuleta earlier in the year. But...

Ranked featherweights Jeremy Kennedy and Emmanuel Sanchez faced off in the co-main event of Friday's Bellator 272 in Uncasville, CT. Both fighters were looking to get back in the win column and improve their position in a division that was...

It's never a good situation when the broadcast opens up by saying you missed weight by "a lot," but that's where Jared Scoggins found himself on Friday at Bellator 272. Scoggins, brother of former UFC talent Justin Scoggins, was making...

Bellator MMA's final event of 2021 brought with it one of the most hotly anticipated bantamweight fights of the year. Sergio Pettis had seen his jump from the UFC to Bellator pay off earlier this year when he captured the...

Could Sinead Kavanagh do the (seemingly) impossible at Bellator 271 on Friday night? That was the question heading into the Hollywood, Florida-based card, where the Irish featherweight was challenging the dominant Cris Cyborg. The short answer was no. Outside of Amanda Nunes,...

Heavyweights threw down in the Bellator 271 co-main event, looking to inch closer to the title picture. Earlier Friday, Bellator President Scott Coker had seemingly ruled out a title fight for the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. That would leave champ Ryan...

A pair of top featherweight prospects collided on the Bellator 271 main card on Friday. While Justin Gonzales sported a 12-0 record and had appeared on the Contender Series, it was Aaron Pico with the larger profile heading into the...

With the women's featherweight title on the line in the Bellator 271 main event, another 145lb pair faced off earlier in the night. That fight saw top contender and multi-time title challenger Arlene Blencowe up against Pam Sorenson, the latter...

For Valerie Loureda, her scrap at Bellator 271 was more than just a fight. Proclaiming that "feminine" girls had to struggle for respect more than your average fighter in MMA ahead of the bout, Loureda took on Taylor Turner at...

Cris Cyborg looked to make the third defense of her featherweight title at Bellator 271 on Friday. One of the most dominant female fighters in history, with only Amanda Nunes arguably ahead of her, Cyborg's performances had reached a point...