Bellator MMA

Saturday's Bellator 266, which went down in the promotion's stronghold in San Jose, CA, saw an interesting clash of styles in its co-main event. Welterweights Neiman Gracie and Mark Lemminger collided in the penultimate fight of the event; Gracie flying...

At long last, Yoel Romero was set to make his promotional debut at Bellator 266 on Saturday. And while it wasn't Anthony "Rumble" Johnson opposite him in San Jose, Phil Davis was a suitable replacement. A solid card at the...

Cheick Kongo and Sergei Kharitonov took four decades of MMA experience into the cage at Bellator 265 on Friday. The heavyweight veterans, 46 and 41 years young, respectively, remained two of the hardest hitting, most dangerous big men in the...

In a way, Jornel Lugo vs. Keith Lee at Friday's Bellator 265 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota felt like an audition. Consider it a dry run for the potential (but not yet official) bantamweight grand prix, widely expected to be...

Cheick Kongo and Sergei Kharitonov comprised the main event of Bellator 265 on Friday. But the more important fight was arguably the South Dakota card's co-main event. Or well, it was right up until it wasn't. The heavyweight headliner promised...

John Salter may have entered Bellator 264 as one of the most underrated fighters in the middleweight division at the moment. But he left it, like so many others have, as another notch on Gegard Mousasi's belt. Since being cut...

Up until Friday night at Bellator 264, it had been a good long while since former welterweight champ Andrey Koreshkov had set foot in the Bellator cage. The Russian had been out since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, even...

A million dollars. A world title. A grand prix tournament victory. Legacy. Plenty was on the line in the Bellator 263 main event on Saturday. What promised to make the fight great, however, was something else: Patricio Pitbull and...

While Bellator's 263 main event of Patricio Pitbull vs. A.J. McKee was unquestionably the star of the show, the co-feature offered a very strong match-up as well. That saw another featherweight pair collide, as Emmanuel Sanchez squared off with...

With the success of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib, the Nurmagomedov name has become all the rage in MMA. With a number of cousins who also fight, the success of "The Eagle" has seen the major promotions sign up...