Bellator MMA

In the first defence of her women's flyweight title, Juliana Velasquez faced Denise Kielholtz atop the Bellator 262 card on Friday. After capturing the championship from Ilima-Lei Macfarlane in her last outing, the undefeated Brazilian was looking to improve to...

For those who enjoy such things, there were plenty of storylines surrounding the Bellator 262 co-main event on Friday. The heavyweight showdown pitted veteran Matt Mitrione against up-and-comer Tyrell Fortune, a true old lion versus young cub match-up. Beyond that,...

Friday's Bellator 262 card looked to answer a simple question with its main event: would Juliana Velasquez establish a new era as flyweight champion? Or would Denise Kielholtz make the Brazilian's reign a short one? The undefeated Velasquez, 11-0 to...

Johnny Eblen is ready to call his shot if victorious over Travis Davis at Bellator 262 on Friday, July 16.  A company man, Eblen welcomes a promotional newcomer after admittedly expecting to fight a top 10 opponent at Mohegun Sun...

For the first time in promotional history, Bellator awarded an interim title on Friday. Bellator 261's main event saw two big, strong grapplers throw down when Timothy Johnson went up against Valentin Moldavsky. The interim title was necessitated by Ryan...

Liz Carmouche was arguably the biggest name to join Bellator's women's flyweight division in the past few years. The former two-time title challenger was still seeking her first title in a major MMA promotion — and told Cageside Press...

The promotion's lightweight title picture being what it is, the Bellator 261 main card bout between Myles Jury and Sidney Outlaw had the potential to have title implications. Nothing was set in stone. But Jury, ranked fourth, was the only...

For the first time in the promotion's history, an interim title would be awarded at Bellator 261. With heavyweight champion Ryan Bader tied up in the light heavyweight grand prix, Timothy Johnson and Valentin Moldavsky got the nod to throw...

Would the undefeated 25-0 Yaroslav Amosov be the man the end the second reign of welterweight champion Douglas Lima? That was the question set to be answered at Bellator 260 on Friday. Lima had established himself as one of the...

With retirement on the back burner for the moment, Paul Daley was back in the Bellator cage on Friday. At Bellator 260, "Semtex" took to the cage to take on #3 ranked Jason Jackson, in a bout that could have...