Bellator MMA

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...

Prior to Bellator 260 on Friday night, Aaron Pico had suggested that grappling was the most underrated facet of his game. Against Aiden Lee at the Mohegan Sun Arena, on the event's main card, Pico put exactly that skillset on...

Bellator's welterweight championship was back in play Friday night at Bellator 260. And so were fans. The first event attended by the fans of the promotion since prior to the shutdown last year, a result of the coronavirus pandemic, was...

Cris Cyborg was on the verge of clearing out Bellator's featherweight division barely a year after arriving in the promotion. On Friday night at Bellator 259, Cyborg was set to make her second title defense. Wins over Julia Budd and...