Bellator MMA

Bellator MMA returned on Friday with Bellator 258, featuring a bantamweight title fight and the debut of Anthony Johnson. But not, as it were, Yoel Romero. Romero did not clear his medicals, putting a halt to the much-anticipated match-up with...

The work week will end in a crescendo as Bellator 258: Archuleta vs. Pettis goes down Friday night, and before it happens let's take a look at a trio of underrated fights. Bellator 258 takes place inside the Mohegan Sun...

As far as rematches go, Vadim Nemkov vs. Phil Davis wasn't anticipated quite the way something like McGregor vs. Poirier 3 was. What mattered more than the men in the cage on Friday at Bellator 257, however, was what...

If ever there was an unknown fighter ahead of a major fight, it was Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov. The light heavyweight from Turkmenistan was virtually unheard of among western MMA fans at least, prior to being booked against Corey Anderson in...

Former Combate Americas fighter Desiree Yanez was supposed to have thrown down with Veta Artega last October, making her Bellator MMA debut in the process. But with a COVID-19 positive from Arteaga scrapping the fight, Yanez was forced to...

Paul Daley and Sabah Homasi were yet another pair of fighters who were supposed to face off pre-pandemic. Booked in 2019 and again in 2020, the latter fight cancelled due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, it felt...

Bellator's light heavyweight grand prix continued Friday at Bellator 257, complete with a title fight. One of two quarterfinal match-ups on the card had 205lb champ Vadim Nemkov putting his title on the line against Phil Davis. Nemkov and "Mr....

Kicking off the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix on Friday was a pair of familiar foes. Having first met in 2012 under the UFC banner, Ryan Bader and Lyoto Machida were well acquainted with one another. But much had...

Who is next in line for a title shot in the women's flyweight division? Heading into Bellator 256, the smart money was on Liz Carmouche. The former UFC title challenger, in two weight classes, looked like a shoo-in to...

The featherweight division was in the spotlight on the Bellator 256 main card when Canada's Jeremy Kennedy went up against Hungary's Adam Borics. The international affair had both fighters looking to build on successful outings in their last fights. Kennedy...