Bellator MMA

Since their first meeting in 2018, Patricio Pitbull and Emmanuel Sanchez had both remained perfect. In their rematch on Friday, that would change for one man. The featherweight pair topped the Bellator 255 card, with 145lb gold and a...

The Bellator 255 co-main event had something of a throwback feel to it. A welterweight battle between ranked 170lb'ers, the fight saw BJJ expert Neiman Gracie go up against Jason Jackson — whose advantage would clearly be on the...

Coming into Bellator 255, heavyweight Tyrell Fortune had expected to feature in a prospect versus veteran scrap with Matt Mitrione. With Mitrione forced out, however, Fortune instead found himself running one back with ex-UFC and PFL fighter Jack May. Fortune's...

The Nurmagomedov name has become synonymous with dominance in MMA. But thus far, that name has been all but exclusive to the UFC. On Friday at Bellator 255, all that changed, as Usman Nurmagomedov, cousin of former UFC lightweight...

Now a full-time member of the Bellator MMA roster, Japan's Kana Watanabe brought an undefeated record to her Bellator 255 flyweight scrap against Alejandra Lara. The bout opened up the main card Friday night, which marked the first event...

Bellator MMA kicked off its 2021 year on Friday, April 2 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT — with the featherweight title on the line in the main event. Nearly five months after his defeat of Pedro Carvalho,...

Two titans of Bellator's women's flyweight division collided in the main event of Bellator 254. Both undefeated, both at the top of their game, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Juliana Velasquez truly represented the two best fighters in the weight class. While...

Rarely do a pair of debuting fighters secure co-main event status in a major MMA promotion. But rarely do a pair of debuting fighters have the potential of Magomed Magomedov and Matheus Mattos. The ACB veterans, who had both...

After what seemed like years — and in reality it was at least a year — Ronny Markes finally made his promotional debut at Bellator 254 on Thursday. The former UFC and PFL heavyweight was paired up with Linton...

Bellator 254 went through a game of musical chairs in the days and hours leading up to the event. At weigh-in on Wednesday, Goiti Yamauchi vs. Nate Andrews was scratched when Yamauchi missed weight for the fight. Replaced by...