Bellator MMA

After nearly two decades of competing in mixed martial arts, Cheick Kongo finally got to compete at home on Saturday. At Bellator Europe 10 (or just Bellator Paris if you prefer), the promotion helped usher in legal MMA in...

Two things stood out about the historic Bellator 248 card on Saturday. One, for those somehow unaware, it was the first-ever sanctioned MMA event in France. The Paris-based card ushered in MMA in the nation, and gave Bellator another...

For those keeping track, the Bellator Europe 10 preliminary card was set to air after the Bellator 248 main card — but ahead of the Euro Series 10 main card, otherwise known as Bellator Paris. Both cards, part of...

Bellator Paris consisted of both Bellator 248 and Bellator Europe 10, a double card (in terms of broadcast) that marked the first ever legal MMA event in France. Going down Saturday, the Euro Series portion of the event was...

In the main event at Bellator Europe 9, James Gallagher put on a grappling clinic early. The build-up to the fight had been uncharacteristically subdued, with the brash Irish bantamweight staying quiet. Perhaps that was for the best, given...

Bellator Europe 9 marked the third of three events for the promotion in Milan, Italy. And it brought with it a main event a long time in the making when it finally arrived on Saturday. That saw James Gallagher...

The third of three consecutive shows in Milan, Italy for Bellator MMA went down Saturday. Bellator Europe 9 saw a main event featuring James Gallagher taking on Cal Ellenor, a fight cancelled and rebooked so many times it had...

Bellator MMA debuted on CBS Sports, its new broadcast home, Thursday afternoon with Bellator 247. Kicking off the month of October as well as a new partnership, the event was to feature a welterweight main event between Paul Daley...

Bellator 247 kicked off the promotion's CBS Sports run on Thursday, October 1. Leaving its home of Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) for the first time in years outside of the DAZN deal, Bellator had planned to bring a...

The main card of Bellator Milan (Bellator Euro Series 8) on Saturday put the spotlight on the middleweight division. It was something of a middleweight spectacle, really, with all three fights coming at 185lbs. Topped, of course, by what...