Bellator MMA

Women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg returned atop Bellator 259, looking to defend her 145lb title in a rare rematch. In a callback to their UFC days, Cyborg was paired up with Leslie Smith. Smith entered the fight off a win...

Former women's flyweight title challenger Alejandra Lara and TUF/Invicta alum DeAnna Bennett were in very different places entering Bellator 266. The San Jose-based card found Lara looking to bounce back from a misstep against Kana Watanabe earlier this year. Bennett...

Phoenix, AZ - Undefeated Bellator middleweight prospect Dalton Rosta has no problem with an opponent change just days before his bout at Bellator 273 on Saturday night at The Footprint Center. Rosta (5-0) was supposed to face Romero Cotton but,...

Both Tim Johnson and Linton Vassell had flirted with gold throughout their Bellator MMA careers. For Vassell, that had come at light heavyweight, where he'd challenged for gold; Johnson had competed for an interim title at heavyweight. It was in...

Coming off a two-fight skid, former Bellator women's flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane was in need of a win at Bellator 284 on Friday night. While the Hawaiian has mulled retirement of late, there's no cure for the blues like a...

Rising Russian star Anatoly Tokov took on newly crowned champion Johnny Eblen in the co-main event of Bellator 290. The American wrestler Eblen won the title in his last fight, as he dominated one of Bellator's best fighters ever, Gegard...

An official middleweight title eliminator at Friday's Bellator Belfast found England's Fabian Edwards paired up against Canadian standout Aaron Jeffery. There was no need to point out the importance of the fight for these two, with a shot at champ...

The co-main event of Friday night's Bellator 182, live from the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York saw Brennan Ward take on Fernando Gonzalez. The pair met in a 178lb catchweight bout which marked Ward's first fight...

Baby Slice picked up his second win under the Bellator MMA banner Friday in Dublin, Ireland, submitting Fred Freeman in under two minutes. The son of the late Kimbo Slice, Kevin Ferguson Jr. returned to action on Friday in Dublin...

Tywan Claxton proved to be a well-rounded mixed martial artist, as the Bellator prospect dominated Jose Antonio Perez at Bellator 194 on Friday. Bellator MMA prospect Tywan Claxton was back in the cage on Friday at Bellator 194. The event...