Bellator MMA

Arguably the face of Bellator MMA, and certainly its longest-serving star, featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull returned to action at Bellator Belfast, where he took on Jeremy Kennedy. The bout had been a long time in the making, with Kennedy undertaking...

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,...

Could Sinead Kavanagh do the (seemingly) impossible at Bellator 271 on Friday night? That was the question heading into the Hollywood, Florida-based card, where the Irish featherweight was challenging the dominant Cris Cyborg. The short answer was no. Outside of Amanda Nunes,...

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...

Bellator 270 played host to a featherweight fight that easily could have been part of the promotion's 145lb grand prix. That bout saw German veteran Daniel Weichel take on Portugal's Pedro Carvalho, who, fighting out of SBG Ireland, had the...

Alen Amedovski flipped the narrative on Saturday, taking the focus off a hot SBG Ireland prospect and putting it squarely on his powerful right hand at Bellator 203. Another SBG Ireland prospect was making their debut in Bellator MMA on...

Kickboxing champion Denise Kielholtz proved too much for Petra Castkova to handle at Bellator 196 in Hungary. At Bellator 196, which aired Friday night on the Paramount Network, kickboxing champ Denise Kielholtz returned to MMA action. Taking on the 3-2...

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...

Bellator 186 took place Friday at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, PA — where Ohio University alum Tywan Claxton invaded in his professional MMA debut. Claxton, an NCAA standout and Division II All-American at King University in...

Chael Sonnen defied the odds, surprising many at Bellator 192 on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The opening round of the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix served as Bellator 192's main event Saturday. In it, Chael Sonnen moved up to...