Bellator MMA

UFC vet, and longtime veteran of MMA in general Jordan Mein returned to action Friday at Bellator 242. The Canadian was making his first appearance since 2018, after dealing with a nasty knee injury that saw his meniscus removed...

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...

Former UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson faced an "Ass-Kicking Machine" in the form of Jason Jackson at Bellator 253. A short-notice fight at welterweight, that pairing served as the evening's co-main event. Jackson was unquestionably in the biggest fight of...

Valerie Loureda entered Bellator 259 looking to improve to 4-0, and shake criticism that she was more model than martial artist. Despite three wins under the Bellator banner, her social media activities frequently overshadowed her fight career — but...

At long last, Yoel Romero was set to make his promotional debut at Bellator 266 on Saturday. And while it wasn't Anthony "Rumble" Johnson opposite him in San Jose, Phil Davis was a suitable replacement. A solid card at the...

Bellator 273 arrived in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, with a heavyweight title unification bout topping the event. Ryan Bader, having lost his light heavyweight title to Team Fedor's Vadim Nemkov, was looking to avoid a similar fate against another of...

Night one of Bellator's double feature in Honolulu, Hawaii arrived on Friday, with Bellator 278. Topped by a women's flyweight title fight, it was the thinner of the two cards planed for the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena this weekend —...

Two Brazilian grappling standouts topped Bellator 284 on Friday, with Neiman Gracie, a former title challenger, up against Goiti Yamauchi. As it turned out, there wasn't much ground action at all. Yamauchi was in just his second fight since moving to...

In a rematch of a 2018 meeting that ended early due to a cut, Sinead Kavanagh stood opposite the cage from Janay Harding once again on the Bellator 291 main card in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Kavanagh had been victim...

Bellator MMA, now Bellator Champions Series, kicked off a new era on Friday with Bellator Belfast, its first event under new owners PFL. With the promotion touching down in Belfast, Northern Ireland, two titles were on the line. In the...