It's rare that an 0-0 fighter gets scooped up by a major mixed martial arts promotion, but that was the case with Jaylon Bates and Bellator MMA. The talented amateur signed with the company last year, and made his debut...

Following a failed attempt to make the lightweight limit in December, Goiti Yamauchi announced that he was done in the weight class. So just why is he competing there once again Friday night at Bellator 256? Speaking to Cageside Press...

Kevin Holland is just weeks removed from his loss to Derek Brunson, and it's safe to say he's heard the criticism — not that he necessarily agrees with it. Holland's five-round main event at UFC Vegas 22 did not go...

After being stopped for the first time in his career at Wednesday's ONE on TNT 1, Demetrious Johnson was not about to shy away from the loss, or from how it came out. "It's frustrating. I watched the fight about...

There isn't much Lyoto Machida hasn't done in his illustrious fighting career — but winning a grand prix is on the list. Even competing in one has eluded him up to this point. Machida, who returns to action at Bellator...

The debut of ONE Championship on U.S. network TNT did not go as planned. At least not for lightweight star Eddie Alvarez. Alvarez, a former Bellator MMA and UFC lightweight champion, saw his night end early, disqualified due to illegal...

There's meeting your idols, and then there's fighting your idols. Welcome to the crazy world of MMA. While not exactly calling him an idol, ONE lightweight Iuri Lapicus, who is coming off a title fight loss in the promotion,...

It's not often that a 2-0 prospect is asked about title fights in a major promotion. But that's how things have gone for ONE Championship's Ourmar Kane, otherwise known as "Reug Reug." Kane, a standout wrestler from Senegal who became...

Upon his arrival in ONE Championship in 2019, Demetrious Johnson continued to do what he has always done: win. The former UFC flyweight champion better known as "Mighty Mouse" has just a solitary loss since 2011. That would be the...

Bellator's world featherweight grand prix got back underway on Friday at Bellator 255. And it did not take long at all the produce the second semifinalist in the tournament. Within a round, featherweight (and lightweight) champ Patricio Pitbull had knocked...