Needless to say, Edson Barboza's last couple of fights have not gone his way. The Brazilian veteran, longtime lightweight and current 145lb'er has had his struggles with the judges. Including, most blatantly, in his last fight — a split...

Ben Rothwell is on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi this week. It's another adventure in a lengthy career, perhaps one of the craziest given the circumstances. "Another notch on the good old 51-fight belt. It'll be my 51st fight coming...

At 45, Cheick Kongo is finally getting the opportunity to fight at home. Bellator Paris this Saturday — part of a double bill with Bellator 248 — will mark the first official MMA event in France. Which means longtime...

This weekend's Bellator Paris card — actually two events in one, Bellator Europe 10 and Bellator 248 — seems to grow bigger and bigger. Fans will be at the venue, albeit in limited numbers. It will be the first official...

When UFC Fight Island 5 rolls around this weekend, main event bantamweight Marlon Moraes will be competing for the first time in ten months. During that time away, he's had to watch the man he last defeated, Jose Aldo,...

Marlon Moraes has suggested that his fight with Cory Sandhagen is going to be a war. That feels like a safe bet, given the qualities Moraes, a former WSOF champ and UFC title challenger, and Sandhagen, one of the...

Bellator lightweight Mandel Nallo doesn't think we'll see former UFC champion and Tristar Gym teammate Georges St-Pierre come out of retirement anytime soon. "Georges is always training but right now he's working on other stuff," Nallo told Cageside Press. "I...

The third of three consecutive Bellator cards in Milan, Italy on Saturday put an end to a successful run at the Allianz Cloud. The trio of shows, including Bellator Europe 8, Bellator 247, and Bellator Europe 9, secured the...

"Superb, absolutely superb." That's how British lightweight Charlie Leary described his victory over Kiefer Crosbie on Saturday, at Bellator Europe 9. To say it was an upset was an understatement. "I just knocked off one of the top prospects in...

James Gallagher is known as one of the more boisterous, talkative, antagonistic characters on the Bellator MMA roster. Between that, and his association with SBG Ireland and Conor McGregor, "The StrabAnimal" has been a lightning rod for criticism, from...