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The Bellator 254 main event is official, with both Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Juliana Velasquez making weight successfully on Wednesday. That was not the case for one other fight on the card, however. Longtime Bellator mainstay Goiti Yamauchi blew well past...

The lightweight bout between Bellator mainstay Goiti Yamauchi and PFL vet Nate Andrews is off Bellator 254. Expected to feature on the main card, the fight wound up pulled after Yamauchi badly missed weight for the fight at weigh-in on...

In ten years with the UFC, Charles Oliveira has twenty-six fights under the promotional banner. That's a figure that includes sixteen post-fight bonuses including ten Performance of the Night bonuses, and three each of Fight of the Night and...

Anthony Johnson is returning to the cage — but it will not be with the UFC. The return of "Rumble" has been talked about throughout 2020. In fact, the idea of a Johnson (22-6) comeback was first floated in 2019,...

Making his promotional debut at Bellator 254, former CES lightweight champ and PFL veteran Nate Andrews knows he has a big opportunity ahead of him. That comes in a scrap with Bellator stalwart Goiti Yamauchi. "It's a chance to show...

Since Tecia Torres's initial second bout with Angela Hill fell off due to Hill testing positive for COVID-19, Tecia Torres vs. Sam Hughes has been added to UFC 256 on short notice. A promotional newcomer, Hughes will make her...

Ronny Markes has been waiting to make his Bellator MMA debut for the better part of a year. It looks as if that will finally happen this Thursday at Bellator 254, with Markes facing Linton Vassell. That's after fights with...

Few free agent signings have caught the attention of the MMA world like that of Magomed Magomedov landing in Bellator MMA. The bantamweight is the only fighter to hold a win over current UFC 135lb champ Petr Yan. The pair...

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is once again competing on a big December card for Bellator MMA. However, Bellator 254 is far from the scenic Hawaiian locale that these late-year events are usually situated in. For two years running, Macfarlane (11-0) has been...

Returning to the Bellator cage for the first time in over a year at Bellator 254, former light heavyweight title challenger and now heavyweight contender Linton Vassell (20-8, 1NC) feels like he's finally settled in inside the promotion's heaviest...