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Usman Nurmagomedov and an acquaintance have been taken into custody in Moscow, after a car the Bellator lightweight was in allegedly struck a police officer. The incident took place Thursday. Tass.ru was first to report the news, citing an unnamed...

ONE Championship's NextGen II card aired on Friday, and in the main event, Thailand's Rittaweda picked up a win over the legendary Saemapetch Fairtex. The Muay Thai contest ended due to a doctor's stoppage, with a cut rendering Saemapetch unable...

Conor McGregor has put welterweight star Jorge Masvidal on blast after the latter pulled out of his much-anticipated UFC 269 match-up with Leon Edwards. Not one to let such things pass without a response, not surprisingly, "Gamebred" fired back. Suggesting that...

It feels like forever and a day since we last saw Yair Rodriguez inside the octagon. In actual matter of fact, it has been over two years. That all comes to an end this weekend, where, after several false...

The road to a sophomore fight in the UFC has been a long-time coming for Leah Letson. After appearing on the 28th season of The Ultimate Fighter, Letson was given a fight at the finale against Julija Stoliarenko. Letson...

Undefeated welterweight prospect Roman Faraldo returns to action at Bellator 271 on Friday. The Florida-based fighter won his first two fights under the Bellator banner, finishing both within the distance. Against Robert Turnquest on the preliminary card Friday, Faraldo will...

Business is starting to pick up in Bellator MMA's heavyweight division, and this weekend at Bellator 271, there's a high-stakes match-up between two top contenders, Tyrell Fortune and Linton Vassell. With Fortune ranked fifth and Vassell right behind him,...

Airing Friday via tape delay was ONE Championship's NextGen II, filmed last month in Singapore, and featuring two featherweight kickboxing world grand prix alternate bouts. Prior to those alternate bouts, however, a muay thai showdown opened the card. That saw...

Heavyweight Linton Vassell returns to action at Bellator 271, holding down the co-main event slot against top-flight wrestler Tyrell Fortune. It's a fight that, under other circumstances, might be a title eliminator. There's a chance it still could be. Especially...

Aaron Pico believes his friend and former teammate AJ McKee could very well conquer Bellator's lightweight division next. Pico (8-3) returns at Bellator 271 this Friday, paired opposite another featherweight standout, the undefeated Justin Gonzales. For years, McKee and Pico...