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Gegard Mousasi had the first title defense of his second reign as Bellator middleweight champion on Friday, opposite dangerous grappler John Salter. And after a tiny bit of adversity in the early going, Mousasi put the challenger away by TKO...

Coming off a disappointing loss on Dana White's Contender Series, Khadzhi Bastaev made his promotional debut at Bellator 264 a memorable one. While the promotion doesn't hand out post-fight bonuses, something Bastaev made note of following his win, his battle...

The first event of the PFL's 2021 playoffs has come and gone, and Hawaii's Ray Cooper III is headed to his third consecutive welterweight final. Cooper anchored the main event opposite former UFC contender and Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald...

"It was a good experience," heavyweight Davion Franklin said of his Bellator 264 fight against the previously undefeated Everett Cummings. It was also a short one. Mixed martial artists aren't exactly paid by the minute, and Franklin made sure to get...

Ray Cooper III is headed to his third consecutive PFL post-season later this year. With a decisive decision win over former Bellator champ and UFC contender Rory MacDonald on Friday atop the PFL Playoffs 1 card, welterweight Cooper now finds...

Immediately following Gegard Mousasi's win over John Salter at Bellator 264, the middleweight champion was handed his next assignment: Austin Vanderford. Vanderford (11-0) was on hand at the event, working the desk as an analyst before being brought into the...

Raufeon Stots entered Bellator 264 a sizeable underdog, and came out of it the man of the hour. Stots (17-1), a Roufusport fighter, was up against Magomed Magomedov on Friday's card. While he couldn't put the Russian away, he came...

Luis Saldana predicts a Performance of the Night or Fight of the Night in his next fight. Saldana (15-6) makes his second UFC appearance this weekend at UFC Vegas 34. In his UFC debut, he defeated Jordan Griffin via unanimous...

It was hard to find fault in Raufeon Stots' performance at Bellator 264, and promotion president Scott Coker appears to recognize it. Stots went the distance with Magomed Magomedov, one of the best 135lb fighters on the planet, whose only...

Following a TKO win over John Salter at Bellator 264, Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) has reiterated his desire to try his hand at boxing. The Salter win was the first title defense of Mousasi's second middleweight reign in Bellator, and he...