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Los Angeles, CA — Patricio Pitbull was on the wrong side of history in the Bellator 263 main event. Pitbull, the now-former double champ at featherweight and lightweight, had for several years been the promotion's most dominant figure. Since his...

Las Vegas, NV — UFC Vegas 33 headliner Sean Strickland came away from his fight Saturday with the biggest win of his career. Against dangerous striker Uriah Hall, Strickland put on a dominant performance; by the end, Hall's eye was...

Los Angeles, CA — It's official: the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix will continue this October, right in Ryan Bader's back yard. Bader, the former 205lb champ and current heavyweight champion in the promotion, is in a unique situation. When...

A pair of head kicks earned two fighters on the UFC Vegas 33 card some cold hard cash on Saturday. Well, they would have if the UFC paid in cash. A direct deposit will have to do. Regardless, the Fight...

Los Angeles, CA — Scott Coker isn't ready to grant A.J. McKee a shot at Patricio Pitbull's other title. At least not yet. Following McKee's stunning victory over the Brazilian to claim the featherweight title, and win the promotion's long-running...

The UFC Vegas 33 fight card looked to be cursed with the amount of fights that were cancelled, but the one fight that continued to shine bright on the marquee as fight after fight dropped off the card was...

Los Angeles, CA — Lightweight Usman Nurmagomedov made short work of Manny Muro at Bellator 263. There was only one problem: he wanted the fight to go longer. Nurmagomedov (13-0) finished the fight after landing a nasty-looking knee to the body...

Las Vegas, NV — "That's exactly the fight I visualized," Jason Witt exclaimed following his UFC Vegas 33 victory over Bryan Barberena, a grueling affair that ended in a majority decision. "Not that I wanted to go through it,...

A million dollars. A world title. A grand prix tournament victory. Legacy. Plenty was on the line in the Bellator 263 main event on Saturday. What promised to make the fight great, however, was something else: Patricio Pitbull and...

While Bellator's 263 main event of Patricio Pitbull vs. A.J. McKee was unquestionably the star of the show, the co-feature offered a very strong match-up as well. That saw another featherweight pair collide, as Emmanuel Sanchez squared off with...