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Jaylon Bates earned his first finish as a pro at Bellator 256. And rest assured, he had not been expecting a submission. Let alone a one-arm guillotine. He did foresee finishing early on Friday, however. "I was planning more for...

Hawaii's Nainoa Dung is back in the win column following Bellator 256. Dung was on a two-fight skid heading into the event, and at only 22 years of age, many had forgotten the promise the Hawaiian had shown early...

"A-1" Jornel Lugo took a while to be signed by Bellator. But now under a multi-fight deal, and ranked #10 in the division (probably even higher now after beating #8 Cass Bell), Lugo is riding on cloud 9. Following...

New England's John Douma was victorious in split decision fashion against Will Smith in the opening bout of Bellator 256. It was Douma's first fight since 2019, in which the 24-year old collected his fifth professional victory. Despite that,...

Cody Law remained undefeated at Bellator 256, with his first ever decision victory. Despite going the distance, something he previously said he never wanted to do, Law made it look fairly easy. An American Top Team prodigy, Law handed...

At Bellator 256 on Friday, #3 ranked featherweight Adam Borics defeated fellow top 10 145lb'er Jeremy Kennedy (#8 in the division) to gain his 17th professional victory. Borics was already a top candidate for a potential title fight, and...

If UFC Vegas 23 was Sam Alvey's last hurrah in the UFC, he'll at least leave the party with some extra spending cash. The popular middleweight (returning to the division after a stint at 205lbs) was paired up with Julian...

ONE Championship's debut on U.S. network television has come and gone. Earlier this week, ONE on TNT 1 saw the return of top names like Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson, and heavyweight prospect Oumar Kane. But outside of Kane, who steamrolled...

With the unfortunate news of Darren Till suffering a collarbone injury in training, Marvin Vettori was in need of an opponent - but it didn’t take long for Kevin Holland to sign on the dotted line and save the...

Ryan Bader got his revenge, and got a spot in the light heavyweight grand prix semifinals on Friday. That's the biggest news coming out of Bellator 256. Bader, the promotion's current heavyweight champ and former light heavyweight champion, defeated Lyoto...