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San Diego, CA - Plans rarely seem to go to plan but for Bellator featherweight Leah McCourt the script played out just as she planned it when she finished Sara McMann at Bellator 300 on Saturday night. "What happened tonight...

Barring something unexpected or some really bad fights, the final episode of Dana White's Contender Series Season 7 was going to see UFC President and CEO Dana White hand out a record number of contracts this year. With DWCS 2022,...

San Diego, CA — If the build-up to the Bellator 300 co-main event women's featherweight title fight was a heated one, that was one sided, Cris Cyborg has revealed. Cyborg (27-2, 1NC) put "Alpha" Cat Zingano, a fellow former UFC...

San Diego, CA — Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov advanced to the lightweight grand prix semifinals at Bellator 300, while maintaining his undefeated record, now standing at 18-0. A cousin of UFC Hall of Fame member Khabib, Usman has proven...

San Diego, CA — Scott Coker was flooded with questions about the rumored sale of Bellator MMA throughout the Bellator 300 Fight Week in San Diego this past week. Following Saturday night's historic show, capped by three title fights, Coker...

Conor McGregor teases return to USADA pool (maybe), Josh Barnett and Demetrious Johnson turn up on AEW WrestleDream PPV, and more in your Sunday MMA Quick Hits for October 8, 2023! Let's go! Former ONE heavyweight champion Arjan Bhullar announces...

Bobby Green made Grant Dawson's first UFC main event a memorable one, for all the wrong reasons. The lightweight pair headlined Saturday's UFC Vegas 80, with the promotion once again holed up at the UFC Apex rather than out on...

Capping off the night at Bellator 300, a milestone event for the long-running MMA promotion, was a lightweight grand prix semifinal and title fight. Usman Nurmagomedov, the undefeated cousin and heir apparent at least in terms of the family name...

Two of the most tenured veterans in women's MMA faced off in the co-main event of Bellator 300 from San Diego, California as Cris Cyborg successfully defended her featherweight title against 'Alpha' Cat Zingano, winning by TKO in the...

On a historic night for Bellator MMA, the promotion's inaugural women's flyweight champion and one of its biggest stars Ilima-Lei Macfarlane put on a gritty showing but fell (quite literally) after throwing down with flyweight champ Liz Carmouche. The fight...