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Our Comeback of the Year category recognizes the fighter who dug deep when the chips were down, rallied, and came back to win a fight they were otherwise set to lose. There were a few solid comebacks in MMA...

For the first time ever, we've introduced a Newcomer of the Year category to our year-end awards. And there were a whole lot of fighters freshly drafted to the big leagues who made an impact in 2022. From teenage...

UFC lightweight Damir Ismagulov announced his retirement from MMA due to health circumstances on Sunday via social media. Ismagulov, 31, posted the announcement on his Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Дамир “Qazaq” Исмагулов (@ismagulov_damir) "Unfortunately, due to circumstances...

Having fought the entirety of his career inside the confines of the Bellator MMA cage, there was arguably no better representative of the promotion to top the show at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on New Year's Eve than A.J....

The champion versus champion aspect of Patricio Pitbull vs. Kleber Koike at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN made it arguably the most intriguing fight of the entire card. While other bouts on the cross-promotional New Year's Eve battle featured current and...

In a bit of quirky matchmaking, Japan's Kyoji Horiguchi, RIZIN's reigning bantamweight champion, represented Bellator during Saturday's Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN cross-promotion. Make that former bantamweight champ — ahead of the fight, Horiguchi vacated his title, opting to focus...

Bantamweight action at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN saw two of the respective promotion's best 135lb'ers go head-to-head on New Year's Eve. The second fight in at the Saitama Super Arena just outside Tokyo had former Bellator MMA champ Juan Archuleta...

Saturday's RIZIN 40 was quite the spectacle, with a host of electrifying finishes leading up to the Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN cross-over card at the Saitama Super Arena on New Year's Eve. Perhaps the biggest shock, however, was the sight...

An undefeated prospect recently competing for LFA has tragically had his life cut short. Tanner Marlow (4-0), who kicked off his pro career in 2012 before taking an extended hiatus, returning in 2017, was the victim of an apparent double-homicide...

In a rarely seen cross-promotional collaboration between two of MMA's biggest organizations, Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN arrived Saturday with the chance to change the sport's promotional landscape. While yes, Bellator and RIZIN had cross-promoted before, there was little danger for...