In the co-main event of Bellator 281, Lyoto Machida and Fabian Edwards faced off in a pivotal matchup. Round 1: Both fighters took the center of the octagon after a touch of gloves. A kick from Machida started the fight. Edwards answered with a jab, kick combo. Edwards landed a hard kick followed by a
Paul Daley makes one more walk to the cage. The 63-fight veteran enters his final fight at Bellator 281 in London, England. Daley takes on Wendell Giacomo for his last assignment. Round 1: Paul Daley pumps out the jab. Giacomo pushes forward to start the round. Giacomo goes for a left hook and clinches up
Six months after withdrawing from the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix, Anthony Johnson is back training. Last September, the MMA fandom had their hearts broken as Johnson pulled out of his fight with Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemov. While it hurt that we didn’t get Johnson vs. Nemkov, it was a good thing because
Ryan Bader settled the score. Bader successfully defended his heavyweight title following a unanimous decision win over Cheick Kongo in the Bellator 280 headliner Friday night in Paris, France. Their first meeting took place at Bellator 226 all the way back in September 2019. On that occasion, it ended in a no contest after an
Yoel Romero returned to winning ways. The former UFC middleweight title challenger took on Alex Polizzi in a short notice light heavyweight fight in the co-main event of Bellator 280 which took place Friday in Paris, France. And it was simply easy work for Romero, who dominated and battered Polizzi over three rounds. The Cuban
The ageless wonder, Yoel Romero, wants to fight until he is in his 50s. At 45 years old, Romero looks better than some 25-year-olds, which is insane. The Cuban has always been a freak athlete and gifted. There aren’t many professional fighters his age that are at a high level like he is. Not surprised
Corey Anderson believes he is the best light heavyweight fighter on the planet. Of course, Glover Teixeira would disagree with that statement. ‘Its Water Under The Bridge’ Anderson did beat the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion… but that was way back in 2018. Years later, ‘Overtime’ thinks that dominant win over Teixeira makes his claim
Cat Zingano would like a rematch with UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Pena at some point down the road. Back in July 2016, Zingano and Pena collided in the featured prelim bout of UFC 200. Zingano was hoping to rebound from her 14-second submission loss to Ronda Rousey. “Alpha” ended up losing the fight via
Sometimes, when you are as dominant at fighting as Cris Cyborg, the next step is going into another combat sport. At Bellator 279, Cyborg defeated Arlene Blencowe again in a five-round slugfest en route to a unanimous decision. Cyborg is now 5-0 in Bellator and has defended her featherweight title four times. View this post
Cris Cyborg remains the women’s featherweight champion of Bellator. Over the course of 25 minutes, Cyborg outlasted a very durable Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but there were moments of tension as well. The very first round was very much like their 2020 clash, which Cyborg won with a rear-naked choke in
Liz Carmouche won the women’s flyweight title with a fourth-round TKO over Juliana Velasquez (12-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) in the main event in Honolulu, but the finish occurred after what many believe was an earlier stoppage by referee Mike Beltran. During the first four rounds, there was some close competition. Although Carmouche found success early
Don’t expect Cris Cyborg to retire anytime soon. Cyborg is the current Bellator Women’s Featherweight champion. She’s due to put her 145-pound gold on the line against Arlene Blencowe in the main event of Bellator 279 this Saturday (April 23). View this post on Instagram A post shared by ®️ Cristiane Cyborg Justino (@criscyborg) Cris
Corey Anderson is taking aim at Fedor Emelianenko after “The Last Emperor” confronted him. Anderson took on Vadim Nemov in the finals of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix. While “Overtime” had success with his grappling, things went awry at the end of the third round when he accidentally clashed heads with Nemkov. This
For just a moment, Corey Anderson had finally realized his first world title. Or so he thought… ‘Overtime’ was apparently the Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion after stopping Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 277. However, within minutes, that would quickly become undone. The title would slip away from Anderson as referee Frank Trigg dived more into the
Bellator Welterweight Champion Yaroslav Amosov has shared some harrowing details of fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war. Amosov was scheduled to put his 170-pound gold on the line against Michael Page in the main event of Bellator 281 on May 13. That plan went awry as Amosov withdrew from the fight to protect Ukraine in the
Bellator President Scott Coker wants to work with Jake and Logan Paul Coker named an MMA gym where the Paul brothers can train should they decide to pursue MMA Despite taking combat sports by storm, Jake and Logan Paul have yet to compete professionally in MMA. The primary reason is that mainstream MMA promotions seem