AJ McKee kept the Bellator streak alive with his win over Roberto de Souza at the Rizin FF vs. Bellator event. 2022 was a massive year in the world of MMA. From the UFC to Bellator, to PFL, to all the regional and global organizations fans were treated to amazing fights. As a parting gift
Rizin fighter Nobumitsu Osawa turned some heads during his weigh-in when he showed up in nothing but a bowtie. One of the biggest events of the year is still to be held. On Dec. 31. Bellator MMA and Rizin FF are joining forces to put on a monstrous event on the last day of the
Cris Cyborg has revealed her next MMA fight will likely be against Cat Zingano. When Zingano signed with Bellator, a featherweight showdown against Cyborg seemed inevitable. Now that the Brazilian MMA legend got her feet wet in boxing, the matchup against ‘Alpha’ is expected to take place in 2023. During an interview with Mike Owens
Cris Cyborg is still on board for a cross-promotional class with two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison. While Cyborg continues to reign supreme as the Bellator featherweight champion, Harrison is learning to cope with the first setback of her mixed martial arts career. Stepping into her third-straight PFL championship bout in November, Harrison fell short of
Sara McMann has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with Bellator The former UFC title contender said it was an offer she couldn’t refuse Despite coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Karol Rosa at UFC Columbus in March, former title contender Sara McMann left the promotion for Bellator via a multi-fight deal. A new
AJ McKee Jr. wants to prove himself in the Bellator lightweight Grand Prix. Bellator president Scott Coker has announced 2023 will feature a tournament to determine their best 155-pounder. McKee Jr, a former Bellator featherweight champion, is expected to be in the Grand Prix after moving up to lightweight. During an interview on Weighing In,
Bellator champion, Patricio Pitbull Freire is certain that there will be no cross-promotion event with the UFC. The final Bellator event of the year is set to be a historic one. On December 31, four Bellator fighters will be headed to Japan to take on four Rizin fighters in a cross-promotional event being called Bellator
The California State Athletic Commission has issued a memorandum in light of the recent controversy surrounding MMA judge Douglas Crosby. Crosby came under fire earlier this month after handing in two highly questionable scorecards on back-to-back nights. First serving as one of the three judges in the Bellator 289 main event between Raufeon Stots and
Douglas Crosby will have to explain his controversial decision over the past weekend. In the Bellator 289 main event, Raufeon Stots secured a split-decision victory against Danny Sabatello. When the scorecards were read, there was instant confusion as Crosby, a longtime MMA judge, scored the fight 50-45 to Sabatello. The other two judges awarded Stots
The MMA community is boycotting judge Douglas Crosby after two controversial scorecards in one weekend. Crosby made appearances at Bellator 289 in Connecticut and UFC 282 in Las Vegas the next day. The longtime MMA judges contributed to two questionable decisions. He first turned in a 50-45 scorecard for Danny Sabatello, who lost to Raufeon
Cris Cyborg dropped and outpointed Gabby Holloway in her pro boxing debut Undisputed champion Claressa Shields was impressed by the Bellator champ’s performance Cris Cyborg will close out the year 2022 with a bang following her victorious pro boxing win over Gabby Holloway Saturday at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The Bellator women’s featherweight
Bellator will be looking into the betting scandal situation surrounding James Krause according to Scott Coker. Stemming from questionable betting practices surrounding a Nov. 5 UFC fight, the world of MMA betting has been turned on its head. At the center of this scandal has been former UFC fighter turned coach of Glory MMA and
Big stakes were on the line in the Bellator 289 main event as interim bantamweight champion Rafeon Stots defended his title against No. 6 ranked Danny Sabatello. The bout was also a semi-final match in Bellator’s Bantamweight World Grand Prix tournament. The winner would move on to the finals, facing the winner of Magomed Magomedov
In the Bellator 289 co-main event, newly crowned flyweight champion Liz Carmouche stepped into the cage to defend her title against former champion Juliana Velasquez. The two women first met in April at Bellator 278 where Carmouche took Velasquez’s title and her ‘O’ in what many considered to be a controversial stoppage. Velasquez had the
Bellator MMA’s Bantamweight World Grand Prix tournament got its first finalist on Friday night at Bellator 289. No. 4 ranked Magomed Magomedov met the No. 2 ranked Patchy Mix in the first semi-final matchup at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Round 1 Mix came out looking to create some distance between himself and
Kayla Harrison is fighting for the love of the game, not the money she makes along the way. The two-time PFL Champion recently suffered her first setback in the Smart Cage during the promotion’s 2022 PFL Championship pay-per-view event in November. Harrison entered the women’s lightweight final as the heavy favorite. Facing Larissa Pacheco, the