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UPDATE: The results are in! Scroll down to the bottom of this page to find the full results from Bellator 257! Bellator 257 will take place tonight, April 16, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and you'll be able to find the results right here on MMANews.com.  The main...

UPDATE: Bellator 256 has concluded! Full results can be found at the bottom of the page! Bellator 256 Preview Bellator 256 will be taking place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, airing live on the Showtime network! The main event for the card will see the light heavyweight grand...

The Bellator 256 weigh-ins are complete, and all but one fighter successfully made weight. Tomorrow night at Bellator 256, the light heavyweight grand prix will kick off with former division champion and current heavyweight champ Ryan Bader facing Lyoto Machida in the main event. The co-main event will feature former...

“Big” John McCarthy has provided a theory on why Mike Goldberg has been removed from the Bellator commentating team. Fans who tuned into last Friday’s Bellator 255 card were greeted with a new commentating crew, one absent of the man who has been considered a leading voice of the promotion...

UPDATE: The results are in! Check out the full results for Bellator 255 below! Also, you can view highlights from the main card right here! Bellator 255 takes place tonight on Showtime, and you can find the results from the card right here at the conclusion of the event! Bellator 255 will...

The Bellator 255 weigh-ins have wrapped up. Bellator 255 takes place Friday, April 2, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event will see the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in Bellator, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire defending his featherweight title in a rematch against Emmanuel Sanchez in the semi-finals of...

Bellator MMA has released its inaugural fighter rankings. The rankings include every men’s and women’s division as well as a pound-for-pound rankings list for both genders. Here are the full inaugural fighter rankings for Bellator MMA: MEN'S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (27-6) 5. Juan...

Bellator MMA returns Friday, April 2 with Bellator 255 but as they begin their run at their new home on SHOWTIME some changes have been made to the upcoming cards.  Yoel Romero versus Anthony Rumble Johnson is one of the most anticipated matches in Bellator's World Light Heavyweight Grand Prix....

With the departure of Junior dos Santos from the UFC, the former heavyweight champion has his eyes set on Bellator MMA and Fedor Emelianenko. After the release of a couple of UFC legends, Junior dos Santos was unfortunately part of that batch as he had lost four fights in a...

Bellator MMA has announced that it will be holding a light heavyweight tournament that will include an apocalyptic showdown between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Yoel “The Soldier of God” Romero. Earlier today, Bellator held a major press conference where several announcements were made. Among them, it was revealed that there...

Bellator 254 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw someone’s 0 go when a new champion was crowned in the main event between Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Juliana Velasquez. Julianna Velasquez’s undefeated record remained intact while Macfarlane’s evaporated as the judges’ scorecards...

Scott Coker has stated his reasons for his current lack of interest in recently released UFC great Yoel Romero. When Yoel Romero’s UFC release was reported recently, the reasonable expectation would be for Romero to be fielding offers and having his pick of the litter. Surprisingly, this turned out not...

The Bellator 253 weigh-ins were completed earlier today, with every fighter on the card successfully making weight. The main event will see Darrion Caldwell take on the undefeated A.J. McKee in the featherweight grand prix semifinals. The winner of this bout will face the winner of Patricio Freire and Emmanuel...

Bellator 252 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw Patricio “Pitbull” Freire pick up another win for his résumé, knocking out Pedro Carvalho in the first round and advancing to the featherweight grand prix semi-finals. Awaiting him will be Emmanuel Sanchez, who...

The Bellator 252 weigh-ins were held earlier today. All fighters on the main card successfully made weight while three missed weight from the preliminary card. Two fights from the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix quarterfinals will take place, and both fighters are official after the participants made weight. In the main...