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Bellator fighters went 5-0 on the night, and they'll look to replicate the feat later this year, when Rizin is expected to reciprocate the hospitality and travel to the U.S. for a show contested in Bellator's cage.

Novenyi Jr takes on Kamil Oniszczuk on June 16 at Bellator 297, on the undercard of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Championship bout between current champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero in Chicago.

After 11 years with Bellator as a ring girl, Mercedes will be leaving the promotion after Bellator 246.

Bellator 216 on Saturday will see Michael Page put his perfect 13-0 record on the line against Paul Daley in the quarterfinals of the Bellator MMA welterweight grand prix.

Bellator says, beginning with MacDonald versus Fitch, each time an athlete enters a tournament bout as champion, the title will be on the line with the Grand Prix winner becoming the undisputed Bellator welterweight champion.

Delgado said that he wasn’t sure who would broadcast the Bellator matches starting in September, but likes the work Mike Goldberg is currently doing for Bellator on Paramount.

Mousasi’s opponent at Bellator 206, Rory McDonald, reiterated Mousasi’s opinions that Bellator handles their fighters better than the UFC.

After competing on The Ultimate Fighter and in Bellator MMA, you can now find him competing in the light heavyweight division of Bare Knuckle Fighting ChampionshipBroBible is an affiliate partner of BKFC).

Danis has been out of action for the past four years after a serious knee injury ruled him out of Bellator 238 in January 2020.

Regardless of what ends up happening with the Bellator brand, it’s the end of an era for American MMA.

Robert Winfree reviews UFC on ESPN+ 90 and talks the future of Bellator.

That quest, rudely interrupted as it was, resumes on Saturday at Bellator 295 in Honolulu.

The decade-and-a-half run of Bellator running live MMA events in the United States has come to an end.

The lifelong Long Beach resident, on the heels of signing a contract extension with the fight promotion and being announced as one of eight participants in the $1 million Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix, has one goal in mind in 2023.

The only fighter to hold world championships across four major MMA promotions, Cyborg debuted in Bellator in 2020 by winning the title.

Victory no3 over the retired Ben Askren, a former Bellator welterweight champion and accomplished wrestler but never a renowned striker, was a step up but hardly a major one.

Boxing without a promoter, Cyborg was offered the bout at Pechanga when Bellator MMA, which had reserved the date at the venue, relinquished the site fee after being sold by Paramount Global to the Professional Fighters League in December.

Ferreira won the PFL’s heavyweight tournament last year and rubber-stamped his clash against Ngannou by knocking out Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in February.

The fight was Askren’s second in the UFC, following a successful but controversial debut against Robbie Lawler and previous title runs in Bellator and One Championship.

To the delight of virtually every interested party, Bader is free and clear to throw them ‘bows when he meets Renan Ferreira in the historic PFL vs. Bellator pay-per-view event on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET main card) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.