Bellator MMA has signed Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Myles Jury. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

BURBANK, Calif. – A.J. McKee has been chirping at Bellator dual champion Patricio Freire for a while now. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that, when the mercurial “Pitbull” nearly got into it with Darrion Caldwell at Wednesday’s Bellator media day, McKee (14-0 MMA, 14-0 BMMA) couldn’t resist inserting himself into the situation. Freire […]

BURBANK, Calif. — At Bellator media day, Darrion Caldwell says how he ended up in Bellator FW GP, why he’s still Bellator bantamweight champion, and more. View full post on MMA Fighting – All Posts

Two-time featherweight champion Pat Curran has signed a contract extension with Bellator MMA. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

The field is set for Bellator MMA’s upcoming featherweight grand prix. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Bellator’s schedule in the second half of the year is picking up steam after multiple new fights were announced in recent days. The promotion rolled out three new headlining bouts as well as a marquee rematch with Ryan Bader (27-5 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) vs. Cheick Kongo (30-10-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA) for the heavyweight title at […]

Bellator has announced its star-studded 16-man roster for its upcoming World Featherweight Grand Prix. Shortly after Bellator president Scott Coker named the participants on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, the promotion made the field official on Monday. The first-round bouts will take place across two cards in September and the matchups are as follows: Bellator 226 […]

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums and, perhaps most importantly, social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look into […]

Bellator MMA is heading back to San Jose, California, in September with a card headlined by a heavyweight championship showdown. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

THACKERVILLE, Okla. – Julia Budd continues to feel right at home in Oklahoma and again asserted herself as one of the world’s top featherweights with her third straight title defense. Budd (13-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) had little trouble taking out Olga Rubin (6-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) to hand Rubin her first loss. Budd’s TKO came […]

Rafael Carvalho has changed pretty much everything ahead of his Bellator 224 fight with Chidi Njokuani. The Brazilian striker, who previously won and defended the Bellator middleweight championship training out of Curitiba’s Evolucao Thai in Brazil, decided to fulfill an old dream and move overseas after having his 15-fight winning streak snapped by back-to-back defeats […]

THACKERVILLE, Okla. – After arguably her most dominant title defense yet, Julia Budd knows a few things. For starters, Budd thinks she proved herself to be the best women’s featherweight in the world. And second and third, she has a solid plan with what she wants next, and it starts with someone about 100 pounds […]

Julia Budd continued her Bellator women’s featherweight title reign on Friday when she defended her belt against Olga Rubin the Bellator 224 headliner. Budd (13-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) extended her winning streak to 11 fights with a first-round TKO victory over Rubin (6-1 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) in the main event matchup, which took place at […]

Make it three straight successful title defenses for featherweight queen Julia Budd. And it doesn’t look like she’s slowing down anytime soon. The reigning champion needed just 2:14 to land a crippling body kick on challenger Olga Rubin (6-1) and then finish with more brutal body work to emerge victorious in the Bellator 224 main […]

Julia Budd took less than half a round to turn away the latest challenger to her Bellator MMA featherweight title. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

MMA Fighting has Bellator 224 results for the Budd vs. Rubin event Friday at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. In the main event, Julia Budd will try to defend her Bellator featherweight title against the undefeated Olga Rubin. Check out the Bellator 224 results below. Main Card (DAZN, Paramount Network, 9 p.m. ET) Julia […]

A heavyweight rumble is going down at Bellator 225 between Timothy Johnson and Valentin Moldavsky this August. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

A welterweight clash between Andrey Koreshkov and Lorenz Larkin has been re-booked. Bellator MMA president Scott Coker announced Friday that Koreshkov (22-3) and Larkin (20-7, 1 NC) will fight in the main event of Bellator 229 at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, on Oct. 4. The two contenders were originally set to fight at […]

Bellator MMA is heading back to the Pechanga Resort Casino in October with a card headlined by a welterweight battle between Andrey Koreshkov and Lorenz Larkin. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

When Bellator booked Juliana Velasquez to fight a day before Ilima-Lei Macfarlane’s title defense in Hawaii, the Brazilian thought it was a no-brainer that she would be the next in line for the flyweight gold with a win. She was victorious against Alejandra Lara. And 24 hours later, Macfarlane choked out Valerie Letourneau. The expectations […]