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LOS ANGELES – The third edition of Bellator’s World Grand Prix is set to launch with 16 featherweight athletes vying for the 145-pound championship and a one million dollar grand prize.

Streaming exclusively on DAZN, the world’s … Read More

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Bellator has booked two, all-star match-ups for the promotion’s September 28th card in Inglewood, as “Pitbull” Freire will take on Juan Archuleta and Lyoto Machida will battle Gegard Mousasi for a second time.

Freire (29-4) will defend … Read More

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Bellator 222 is in the books, and the card saw Rory MacDonald advance to the finals of the welterweight grand prix, and Chael Sonnen end his memorable career.

MacDonald used his wrestling, submission defence and striking to … Read More

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The early weigh-ins are over for Bellator 222, and all of the bouts are official.

In the main event, welterweight champ Rory MacDonald will take on Neiman Gracie in a semifinal fight for the ongoing welterweight grand … Read More

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Bellator has released the final line-up for the promotion’s 222nd card, which will take place this Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

In the main event, welterweight champ Rory MacDonald will take on Neiman … Read More

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Here are the results from Bellator 215, which saw the card’s headlining bout between Matt Mitrione and Sergei Kharitonov end in unfortunate fashion.

Kharitonov took a kick to the groin only moments into the fight, and was … Read More

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Here are the weigh-in results for Bellator 215, which will be hosted by the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut tomorrow night.

In the card’s main event, Matt Mitrione will take on fellow heavyweight veteran, Sergei Kharitonov.… Read More

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LOS ANGELES – The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s doubleheader return to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 has been completed with two stacked five-fight main cards and exciting preliminary … Read More

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LOS ANGELES – Bellator is pleased to announce that the organization’s current bantamweight titleholder Darrion Caldwell (13-1) will represent the promotion in an exciting matchup against 2017 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winner Kyoji Horiguchi (25-2). The two … Read More

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Altough Michael McDonald is only 27 year’s old, and is coming off a stoppage win over former Bellator bantamweight champ, Eduardo Dantas, “Mayday’s” announced he’s hanging up the gloves.

McDonald, who has had to battle through several … Read More

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Here are the results from Friday’s Bellator 202 card, which took place in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

In the main event, women’s featherweight champ Julia Budd defended her title by stopping Talita Nogueira in round three.

The card also … Read More

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LOS ANGELES – Bellator will hold its first-ever event in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Friday, Aug. 17 at Sanford Pentagon. Bellator 204 will be headlined by the promotion’s bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell (12-1) testing himself against Noad … Read More

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LOS ANGELES – On Friday, July 13, Julia Budd (11-2) will defend her featherweight world title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Talita Nogueira (7-0), in the main event of Bellator 202 at WinStar World Casino and Resort. In … Read More

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LOS ANGELES – The Bellator bantamweight championship will be up for grabs Friday, March 2 when Darrion Caldwell (11-1) makes his first title defense against Leandro Higo (18-3) at Bellator 195 inside WinStar World Casino and Resort … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (November 2, 2016) – A bantamweight rematch pitting Darrion Caldwell (9-1) against Joe Taimanglo (23-6-1) completes a stacked main card on the second night of a special Bellator MMA doubleheader inside WinStar World Casino … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (November 1, 2016) – An undisclosed injury to Pat Curran, who was originally scheduled to fight John Teixeira (20-1-2), has opened the door for a lightweight main event pitting Patricky Pitbull (16-8) against Derek … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (October 31, 2016) – A bantamweight feature fight pitting Marcos Galvao (17-7-1) against L.C. Davis (23-7) and a middleweight clash between Chris Honeycutt (8-1, 1 NC) and Ben Reiter (17-1-1) have been added to … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (October 21, 2016) – A flyweight clash pitting Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (4-0) against Emily Ducote (4-1) and a welterweight bout pitting Chidi Njokuani (15-4, 1 NC) against Andre Fialho (7-0) have been added to the … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 10, 2016) – An undisclosed injury to “Bellator 158” competitor Josh Koscheck has paved the way for a new co-main feature bout at “Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2,” pitting Chidi “Chidi Bang … Read More

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (May 26, 2016) – Three contests have been added to “Bellator 156: Galvao vs. Dantas 2” on June 17 at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., with the news that Chris Honeycutt (7-1) will … Read More