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By Press Release

SANTA MONICA, CALIF (July 25, 2016) – Two high-profile featherweight attractions have been added to the main card of the recently announced “Bellator 160: Henderson vs. Pitbull” event on August 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim,… Read More

By FCF Staff

Andrey Koreshkov spoiled the Bellator debut of Benson Henderson in dominant fashion tonight, as the welterweight champ outscored and battered the UFC veteran.

Koreshkov punished Henderson with a hard kicks and punches from the beginning of the… Read More

By FCF Staff

The weigh-ins are completed for Bellator 153, which will take place tomorrow night in Uncasville, Connecticut.

In the main event, Benson Henderson will challenge welterweight champ, Andrey Koreshkov. Both men made weight for the title fight, as… Read More

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SANTA MONICA, CA. (April 11, 2016) – Injuries to both Derek Campos and John Teixeira have forced Bellator MMA to find replacements to compete against brothers Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (15-7) and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (24-3) on… Read More

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (December 17, 2015) – The Bellator MMA featherweight division has been described as a pool filled with sharks. Company officials are proud to announce that they have signed one of it’s most promising… Read More

By FCF Staff

Immediately after Daniel Straus defeated Patricio “Pitbull” Freire at Bellator 145, he revealed he broke his hand not long into the bout, and now he’s posted x-ray evidence.

Straus took the featherweight crown from Freire on Friday… Read More

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The 80’s had Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco crushing baseballs out of stadiums and the 90’s had Fulton Reed and Dean Portman in The Mighty Ducks movie series. However, it wasn’t until the new millennium that… Read More

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (October 22, 2015) – Following an impressive stoppage during the main card of the groundbreaking “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1”card in September, Josh “The Punk” Thomson (21-8, 1 NC) will make his main event… Read More

By FCF Staff

The line-up for Bellator 145 continues to grow, as the promotion has announced that David Rickels will battle former lightweight champ Michael Chandler at the November 6th event. The upcoming card will be hosted by the Scottrade… Read More

By Bellator (via press release)

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (August 17, 2015) – Bellator MMA officials are proud to announce the signings of Isao Kobayashi(18-2-4) and Thiago Jambo Goncalves (18-4, 1 NC) to multi-year, multi-fight contracts.

Kobayashi and Goncalves join… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

When Bellator announced that it had booked Kimbo Slice to battle Ken Shamrock this Friday night, the news didn’t exactly sit well with many pundits and MMA purists. The argument being that since Shamrock… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced a change for its upcoming July 26th event in Mulvane, Kansas, as the promotion has confirmed that Goiti Yamauchi will no longer face Pat Curran.

Yamauchi has been forced to withdraw from the bout… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced the preliminary card for its January 16th event in Temecula, California, and a middleweight bout between UFC vets Dustin Jacoby and John Salter is one of the fights

Bellator 132 will be hosted by… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator 133 has received its co-headliner, as the promotion has announced that former featherweight champ Pat Curran will take on Daniel Weichel at the event.

The upcoming card will take place February 13th at the Save… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced two more bouts for the promotion’s upcoming, January 16th card, as Houston Alexander will face light-heavyweight Virgil Zwicker and Marius Zaromskis will battle welterweight Fernando Gonzalez.

“Our first event of 2015 should be absolutely… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator continues to round out the line-up for its upcoming schedule, as the promotion has added more fights to Bellator 132 and 133.

On January 16th, Bubba “The Highlight Kid” Jenkins (8-1) will battle former… Read More

By FCF Staff

Both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bellator held events on Friday night, in the same state nonetheless, and neither promotion dominated the other in terms of ratings.

According to figures that were sent to Full Contact Fighter… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced that former featherweight champ Daniel Straus will take on veteran Justin Wilcox in the main event of the promotion’s October 3rd card.

Bellator 127 will be hosted by the Pechanga Resort and Casino… Read More

By Kelsey Mowatt

Bellator’s latest season will kick off just around the corner on September 5th, and it will do so at a time when the promotion is expected to undergo considerable changes.

The reason being, of course,… Read More

By FCF Staff

Bellator has announced the entire line-up for its upcoming, September 5th card, which will go down at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The main card for Bellator 123 will feature a rematch between featherweight champ Pat… Read More