The UFC isn’t the only organization that will benefit from MMA’s legalization in the state of New York, and to that end Bellator MMA released a statement from President Scott Coker in reaction to Tuesday’s […]
Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock both tested positive for steroids out of February’s Bellator 149 event, according to a report from MMAFighting.com. The positive tests for the two of them had been previously reported, but […]
The Bellator Bantamweight Title rematch between Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas has gotten its third scheduled date, with Bellator officials announcing on Monday that the fight will headline Bellator 156 on June 17. Galvao and […]
More and more fighters are looking to find out how much they’re worth on the open market, and it’s not just those in the UFC. World Series of Fighting Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje is the […]
Matt Mitrione is heading to Bellator MMA. The former NFL player turned MMA fighter announced on Monday in an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that he’d agreed to terms with the organization, […]
In a completely laughable cap to an already ridiculous event, MMAFighting.com reports that both Ken Shamrock and Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson failed pre-Bellator 149 urine tests administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and regulation. […]
Bellator 151 and UFC 196 both took place this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 151 GOOD: Joe Taimanglo vs. Sirwan Kakai This fight was fine, it was solid. I was only […]
Chris Leben will no longer be making an MMA comeback, and instead finds himself facing a very scary health situation moving forward. Leben had signed with Bellator MMA earlier this year, but underwent a series […]
It was a breakout night for Darrion Caldwell Friday at Bellator 151, as the highly touted former NCAA standout picked up his biggest career win to date. Taking on former multi-division champ – and former […]
Bellator 150 and UFC Fight Night 84 were this past weekend. Let’s get right to the rundown. Bellator 150 BAD/GOOD: Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Rebecca Ruth This was a solid fight, but it was pretty uneventful. […]
Bellator MMA had no interest in free agents Alistair Overeem or Aljamain Sterling when they finished out their UFC deals, but they’ve signed another fighter recently released from his contract: Wanderlei Silva. The organization announced […]
Two new fights have been added to the Bellator 153 event coming to the Mohegan Sun on April 22, with former Featherweight Champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire among the four new competitors booked for the card. […]
Last Friday’s Bellator 150 event drew an average of 733,000 viewers to Spike, according to a report from Sports TV Ratings on Twitter. That’s obviously a significant drop off from the organization’s high-water mark of […]
Rampage Jackson is back in Bellator MMA, and his return has opened two potential fights set up somewhat in his second hosting stint on The Ultimate Fighter. That tenth season, featuring the first ever heavyweight […]
BELLATOR 150 FEBRUARY 26, 2016 LIVE FROM MULVANE, KANSAS One week after scoring record ratings on Spike, Bellator is back with a decidedly less-high-profile event tonight. We’ll have some on-going thoughts with results throughout the […]
Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris remains in the hospital this week after a serious medical scare following last Friday’s Bellator 149, and he’ll be there into next week according to an update from his camp. In […]
Friday’s Bellator 150 event has lost its headliner a day out from the card, as Bantamweight Champion Marcos Galvao was forced to withdraw on Thursday due to illness. Bellator announced the removal in a press […]
Friday’s Bellator 149 bout between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 was by far the most watched fight in Bellator MMA history, and was the most watched cable fight of 2016 thus far. It was also […]
Spike has released average viewership numbers for the two co-main event fights on Friday’s Bellator 149 card, with the peak minute expected to be released on Tuesday. While the entire broadcast averaged just shy of […]
Details on the condition of Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris after he was reportedly in critical condition after Bellator 149 have been scarce this weekend, but there were positive updates given on Monday by both one […]
Bellator 149, derided as its been since last Friday night, accomplished precisely what Bellator set out to accomplish with the Ken Shamrock-Royce Gracie rematch and Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000. Jason Floyd of TheMMAReport.com reported […]
Ken Shamrock’s team are appealing his loss to Royce Gracie from Friday’s Bellator 149 event, releasing a statement on Sunday revealing that they’ve filed a complaint regarding the missed low blow that directly led to […]
After Friday’s much talked about Bellator 149 circus, we asked MMATorch readers for their reactions to the event, and specifically the top two hyped fights in Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie III and Kimbo Slice […]
There was a ton wrong with the Bellator 149 co-main event between Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson and Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris, but well beyond the quality of the fight itself was the fact that someone […]
The following are MMATorch staff reactions to Spike’s Bellator 149 “Shamrock vs. Gracie III” event from Houston. MICHAEL BANE, MMATORCH CONTRIBUTOR Bellator 149 was one of those things that was so absurd I don’t want […]
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