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HYDEN BLOG: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from Bellator 246 and UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill

September 14, 2020

By: Frank Hyden, MMATorch Senior Columnist Bellator 246 and UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill were this past weekend. Let’s get to the rundown. Bellator 246 GOOD- Keoni Diggs submits Derek Campos Diggs got some […]

MCGRATH: In-person thoughts from Bellator 222

June 15, 2019

Bellator felt big! This Bellator card felt like the biggest card in the history of the promotion. Everybody who is anybody in the MMA media was there to cover the event. Which is not typical […]

ROUNDTABLE: How did you score MacDonald vs. Fitch, and is moving MacDonald on in the tournament the right call?

May 1, 2019

How did you score the Rory MacDonald-Jon Fitch fight at Bellator 220? Is it the right call to let MacDonald move on to the second round? Frank Hyden, Columnist – The Good, the Bad, and […]

THE BELLATOR BEAT 5/1: Bellator 222 card at MSG gets stacked

May 1, 2019

MacDonald vs. Gracie official for Bellator 222 on June 14th at MSG To start the week off, we have some of the biggest news to come from Bellator in a while. Bellator 222 adds one […]

SUNDAY NEWS DIGEST 4/28: Jon Fitch and Rory MacDonald on what comes next after Bellator 220 draw, Tito Ortiz signs with Combate Americas

April 28, 2019

Close call Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch fought to a majority draw at Bellator 220 last night. Due to already going the full five rounds there was no room to add a […]

MMA Year in Review – August: The hype begins for Conor vs. Khabib

December 28, 2018

Follow @mikehiscoe Welcome to the eighth of twelve installments of the 2018 MMA year in review. In the series, we will look at the biggest stories and fights from each month and reflect on how […]

BELLATOR 213 REPORT: Live results & analysis of Macfarlane-Letourneau, Machida-Carvalho

December 15, 2018

Bellator 213 December 15, 2018 Honolulu, Hawaii from Neal S. Blaisdell Center Live on DAZN (10 PM ET) Prelim Results Kai Kamaka III def. Shojin Miki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Maki Pitolo def. Chris […]

BELLATOR 185 PREDICTIONS 10/20: Grocke’s updated odds and predictions for the Mousasi vs. Shlemenko headlined main card

October 20, 2017

Bellator MMA comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut for Bellator 185. The main card features former UFC middleweight contender Gegard Mousasi. Mousasi will be making his promotional debut when he steps into […]

BELLATOR 185 PRIMER: Garcia’s preview & predictions for the Gegard Mousasi vs. Alexander Shlemenko headlined main card

October 18, 2017

Bellator makes its way to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut this Friday, October 20th for the debut of former UFC star Gegard Mousasi.  He will be headlining the card facing former longtime middleweight […]

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