UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator president Scott Coker had to make a down-to-the-wire decision, but he thinks he made the right ...

Paul Hughes has jumped to the defense of the PFL tonight, praising them for taking the challenge to the monstrous, UFC in recent months.

Hughes is coming off a majority decision defeat to Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in the PFL Champions ...

Remarkably, though, the former Bellator star survived, and managed to catch Lawler in a bulldog choke, causing referee Herb Dean to call a semi-controversial stoppage. Not only had Askren won his ...

Jon Jones was responsible for the eye poke rule being established in mixed martial arts, according to the very individual who wrote the rule on it.

Unfortunately, his time with Bellator ended relatively sourly as ... and Pitbull began reigning down ground-and-pound before the referee quickly stepped in with Pitbull avenging his brother ...

At Bellator 259, he faced fellow top contender ... by the champion who replied with ground and pound, forcing the referee to step in after just 85 seconds. Following his loss to Gegard Mousasi ...

Referee Kevin MacDonald had no other option ... booked by a promotion to fight in the near future. Saturday night, the Bellator MMA alumnus proved impressive, finishing Nikolay Vertennikov inside ...

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It would seem that Nikolay Veretnnikov isn't getting the kind of heat from the promotion that he is from fans after his actions at UFC Seattle.

Freire jumped in to put a couple of more hits, but the referee called it quits, and ‘Pitbull’ got his hand raised. On top of that, he etched a monumental legacy in Bellator by winning the ...