The first big name to jump from Bellator to the UFC was inaugural middleweight champ ... and managed to catch Lawler in a bulldog choke, causing referee Herb Dean to call a semi-controversial ...

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.

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The impressive former Bellator title contender is making the move down to welterweight in order to pursue UFC gold ... This led referee Kevin MacDonald to step in and call a stop to the contest ...

The 36-year-old muay thai stylist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt will lock horns with Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos in the UFC Vegas 104 co-main event.

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

Short of the Mark Former Bellator MMA welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov ... and let fly with unanswered punches and elbows until referee John McCarthy waved it off. 3. Meal Ticket Njokuani ...

‘The Gentleman’ made his name outside of the UFC where he was previously a staple of Bellator’s middleweight ... forcing the referee to step in after just 85 seconds. Following his loss ...

To make the moment even more special, Vanderford was cornered by his wife, former UFC star Paige VanZant. Vanderford, who previously fought for the Bellator World Championship, accepted the bout ...