Bellator MMA kicks off their Summer Series on Wednesday, June 19 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Bellator 96 features a lightweight title fight between champion Michael Chandler and challenger Dave Jansen, as well as the first round of the heavyweight and light heavyweight Summer Series tournaments. Read More »
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The inaugural season of Spike TV’s “Fight Master: Bellator MMA” brings together 32 welterweight (170 lbs) fighters to compete for a spot in the Bellator MMA Tournament for a $100,000 prize. The series premieres on Wednesday, June 19 at 10:00 ... Read More »
Bellator signs Vladimir Matyushenko to light heavyweight division
Forty-two-year-old former IFL light heavyweight champ and UFC veteran Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko (26-7) will continue his pro mixed martial arts career with Bellator MMA. Bellator announced the signing of "The Janitor" to their light heavyweight division via press release on Thursday. Read More »
Bellator MMA to host four man tournaments in the summer
Bellator officials announced today that they will hold four-man tournaments over the summer in the Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight and Bantamweight divisions. Read More »
Bellator MMA scores big ratings in first season on Spike TV
Spike TV’s debut season of Bellator MMA was a ratings success for the network, delivering an average of 861,000 viewers, culminating with 952,000 viewers for its finale event this past Thursday, April 4. Read More »
Bellator 95 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator MMA’s eighth season comes to a close this evening at Revel in Atlantic City. Bellator 95 is headlined with a Featherweight title bout between champion Pat Curran and season seven tournament weinner Shahbulat Shamhalaev. The event also includes season eight's middleweight and featherweight tournament finals. Read More »
Bellator 95 weigh-in results
Bellator MMA's eighth season comes to a close Thursday night at Revel in Atlantic City with two tournament finals and a featherweight title bout. Fighters competing on the Bellator 95 card took to the scales Wednseday, with featherweight headliners Pat Curran and Shahbulat Shamhalaev both weighing in at 144.7 pounds. Curran's title will be on the line against Shamhalaev, who won Bellator's season seven featherweight tournament. Read More »
Interview: Bjorn Rebney talks judo, Rick Hawn vs. Karo Parisyan, Olympic wrestling *VIDEO*
ProMMAnow.com reporter and 2004 Olympian Dr. Rhadi Ferguson sat down with Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney to discuss a topic close to his heart, judo, and the welterweight bout between Karo Parisyan and Rick Hawn set to go down Thursday at Bellator 95 in Atlantic City. Read More »
Doug ‘The Rhino’ Marshall: I can guarantee you Brett Cooper won’t stand and trade with me
Former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug "The Rhino" Marshall (17-6) will face Brett Cooper (19-7) this Thursday at Bellator 95 in the promotion's eighth season middleweight tournament finals. $100,000 and a shot at 185 pound champion Alexander Shlemenko is on the line. Read More »
Bellator MMA Results From Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL (March 28, 2013) – The final results are in for Bellator MMA live from the USF Sundome in Tampa, Florida. The night showcased the Lightweight Tournament Final with David Rickels finishing Saad Awad via TKO in the second ... Read More »
Bellator 94 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator 94 takes place this evening at the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. and features the Season 8 lightweight and light heavyweight tournament finals. Saad Awad and David Rickels will square off in the main event for $100,000 grand prize and a shot at Michael Chandler's lightweight crown, while Mikhail Zayats and Emanuel Newton face off for $100,000 and a shot at light heavyweight champion Attila Vegh. Read More »
Bellator 94 weigh-in results and video preview
The weigh-ins for Bellator 94 are in the books and all fighters are on point for the Season 8 light heavyweight and lightweight tournament finals. Competing for $100,000 and a title shot at Bellator light heavyweight champ Attila Vegh, Mikhail Zayats weighed in at 205.6 pounds and Emanuel Newton weighed in at 204.4 pounds. Read More »
Bellator 93 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator 93 takes place this evening at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine and features Bellator's lightweight tournament finals with Marcin Held taking on Dave Jansen in the main event. Read More »
Bellator 93 weigh-in results
The fighter weigh-ins for Bellator 93 are in the books and all fighters made weight without issue. Competing in the Season 8 lightweight tournament finals, Marcin Held weighed in at 155.9 pounds, while his opponent, Dave Jansen weighed in at 155.8 pounds. Read More »
Bellator 94 full card announced featuring two $100,000 tournament finals
Airing live on Spike TV, Bellator 94 will take place March 28 at the University of South Florida's Sun Dome in Tampa and will feature Bellator's Season 8 light heavyweight and lightweight tournament finals. Read More »
Bellator MMA 92 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator MMA 92 takes place this evening at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., and features the Season 8 Featherweight and Middleweight Tournament Semifinals. The first fight takes place at 7 p.m. PST and will stream LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9 p.m. PST and will air LIVE on Spike TV. ProMMAnow.com will provide LIVE results and play by play commentary throughout the evening. Read More »
ProMMANow’s Guide to Bellator 92
Bellator MMA returns on Thursday night from the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. The card features the semifinals of the middleweight and featherweight tournaments. As always, the main card airs live on Spike TV, while the undercard can be seen on Spike.com. Read More »
Bellator 92 weigh-in results
The Bellator 92 weigh-ins have been completed from Temecula’s Pechanga Resort and Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s March 7th event, which will showcase the Featherweight and Middleweight Tournament Semifinals. Read More »
Bellator 93′s welterweight tournament finals delayed as Douglas Lima suffers broken hand
Due to a broken hand suffered in training, Douglas Lima (24-6) will no longer be fighting at Bellator 93 on March 23 in the finals of Bellator's Season 8 Welterweight Tournament. Lima was set to face fellow finalist Ben Saunders (16-5-2) for the $100,000 grand prize and a shot at the 170-pound title currently held by Ben Askren. Read More »
Spike TV to launch groundbreaking co-viewing APP for Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA for iPad, iPhone, and iTouch Gives Fans A New Way to Experience MMA Newport Beach, CA. (February 28, 2013) – Spike TV is launching “Bellator MMA” for iPad, iPhone, and iTouch, as fans can experience mixed martial arts like never before with ... Read More »
Bellator 91 LIVE results and play-by-play
Bellator 91 takes place this evening at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., and features a Bellator light heavyweight championship between title-holder Christian M’Pumbu and 205-pound tournament winner Attila Vegh. In addition, both Season 8 lightweight tournament semifinals bouts will take place. Read More »
Straus out, Pat Curran will meet Shahbulat Shamhalaev at Bellator 95
Bellator featherweight Daniel Straus had to withdraw from his upcoming Bellator 95 battle with Pat Curran due to a broken hand. Curran will now face off against Shahbulat Shamhalaev on April 4th inside Atlantic City’s Revel Casino live on Spike. Read More »