Bellator 220 salaries: Champ Rory MacDonald leads payouts with $200k
Gallery Rory MacDonald, Jon Fitch fight to majority draw at Bellator 220: Best photos view 13 images SAN JOSE, Calif. – Fighters from Saturday’s Bellator 220 event received a total payout of $920,750....
View ArticleBellator 220 post-event facts: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane runs the record books
Bellator put on another one of its tentpole events on Saturday with Bellator 220, which took place at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., with a main card on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie. There...
View ArticleWhy is champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane set on rematching Veta Arteaga? It's...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Ilima-Lei Macfarlane didn’t get a chance to speak to Veta Arteaga after their Bellator 220 co-headliner was cut short by a gruesome gash on Arteaga’s forehead. However, right before...
View ArticleThe Break: On UFC Fort Lauderdale's surprises, Bellator 220's messy...
Ever have one of those weeks and/or weekends when, by the time you get to Monday, you can barely remember everything that happened? That’s more or less every week in the world of combat sports, where...
View ArticleBellator 220 medical suspensions: Rory MacDonald's mandatory 60 days raises...
Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald on Tuesday confirmed that he will fight Neiman Gracie in the grand prix semifinals on June 14 – a date that currently is blocked off, according to the...
View ArticleBellator's Veta Arteaga speaks out on title-fight loss because of gruesome...
Veta Arteaga was almost 12 minutes into her first Bellator title bid, and actually doing well, when an elbow from flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane landed clean on her forehead. Arteaga didn’t...
View ArticleAlejandra Lara set to face Veta Arteaga at Bellator's Salute in Hawaii
Alejandra Lara will return to the Bellator cage this winter. Lara has been booked to fight Veta Arteaga in a women’s flyweight bout Dec. 20 at Bellator’s “Salute the Troops” event in Honolulu, two...
View ArticleBellator 235 (Salute the Troops 2019): Make your predictions for Josh Barnett...
We want your predictions for this week’s Bellator 235 “Salute the Troops 2019” event in Hawaii. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for...
View ArticleBellator 'Salute the Troops 2019' pre-event facts: Josh Barnett returns from...
The first half of Bellator’s weekend doubleheader in Hawaii takes place on Friday with Bellator 235, or “Salute the Troops 2019,” which takes place at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and airs on...
View ArticleVeta Arteaga hopes win over Alejandra Lara at Bellator 235 earns her another...
HONOLULU – Veta Arteaga fell short in claiming Bellator’s women’s flyweight title but hopes to get right back into contention this weekend. Arteaga (5-3 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) takes on fellow former title...
View Article5 burning questions ahead of 'Bellator: Salute The Troops 2019'
The Bellator cage lands in Hawaii this weekend for a double-header of MMA action, with the first of the two events set to pay tribute to the servicemen and women in Honolulu at “Bellator and USO...
View ArticleBellator 235/Salute the Troops 2019 predictions: Barnett or Markes in their...
Barnett vs. Markes Misech vs. Perez Arteaga vs. Lara Akeo vs. Claxton Cisneros vs. Davis MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2019: 210-125 (63%) Barnett (83%) Perez (90%) Lara (56%) Claxton (83%)...
View ArticleBellator 235 results: Alejandra Lara wins wild scrap with Veta Arteaga
Gallery Bellator 235: Best photos view 21 images Alejandra Lara came up short in her effort to wrest the Bellator flyweight belt from Ilima Lei-Macfarlane in 2018. In her final fight of 2019, she put...
View ArticleBellator 235 post-event facts: Unbeaten Joey Davis making his mark
The first half of Bellator’s weekend doubleheader in Hawaii went down Friday with Bellator 235, which took place at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, with a main card that aired on Paramount...
View ArticleBellator 250 lineup finalized with Veta Arteaga vs. Desiree Yanez, Ty Gwerder...
The Bellator 250 lineup has been finalized. The promotion formalized the 11-fight card Tuesday with one main card addition, Veta Arteaga vs. Desiree Yanez at flyweight, and one preliminary bout, Ty...
View ArticleBellator 250: Make your predictions for Douglas Lima vs. Gegard Mousasi
We want your predictions for Thursday’s Bellator 250 event in Connecticut. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and...
View ArticleBellator 250 weigh-in results: Title challengers hit marks, but two miss...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – MMA Junkie was on scene at Wednesday’s official Bellator 250 fighter weigh-ins, where two fighters missed their marks for Thursday’s card. Among those weighing in were welterweight...
View ArticleBellator 250 predictions: Will Mousasi reign again, or can Lima become a dual...
Mousasi vs. Lima Corrales vs. Girtz Arteaga vs. Yanez MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 128-80 Mousasi (66%) Corrales (62%) Yanez (70%) Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 139-69 Mousasi Corrales Yanez...
View ArticleVeta Arteaga, Nick Newell scratched from Thursday's Bellator 250
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – On the day of the show, Bellator 250 has lost two fights, including one from the main card. Veta Arteaga (5-4 MMA, 4-4 BMMA) is out of her women’s flyweight fight to open the main...
View ArticleVeta Arteaga and Desiree Yanez matched up again, will fight at Bellator 257
Bellator is giving Veta Arteaga vs. Desiree Yanez another try. The women’s flyweight fight has once again been scheduled, this time for April 16 on the Bellator 257 preliminary card. The fight was...
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