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Matt Mitrione progressed to the semi-final of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, as he avenged a December 2012 TKO defeat to Roy Nelson. Though he endured a rough final round, Mitrione had already banked the first two stanza’s on all three judges’ scorecards with a tidy kickboxing display that saw …

While their rivals promoted title fights in the sport’s two heaviest weight classes at UFC 220 in Boston, Bellator MMA put forth a stacked card of their own across the country at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday night. Bellator 192 featured the opening fight in the promotion’s heavyweight Grand Prix between Chael Sonnen and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Douglas Lima …

Rory MacDonald captured the Bellator MMA welterweight title on Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California, as he snapped the three-fight winning streak of Douglas Lima via unanimous decision in the co-main event of Bellator 192. However, the Canadian really had to push through the pain barrier to get his hands on the gold. The five-rounder was a gory …

As week one of 2018 draws to a close, we present a list of the most promising Irish professional MMA talents you should be keeping an eye out for over the next fifty-one and beyond. Note: The list below is one of the country’s best prospects, so the likes of James Gallagher, who has already established himself as a legitimate …

Luka Jelčić rode a significant wave of momentum into his Bellator MMA debut in Florence, Italy on Saturday night, but the SBG Ireland lightweight wiped out in brutal fashion against Brandon Girtz. The 28-year-old Jelčić had won four straight fights, all inside the distance, ahead of Bellator 190 and he had claimed the FFC lightweight title in the process. In …

Rory MacDonald’s love for the early days of MMA, when the sport was just as likely to be called NHB(No-Holds-Barred), is well documented. In the past, the Canadian welterweight has spoken of his desire to see the ban on headbutts lifted and time-limits removed. He isn’t too fond of these newfangled weight-classes either. Just last year, MacDonald tweeted the following …

Buried on the preliminary portion of a shallow Bellator 188 card that took place in Tel Aviv, lost it’s marquee fight days before showtime, and garnered little attention internationally, a real gem of a submission went way under the radar a couple of weeks ago. Said submission came courtesy of  Israel’s own Oron Kahlon in the first round of a …

Following Conor McGregor’s actions at Bellator 187 in Dublin earlier this month, UFC lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov apparently sees the Irishman as something of a bully who needs to be taken down a peg or two. McGregor invaded the Bellator cage after his SBG Ireland teammate Charlie Ward drilled John Redmond with very little time to spare at the end …

Al Iaquinta feels that somebody should have socked UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor when he invaded the cage at Bellator 187 in Dublin earlier this month. Can you imagine the mayhem? Things were chaotic enough even without someone taking a swing at the sport’s biggest star in front his hometown crowd, as McGregor had to be escorted from the cage …

Chael Sonnen has some interesting thoughts on the Conor McGregor/Bellator 187 fracas.

Conor McGregor has been lambasted by a former UFC welterweight champion for his actions at Bellator 187.

SBG Ireland featherweight James Gallagher went back and forth with Bellator featherweight champ Patricky Freire on Instagram recently.

Irish journalist David Davin Power thinks that it's "a shame" that Conor McGregor has become an Irish role model.

Veteran referee Marc Goddard has issued a statement regarding the events that occurred at the close of the Charlie Ward vs. John Redmond fight on Friday.

Jake Hager, formerly known as Jack Swagger, has signed with Bellator MMA.

Mike Mazzulli has made a massive claim about Conor McGregor and UFC 219.