In California, fighters have their weights checked on the day of competition – not just when they have to hit their marks on the scale. In 2017, the California State Athletic Commission put a plan in place to try to cut back on excessive weight cutting. Within those rules...
Referees and judges for the three Bellator 300 title fights have been assigned. California State Athletic Commission executive officer Andy Foster informed MMA Junkie of the assignments for the event, which takes place Saturday at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The three title-fight main card airs on Showtime after...
SAN DIEGO – Usman Nurmagomedov only cares about winning decisively Saturday at Bellator 300 and that means making Brent Primus look bad. At a pre-fight news conference Wednesday at the host hotel, the Bellator lightweight champion Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) seemed unbothered and unfazed about many of the...
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from May 2023. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for May. At the bottom of the post, let us know...
Bellator 268 featured two light heavyweight grand prix matchups, and the fighters involved were four of the five highest-paid athletes on the card. Light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov and fellow grand prix finalist Corey Anderson led all paydays, as they pocketed six figures as a result of their wins...
" PHOENIX – For Scott Coker, the lightweight picture was pretty easy to figure out after Patricio Freire vacated his belt. Coker said Freire’s main reason behind relinquishing his title was to give his brother, Patricky Freire, (23-10 MMA, 14-8 BMMA) his chance to shine. So for the Bellator...
Check out these photos from Bellator 268, which took place at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. (Photos courtesy of Bellator MMA) (Gallery will update throughout the event.)
One of the marquee events in Bellator history goes down Saturday with Bellator 263, which takes place at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., with a main card that airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. The long-awaited conclusion of the featherweight grand prix highlights the lineup. After the...
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