Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/gallery/bellator-champions-series-belfast-best-photos-from-northern-ireland March 22, 2024 10:49 pm ET Check out these photos from the fights at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast which took place at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photos courtesy of Bellator MMA) Be sure … Read more
The Bellator Era of Scott Coker’s career officially is in the rearview mirror, but the MMA pioneer is looking back on his run there with pride. Coker took the reins at Bellator in 2014 just after his Strikeforce deal ended. That deal was in place after he sold the promotion he founded and it was … Read more
PFL vs. Bellator: Champions takes place Saturday and MMA Junkie has you covered with live and official results throughout the entire card. The event features PFL fighters vs. Bellator fighters at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card airs live on pay-per-view at 3 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ at noon ET. … Read more
While the PFL and Bellator titles won’t be on the line Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the winner of each champion vs. champion matchup will go home with special hardware. Monday, the promotion released a first look at the special PFL vs. Bellator: Champions title belts that the winners of the head-to-head champions fights will … Read more
MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL, … Read more
The first PFL vs. Bellator news conference is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT), and you can watch it live right here on MMA Junkie. PFL vs. Bellator, the first even since PFL’s acquisition of Bellator, takes place Feb. 24 at Boulevard Hall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a main card … Read more
Vadim Nemkov no longer holds a Bellator title. Now a heavyweight, Nemkov (17-2) has officially vacated the Bellator light heavyweight title, a promotion official confirmed Tuesday to MMA Junkie. Nemkov had previously revealed to MMA Junkie in August his intention to move up a weight class and acknowledged forfeiture of championship status would likely result. … Read more
This is it, right? Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou was the No. 1 fight on MMA Junkie’s wish list for 2023, and it is again for 2024. However, now more than ever it seems this one won’t happen. Ngannou is signed to PFL for MMA and it etching his name into boxing’s heavyweight division with … Read more
Kai Asakura is Rizin bantamweight champion once again. The Japanese star was able to get back the title he lost three years ago by defeating Juan Archuleta in the co-main event of Sunday’s Rizin 45 event, which took place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Asakura (21-4) dropped Archuleta (29-5) with a brutal knee … Read more
Aaron Pico has an idea about what he might do if he doesn’t get another MMA fight booked soon, and it’s going to sound a little out there. If the Bellator featherweight contender doesn’t know what his next step is reasonably soon now that Bellator is owned by the PFL, he might take a shot … Read more
