Hunter vs Frankham: Heavyweight showdown streams live worldwide on StagePlayer+ this Friday 5 December 2025 from 6.00pm – broadcast times and full fight card confirmed American heavyweight contender Michael “Bounty” Hunter will face unbeaten British prospect Eli Frankham in a high-stakes clash at York Hall, Bethnal Green, on Friday, 5 December 2025. The full five-fight […]
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TEOFIMO LOPEZ VS. SHAKUR STEVENSON FIGHT IS OFFICIAL ON DAZN THE RING 6: TEOFIMO-SHAKUR SET FOR JANUARY SHOWDOWN IN NEW YORK NEW YORK CITY – 1 DECEMBER, 2025: HE Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and owner of Ring Magazine, has confirmed the highly anticipated fight between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson is […]
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With His Dad as Promoter, Manny Pacquiao Jr. Fights to a Draw in Pro Debut at Pechanga By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent Temecula, CA (November 30th, 2025)– In the opening bout of the inaugural boxing card of Manny Pacquiao Promotions on Saturday night, November 29, 2025, at Pechanga Resort & Casino […]
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Electrifying KO! Olympic Medalist Ben Whittaker Knocks Out Ben Gavazi in the First Round of Matchroom Debut By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (November 30th, 2025)– In his Matchroom debut on DAZN, Olympic Silver medalist Ben ‘The Surgeon’ Whittaker scored an electrifying highlight reel knockout for 2026, when he destroyed […]
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REAL COMBAT MEDIA WEEKLY BOXING/MMA NEWS (11/23/2025-11/29/2025) *For Immediate Release to Publish Roselle, Park, NJ (November 29, 2025)– Welcome to the Real Combat Media Boxing & MMA Fights of the Week, where we discuss the week’s most significant news and the most notable fights in the sports of boxing and MMA, so you can save time by […]
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This section is for all Real Combat Media content that pertains to the Bellator MMA promotion. Bellator MMA is an American MMA promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Global. Bellator is one of the largest MMA promotions in the world.
BELLATOR 297: NEMKOV VS. ROMERO / PETTIS VS. PITBULL CARD COMPLETE WITH THE ADDITION OF SIX NEW BOUTS INCLUDING FORMER TITLE CHALLENGER AUSTIN VANDERFORD RETURNING TO ACTION AGAINST UNDEFEATED IMAMSHAFI ALIEV BLOCKBUSTER EVENT TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 16 AT WINTRUST ARENA IN CHICAGO LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA is adding six new contests to complete the […]
UPDATED BELLATOR MMA™ FIGHTER RANKINGS FOLLOWING BELLATOR MMA 294: CARMOUCHE VS. BENNETT 2 AND BELLATOR 295: STOTS VS. MIX LOS ANGELES – Following a thrilling weekend of action from the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in beautiful Honolulu, Patchy Mix (18-1) broke into the pound-for-pound rankings at No. 9 after capturing the Interim Bantamweight Championship and $1,000,000 BELLATOR World Bantamweight Grand Prix grand […]
FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS, QUOTES & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 295: STOTS VS. MIX OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN) HONOLULU, HI – The fourth edition of BELLATOR’s annual events in Hawaii featured a sure-fire “knockout of the year” candidate, when Patchy Mix (18-1) stopped Raufeon Stots with a knee 80 seconds into their BELLATOR World Grand Prix Final on Saturday at […]
WATCH OFFICIAL INTERVIEW VIDEOS HERE VIEW ALL MEDIA DAY PHOTOS — PLEASE CREDIT “LUCAS NOONAN | BELLATOR MMA” VIEW ALL OPEN WORKOUT PHOTOS — PLEASE CREDIT “GRANT SHISHIDO | BELLATOR MMA” HONOLULU, HI. – Ahead of this weekend’s championship-doubleheader of BELLATOR 294: Carmouche vs. Bennett 2 and BELLATOR 295: Stots vs. Mix, several of the card’s world-class athletes spoke to the media […]
BLOCKBUSTER BELLATOR 297: NEMKOV VS. ROMERO EVENT KEEPS GETTING BETTER WITH ADDITION OF EIGHT NEW BOUTS INCLUDING THE RETURN OF HOMETOWN HEAVYWEIGHT KNOCKOUT SENSATION DANIEL JAMES VS. GOKHAN SARICAM ALL THE ACTION TAKES PLACE ON JUNE 16 AT WINTRUST ARENA IN CHICAGO AND AIRS LIVE ON SHOWTIME TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT TICKETMASTER […]
FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 293: GOLM VS. JAMES OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN) #8-Daniel James (15-6-1) defeated #7-Marcelo Golm (10-4) via TKO (punches) at :26 of round three JAMES QUOTES: “Man, the gameplan was to come out, wait for him to throw those kicks [then counter]. The boy’s got some heavy […]
NO. 1 RANKED COREY ANDERSON SET TO FACE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION PHIL DAVIS AT BELLATOR 297 ALL THE ACTION TAKES PLACE ON JUNE 16 AT WINTRUST ARENA IN CHICAGO AND AIRS LIVE ON SHOWTIME TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW, MARCH 31, WITH A SPECIAL PRE-SALE BEGINNING TODAY LOS ANGELES – A massive light heavyweight contest […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 293: GOLM VS. JAMES MAIN CARD AIRS LIVE ON SHOWTIME TOMORROW AT 10 P.M. ET / 7 P.M. PT OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN) TEMECULA, CALIF. – All fighters weighed in successfully this morning ahead of tomorrow’s BELLATOR 293: Golm vs. James event at Pechanga Resort Casino in Southern California. […]
GLORY 85 Fight Card Confirmed! It is official! GLORY returns to Rotterdam Ahoy on April 29 with one of the most action-packed cards of the year so far. GLORY 85 will feature the four-man heavyweight tournament that will decide who steps-on to face Antonio Plazibat for the interim-GLORY heavyweight title this summer. If that wasn’t […]
MASSIVE BELLATOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT RE-BOOKED BETWEEN CURRENT CHAMPION VADIM NEMKOV AND THE INIMITABLE YOEL ROMERO BELLATOR FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION AND POUND-FOR-POUND BEST PATRICIO ‘PITBULL’ ATTEMPTS HISTORY WHEN HE CHALLENGES BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION SERGIO PETTIS FOR TITLE IN THIRD DIVISION BELLATOR 297 TAKES PLACE FRIDAY, JUNE 16 AT WINTRUST ARENA IN CHICAGO AND AIRS LIVE […]
MULTIPLE HIGH-PROFILE FIGHTS ADDED TO BOTH NIGHTS OF BELLATOR MMA’S HAWAII DOUBLE-HEADER ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 22 BELLATOR 295 MAIN CARD GETS AN UPDATED MAIN CARD START TIME OF 11 P.M. ET/8 P.M. PT FRIDAY’S SHOW IS FREE TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHILE TICKETS FOR SATURDAY’S […]
OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS AND PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR 292: NURMAGOMEDOV VS. HENDERSON VIEW ALL PHOTOS – PLEASE CREDIT: LUCAS NOONAN | BELLATOR MMA SAN JOSE, CALIF. – The BELLATOR Lightweight World Grand Prix is officially underway and undefeated incumbent champion Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0), as well as No. 4-ranked Alexander Shabliy (23-3) will be advancing in the tournament following impressive stoppage victories at BELLATOR 292: […]
FULL WEIGH-IN RESULTS AND PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR 292: NURMAGOMEDOV VS. HENDERSON VIEW ALL PHOTOS – PLEASE CREDIT: LUCAS NOONAN | BELLATOR MMA SAN JOSE, CALIF. – All fighters weighed in successfully this morning ahead of tomorrow’s BELLATOR 292: Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson, which takes place at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. The talent-stacked main card will air LIVE in the […]
COMPLETE RESULTS, PHOTOS, QUOTES & VIDEOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 291: AMOSOV VS. STORLEY 2 FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS HERE – PLEASE CREDIT: LUCAS NOONAN/BELLATOR MMA POST-FIGHT INTERVIEWS HERE Dublin – BELLATOR 291 saw Yaroslav Amosov (27-0) mark his return to the BELLATOR cage in perfect fashion, as he unified the BELLATOR Welterweight World Title with a victory over Logan Storley. Amosov also […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 291: AMOSOV VS. STORLEY 2 LIVE IN THE UK TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ON BBC IPLAYER AND IN IRELAND ON VIRGIN MEDIA TWO AT 9 P.M. GMT COMPLETE WEIGH-IN PHOTOS HERE – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA DUBLIN, IRELAND – The main card of BELLATOR MMA 291: Amosov vs. Storley 2 will air […]
BELLATOR 296: MOUSASI VS. EDWARDS CO-MAIN EVENT UPDATE NO. 6 RANKED BRENT PRIMUS WILL NOW FACE PARIS’ OWN MANSOUR BARNAOUI IN MILLION-DOLLAR BELLATOR LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL CO-MAIN EVENT BELLATOR MMA RETURNS TO PARIS ON FRIDAY, MAY 12 AT ACCOR ARENA FOR A BLOCKBUSTER EVENT FEATURING FORMER CHAMPION GEGARD MOUSASI AGAINST UK STAR, […]
BELLATOR MMA ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF MAJOR BROADCAST DEAL WITH BBC IN UNITED KINGDOM BBC iPlayer remains the exclusive ‘home’ of BELLATOR MMA in the UK, with every event available live and on demand London UK – Leading mixed martial arts promotion BELLATOR MMA has today announced a renewal of its ground-breaking […]
BELLATOR MMA RETURNS TO HAWAII FOR A STACKED DOUBLE-HEADER WITH EVENTS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21 AND SATURDAY, APRIL 22 FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION AND UNITED STATES MARINE LIZ CARMOUCHE DEFENDS HER TITLE IN REMATCH AGAINST NO. 4 RANKED DEANNA BENNETT AT BELLATOR 294 ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21 BELLATOR 295 ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22 WILL SEE THE CONCLUSION […]
UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS JOEY DAVIS, SULLIVAN CAULEY, MARIA HENDERSON, AND LANCE GIBSON JR. HIGHLIGHT TALENT-RICH ADDITIONS TO COMPLETE BOUT LISTING FOR BELLATOR’S RETURN TO PECHANGA RESORT CASINO ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31 LOS ANGELES – The slate of action for BELLATOR 293: Golm vs. James, the promotion’s Friday, March 31 return to Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif. is complete, […]
NO. 2 RANKED MICHAEL ‘VENOM’ PAGE AGAINST NO. 5 RANKED GOITI YAMAUCHI COMPLETES MAIN CARD OF BELLATOR 292 ON MARCH 10 IN SAN JOSE, CALIF. PRELIMINARY PORTION OF EVENT COMPLETE WITH THE ADDITION OF A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT BETWEEN FORMER NO. 1 CONTENDER JULIUS ANGLICKAS AND WORLD GRAND PRIX COMPETITOR DOVLETDZHAN YAGSHIMURADOV LOS ANGELES – The […]
UPDATED BELLATOR MMA™ FIGHTER RANKING FOLLOWING HISTORIC, CBS DEBUT OF BELLATOR MMA 290 EVENT AT THE KIA FORUM IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES — BELLATOR MMA’s historic CBS Network Television debut, BELLATOR 290: Bader vs. Fedor 2, saw longest-reigning Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader (31-7, 1 NC) retain his title against the retiring MMA icon, Fedor Emelianenko (40-7, 1 NC), whose ceremonious final fight was accompanied by a touching […]
UFC Vegas 68 Results & Video Highlights By MMA News Preliminary Card Highlights Tatsuro Taira def. Jesus Aguilar In this flyweight bout, Japan’s Tatsuro Taira got it done in the first round with an armbar submission of Jesus Aguilar. Catch the finish below. That Armbar was slick 🔒 #UFCVegas68 pic.twitter.com/CE6a2EKtBA — ESPN+ (@ESPNPlus) February 5, 2023 Jun-yong Park […]
COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS, QUOTES, & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 290: BADER VS. FEDOR 2 CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM SATURDAY’S HISTORIC EVENT LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR 290 was a night that will be remembered for multiple reasons, as Ryan Bader successfully defended his BELLATOR Heavyweight World Championship in what also served as Fedor Emelianenko’s final fight as a professional. The first-ever […]
BELLATOR 290 BADER VS. FEDOR 2 CBS PRESS CONFERENCE, MEDIA DAY, BETTING ODDS & WEIGH-IN VIDEO CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM TODAY’S BELLATOR 290 PRESS CONFERENCE B-ROLL FROM WEDNESDAY’S BELLATOR 290 PRESS CONFERENCE FULL BELLATOR 290 PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR Heavyweight World Champion Ryan “Darth” Bader (30-7, 1 NC) and “The G.O.A.T.” Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (40-6, 1 […]
BELLATOR MMA INKS GROUNDBREAKING TELEVISION RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBO IN BRAZIL, BECOMING GLOBO’S FLAGSHIP COMBAT SPORTS PROPERTY BELLATOR-GLOBO PARTNERSHIP WILL BRING WORLD-CLASS MMA ACTION TO THE PROMOTION’S KEY FAST GROWING, AVID BRAZILIAN AUDIENCE Los Angeles — BELLATOR MMA today announced a landmark, multi-year media rights partnership for live BELLATOR events to air in Brazil […]
SEVEN TOP-TEN RANKED BELLATOR ATHLETES SET TO COMPETE DURING STACKED FOUR-FIGHT MAIN CARD OF BELLATOR’S RETURN TO PECHANGA RESORT CASINO ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31 NO. 7-RANKED MARCELO GOLM CHALLENGES NO. 8-RANKED DANIEL JAMES IN HEADLINER, WHILE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S NO. 1-RANKED CAT ZINGANO TAKES ON IRELAND’S NO. 4-RANKED LEAH MCCOURT IN CO-MAIN EVENT TICKETS […]
BELLATOR MMA RE-SIGNS NUMBER ONE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT IN THE WORLD, VADIM NEMKOV CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION AGREES TO EXCLUSIVE, MULTI-FIGHT, MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE PROMOTION Los Angeles — BELLATOR MMA today announced an extension to the contract of reigning, undisputed BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Champion and No. 2-ranked pound-for-pound competitor Vadim Nemkov (16-2, 1 NC). The multi-year, multi-fight extension […]
TWO BLOCKBUSTER FIGHTS ADDED TO BELLATOR MMA’S SHOWSTOPPING RETURN TO FRANCE FOR BELLATOR PARIS: MOUSASI VS. EDWARDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 12 DOUGLAS LIMA TO FACE COSTELLO VAN STEENIS IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CLASH, WHILE JOSE AUGUSTO FACES CAMAROON’S SIMON BIYONG IN EXPLOSIVE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCH UP LONDON – BELLATOR MMA has today added two pulse raising match-ups to […]
FORMER BELLATOR INTERIM CHAMPION AND CURRENT NO. 1 RANKED HEAVYWEIGHT VALENTIN MOLDAVSKY REMATCHES NO. 2 RANKED LINTON ‘THE SWARM’ VASSELL DURING MAIN CARD OF BELLATOR 292 ON MARCH 10 IN SAN JOSE, CALIF. PRELIMINARY PORTION OF EVENT CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE, WITH ADDITION OF TOP- TEN BANTAMWEIGHTS LEANDRO HIGO- JAMES GALLAGHER, AND THE FLYWEIGHT DEBUT OF […]
BELLATOR MMA TO RETURN TO PARIS ON FRIDAY, MAY 12 AT ACCOR ARENA FOR A BLOCKBUTER EVENT FEATURING FORMER CHAMPION GEGARD MOUSASI AGAINST UK STAR, NO. 2 CONTENDER FABIAN EDWARDS NO. 5 RANKED SIDNEY OUTLAW TO FACE PARIS’ OWN MANSOUR BARNAOUI IN MILLION-DOLLAR BELLATOR LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL CO-MAIN EVENT Los Angeles […]
BELLATOR MMA ANNOUNCES THE FIRST TWO MATCHUPS IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX UNDEFEATED CHAMPION USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV DEFENDS HIS BELT AGAINST FORMER UFC TITLIST BENSON HENDERSON, WHILE TOP-TEN CONTENDERS TOFIQ MUSAYEVAND ALEXANDER SHABLIY COLLIDE BELLATOR 292 CARD AIRS LIVE IN THE U.S. ON SHOWTIME ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10 AT 10 P.M. ET/ […]
BELLATOR MMA’S GROUNDBREAKING CBS DEBUT EVENT ON FEB. 4 IS NOW FINALIZED WITH ADDITION OF FOUR MARQUEE PRELIMINARY MATCHUPS, INCLUDING NO. 5 HEAVYWEIGHT STEVE MOWRY FACING FORMER OLYMPIAN ALI ISAEV FORMER TITLE CHALLENGER LORENZ LARKIN TO FACE MUKHAMED BERKHAMOV WHILE FORMER CHAMPION DARRION CALDWELL BATTLES NIKITA MIKHAILOV IN STELLAR BANTAMWEIGHT BOOKING Los Angeles — The […]
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