Tyson Fury Decisions Arslanbek Makhmudov on Netflix and Sets Up a Potential Anthony Joshua Bout Later in 2026 By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent London, UK (April 18th, 2026)– In the main event on a Netflix eleven bouts card at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the United Kingdom, on Saturday, April 11, 2026, […]
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FOSTER DEFENDS WORLD SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST FORD IN HOUSTON ON MAY 30 WBC king puts crown on the line at Fertitta Center as ‘Savage’ looks to become two-time World ruler O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC World Super-Featherweight title against Raymond Ford at the Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas on Saturday May 30, exclusively live worldwide on DAZN. […]
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JARON ENNIS VS. XANDER ZAYAS PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO New York, NY (April 10th, 2026)– The press conference for Jaron “Boots” Ennis vs. Xander Zayas took place on April 8, 2026, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event officially launched their upcoming unified super welterweight title fight scheduled for June 27, 2026. Purchase […]
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UFC 327 RESULTS, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS & POST PRESS CONFERENCE Miami, Florida (April 12th, 2026)– Carlos Ulberg became the new UFC Light Heavyweight champion at UFC 327, defeating Jiří Procházka via first-round knockout at the Kaseya Center in Miami. Despite suffering a serious knee injury in the opening minute, Ulberg landed a counter left hook at […]
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LIVERPOOL FIGHT NIGHT: OFFICIAL WEIGHTS, IMAGES AND RUNNING ORDER AS BEN WHITTAKER TAKES ON BRAIAN SUAREZ – LIVE ON DAZN Ben Whittaker is ready to face his toughest test to date when he headlines at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena this Saturday against Argentina’s dangerous Braian Suarez – live on DAZN. The Team GB Olympics hero was promoted to […]
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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.
FORMER MMA FIGHTER PHIL BARONI ARRESTED IN MEXICO FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent San Pancho, Mexico (January 4th, 2022)– The 2023 New Year’s holiday vacation in Mexico, has, for the world of MMA, been a rocky road. First, UFC President Dana White was caught on video slapping […]
BELLATOR MMA SWEEPS RIZIN IN HISTORIC FIVE-FIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVENT IN JAPAN HISTORIC CARD AIRS IN THE U.S. ON SHOWTIME ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 AT 8 P.M. ET/ PT OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS | (PLEASE CREDIT: RIZIN FF) SAITAMA SUPER ARENA – All five BELLATOR MMA athletes taking part in the historic BELLATOR vs. RIZIN event in Japan emerged victorious on Saturday night – […]
BELLATOR VS. RIZIN WEIGH-IN VIDEO OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS | (PLEASE CREDIT: RIZIN FF) MINATO, TOKYO – The ten athletes taking part in BELLATOR vs. RIZIN tipped the scales at Roppongi Hills Arena ahead of the historic New Year’s Eve event, which features a star-studded lineup stacked with current and former champions. The mega event takes place at the world-famous Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, […]
BELLATOR 290 CO-MAIN EVENT IS CHANGED LOS ANGELES – With a planned matchup between BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Champion Vadim Nemkov and the legendary Yoel Romero unable to take place as scheduled, a blockbuster BELLATOR Middleweight World Championship bout between current champion and #5-ranked pound-for-pound athlete Johnny Eblen (12-0) and Team Fedor’s #3-ranked Anatoly Tokov (31-3) has been added as the co-main event for the promotion’s CBS debut this […]
UFC HALL OF FAMER STEPHAN BONNAR DIES AT AGE 45 Las Vegas, NV (December 24th, 2022)– Stephan Bonnar, UFC Hall of Famer and legend in MMA has died according to the UFC. The UFC broke the news Saturday, writing … “The UFC family is saddened by the tragic passing of UFC Hall of Famer Stephan […]
COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT QUOTES, RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 289: STOTS VS. SABATELLO OFFICIAL FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR/LUCAS NOONAN) POST-FIGHT VIDEO INTERVIEWS HERE IC-Raufeon Stots (19-1) defeated #6-Danny Sabatello (13-2) via split decision (48-47, 45-50, 48-47) Stots Quotes: “I’m satisfied that I got the win, but I wanted to get that motherf*cker out of there. That’s the most satisfying given […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 289: STOTS VS. SABATELLO LIVE ON SHOWTIME TOMORROW, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 AT 9 P.M. ET OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR/LUCAS NOONAN) UNCASVILLE – All fighters successfully weighed in today ahead of tomorrow’s BELLATOR 289: Stots vs. Sabatello card, which airs live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Tomorrow’s BELLATOR 289 will be headlined […]
WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION YAROSLAV AMOSOV RETURNS TO ACTION AFTER DEFENDING UKRAINE – SET FOR UNIFICATION MATCH WITH INTERIM TITLE-HOLDER LOGAN STORLEY DATE CHANGE – BELLATOR 291: AMOSOV VS. STORLEY 2 WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, FEB. 25 Top-Five Featherweights Pedro Carvalho and Jeremy Kennedy set for Co-Main Event as Promotion Returns to Dublin’s 3Arena DUBLIN, […]
BELLATOR 289 MAIN CARD FINALIZED WITH THE ADDITION OF NO. 5-RANKED MIDDLEWEIGHT DALTON ROSTA FACING NO. 10-RANKED ANTHONY ADAMS NO. 7 POUND-FOR-POUND FIGHTER DENISE KIELHOLTZ AND TOP PROSPECT PAT DOWNEY RETURN TO ACTION DURING STACKED PRELIMINARY CARD, WHILE KYLE CRUTCHMER AND JALEEL WILLIS ALSO DUEL AT WELTERWEIGHT Los Angeles — BELLATOR MMA’s No. 5-ranked and […]
COMPLETE RESULTS AND PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 288: NEMKOV VS. ANDERSON 2 / PITBULL VS. NURMAGOMEDOV FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN) CHICAGO – After a memorable return to Chicago BELLATOR MMA 288 is officially in the books. A partisan crowd was not enough to earn No. 1-ranked Corey Anderson (16-5, 1 NC) his first world championship and a million-dollar grand prize for […]
BELLATOR MMA SET TO MAKE NETWORK TELEVISION DEBUT ON CBS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023 BELLATOR 290 Headlined by Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader Defending His Title Against MMA Heavyweight G.O.A.T. Fedor Emelianenko; Plus, No. 4-Ranked Yoel Romero set to Face Winner of Tonight’s BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Championship Fight in Co-Main Event Live […]
Let’s keep the momentum going after five straight sellouts with a solid six bout fight card for our final December 1st Fight Club OC show. This December 1st show is currently Sold Out, tickets may become available after the weigh ins, if not 50 standing room only wristbands will be sold for $30 starting at […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 288: NEMKOV VS. ANDERSON 2 / PITBULL VS. NURMAGOMEDOV LIVE ON SHOWTIME TOMORROW, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 AT 9 P.M. ET / 6 P.M. PT OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS (PLEASE CREDIT: BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN) CHICAGO – The weigh-ins are complete ahead of tomorrow’s BELLATOR 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2 / Pitbull vs. Nurmagomedov event, which takes place tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 18, at the Wintrust […]
MMA LEGEND ANTHONY RUMBLE JOHNSON DEAD AT AGE 38 Las Vegas, NV (November 13th, 2022)– Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, one of the most talented fighters in UFC history, has died following a lengthy battle with an undisclosed illness this weekend according to Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting. Real Combat Media will provide updates as soon as we […]
FULL CARD SET FOR BELLATOR MMA’S RETURN TO CHICAGO WITH BELLATOR 288: NEMKOV VS. ANDERSON 2 / PITBULL VS. NURMAGOMEDOV ON NOVEMBER 18 LOS ANGELES — As BELLATOR’s return to the Windy City approaches, the promotion has announced the full lineup of preliminary bouts slated to take place before the event’s hugely consequential, two title fight-led main card. On Friday, […]
COMPLETE RESULTS, PHOTOS, QUOTES & VIDEOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 287: PICCOLOTTI VS. BARNAOUI COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA POST-FIGHT VIDEO INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE ON THE BELLATOR PR YOUTUBE CHANNEL BELLATOR 287: PICCOLOTTI VS. BARNAOUI MAIN CARD RESULTS AND QUOTES: Mansour Barnaoui (20-4) defeated Adam Piccolotti (13-5) via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:51 of round two “I did exactly what I […]
LINEUPS SET FOR MASSIVE BELLATOR MMA VS. RIZIN SPECTACLE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE IN JAPAN FORMER BELLATOR CHAMPION AJ MCKEE WILL TAKE ON CURRENT RIZIN LIGHTWEIGHT TITLIST ROBERTO DE SOUZA BELLATOR CHAMPION PATRICIO PITBULL WILL FACE CURRENT RIZIN FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION KLEBER KOIKE FORMER BELLATOR BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION JUAN ARCHULETA GOES TOE-TO-TOE WITH WORLD RENOWN KOREAN CHAMPION SOO CHUL KIM […]
BELLATOR MMA 287: PICCOLOTTI VS. BARNAOUI CEREMONIAL WEIGH-IN, FRIDAY, OCT. 28 AT 1 P.M. CEST / 12 P.M. BST / 7 A.M. ET Weigh-in to stream live on BELLATOR social media platforms, as well as BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and the BELLATOR MMA Channel on Pluto TV WHAT: BELLATOR MMA 287: […]
HISTORY WILL BE MADE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE AT SAITAMA SUPER ARENA IN JAPAN WHEN STARS FROM BELLATOR MMA AND RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION COLLIDE BELLATOR MMA VS. RIZIN WILL FEATURE TOP FIGHTERS FROM BOTH PROMOTIONS IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND, FIVE-ON-FIVE MAIN CARD BELLATOR representatives set to compete against RIZIN athletes include current featherweight kingpin and pound-for-pound best […]
LINEUP FOR BELLATOR 288 ON FRIDAY, NOV. 18 UPDATED WITH THREE MAIN CARD ADDITIONS AND SLATE OF EIGHT PRELIMINARY BOUTS VADIM NEMKOV REMATCHES COREY ANDERSON FOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IN ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRAND PRIX FINALE; PLUS, PATRICKY ‘PITBULL DEFENDS LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST UNDEFEATED USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV AT CHICAGO’S WINTRUST ARENA LOS ANGELES — On Friday, Nov. 18, BELLATOR 288 brings two […]
COMPLETE RESULTS, PHOTOS, QUOTES & VIDEOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 286: PITBULL VS. BORICS COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA POST-FIGHT VIDEO INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE ON THE BELLATOR PR YOUTUBE CHANNEL BELLATOR 286: PITBULL VS. BORICS MAIN CARD RESULTS AND QUOTES: #1-P4P-Patricio “Pitbull” (34-5) defeated #2-Adam Borics (18-2) via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 49-46) “That was what I was expecting. He’s […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 286: PITBULL VS. BORICS LIVE FROM LONG BEACH ARENA – SATURDAY, OCT. 1 ON SHOWTIME AT 10 P.M. ET/7 P.M. PT COMPLETE WEIGH-IN PHOTOS HERE – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA Long Beach, CA. – Today’s weigh-ins are in the books for this weekend’s BELLATOR MMA 286: Pitbull vs. Borics event, which takes place tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 1, at […]
COMPLETE RESULTS, PHOTOS, QUOTES & VIDEOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 285: HENDERSON VS. QUEALLY COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT PHOTOS – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA COMPLETE POST FIGHT INTERVIEW VIDEOS BELLATOR 285: HENDERSON VS. QUEALLY MAIN CARD RESULTS AND QUOTES: #3–Benson Henderson (30-11) defeated #7-Peter Queally (13-7-1) via unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 49-45) “After five rounds against Peter Queally, I’ve got to […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 285: HENDERSON VS. QUEALLY LIVE FROM DUBLIN TOMORROW – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 ON SHOWTIME AT 4 P.M. ET/1 P.M. PT COMPLETE WEIGH-IN PHOTOS HERE – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA DUBLIN – All competitors successfully made weight this morning ahead of BELLATOR MMA 285: Henderson vs. Queally event, which takes place tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 23, at the 3Arena in beautiful […]
IMMEDIATE FLYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE REMATCH BETWEEN CURRENT CHAMPION LIZ CARMOUCHE AND NUMBER ONE RANKED JULIANA VELASQUEZ ADDED TO ALREADY STACKED BELLATOR 289 CARD ON FRIDAY, DEC. 9 BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX SEMIFINALS ALSO CONTINUE AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA WHEN INTERIM CHAMPION RAUFEON STOTS FACES DANNY SABATELLO & PATCHY MIX MEETS MAGOMED MAGOMEDOV LOS ANGELES — A BELLATOR Flyweight […]
BELLATOR MMA ANNOUNCES TWO STACKED EVENTS TO CAP HARD HITTING, FIVE EVENT FALL SCHEDULE VADIM NEMKOV REMATCHES COREY ANDERSON FOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IN ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRAND PRIX FINALE; PLUS, PATRICKY ‘PITBULL DEFENDS LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST UNDEFEATED USMAN NURMAGOMEDOV ON SATURDAY NOV. 18 AT CHICAGO’S WINTRUST ARENA BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX SEMIFINALS SET WITH […]
COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS, QUOTES & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 284: GRACIE VS. YAMAUCHI Complete Fight Night Photos Here – Please credit: Lucas Noonan/Bellator MMA Click Here for Complete Post-Fight Video Interviews MAIN CARD RESULTS: Goiti Yamauchi (28-5) defeated #5-Neiman Gracie (11-3) via KO (punch) at 3:58 of round two Goiti Yamauchi following his victory: “It feels amazing. It’s a […]
QUOTES & VIDEOS FROM TODAY’S BELLATOR MMA 284: GRACIE VS. YAMAUCHI MEDIA DAY Sioux Falls, S.D. – The talk is done ahead of this week’s BELLATOR MMA 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi event, as participants shared their thoughts today ahead of their appearance in the BELLATOR cage on Friday. The event will air live on SHOWTIME this Friday, August 12, beginning […]
BELLATOR MMA‘S MASSIVE RETURN TO MILAN, ITALY’S ALLIANZ CLOUD ARENA ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 WILL BE HEADLINED BY 13-FIGHT BELLATOR MAINSTAY ADAM PICCOLOTTI FACING FRENCH SUPERSTAR MANSOUR BARNAOUI IN HIS PROMOTIONAL DEBUT CO-MAIN EVENT WILL SEE ENGLAND’S NO. 3-RANKED FABIAN EDWARDS GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH IRELAND’S CHARLIE WARD LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA has today announced the lineup […]
FRESH OFF DEBUT KNOCKOUT WIN, AARON JEFFERY STEPS IN TO FACE #2-RANKED AUSTIN VANDERFORD ON SHORT NOTICE FULL FIGHT CARD ANNOUNCED FOR BELLATOR 284: GRACIE VS. YAMAUCHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 ON SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES — The full event lineup for BELLATOR 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 12 from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux […]
COMPLETE FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS, QUOTES & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 283: LIMA VS. JACKSON Complete Fight Night Photos Here – Please credit: Lucas Noonan/Bellator MMA Click Here for Complete Post-Fight Video Interviews MAIN CARD RESULTS: #4-Jason Jackson (16-4) defeated #3-Douglas Lima (32-11) via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) Jason Jackson following his victory: “I just did what I had […]
WEIGH-IN RESULTS & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR MMA 283: LIMA VS. JACKSON LIVE TOMORROW – FRIDAY, JULY 22 ON SHOWTIME AT 10 P.M. ET/7 P.M. PT COMPLETE WEIGH-IN PHOTOS HERE – Please Credit: Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA TACOMA, WASH. – The BELLATOR MMA 283: LIMA VS. JACKSON competitors took to the scales this morning in advance of tomorrow night’s fight, which will air on […]
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