Zach Makovsky Considers Eduardo Dantas ‘Very Talented,’ But He Likes the Matchup Zach Makovsky knows he’s in for a challenge Friday when he defends his Bellator bantamweight title against Eduardo Dantas.

Makovsky-Dantas, Good-Maynard Set for Bellator 65 in Atlantic City Bellator Fighting Championships announced Friday that bantamweight champion Zach Makovsky will defend his title against Season 5 tournament...

Makovsky on Dantas: I’ve Got My Work Cut Out For Me Season 5 of Bellator posed its fair share of questions, perhaps none bigger than who would come out of the bantamweight tournament.

Bellator 59: What to Watch For It was the confrontation many envisioned at the start of the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 bantamweight tournament: the grizzled,...

Vila Looking For Fast Start Against Dantas at Bellator 59 Alexis Vila began Bellator Fighting Championships’ current bantamweight tournament with a bang, knocking out Joe Warren, the promotion’s...

Nickname Masks Love for the Game There is nothing fun-sized about Zach Makovsky’s love for mixed martial arts.

Vila Flattens Warren with Brutal Knockout at Bellator 51 CANTON, Ohio -- In Bellator 51’s battle of wrestling world champions, it was fists that made the difference inside the Canton Civic Center, where 1996 Olympic Games bronze medalist Alexis Vila knocked...

Bantamweight Qualifiers on Target for Bellator 51 All eight Bellator Fighting Championships Season 5 bantamweight tournament competitors hit their contracted weights at Friday’s Bellator 51 weigh-in

Bellator’s Reis Embraces Chance to Shine at Ideal Weight Some things are not lost in translation. Like many other fighters, bantamweight Wilson Reis was drawn to MMA through an icon of traditional...

Bellator 51: What to Watch For Quick, name the Bellator Fighting Championships bantamweight titleholder.