Bellator returned to The Forum in Inglewood, California for Bellator 238 on Saturday night. The show was built around the promotional debut of Cris Cyborg, who was set to challenge Julia Budd for the Bellator featherweight title.
On Friday night, Bellator 222 took place from Madison Square Garden and saw Rory MacDonald shut down Neiman Gracie to advance to the finals of the Welterweight Grand Prix while Chael Sonnen called it a career.
The overrun segment of Raw is being dropped immediately by USA Network, the status of Jim Ross with AXS TV, a look at Lucha Underground’s audience numbers, Henry Cejudo vs. T.J. Dillashaw expected for UFC 233 & more.
John Pollock goes through Saturday’s Bellator 206 event from the SAP Center in San Jose with Gegard Mousasi defending the Bellator middleweight title against Rory MacDonald, Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva, Andrey Koreshkov vs. Douglas Lima, Aaron Pico vs. Leandro Higo & more.
A look at the changing world of professional wrestling following the success of the G1 Supershow pre-sale, Renee Young to call Raw on Monday, New Japan begins three nights at Budokan Hall, injury angle with Aleister Black, review of this week’s NXT, PFL receives $28 million in funding & more.
The crew from The MMA Complex recap the Bellator 199 card from Saturday night in San Jose, featuring Ryan Bader’s early stoppage of Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal to advance in the Heavyweight Grand Prix, and the rest of the main card fights.