Author: Mike Sloan

It may not have been the most exciting fight to ever go down inside the famed Octagon, but Alexander Volkov will take nonetheless take a victory.

Bellator MMA returned to Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma, Friday night and middleweights headlined the marquee.

It was the type of brawl that the wonderfully sadistic MMA fans wanted, though the “BMF” title fight between fan favorites Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz ended in disappointing fashion.

It had been almost two years to the day since Stephen Thompson lasted tasted victory and on Saturday night, that sweet taste overloaded his taste buds once again and he couldn’t be happier.

On Saturday night, Darren Till looked like “The Gorilla” the MMA world knew a year ago, as he nabbed his first victory in 18 months, a hard-fought split decision win over Kelvin Gastelum.

During a stretch of four fights from 2016 to 2017, Corey Anderson suffered three losses and was cast aside as another young contender not deemed quite good enough for the top of the division.

On Saturday night inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez made history in more ways than one.

Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev will not enter the ring Saturday night until the UFC 244 main event has concluded. Estimated fight start time: 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT.

Emily Ducote and Japan’s Kanako Murata took center stage and duked it out for the vacant strawweight strap.