Bellator Sets Season 5 Bantamweight Quarterfinals for Sept. 24 Officials from Bellator Fighting Championships Tuesday announced the opening-round pairings for the promotion’s fifth-season bantamweight...

Bellator Season 5 Tournaments Taking Shape; 4 Divisions Confirmed HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Bellator’s fifth season is still almost three months away, but the company has nearly finalized the lineups for three of...

Undefeated Vila Enters Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Draw Olympic bronze medalist Alexis Vila will make his Bellator Fighting Championships debut in the promotion’s fifth season, as the American Top...

6 Confirmed for Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tourney Chase Beebe made the most of his Bellator Fighting Championships debut Saturday, securing future employment with the Chicago-based organization after a quick submission win at...

‘Betao’ Brilliant as Bantamweights Bolster Bellator 42 Undercard CONCHO, Okla. -- Ballyhooed Brazilian prospect Luis Alberto Nogueira made a successful Bellator Fighting Championships debut, as he outdueled Jerod Spoon and took a unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 and 29-28) at...

Bellator Signs Brazilian Bantamweight 'Betao' Nogueira Bellator has snatched another one of Brazil's best young bantamweights.

Fresh off signing South American Shooto champion Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas, Sherdog.com has confirmed that the upstart promotion has signed 135-pound prospect Luiz Alberto "Betao" Nogueira. Nogueira -- a member of Brazil's...

Bellator Inks Nova Uniao Prospect 'Dudu' Dantas Bellator's bantamweight division is receiving one of Brazil's finest prospects.

Sherdog.com confirmed Tuesday that the fledgling promotion has signed budding Brazilian bantamweight star Eduardo "Dudu"...

The Editor's Note Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas | Stephen Martinez/Sherdog.com For some reason, people love to ignore the bylines on Sherdog.com. It creates a...

10 Brazilians to Watch in 2011 Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, Mauricio Rua, Cristiane Santos, Ronaldo Souza, Rafael Cavalcante -- suffice to say, there’s no shortage of...

Dantas Scores Quick Sub, Sa Takes Title at Shooto Brazil 20 Eduardo Dantas (bottom) submitted Samuel de Souza | G. Venga: Sherdog.com RIO DE JANEIRO -- Highly-regarded Nova Uniao bantamweight