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This is a list of events held and scheduled by Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships"), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. The first event, Bellator 1 , took place on April 3, 2009. [ 1 ]
Clay Collard, Ray Cooper III and Thiago Santos are among the key names from the PFL to be fighting, while Patricio Pitbull, Johnny Eblen, Yoel Romero and Ryan Bader are among Bellator’s standouts.
List of current Bellator MMA fighters records current Bellator MMA (Bellator) fighters' information, country origins, recent fighter signings and departures, fight schedules and results and the champion of each division. Unlike the UFC, Bellator does allow its fighters to compete in other promotions, so many fighters on this list may appear in ...
On January 7, 2025, PFL chairman Donn Davis announced that elbows will be legal in promotion, after the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were typically allowed in non-season and non-playoff fights only.
The Professional Fighters League, which has Saudi investment, recently acquired Bellator
Bellator was founded in 2008 by Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. [2] [3] Under Rebney's ownership, Bellator events were structured around single-elimination tournaments.[citation needed] In December 2011, Viacom purchased majority ownership of Bellator.
Cristiane Justino Venâncio [6] (born July 9, 1985), known professionally as Cris Cyborg and formerly by her married name Cristiane Santos, is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competes in Bellator MMA, where she is the current Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion having held the title since January 2020, and the inaugural PFL Super Fights ...
A Bellator Women's Flyweight World Championship bout between current champion Liz Carmouche and former champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane completed the triad of title fights. [7] However at the weigh-ins, Macfarlane came in at 126.6 lb (after coming in at 127.4 lb in her first attempt), 1.6 pounds over the women's flyweight limit for a title fight.