The Bellator Champions Series Has A New Home
The Bellator Champions Series has a new home.
The PFL and Warner Bros. Discovery announced an exclusive U.S. media rights agreement for the new Bellator Champion Series, which debuts this Friday. The new series streams exclusively on Max, and includes eight fight events–with two title fights on each card.
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All eight 2024 Global Premium MMA events will stream exclusively live on Max, beginning with the first event on Friday. Max subscribers will also gain access to two new docuseries, p[us Bellator’s fight library.
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In the official press release, Peter Murray, the PLF CEO, expressed his excitement over the new media rights deal.
“There’s an incredible demand for premium, year-round MMA content from major media platforms,” said Murray. “And this is the latest milestone in PFL’s ambition to bring the sport’s best to audiences around the world.”
The Bellator Champions Series launches in Belfast, Northern Ireland this Friday, and the next event is the Bellator Champions Series Paris on Friday, May 17. Here is the full lineup of Bellator Champions Series events for 2024:
- Friday, March 22, 1pm E.T.–Bellator Champions Series Belfast–The SSE Arena, Belfast
- Friday, May 17–Bellator Champions Series Paris–Accor Arena
- Saturday, June 22–Bellator Champions Series Dublin–3Arena
- Saturday, September 7–Bellator Champions Series San Diego–Pechanga Arena
- Saturday, September 14–Bellator Champions Series London–OVO Wembley
- Saturday, October 12–Bellator Champions Series Chicago–Wintrust Arena
- Saturday, November 16–Bellator Champions Series Paris–ADIDAS Arena
- Tuesday, December 31–Bellator Champions Series–TBD
TNT Sports will also televise Bellator content throughout the year on its “TNT Sports on truTV” programming block.
