PFL MMA has released an official statement addressing the future branding of Bellator. PFL acquired the Bellator brand and its roster of fighters in November 2023.

After 17 years as the sport's number two promotion, Bellator MMA is no more, PFL founder Donn Davis revealed earlier today.

Professional Fighters League is releasing Bellator featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire, PFL chairman Donn Davis announced Tuesday. "I founded this company to create new, great opportunities for top fighters,

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Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is the consensus greatest fighter in the history of Bellator MMA and the featherweight champ is now a free agent after being released by the Professional Fighters League.

Ariel Helwani discusses PFL's decision to put an end to the Bellator name and where they go from here.

Professional Fighters League (PFL) is expected to terminate the Bellator MMA brand and absorb the remaining talent roughly one year after acquiring the rival promotion.

Bellator as we know it is gone and a new PFL is heading your way in 2025. That is the news that was reported this afternoon by Ariel Helwani. Helwani reported on his show that Bellator will cease to exist as we know it and after this month’s lightweight title fight between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes,