All Eight Bellator Events in 2024 to Air on Max in the United States

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗿𝗮 𝗢𝗳 𝗠𝗠𝗔 𝗜𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲! @SportsonMax is the 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 @BellatorMMA 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 in the US! 🇺🇸

It all kicks off this Friday March 22nd at #BellatorBelfast, exclusively on MAX 📺 pic.twitter.com/usaHYwaZce

— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) March 19, 2024

Bellator MMA has a new broadcast home in the United States.

Professional Fighters League, which purchased the promotion last year, announced Tuesday that it has inked an exclusive media rights agreement with Warner Brothers Discovery to air Bellator Champions Series events on Max. This will include eight fight cards in 2024, beginning with Friday’s event in Belfast. Bellator Champions Series will be available on all Max plans, according to a release.

In addition to live events, Max subscribers will have access to a Bellator library of more than 300 previous events and 3,000 fights. Two new docu-series – Fight Camp Confidential and Fight Week – will debut today and Max and give viewers access to fighter’s camps and personal lives leading up to their bouts. Meanwhile, TNT Sports will also offer Bellator content throughout the year through the “TNT Sports on truTV” programming block, with further broadcast details to be announced in the coming weeks.

“Following our historic acquisition of Bellator, Professional Fighters League is proud to partner with Warner Brothers Discovery for the highly anticipated Bellator Champions Series to stream exclusively on Max for fans across the United States, at no extra cost to subscribers, when the global franchise launches on March 22,” PFL CEO Peter Murray said in a release. “We’re excited for audiences to tune into Bellator’s new home on Max for eight Bellator Champions Series events in 2024 taking place in iconic cities around the globe, featuring world title fights and the biggest stars in combat sports. There’s an incredible demand for premium, year-round MMA content from major media platforms and this is the latest milestone in PFL’s ambition to bring the sport’s best to audiences around the world.”

Max, which until May 2023 was known as HBO Max, includes movies and original series from brands such as HBO, Warner Bros., HGTV and Food Network on its service.

“We are thrilled to partner with Professional Fighters League to introduce a new live sport to the U.S. Warner Bros. Discovery content portfolio,” said Josh Walker, chief financial & strategy officer for Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming. “The addition of Bellator Champions Series offers our viewers an opportunity to experience highly anticipated mixed martial arts, nicely complementing our robust slate of can't-miss programming.”

Bellator Champions Series Belfast – entitled Bellator 302 on Sherdog’s event page – takes place on Friday at SSE Arena in Belfast, Ireland. Corey Anderson will square off against Karl Moore for the vacant light heavyweight crown in the evening’s main event, while Patricio Freire will defend his featherweight belt against Jeremy Kennedy in the co-headliner. The card begins at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT and will air in its entirety on Max.