Bellator MMA
American mixed martial arts promoter
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| March 2025 | Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero, previously postponed from Bellator 290, was scheduled to headline the event. |
| January 2025 | Bellator MMA ceased operations, marking the end of the promotion's run after the Bellator Champions Series 5 event. |
| January 15 2025 | PFL executives announced that the Bellator promotion would cease operations, with PFL and Bellator rosters to be consolidated. |
| September 14 2024 | Bellator Champions Series 5: McCourt vs. Collins took place at OVO Arena Wembley in London, England, featuring mixed martial arts competitions. |
| March 19 2024 | New ownership announced Bellator events would air on Max as part of a new U.S. television deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. |
| 2023 | Scheduled championship bout between Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero, previously postponed from Bellator 290 due to Nemkov's withdrawal. |
| November 20 2023 | Bellator MMA was acquired by the Professional Fighters League (PFL) after Showtime discontinued its sports division. |
| November 17 2023 | Bellator 301 served as the final event on the Showtime platform. |
| October 2023 | Showtime announced the discontinuation of its sports division, and Paramount Global began seeking to sell Bellator MMA. |
| September 3 2023 | Originally scheduled Middleweight World Championship rematch between Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards was rescheduled to a later date |
| June 16 2023 | Bellator MMA hosted Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero mixed martial arts event at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. |
| May 2023 | Roman Faraldo pulled out of a scheduled welterweight bout, and was replaced by Kyle Crutchmer. |
| February 22 2023 | Bellator announced a multi-year extension with the BBC. |
| February 1 2023 | Bellator signed a two-year contract with Grupo Globo to broadcast events in Brazil on its Combate channel. |
| 2022 | Yaroslav Amosov pulled out of his scheduled Welterweight title defense against Michael Page due to his participation in the war in Ukraine, with Logan Storley replacing him for an interim title bout. |
| November 2022 | Patricky Pitbull avenged a doctor stoppage loss to Peter Queally and captured the vacant Bellator Lightweight World Champion title. |
| November 2022 | Bellator 288 was the promotion's previous event in Chicago before Bellator 297. |
| November 18 2022 | Bellator 288: Nemkov vs. Anderson 2 mixed martial arts event held at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The event featured a main event rematch between Vadim Nemkov and Julius Andesron. |
| September 23 2022 | Bellator 285 mixed martial arts event held at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, featuring a main event between Henderson and Queally |
| August 2022 | James Gallagher pulled out of a scheduled bantamweight bout with Brett Johns for unknown reasons, with Jordan Winski selected as a replacement. |
| August 12 2022 | Bellator 284: Gracie vs. Yamauchi mixed martial arts event was held at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, featuring a main event between Gracie and Yamauchi. |
| July 22 2022 | Bellator 283: Lima vs. Jackson mixed martial arts event was held at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma, Washington, United States, featuring Douglas Lima facing off against Yaroslav Jackson in the main event. |
| July 5 2022 | Sidney Outlaw was rebooked to fight Tofiq Musayev in the co-main event after Adam Piccolotti pulled out of the original bout. |
| July 4 2022 | Patricky Pitbull sustained an injury, causing the main event bout against Sidney Outlaw to be postponed. |
| May 2022 | Bellator's last visit to London prior to this event was Bellator 281 |
| May 13 2022 | Douglas Lima vs. Jason Jackson bout originally scheduled for Bellator 281 was pulled from the event for unknown reasons. |
| May 6 2022 | Original fight between Yoel Romero and Melvin Manhoef was initially scheduled but scrapped due to Manhoef's hand injury. |
| April 22 2022 | Bellator 278 mixed martial arts event held at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring the Velasquez vs. Carmouche fight |
| March 12 2022 | Bellator 276 mixed martial arts event held at the Family Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, featuring a main event between Borics and Burnell |
| January 29 2022 | Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky mixed martial arts event held at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring a main event between Ryan Bader and Valentin Moldavsky |
| 2021 | Bader lost his 205-pound title to Vadim Nemkov. |
| 2021 | Horiguchi vacated the Bellator title after suffering a knee injury that required surgery. |
| December 3 2021 | Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi mixed martial arts event was held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, featuring a main event between Pettis and Horiguchi. |
| October 2021 | Bader suffered a knockout loss to Corey Anderson at Bellator 268. |
| October 23 2021 | Bellator 269 mixed martial arts event was held at VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia, featuring a high-profile fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Timothy Johnson. |
| October 16 2021 | Bellator 268: Nemkov vs. Anglickas mixed martial arts event was held at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring multiple fights including a light heavyweight title bout. |
| October 5 2021 | Érik Pérez was announced to be injured, leading to the cancellation of his scheduled bantamweight bout with Brett Johns. |
| September 2021 | Michael Page avenged his 2019 knockout loss to Douglas Lima by winning a narrow split-decision at Bellator 267 in London. |
| September 18 2021 | Bellator 266 mixed martial arts event was held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, featuring a main event between fighters Davis and Romero |
| September 18 2021 | Anthony Johnson was forced to pull out of his scheduled title fight against Vadim Nemkov due to an illness that would keep him out until 2022. |
| August 2021 | Tyrell Fortune was replaced by Said Sowma in the heavyweight bout with Vitaly Minakov due to Fortune pulling out for unknown reasons. |
| July 2021 | Moldavsky became Bellator's first interim heavyweight champion by defeating Timothy Johnson at Bellator 261 via unanimous decision. |
| June 2021 | Yaroslav Amosov won the Bellator Welterweight title by unanimous decision against Douglas Lima at Bellator 260. |
| May 2021 | Sergio Pettis won the Bellator Bantamweight World Championship by defeating Juan Archuleta by unanimous decision at Bellator 258. |
| April 2021 | Bader defeated Lyoto Machida in the light heavyweight grand prix. |
| February 9 2021 | Bellator announced events would air exclusively on Showtime, beginning with Bellator 255 on April 2, 2021. |
| September 11 2020 | Bellator announced that cards would move to CBS Sports Network starting October 1. |
| April 25 2020 | CBS Sports Network debuted the recap series Bellator MMA: Recharged. |
| March 2020 | Bellator announced a deal with ESPN Brasil to broadcast events in the country. |
| 2019 | Bader's last heavyweight title defense was against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 226, which was prematurely ended by an accidental eye poke. |
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