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PFL buys Bellator, prepares ‘mega event’ next year
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PFL acquired Bellator and will organize a mega event in 2024.

The PFL has acquired Bellator MMA in a mega deal for fighting sports, PFL chairman Donn Davis shared today.

Terms of the acquired are not made public, but Paramount, the former parent company of Bellator, will keep a share in the combat organization. The Bellator brand will still run as a separate, “reimagined” product in the next year, but all Bellator-inked fighters are now available to compete on PFL platforms. More than that, PFL is already working to organize a ‘huge event’ next year to get champion vs. champion bouts between the 2 combat promotions.

“The most important thing of all sports is the quality of the athletes,” Davis shared with the media. “With this acquisition, this combined fighters is now equal to the UFC in terms of Top 25-best in the business.

The quality of the product, the depth of the product — this makes the PFL the best fighting organization in the world right now. That’s not possible in everyday sports. This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.”