A Look Through History: Three Incredible Bellator MMA Shows

2025 may only be slightly over a month old as of this writing, but already, this will go down as a year of noteworthy changes throughout the sport of MMA, certainly in the case of Bellator MMA. On the afternoon of Jan. 13, more than a year removed from the Professional Fighters League (PFL) buying Bellator MMA, veteran journalist Ariel Helwani made the announcement on his self-titled show that Bellator, once a mainstay of Paramount Global-owned cable networks like Showtime, would cease to exist as a brand.

“Bellator is dead,” Helwani said at the time. “Bellator, as we know it, is no more. Bellator is dead. You will not see Bellator events anymore.” Subsequently, the Jan. 25 PFL Champions…