Still in the throes of the pandemic, Bellator MMA reached out and brought fans back into the building for the latter half of the year. The same number of events as 2020 — a slight increase in fight total from the year before — still led to plenty of exciting moments, even if most took place inside of the Mohegan Sun Arena. Bellator’s move to Showtime had fighters putting on shows, with astounding knockouts, shocking submissions and a few eye-popping betting lines littering an eight-month stretch of combat.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF BELLATOR FIGHTS IN 2021: 199
TOTAL NUMBER OF BELLATOR EVENTS IN 2021: 18
Knockouts: 18
Technical Knockouts: 42
Submissions: 39
Decisions: 99
No Contests: 1
Bring the Fans Back Home
It’s Showtime: Moving on to greener pastures, Bellator shifted its airings exclusively to the Showtime network at the beginning of 2021.