Report: Bellator MMA aiming for July 24th return in Connecticut

Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage Bellator MMA could finally be restarting its event schedule later this month.

Sherdog reports that the promotion is looking at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut to host a July 24th card. Initially, it looked like Bellator and Showtime Boxing would both return to California and run shows inside a television studio, but Showtime hasn’t announced its return and the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in California may very well have affected plans to have combat sports take place in the state.

The last US-based Bellator show took place on February 21st in Thackerville, Oklahoma. One day later they held an event in Dublin, Ireland. As the COVID-19 pandemic…