On Tuesday, sports streaming service DAZN announced a nine-figure, multi-year rights deal with Bellator MMA. The agreement pairs with the OTT platform’s previous foray into boxing to create a fight sports destination in advance of DAZN’s U.S. launch this September.
The Perform Group-owned DAZN will carry 22 Bellator MMA events—seven exclusive to the service and 15 simulcast with Paramount Network—beginning on Sept. 29. That first fight card will be headlined by the fourth meeting between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Wanderlei Silva, a middleweight title fight between Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald, and the beginning of the inaugural Welterweight World Grand Prix, an eight-fighter, single-elimination tournament.