Ever since the Professional Fighters League acquired Bellator MMA in November of 2023, it looked like the latter promotion was going to be living on borrowed time. This past week was one ripe with changes across the board for the PFL, which hosted five Bellator MMA events under the Bellator Champions Series banner from March to September of last year.
Planned Bellator MMA events for Chicago in October of 2024, Paris, France in November of last year and Saitama, Japan on Dec. 31 were canceled ahead of the scheduled fight nights.