Bellator MMA Live (Sports, English)
Status: Running
Premiered: 2009-04-04
Network: Paramount+ with Showtime
Country: US
Airs on: Friday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 135 minutes
Average rating: 7.7
Bellator MMA Live (formerly known as Bellator Fighting Championships) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the USA. Bellator was founded in 2008 by Chairman &amp; CEO Bjorn Rebney. Bellator features "The Toughest Tournament in Sports", which has a single-elimination format that awards the winner of each eight-person or four-person tournament a check for $100,000 and a guaranteed world title fight against the current Bellator world champion in the applicable weight class.