2020 is the twelfth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., Bellator would go on hiatus after its 240th numbered event on February 22, 2020. The promotion would resume holding events with Bellator 242 on July 24. Bellator telecasts would move to CBS Sports Network, starting October 1.
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2020 is the twelfth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., Bellator would go on hiatus after its 240th numbered event on February 22, 2020. The promotion would resume holding events with Bellator 242 on July 24. On September 11, 2020, it was announced that Bellator telecasts would move to CBS Sports Network, starting October 1, after Viacom’s re-merger with CBS Corporation in 2019. Bellator 248, which was held on October 10, would be the first MMA event to be held by a major promotion in France since the sport was legalized in January. The event featured a Bellator Women’s Featherweight World Championship bout between the champion Julia Budd and former Strikeforce, Invicta, and UFC champion Cris Cyborg. It was the first event of the second year of the Bellator European Series. The fights billed as Bellator 240 will be held on tape-delay on Paramount Network and DAZN and will feature a lightweight bout between former Bellator Lightweight World Champion Brent Primus and Peter Queally. It will also feature a women’s featherweight bout between Leah McCourt and Judith Ruis was bumped to the main event. On March 13, the day of the event, Bellator President Scott Coker announced that the event would be cancelled due to the CoVid pandemic.
The fight card for Bellator 243: Carmouche vs. Bohm was cancelled on March 30, with the event scheduled to take place on May 29, 2020 at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. On May 16, the event was scheduled to be live on Channel 5 and feature a bantamweight fight between James Gallagher and Cal Ellenor. It has since been cancelled. The match-up between Gallagher and Ellenor has been rescheduled for May 16 at SSE Arena in London, England as part of the Bellator European Fight Series. It is expected to feature a Bellators Light Heavyweight World Championships bout between champion Ryan Bader and Vadim Nemkov. The bout was to be headlined by aBellator Featherweight. World Champion Patrício Freire and Pedro Carvalho were expected to fight for the Bellators Featherweight Championship. However, Queally pulled out due to injury and Primus instead fought Chris Bungard. The Bellator Heavyweight Championship bout was expected to be between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett and Ronny Markes. Barnett was pulled out an hour before the fight due to illness and the fight was rebooked for this event. However on March 4, the head of the Mohegan Tribe Athletic Department announced that Barnett was officially off the card, which Mazzulli announced that a failed medical test was the reason.
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