Emergency Reaction: Bellator Is Dead, Long Live Bellator | PFL Acquisition FINALLY Official

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Bellator as we know it is dead. MMA Fighting's Shaun Al-Shatti, Jed Meshew, and Damon Martin react to another crazy day in MMA following PFL's long-awaited acquisition of Bellator and PFL chairman Donn Davis' interview on The MMA Hour about the vision of PFL/Bellator moving forward. Follow Shaun Al-Shatti: @ShaunAlShatti Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Follow Damon Martin: @DamonMartin Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.5	You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network. on a cast network. It finally happened.
0:45.0	It finally happened.
0:49.0	It is Monday, November 20th, 2023, and y'all.
0:56.2	The era of Bellator, at least as we know it, is finally dead.
1:01.3	Announced Monday morning, the long-awaited acquisition of Bellator by the PFL is finally official.
1:06.8	This is seismic news here.
1:08.3	My name is Sean Shoddy.
1:09.3	I've got my guys, Jed Mashew, Damon Martin here to react to it.
1:12.6	And here just a quick rundown of what we know following the announcement today
1:17.1	and also PFL founder Don Davis's interview on the MMA hour here on
1:20.3	MMA Fighting, which you should certainly go listen to if you haven't already.
1:23.6	The deal itself was finalized on Saturday.
1:27.0	Bellator, at least for now, will remain a somewhat separate brand, it seems like
1:32.1	reimagined and revitalized as the terminology
1:34.6	being thrown around right now by PFL executives.
1:37.6	It appears this was a stock deal, no cash involved according to Davis.
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