• Bellator 206 will also feature the start of the Welterweight Grand Prix, with the winner ultimately claiming the Bellator Welterweight Title and a cash prize of $1 million from rapper 50 Cent. The tournament’s opening bout will see former champions Douglas Lima and Andrey Koreshkov.
• Beyond going to torrents to find some Bellator, are there any legitimate tv options to watch Bellator events in Australia? I saw on their website that Channel 10 was their Australian broadcaster (ONE I'm assuming), but hard to find any reference at all. Again, happy to download - but wouldn't mind a legit way to watch a bit of Bellator.

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Fight Facts: Bellator 206 By Jay Pettry Oct 2, 2018 Fight Facts is a breakdown of all of the interesting information and cage curiosities on every card, with some puns, references and portmanteaus.

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Bellator is back on Showtime, but that’s not the only big broadcasting news the promotion had this week.

On Thursday, Bellator announced a partnership with the United Kingdom’s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to air all of its upcoming 2021 events on the broadcaster’s BBC iPlayer streaming service.

Bellator joins forces with @BBCSport

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UK fans will be able to stream EVERY Bellator MMA event live on @BBCiPlayer in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣! pic.twitter.com/3nntEaXPzH

— Bellator Europe (@Bellator_Europe) February 11, 2021

The deal includes all U.S. and European events, beginning with Bellator 255 on April 2 headlined by a rematch between featherweight champion Patricio Freire and Emmanuel Sanchez. Earlier this week, it was announced that Showtime will be the new home of Bellator in the U.S.

BBC’s iPlayer is a free streaming service that requires a BBC account. It is not available outside of the U.K.

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This partnership marks the continuation of Bellator’s relationship with the BBC. In October, Bellator aired its first event on the network with Bellator Paris, which featured France’s Cheick Kongo fighting Timothy Johnson in the main event, as well as U.K. star Michael “Venom” Page. Bellator Paris was also the first major MMA event to take place in France since the country legalized the sport in 2020.

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Previously, Bellator signed a one-year deal with Sky Sports to air events live in the U.K. and Ireland. That move—and now this new partnership with the BBC—ensured that the promotion would avoid any future Peppa Pig incidents.

In September 2018, viewers watching Bellator on the U.K.’s Channel 5 saw their broadcast changed to the Peppa Pig cartoon before the beginning of the Bellator 206 middleweight championship main event between Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald. The event took place in San Jose, Calif., which meant the headliner aired around 6 a.m. in the U.K., resulting in a switch to cartoons due to early morning broadcast restrictions regarding content suitable for young viewers.