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On Friday, all 34 fighters taking part in Saturday Night’s Bellator 206 will take the scales for the official weigh-in in San Jose, California, including Middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi and Welterweight champion Rory MacDonald, who are looking to hit the 185 pound middleweight limit. Check out Bellator 206 weigh-in results below.
© Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Michael “Venom” PageBellator is back on Showtime, but that’s not the only big broadcasting news the promotion had this week.
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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.
It's Full Fight Friday! Take a look back at Bellator 206: Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva in it's entirety brought to you by cbdMD USA!Rampage. Event: Bellator 206 Date: Saturday, 29 September 2018 Venue: SAP Center, San Jose, California, United States Results (Main Card): Gegard Mousasi def. Rory MacDonald via TKO, R2; Quinton Jackson def. Wanderlei Silva via TKO, R2, 4:32; Douglas Lima def. Buy tickets, browse fighter stats, get fight results, stream live events, and watch full fight videos and highlights. Bellator 232 fight card - Rory MacDonald vs. Douglas Lima: Start time, predictions, odds, date The pair of top welterweights collide in a rematch from 2017 for the 170-pound title on Saturday.
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— Bellator Europe (@Bellator_Europe) February 11, 2021The 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.
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.
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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.