| 2024 in Bellator MMA | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | Bellator MMA |
| First date | February 24, 2024 |
2024 in Bellator MMA is the sixteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
| 2024 in Bellator MMA | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Information | |
| Promotion | Bellator MMA |
| First date | February 24, 2024 |
2024 in Bellator MMA is the sixteenth year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
| # | Event | Date | Venue | City | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Bellator Champions Series 8 | December 31, 2024 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama | Japan | |
| 8 | Bellator Champions Series 7 | November 16, 2024 | Adidas Arena | Paris | France | |
| 7 | Bellator Champions Series 6 | October 12, 2024 | Wintrust Arena | Chicago, Illinois | United States | |
| 6 | Bellator Champions Series 5 | September 14, 2024 | OVO Arena Wembley | London | England | |
| 5 | Bellator Champions Series 4 | September 7, 2024 | Pechanga Arena | San Diego, California | United States | |
| 4 | Bellator Champions Series 3: Jackson vs. Kuramagomedov | June 22, 2024 | 3Arena | Dublin | Ireland | [1] |
| 3 | Bellator Champions Series 2: Mix vs. Magomedov 2 | May 17, 2024 | Accor Arena | Paris | France | [2] |
| 2 | Bellator Champions Series 1: Anderson vs. Moore | March 22, 2024 | SSE Arena | Belfast | Northern Ireland | [3] [4] |
| 1 | PFL vs. Bellator | February 24, 2024 | Kingdom Arena | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | [5] |
| Title fights in 2024 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull (c) | def. | Jeremy Kennedy | TKO (knees and punches) | 3 | 4:07 | Bellator Champions Series 1 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Corey Anderson | def. | Karl Moore | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator Champions Series 1 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Patchy Mix (c) | vs. | Magomed Magomedov | Decision (split) (46–49, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | Bellator Champions Series 2 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Welterweight | Jason Jackson (c) | vs. | Ramazan Kuramagomedov | Bellator Champions Series 3 | [lower-alpha 4] | |||
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