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NEW YORK CITY (MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2023) - Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced it has finished the acquisition of Bellator from Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA), developing a worldwide powerhouse in mixed-martial arts (MMA) and accelerating the combined business to end up being the industry co-leader.

PFL has gotten an immense number of top fighters through the Bellator acquisition, and its combined fighter lineup is now equivalent in stature to UFC. PFL and UFC both display lineups that are 30% consisted of fighters who are top 25 individually world-ranked in their . In addition, PFL + Bellator now has the best lineup of ladies's fighters in the world. All freshly acquired Bellator fighters will enter into the PFL platform and readily available to compete in PFL battle franchises.

PFL will continue the Bellator brand name, and Bellator will be the "one-off" event product from PFL. PFL will release a reimagined Bellator product in 2024 - the "Bellator International Champions Series." The Bellator International Champions Series will consist of 8 battle occasions each year hosted in major cities around the world, and each Bellator event will include two compelling co-main fights contending for championship belts.

Bellator turns into one of 5 live fight franchises of the Professional Fighters League: PFL League Season, PFL PPV Super Fights, PFL Challenger Series, PFL International Leagues, and Bellator. Overall, the company can now satisfy fan and media need by producing and setting a year-round calendar of live fight material with 30 premium MMA occasions annually.

PFL as a fighter-first and fan-focused organization plans to stage a landmark mega-event in 2024 - PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions. The PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions mega-event will feature the champs of each promotion in all seven weight-classes in a head-to-head legendary fight experience.

Details of Bellator events, distribution, collaborations, and management will be announced at a later date.

Donn Davis, PFL Chairman and Founder, and Peter Murray, PFL CEO, continue to lead and operate the combined business.

" PFL is now a global powerhouse in MMA," stated Donn Davis, PFL Founder and Chairman. "Our Bellator acquisition turbocharges PFL's mission to innovate the sport and become the market co-leader."

" The combined PFL and Bellator fighter lineups are 2nd to none in MMA," said Peter Murray, PFL CEO. "We can't wait to bring MMA fans what they have actually been requesting - best vs finest with the PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions Mega-Event."

MMA with 650 million global fans is the third biggest fan-base of all sports worldwide. MMA is the sports development service of this years with its present $1.75 billion market earnings forecasted to grow 10% each year to $4 billion by 2032.

Bellator has actually served fighters and fans worldwide for more than a decade, staging an astonishing 301 significant MMA fight events. Bellator has effectively determined and established dozens of acclaimed MMA world champions. Bellator's current fighter roster has actually 46 fighters world-ranked in the leading 25 of their weight-class per independent source Fight Matrix Rankings.

PFL is the only organization in MMA with the sports-season format, where private fighters complete in a routine season, playoffs, and champion each year. The combined lineup of PFL and Bellator boasts 30% of its fighters separately world-ranked in the leading 25 of their particular weight-class, the very same percentage as UFC. PFL has an expansive international vision for the sport and is developing the "Champions League of MMA" with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, and more worldwide leagues in advancement. PFL leads in technology and development, with its exclusive PFL SmartCage, powering fight analytics, real-time wagering, AI scoring, and a next-generation viewing experience. PFL is primetime on ESPN/ESPN+ in the U.S. and is transmitted and streamed in 150 countries with 20 premium media circulation partners.

Citi and LionTree worked as monetary advisors to PFL and Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal counsel to PFL.

ABOUT PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE
Professional Fighters League (PFL) is a worldwide powerhouse in MMA and the fastest-growing sports league global. PFL has 5 live battle franchises, offering year-round material: PFL League Season, PFL PPV Super Fights, PFL Challenger Series, PFL International Leagues, and Bellator. Founded in 2018, PFL is backed by major blue-chip financiers consisting of SRJ, Ares, Knighthead, Luxor Capital, Waverley Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, and various NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS team owners. MMA is the development sport organization of this decade, with 650 million fans worldwide, the youngest audience demographic, and true international profits streams.