Bellator MMA announces broadcast move to CBS Sports Network beginning with loaded April slate
Beginning within October, Bellator MMA will certainly move to a brand-new home from CBS Sports activities Network. The brand new broadcast partnership kicks off with Bellator 247 card about Thursday night, April. 1, a good greeting card headlined by Paul Daley and Derek Anderson. Just about all preliminary fights, you start with Bellator 247, will be readily available on CBSSports. com.
Good news comes on the high heels involving another considerable shift from Bellator on Feb 5th, fastening down the first-ever MMA card to become held in England just where MMA was only just lately legalized. The 13-fight credit card from Paris will air flow on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, July. twelve. In the main event, Cheick Kongo fights Tim Johnson although Eileen "Venom" Page can take on Ross Houston within the co-main celebration.
"One of the things of which is really exciting for me is that, now, domestic in addition to intercontinental events will discuss about CBS Sports System, but it will surely be live, inches Coker said during a special headline video with Friday. "So you'll observe times from European countries and you'll see times in the United States where it will certainly air live, unlike prior to when we got to wait around the west coast for the development. This is something our followers have already been shopping forward to for years and even finally we're able to produce it.
"Again, that is a purpose connected with all the different platforms on the market to us from often the Viacom along with we're joyful to make the change and be over on a activities network. My spouse and i will say this kind of, Viacom's commitment to mma has been strong since june 2006. Since 2011, Viacom have been supporting mixed martial martial arts styles through Bellator through MTV2, through the Joblessness nights and Paramount. Now, due to the fact of the combination all of us are capable to shift over to help a activities channel. very well
Also validated Friday simply by Bellator director Scott Coker is Bellator 249, headlined by Cris Cyborg putting her might featherweight title on the line against Arlene Blencowe on Thurs, Oct. 15. To consider often 꾸러기TV and Bellator's first appear slate on CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS Athletics Network, an Oct. up to 29 fight card will certainly be headlined by welterweight champion Douglas Lima shifting up the body weight class to take on Gegard Mousasi for the nonincome producing middleweight championship.
"We're delighted to have CBS Sports Network serve as the modern home of live Bellator MMA events. It's some sort of excellent opportunity to display some of the best functions and biggest names inside sport, " claimed CBS Sports Executive Vice Chief executive of Programming Lalu Weinberg. "Adding Bellator MIXED MARTIAL ARTS on the CBS Sports portfolio will allow for greater promotion, proposal plus exposure across almost all our tools and investments as well as CBS Sports Network, CBSSports. junto de, CBS Sports activities HQ and our a variety of social accounts. "
Bellator began broadcasting situations upon Paramount Network -- in that case called Raise TELEVISION -- in 2013. The advertising added further viewing possibilities via a cope with streaming service DAZN throughout mid-2018.
Good news comes on the high heels involving another considerable shift from Bellator on Feb 5th, fastening down the first-ever MMA card to become held in England just where MMA was only just lately legalized. The 13-fight credit card from Paris will air flow on CBS Sports Network on Saturday, July. twelve. In the main event, Cheick Kongo fights Tim Johnson although Eileen "Venom" Page can take on Ross Houston within the co-main celebration.
"One of the things of which is really exciting for me is that, now, domestic in addition to intercontinental events will discuss about CBS Sports System, but it will surely be live, inches Coker said during a special headline video with Friday. "So you'll observe times from European countries and you'll see times in the United States where it will certainly air live, unlike prior to when we got to wait around the west coast for the development. This is something our followers have already been shopping forward to for years and even finally we're able to produce it.
"Again, that is a purpose connected with all the different platforms on the market to us from often the Viacom along with we're joyful to make the change and be over on a activities network. My spouse and i will say this kind of, Viacom's commitment to mma has been strong since june 2006. Since 2011, Viacom have been supporting mixed martial martial arts styles through Bellator through MTV2, through the Joblessness nights and Paramount. Now, due to the fact of the combination all of us are capable to shift over to help a activities channel. very well
Also validated Friday simply by Bellator director Scott Coker is Bellator 249, headlined by Cris Cyborg putting her might featherweight title on the line against Arlene Blencowe on Thurs, Oct. 15. To consider often 꾸러기TV and Bellator's first appear slate on CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS Athletics Network, an Oct. up to 29 fight card will certainly be headlined by welterweight champion Douglas Lima shifting up the body weight class to take on Gegard Mousasi for the nonincome producing middleweight championship.
"We're delighted to have CBS Sports Network serve as the modern home of live Bellator MMA events. It's some sort of excellent opportunity to display some of the best functions and biggest names inside sport, " claimed CBS Sports Executive Vice Chief executive of Programming Lalu Weinberg. "Adding Bellator MIXED MARTIAL ARTS on the CBS Sports portfolio will allow for greater promotion, proposal plus exposure across almost all our tools and investments as well as CBS Sports Network, CBSSports. junto de, CBS Sports activities HQ and our a variety of social accounts. "
Bellator began broadcasting situations upon Paramount Network -- in that case called Raise TELEVISION -- in 2013. The advertising added further viewing possibilities via a cope with streaming service DAZN throughout mid-2018.
