On November 20, 2023, after then-broadcast home Showtime announced the discontinuation of its sports division, Bellator MMA was acquired by the Professional Fighters League (PFL).

Under Coker, Bellator would drop its season-long tournament format in early 2015, transitioning into more of a traditional, single-fight event schedule.

[10][11] In March 2024, it was announced that the media rights to Bellator had been acquired by TNT Sports, with events moving to Max and supplemental content on TruTV.

[12] Since the fourth season in 2011, Bellator cards have been predominantly broadcast on Viacom-owned networks in the United States.

Beginning in January 2013, Bellator telecasts were moved from MTV2 to Spike (later relaunched as Paramount Network in 2018) following the end of the latter channel's partnership with the UFC.

[13][14][15] In September 2013, Bellator signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Fox Sports Latin America.

Since Bellator 206, this includes all events aired by Paramount Network, as well as seven exclusive cards per-year.

[17][18] In March 2020, Bellator announced a deal with ESPN Brasil to broadcast events in the country.

[22] On September 11, 2020, it was announced that Bellator cards would move to CBS Sports Network starting October 1, with preliminary bouts to stream on YouTube and CBSSports.com.

[28] On March 19, 2024, the new ownership announced that Bellator events would now air on Max as part of a new U.S. television deal with Warner Bros.

[31] The coaches and trainers for the series, which will feature 32 welterweight fighters, will be Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson, and Joe Warren.

The 32 fighters competed for a spot in Bellator's fall welterweight tournament, culminating in a live season finale.

Tournaments took place in the middleweight, welterweight, lightweight and featherweight divisions with the winners becoming the inaugural Bellator World Champions in their specific weight class.

[45] Also, Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez submitted Josh Neer in a catch weight bout at Bellator 17[46] and Joe Soto scored a technical knockout victory over Diego Saraiva in a featherweight bout at Bellator 19.

[67] In addition to the featherweight tournament, Bellator also hosted a number of featured bouts, including Cole Konrad's non-title win over Paul Buentello and Seth Petruzelli securing a knockout win over former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez at Bellator 48.

[71] Also, Alexander Shlemenko defeated Vitor Vianna at Bellator 57 to become the Bellator Middleweight Tournament Champion[72] while the heavyweight final between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos was ruled a no contest after an accidental groin kick left Prindle unable to continue.

[73] Santos failed to make weight for a scheduled rematch causing the bout to be cancelled, and Prindle to be awarded the tournament win by default.

[74] On October 26, 2011, Viacom, the parent company of MTV Networks, announced the purchase of a majority stake in Bellator.

[75] As part of the deal, Paramount Network, then known as Spike TV, began broadcasting Bellator live in 2013.

[76] On November 7, 2011, in an effort to expand to outside markets, Bellator announced a five-year partnership with FremantleMedia that would allow the company to position itself as one of the premier MMA organizations internationally.

[77] On November 19, 2011, at Bellator 58, the company hosted what was called the best fight in the promotion's early history.

At Bellator 64, Ben Askren defended his Welterweight title against Douglas Lima by unanimous decision.

Pat Curran was also set to defend his Featherweight Championship versus Patricio Friere, who is the Season Four Champion, at Bellator 73 but he was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury that occurred during training.