Bellator's Preliminary Fights to Stream on Spike.com, Begins at Bellator 49

It didn't take long for Spike to re-emerge in the MMA world as officials today announced the news by press release.

Spike.com will stream undercard fights during Bellator's 12-week season from 7:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT weekly.

"We are thrilled to join forces with Spike.com," said Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney. "The Spike brand is synonymous with mixed martial arts worldwide and is another member of the MTV family, who does an incredible job in resonating with the hard-to-reach 18-to-34-year-old male audience.”

Bellator 49 will mark the beginning of the relationship between the organization and Spike.

Bellator's 5th season kicks off with the aforementioned event from Caesar's in Atlantic City, N.J. this weekend.

Spike.com and MTV 2 are both divisions of MTV Networks, so the decision to stream Bellator's preliminary fights isn't that surprising.

MTV 2 will air Bellator's main card action, so the move to stream on Spike.com makes sense for both parties.

Bellator's champions are Zach Makovsky (Bantamweight), Joe Warren (Featherweight), Eddie Alvarez (lightweight), Ben Askren (Welterweight), Hector Lombard (middleweight), Christian M'Pumbu (Light Heavyweight, Cole Konrad (Heavyweight), and Women's 115-pound title holder Zoila Gurgel.

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