The PFL is set to make several major changes in 2025, including a complete overhaul of its signature "season" format. The promotion announced Wednesday that this year's World Tournament will consist of three single-elimination matchups rather than the season and playoffs format the company has used since its debut in 2018.

PFL MMA has released an official statement addressing the future branding of Bellator. PFL acquired the Bellator brand and its roster of fighters in November 2023.

Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire says he has been granted an "unconditional release" from the PFL after publicly criticising the MMA promotion. Pitbull, 37, hit out at the PFL on Tuesday on social media after it was confirmed the PFL would be ending the Bellator brand.

The end of Bellator was imminent after PFL acquired it in late 2023. Uncrowned's Ariel Helwani reported Monday on "The Ariel Helwani Show" that the Bellator brand is officially "dead." It will now be known as the "PFL Champions Series,

Patricio Pitbull and Corey Anderson, two current Bellator champions, react to PFL’s decision to terminate Bellator MMA.

Bellator as we know it is gone and a new PFL is heading your way in 2025. That is the news that was reported this afternoon by Ariel Helwani. Helwani reported on his show that Bellator will cease to exist as we know it and after this month’s lightweight title fight between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes,