Bellator Fighting Championships Ink Deal with MTV2

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Tuesday, Bellator Fighting Championships announced a new television partnership with MTV2. Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney and Eric Conte, SVP, Programming and Production, MTV2, made the joint announcement and the three-year deal will commence in 2011.

This announcement comes as a bit of a surprise, as recent signs pointed to Bellator finalizing a deal with Fox’s FX channel.

[Source: MMA Weekly]

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