![]() ![]() Bellator's founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport's top mixed martial artists. In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. Spike TV partnered with award-winning Omnigon Communications, a digital solutions company specializing in the sports, media and entertainment industries, to create the app.įor more information, visit, follow Bellator on Twitter follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at About Bellator MMAīellator MMA is the world's largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 107 countries, Bellator's majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom. "Bellator MMA" airs live on Spike TV Thursday nights at 10:00pm ET/PT from venues all across North America, featuring many of the world's best mixed martial arts fighters. The Bellator MMA app also gives fans the opportunity to watch exclusive videos, and dig deep into fighter biographies. The app features historical statistics for every fighter, pre-fight fan picks, and "Favorite Fight of the Night" polling, which will be sharable via social networks. ("The 4th Judge" voting will not factor in the actual judges' decisions). The Bellator broadcast team of Jimmy Smith and Sean Wheelock will announce the results of viewers' polling to see how fan opinion compares to their own as well as the official cageside judges. "This innovative app will resonate with our first-adopter audience, who will feel closer to the action than ever before."Īs "The 4th Judge," viewers will be able to have their opinions known during the live telecast. ![]() "At Bellator, we continually look for new ways to connect with our fans in a more meaningful way," said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. There's nothing like that in all of sports television." The results from the app will actually become part of the on-air discussion. "We see this second-screen as a game-changer. It allows our passionate fans to experience the fight as a virtual fourth judge – creating a level of immersion that's unparalleled in any sport," said Jon Slusser, Senior Vice President, Sports and Multiplatform Events, Spike TV. "The Bellator app is truly the first of its kind. As "The 4th Judge," fans can score rounds with the help of real-time statistics powered by CompuStrike, a service providing data in 26 categories from arm strikes to submission attempts. Developed from the ground up to make watching live fights more immersive, viewers will have the unique ability to track expansive fighter analytics and participate in the on-air broadcast. The app is available on the App Store today free on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at When the Bellator cage door closes and the gloves touch, the innovative app works in concert with the live Spike broadcast to supply fans with real-time fight data only available through the app. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Spike TV today launched "Bellator MMA" for iPad and iPhone, giving fans the chance to experience mixed martial arts like never before with the world's most advanced co-viewing MMA app.
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