Tony and Shad Khan reportedly interested in purchasing Bellator MMA

[Chris]

The Khan family was reportedly interested in adding a new combat sports player to their growing sports portfolio.

On Wednesday's MMA Hour, Ariel Helwani said that Shad and Tony Khan were one of several groups that have shown interest in purchasing Bellator MMA from Viacom.

Helwani said he was unclear to what degree the Khans were, or still are, interested. The family owns AEW, the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Fulham soccer club among other companies.

While not formally announced, it has been known in the MMA industry that Bellator MMA is for sale with the Professional Fighters League (PFL) as the group most interested. Helwani noted PFL initially backed out and then got back into the mix several weeks ago, possibly tied into new investment money that will be revealed over the next few weeks or months.

Bellator head Scott Coker and PFL head Rey Sefo acknowledged the talks this past weekend.

Helwani said Liberty Media, an investment group that also was interested in buying WWE, has also shown interest.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/tony-shad-khan-reportedly-showed-interest-in-buying-bellator-mma

 

[Deezy]

I heard about this back in January.

 

[Sky]

Last wrestling company to tie in with Bellator... let's just say August 1 is coming up soon