UFC vs. Bellator head-to-head Saturday night battle looks to split audience

Saturday’s battle with both promotions running concurrently lacks the drawing cards that will bring in a fringe audience. For the second time this year, MMA has something of a major head-to-head television battle between the UFC and Bellator.
On Saturday, the UFC is running its UFC 224 pay-per-view show from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Amanda Nunes defending her women’s bantamweight title against Raquel Pennington. Bellator counters with its final first-round match in the eight-man