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The Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") promotion was started in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and Brad Epstein as a tournament based alternative to other MMA organizations such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce.^[1] Prior to 2015, when president Scott Coker made the decision to drop the 8-man tournament format,^[2] Bellator fighters participated in a series of tournament bouts in a set weight class over a season (usually between 10 and 13 events over 3 or 4 months). The winners of these tournaments were crowned Bellator champions, with the winners of successive tournaments in the same weight class earning the spot of no. 1 contender.

This list is an up-to-date roster of those fighters currently under contract with the Bellator brand. Unlike the UFC, Bellator does allow its fighters to compete in other promotions, so many fighters on this list may appear in MMA events outside of Bellator. Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of professional MMA fights. Fighters with the same number of fights are listed in order of their number of wins. Fighters with the same MMA record are listed alphabetically.

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests.^[3] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg)

Bellator Heavyweight Cheick Kongo

Cheick Kongo

Bobby Lashley

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
France	Cheick Kongo	Kongo	27–10–2	9–2
United States of America	Javy Ayala	Eye Candy	10–6	5–3
United States of America	Quinton Jackson	Rampage	37–13	4–2
United States of America	Bobby Lashley	The Dominator	15–2	5–0
United States of America	Tyrell Fortune		4–0	4–0
United States of America	Matt Mitrione	Meathead	13–5	4–0
United States of America	Justin Wren	The Big Pygmy	13–2	3–0
United States of America	Chael Sonnen	The American Gangster	30–15–1	2–1
Russia	Sergei Kharitonov^[4]	The Paratrooper	27–6	1–1
Ukraine	Valentin Moldavsky		7–1	1–0
United States of America	Roy Nelson	Big Country	23–15	1–1
Russia	Fedor Emelianenko	The Last Emperor	36–5 (1)	0–1
Croatia	Mirko Filipović	Cro Cop	36–11–2 (1)	0–0
United States of America	Jake Hager		0–0	0–0
United States of America	Ernest James		0–0	0–0
United States of America	Frank Mir		18–11	0–0
Russia	Kirill Sidelnikov	Baby Fedor	11–5	0–0

Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg)

Muhammed Lawal

Phil Davis

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
United States of America	Muhammed Lawal	King Mo	21–6 (1)	10–4
England	Liam McGeary	z	12–3	9–3
England	Linton Vassell	The Swarm	18–6 (1)	7–3
United States of America	Phil Davis	Mr. Wonderful	18–4 (1)	5–1
United States of America	Ryan Bader (C)	Darth	24–5	2–0
United States of America	Jarod Trice^[5]	Doughboy	3–0	3–0
United States	Tyree Fortune	X-Man	4–0	1–0
Russia	Vadim Nemkov		9–2	2–0
Brazil	Leo Leite		10–1	0–1
Brazil	Wanderlei Silva	The Axe Murderer	35–13–1 (1)	0–1
Brazil	Rafael Cavalcante	Feijão	13–7 (1)	0–0

Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)

Melvin Manhoef

Gegard Mousasi

Alexander Shlemenko

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Russia	Alexander Shlemenko	Storm	56–10 (1)	12–4 (1)
United States of America	A.J. Matthews	z	9–7	5–5
United States of America	Chris Honeycutt	z	10–2 (1)	6–2 (1)
Netherlands	Melvin Manhoef	No Mercy	30–14–1 (2)	2–3 (1)
Brazil	Rafael Carvalho (C)	The Blessed	15–1	6–0
United States of America	John Salter		15–3	5–0
United States of America	Chidi Njokuani	Chidi Bang Bang	18–5	5–1
Japan	Hisaki Kato	The Japanese Musketeer	8–3	3–2
United States of America	Ed Ruth		4–0	4–0
United States of America	Rafael Lovato Jr.		7–0	3–0
Italy	Alessio Sakara	Legionarius	19–12 (2)	2–1
France	Gregory Babene		18–11 (1)	2–0
United States	Jordan Young		7–0	2–0
United States of America	Romero Cotton^[6]		2–0	2–0
Brazil	Mauricio Alonso		13–7	1–1
Netherlands	Gegard Mousasi	The Dreamcatcher	43–6–2	1–0
Russia	Anatoly Tokov		25–3	1–0
Netherlands	Costello van Steenis	The Spaniard	9–1	1–0
Armenia	Hracho Darpinyan	Hracho Man	17–8–1	0–0
Mexico	Javier Torres	Chunty Boy	10–3	0–0
Great Britain	Mike Shipman	Sea Bass	11–1	0–0

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)

Andrey Koreshkov

Douglas Lima

Rory MacDonald

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
United States of America	Brennan Ward	The Irish Bad Boy	14–6	9–6
Brazil	Douglas Lima	The Phenom	29–7	11–3
Russia	Andrey Koreshkov	Spartan	20–2	11–2
England	Michael Page	Venom	12–0	8–0
England	Paul Daley	Semtex	40–15–2	6–2
United States of America	Ricky Rainey	The Sniper	13–4	5–2
Brazil	Neiman Gracie	z	7–0	5–0
Brazil	Guilherme Vasconcelos^[7]	Bomba	10–4	3–1
United States of America	Joey Davis	Black Ice	3–0	3–0
United States of America	Kevin Ferguson Jr.	Baby Slice	2–1	2–1
United States	Joaquin Buckley		7–1	2–1
Israel	Haim Gozali		8–5	2–1
United States	Lorenz Larkin	The Monsoon	19–7 (1)	1–2
Canada	Rory MacDonald (C)	The Red King	20–4	2–0
United States	Logan Storley		7–0	2–0
United States	Danasabe Mohammed		5–1	1–1
United Arab Emirates	Mohammad Yahya		5–1	1–1
United States of America	Zak Bucia	Crash	18–9	0–1
Brazil	Khonry Gracie		0–1	0–1
United States of America	Josh Koscheck	Kos	17–11	0–1
Ukraine	Yaroslav Amosov^[8]	Dynamo	19–0	0–0
United States	Dillon Danis		0–0	0–0
United States	Jon Fitch		30–7–1 (1)	0–0

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)

Jon Fitch

Benson Henderson

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
United States of America	David Rickels	The Caveman	19–4 (2)	13–4 (2)
United States of America	Michael Chandler	Iron	16–4	13–4
Brazil	Patricky Freire	Pitbull	19–8	12–7
United States of America	Saad Awad	Assassin	22–9	10–6
United States of America	Derek Campos	The Stallion	19–7	8–5
United States of America	Brandon Girtz	Cold Roll	15–7	7–5
Japan	Goiti Yamauchi	z	22–3	8–2
United States of America	Ryan Quinn	z	14–7–1	8–1
United States of America	Derek Anderson	The Barbaric	14–3 (1)	5–3
United States of America	Adam Piccolotti	The Bomb	9–2	5–2
United States of America	Brent Primus (C)	z	8–0	6–0
United States	Ryan Couture		11–5	3–2
Portugal	Andre Fialho		9–1	3–1
United States of America	J.J. Ambrose	Superman	28–8 (2)	1–3
United States of America	Benson Henderson	Smooth	24–8	1–3
United States of America	Carrington Banks	The Jetsetter	7–0	3–0
United States	Josh Thomson	The Punk	22–9 (1)	2–1
United States of America	Aaron Pico		2–1	2–1
United States of America	Zach Freeman	The Altar Boy	9–3	1–1
Romania	Mihail Nica		6–1	1–1
Canada	Mandel Nallo		6–0	1–0
United States	Jake Smith	The Half-Black Attack	7–2	1–0
United Kingdom	Ryan Scope	Big Baby	11–1	0–0
United States	Ryan Walker		8–3	0–0

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Brazil	Patricio Freire (C)	Pitbull	26–4	14–4
United States of America	Pat Curran	Paddy Mike	23–7	13–4
United States of America	Daniel Straus	z	25–8	11–5
United States of America	Emmanuel Sanchez	El Matador	16–3	8–2
United States of America	A.J. McKee	The Mercenary	10–0	10–0
Germany	Daniel Weichel	The Weasel	39–9	8–1
United States of America	Justin Lawrence	The American Kidd	11–4	4–2
Brazil	John Teixeira	Macapá	21–3–2	4–2
USA	Henry Corrales	OK	15–3	3–3
United States of America	Daniel Pineda	The Pit	22–13	1–4
Ireland	James Gallagher^[9]	The Strabanimal	7–0	4–0
Israel	Noad Lahat^[10]	Neo	12–3	3–1
Peru	Gaston Bolanos	The Dream	2–1	2–1
Brazil	Chinzo Machida		5–3	2–1
United States	Ty-wan Claxton	Speedy	2–0	2–0
United States	Juan Archuleta	The Spaniard	18–1	1–0
United States of America	Sam Sicilia		16–8	1–0
Hungary	Ádám Borics	The Kid	6–0	1–0
United States	Cris Williams	Sunshine	4–0	0–0
United Kingdom	Daniel Crawford		10–1	0–0
United Kingdom	Saul Rogers	The Hangman	12–2	0–0
Spain	Aridane Romero		7–1	0–0

Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
United States of America	Joe Warren	The Baddest Man on the Planet	15–7	13–6
Brazil	Eduardo Dantas	Dudu	20–5	10–2
Guam	Joe Taimanglo	The Juggernaut	24–8–1	7–4
United States of America	Darrion Caldwell (C)	The Wolf	12–1	9–1
United States	Jeremiah Labiano	The Kid	11–6	2–2
Brazil	Leandro Higo^[11]	Pitbull	18–4	1–2
United States	Jordan Howard		10–4	1–1
United States of America	Dominic Mazzotta^[12]	The Honey Badger	13–2	1–1
United States	Mike Kimbel	The Savage	1–0	1–0
United States of America	Michael McDonald^[13]	Mayday	18–4	1–0
United States	Gabe Carassco		0–0	0–0

Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
Canada	Julia Budd (C)	The Jewel	11–2	5–0
Australia	Arlene Blencowe^[14]	Angerfist	10–7	3–3
Brazil	Sinead Kavanagh	KO	5–2	2–2
Israel	Olga Rubin	Big Bad	4–0	2–0
United States	Amanda Bell	The Lady Killer	5–5	1–1
Brazil	Talita Nogueira	Treta	7–0	1–0
Brazil	Roberta Rovel	Crusher	4–1	0–1
Australia	Janay Harding	Hollowpoint	3–2	0–0
United States	Amber Leibrock		2–1	0–0

Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
!a	!a	!a	-9999
United States	Emily Ducote	Gordinha	6–4	4–3
United States	Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (C)	The Ilimanator	7–0	6–0
Russia	Anastasia Yankova		5–0	3–0
United States	Veta Arteaga		3–2	2–2
United States	Jessica Middleton		2–3	2–3
Ukraine	Lena Ovchynnikova	Hunter	12–5	2–2
Brazil	Bruna Ellen		4–1	2–1
United States	Heather Hardy^[15]	The Heat	2–1	2–1
United States	Kristina Williams		2–0	2–0
United States	Rebecca Ruth	Becky	6–2	1–1
United States	Colleen Schneider	The Thoroughbred	11–8	1–1
United States	Brooke Mayo	The Bully	0–2	0–2
Netherlands	Denise Kielholtz	Miss Dynamite	1–1	1–0
Colombia	Alejandra Lara	Azul	7–1	1–0
Canada	Valérie Létourneau	Trouble	9–6	1–0
United States	Keri Melendez		1–0	1–0
Brazil	Juliana Velasquez^[16]		6–0	1–0
United States of America	Kristi Lopez	Loba	2–0–1	0–0–1
Turkey	Sabriye Şengül^[17]		0–0	0–0

(C)	Indicates the current champion
( )	Any number within parenthesis in a fighter's record symbolizes a no contest

Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.
Unless otherwise cited, all fighters listed are retrieved from Bellator.com.

References

^ Press Release (November 19, 2008). "Bellator Fighting Championships Signs Exclusive TV Agreement with ESPN". Sportsblogs, Inc.
^ Hunt, Loretta (September 4, 2014). "Scott Coker has big plans for Bellator as it closes out its tournament format". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
^ Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Ariel Helwani (February 3, 2015). "Sergei Kharitonov signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
^ MMAWeekly.com Staff (May 2, 2016). "Bellator Signs Three-Time All-American Wrestler Jarod Trice". mmaweekly.com.
^ Dave Doyle (November 7, 2016). "Bellator adds three-time NCAA wrestling champ Romero Cotton to roster". mmafighting.com.
^ Mike Sloan (April 7, 2016). "Bellator Signs Irish Prospect James Gallagher, 'TUF: Brazil 3' Vet Guilherme 'Bomba'". sherdog.com.
^ FloCombat Staff (November 27, 2017). "Bellator Re-Signs Undefeated Jordan Young, Signs Top Ukrainian Prospect". flocombat.com.
^ Ariel Helwani (April 7, 2016). "SBG prospect James Gallagher signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
^ Ariel Helwani (June 9, 2016). "Noad Lahat signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
^ Guilherme Cruz (February 23, 2017). "Bellator signs Brazilian bantamweight prospect Leandro Higo". mmafighting.com.
^ David McKinney (April 3, 2017). "Dominic Mazzotta signs with Bellator MMA, debuts April 21". bluegrassmma.com.
^ MMA Fighting Newswire (March 24, 2017). "A week after parting ways with the UFC, Michael McDonald inks multi-fight deal with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
^ "Bellator MMA Signs Australian Featherweight Arlene Blencowe". Combat Press. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
^ "Heather Hardy on Why She Went to MMA Over Pay Frustration - MMA Fighting". MMA Fighting. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ Bruno Massami (March 24, 2017). "Undefeated Brazilian prospect Juliana Velasquez signs multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA". mmaplus.co.uk.
^ Marc Raimondi (April 28, 2017). "Bellator boosts women's flyweight division with six new signings". mmafighting.com.

External links

Bellator

[1] Press Release (November 19, 2008). "Bellator Fighting Championships Signs Exclusive TV Agreement with ESPN". Sportsblogs, Inc.

[2] Hunt, Loretta (September 4, 2014). "Scott Coker has big plans for Bellator as it closes out its tournament format". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 14, 2014.

[3] Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] Ariel Helwani (February 3, 2015). "Sergei Kharitonov signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.

[5] MMAWeekly.com Staff (May 2, 2016). "Bellator Signs Three-Time All-American Wrestler Jarod Trice". mmaweekly.com.

[6] Dave Doyle (November 7, 2016). "Bellator adds three-time NCAA wrestling champ Romero Cotton to roster". mmafighting.com.

[7] Mike Sloan (April 7, 2016). "Bellator Signs Irish Prospect James Gallagher, 'TUF: Brazil 3' Vet Guilherme 'Bomba'". sherdog.com.

[8] FloCombat Staff (November 27, 2017). "Bellator Re-Signs Undefeated Jordan Young, Signs Top Ukrainian Prospect". flocombat.com.

[9] Ariel Helwani (April 7, 2016). "SBG prospect James Gallagher signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.

[10] Ariel Helwani (June 9, 2016). "Noad Lahat signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.

[11] Guilherme Cruz (February 23, 2017). "Bellator signs Brazilian bantamweight prospect Leandro Higo". mmafighting.com.

[12] David McKinney (April 3, 2017). "Dominic Mazzotta signs with Bellator MMA, debuts April 21". bluegrassmma.com.

[13] MMA Fighting Newswire (March 24, 2017). "A week after parting ways with the UFC, Michael McDonald inks multi-fight deal with Bellator". mmafighting.com.

[14] "Bellator MMA Signs Australian Featherweight Arlene Blencowe". Combat Press. Retrieved 2014-10-27.

[15] "Heather Hardy on Why She Went to MMA Over Pay Frustration - MMA Fighting". MMA Fighting. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.

[16] Bruno Massami (March 24, 2017). "Undefeated Brazilian prospect Juliana Velasquez signs multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA". mmaplus.co.uk.

[NewFlyweightSignings-17] Marc Raimondi (April 28, 2017). "Bellator boosts women's flyweight division with six new signings". mmafighting.com.

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