List of current Bellator fighters
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)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cheick Kongo | Kongo | 30–10–2 (1) | 12–2 (1) | |
Linton Vassell | The Swarm | 19–8 (1) | 8–5 | |
Javy Ayala | Eye Candy | 11–8 | 6–5 | |
Tyrell Fortune | 8–1 | 8–1 | ||
Quinton Jackson | Rampage | 38–14 | 5–3 | |
Vitaly Minakov | 22–1 | 6–1 | ||
Matt Mitrione | Meathead | 13–8 (1) | 4–3 (1) | |
Sergei Kharitonov[4] | The Paratrooper | 30–6 (1) | 4–1 (1) | |
Fedor Emelianenko | The Last Emperor | 39–6 (1) | 3–2 | |
Roy Nelson | Big Country | 23–18 | 1–4 | |
Valentin Moldavsky | 9–1 | 4–0 | ||
Timothy Johnson[5] | 14–6 | 2–2 | ||
Rudy Schaffroth | 6–2 | 2–2 | ||
Adam Keresh | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
Steve Mowry | 7–0 | 3–0 | ||
Justin Wren | The Big Pygmy | 13–2 | 3–0 | |
Frank Mir | 19–13 | 1–2 | ||
Jake Hager | 2–0 (1) | 2–0 (1) | ||
Domingos Barros | 6–1 | 1–1 | ||
Kirill Sidelnikov | Baby Fedor | 12–6 | 1–1 | |
Wanderlei Silva | The Axe Murderer | 35–14–1 (1) | 0–2 | |
Davion Franklin | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
Gokhan Saricam | 4–1 | 0–1 | ||
Josh Barnett | The Warmaster | 35–8 | 0–0 | |
James Haskell | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
Ronny Markes | 19–7 | 0–0 | ||
Ryan Spillane | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liam McGeary | 13–4 | 10–4 | ||
Phil Davis | Mr. Wonderful | 21–5 (1) | 8–2 | |
Melvin Manhoef | No Mercy | 32–14–1 (2) | 4–3 (1) | |
Alessio Sakara | Legionarius | 21–13 (2) | 4–2 | |
Ryan Bader (C) | Darth | 27–5 (1) | 5–0 (1) | |
Vadim Nemkov | 11–2 | 4–0 | ||
Christian Edwards | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
Grant Neal | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
Chuck Campbell | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
Lee Chadwick | The Butcher | 25–15–1 | 1–2 | |
James Mulheron | The Juggernaut | 11–4 | 1–2 | |
Tyree Fortune | X-Man | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
Arunas Andriuskevicus | 15–4 | 1–0 | ||
Julius Anglickas | 8–1 | 1–0 | ||
Karl Moore | 9–2 | 1–0 | ||
Karl Albrektsson | King | 9–3 | 0–1 | |
Corey Anderson | Overtime | 13–5 | 0–0 | |
Alex Polizzi | Eazy | 6–0 | 0–0 | |
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Shlemenko | Storm | 58–12 (1) | 12–5 (1) | |
Rafael Carvalho | The Blessed | 16–4 | 7–3 | |
John Salter | 17–4 | 7–1 | ||
Chidi Njokuani | Chidi Bang Bang | 18–7 | 5–3 | |
Rafael Lovato Jr. | 10–0 | 6–0 | ||
Charlie Ward | Relentless | 8–4 | 5–1 | |
Mike Shipman | Sea Bass | 13–3 | 4–2 | |
Joe Schilling | Stitch 'em Up | 4–6 | 3–3 | |
Fabian Edwards | The Assassin | 9–0 | 5–0 | |
Anatoly Tokov | 29–2 | 5–0 | ||
Gegard Mousasi | The Dreamcatcher | 46–7–2 | 4–1 | |
Costello van Steenis | The Spaniard | 12–2 | 4–1 | |
Will Fleury | 7–2 | 3–2 | ||
Romero Cotton[6] | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
Kent Kauppinen | The Hammerhorn | 12–5 | 2–2 | |
Norbert Novenyi Jr. | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
Dalton Rosta | Hercules | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
Austin Vanderford | AK47 | 9–0 | 3–0 | |
Lyoto Machida | The Dragon | 26–9 | 2–1 | |
Johnny Eblen | John | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
Jordan Newman | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Hracho Darpinyan | Hracho Man | 17–9–2 | 0–1–1 | |
Leo Leite | 10–2 | 0–2 | ||
Grachik Bozinyan | 10–4 | 0–1 | ||
Ty Gwerder | 4–1 | 0–1 | ||
George Tokkos | Tuco | 4–1 | 0–1 | |
Fábio Aguiar | 17–1 | 0–0 | ||
Claudio Conti | 7–5–2 | 0–0 | ||
Taylor Johnson | 5–1 | 0–0 | ||
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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David Rickels | The Caveman | 21–6 (2) | 15–6 (2) | |
Douglas Lima (C) | The Phenom | 32–7 | 14–3 | |
Andrey Koreshkov | Spartan | 22–4 | 13–4 | |
Michael Page | Venom | 17–1 | 13–1 | |
Paul Daley | Semtex | 42–17–2 | 8–4 | |
A.J. Matthews | 9–9 | 5–7 | ||
Ed Ruth | 8–2 | 8–2 | ||
Neiman Gracie | 9–1 | 7–1 | ||
Joey Davis | Black Ice | 7–0 | 7–0 | |
Ryan Couture | 12–6 | 4–3 | ||
Logan Storley | Storm | 11–0 | 6–0 | |
Lorenz Larkin | The Monsoon | 22–7 (1) | 4–2 | |
Guilherme Vasconcelos[7] | Bomba | 10–6 | 3–3 | |
Kiefer Crosbie | Big Daddy | 8–1 | 4–1 | |
Sabah Homasi | The Punisher | 14–8 | 3–2 | |
Jim Wallhead | Judo | 31–11 | 3–2 | |
Yaroslav Amosov[8] | Dynamo | 23–0 | 4–0 | |
Jason Jackson | 12–4 | 3–1 | ||
Aaron Chalmers | The Joker | 5–2 | 2–2 | |
Walter Gahadza | The Sniper | 18–5 | 2–2 | |
Robson Gracie Jr. | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
Khonry Gracie | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
Ashley Reece | The Beast | 8–2 | 2–1 | |
Abraham Vaesau | 5–3 | 2–1 | ||
Richard Kiely | 3–3 | 1–2 | ||
Ion Pascu | Bombardierul | 18–10 | 0–3 | |
Justin Burlinson | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||
Kyle Crutchmer | 6–0 | 2–0 | ||
Raymond Daniels | The Real Deal | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Dillon Danis | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Oliver Enkamp | 9–2 | 2–0 | ||
Nicolo Solli | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
Jon Fitch | 32–7–2 (1) | 1–0–1 | ||
Costantin Gnusariev | 3–0–1 | 1–0–1 | ||
Lewis Long | The Foot | 17–6 | 1–1 | |
Giorgio Pietrini | Italian Bear | 16–5–1 | 1–1 | |
Mike Jasper | 13–6 | 0–2 | ||
Erick Silva | The Tiger | 20–11 | 0–2 | |
Galore Bofando | 6–3 | 1–0 | ||
Philip Mulpeter | 10–6 | 1–0 | ||
Stefano Paternò | 13–3–1 | 1–0 | ||
Shinsho Anzai | Animal | 11–4 | 0–1 | |
Ruben Crawford | 16–4 | 0–1 | ||
Jordan Mein | Young Gun | 31–13 | 0–1 | |
Craig Turner | 7–1–1 | 0–1 | ||
Ross Houston | The Hitman | 8–0 (1) | 0–0 | |
Carlo Pedersoli Jr. | Semento | 11–3 | 0–0 | |
Bobby Voelker | Vicious | 33–13 | 0–0 | |
Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Michael Chandler | Iron | 21–5 | 18–5 | |
Saad Awad | Assassin | 23–13 | 11–10 | |
Patricky Freire | Pitbull | 23–9 | 14–7 | |
Georgi Karakhanyan | Insane | 29–11–1 (1) | 7–9 | |
Brandon Girtz | Cold Roll | 16–9 | 8–7 | |
Goiti Yamauchi | 25–4 | 11–3 | ||
Adam Piccolotti | The Bomb | 12–3 | 8–3 | |
Derek Anderson | The Barbaric | 16–3 (1) | 7–3 | |
Brent Primus | 10–1 | 8–1 | ||
Benson Henderson | Smooth | 28–9 | 5–4 | |
Kevin Ferguson Jr. | Baby Slice | 4–2 | 4–2 | |
Roger Huerta | El Matador | 24–12–1 (1) | 1–5 | |
Alfie Davis | The Axe Man | 13–3 | 4–0 | |
Aviv Gozali | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
Chris Bungard | The Bad Guy | 15–6 | 2–2 | |
Nainoa Dung | 3–2 | 2–2 | ||
Charlie Leary | 917 | 16–11–1 | 2–2 | |
Chris Gonzalez | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
Myles Jury | Fury | 19–5 | 2–1 | |
Mandel Nallo | 7–1 | 2–1 | ||
Sidney Outlaw | Da Gun | 14–4 | 2–1 | |
Paul Redmond | Redser | 15–9 | 2–1 | |
Terry Brazier | The Dominator | 11–3 | 1–2 | |
Chris Duncan | 6–0 | 2–0 | ||
Simon Smotritsky | Assassin | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
Vladimir Tokov | Vova | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
Akonne Wanliss | 4–1 | 2–0 | ||
Zach Freeman | The Altar Boy | 9–3 | 1–1 | |
Kane Mousah | 12–3 | 1–1 | ||
Nick Newell | 16–3 | 1–1 | ||
Mihail Nica | 6–1 | 1–1 | ||
Peter Queally | The Showstopper | 12–5–1 | 1–1 | |
Daniele Scatizzi | Scat | 9–5 | 1–1 | |
Tim Wilde | The Experiment | 13–4 | 1–1 | |
Alessandro Botti | The Bad | 15–11 | 0–2 | |
Mateusz Piskorz | Juhas | 14–6 | 0–2 | |
Ryan Scope | Big Baby | 11–3 | 0–2 | |
Sam Slater | 2–2 | 0–2 | ||
Soren Bak | The True Viking | 14–1 | 1–0 | |
Keoni Diggs | 8–0 | 1–0 | ||
Lance Gibson Jr. | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
Gavin Hughes | Big Tasty | 11–1 | 1–0 | |
Killys Mota | Pitbull | 12–1 | 1–0 | |
Myles Price | Magic | 11–7 | 1–0 | |
Ryan Roddy | Irish | 8–1 | 1–0 | |
Jake Smith | The Half-Black Attack | 7–2 | 1–0 | |
Shamil Nikaev | The Chechen Wolf | 9–0 (1) | 0–0 | |
Robin van Roosmalen | Pokerface | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Patricio Freire (C) | Pitbull | 30–4 | 18–4 | |
Pat Curran | Paddy Mike | 23–9 | 13–6 | |
Daniel Straus | 26–9 | 12–6 | ||
Derek Campos | The Stallion | 20–10 | 9–8 | |
A.J. McKee | The Mercenary | 16–0 | 16–0 | |
Emmanuel Sanchez | El Matador | 19–4 | 11–3 | |
Daniel Weichel | The Weasel | 40–11 | 9–3 | |
Henry Corrales | OK | 17–5 | 5–5 | |
Aaron Pico | 6–3 | 6–3 | ||
John Teixeira | Macapá | 23–5–2 | 6–3 | |
Tywan Claxton | Speedy | 6–2 | 6–2 | |
Gaston Bolanos | The Dreamkiller | 5–3 | 5–3 | |
Juan Archuleta | Spaniard | 24–2 | 6–1 | |
Ádám Borics | The Kid | 15–1 | 6–1 | |
Cris Lencioni | Sunshine | 7–2 | 4–2 | |
Jeremiah Labiano | The Kid | 12–7 | 3–3 | |
Jay Jay Wilson | 6–0 | 5–0 | ||
AJ Agazarm | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
Leandro Higo[9] | Pitbull | 19–5 | 2–3 | |
Sam Sicilia | 17–11 | 2–3 | ||
Pedro Carvalho | 11–3 | 4–0 | ||
Adil Benjilany | 5–3 | 2–2 | ||
Dylan Logan | 4–4 | 2–1 | ||
Chinzo Machida | 5–3 | 2–1 | ||
Richie Smullen | 5–2–1 | 2–1 | ||
Adel Altamimi | 8–7 | 1–2 | ||
Nathan Rose | The Black | 7–3 | 1–2 | |
Lucas Brennan | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Ilias Bulaid | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Ciaran Clarke | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Aiden Lee | 8–4 | 1–1 | ||
Salim Mukhidinov | 7–4 | 1–1 | ||
Saul Rogers | The Hangman | 13–3 | 1–1 | |
Gabriel Varga | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
Daniel Crawford | 10–3 | 0–2 | ||
Robert Whiteford[10] | The Hammer | 16–4 | 1–0 | |
Asaël Adjoudj | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
Ashleigh Grimshaw | The White Wolf | 20–11–1 (3) | 0–1 | |
Mads Burnell | 13–3 | 0–0 | ||
Vladyslav Parubchenko | 15–1 | 0–0 | ||
Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Joe Warren | The Baddest Man on the Planet | 15–8 | 13–7 | |
Eduardo Dantas | Dudu | 21–7 | 11–4 | |
Darrion Caldwell | The Wolf | 15–3 | 12–2 | |
Shawn Bunch | The Great | 9–5 | 6–4 | |
James Gallagher[11] | 10–1 | 7–1 | ||
Cass Bell | 5–1 | 5–1 | ||
Ricky Bandejas | 13–4 | 3–3 | ||
Brian Moore | The Pikeman | 12–7 | 3–3 | |
Mike Kimbel | The Savage | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
Dominic Mazzotta[12] | The Honey Badger | 15–3 | 2–2 | |
Raz Bring | New Level | 5–2 | 3–0 | |
Toby Misech | 2 Quick | 12–7 | 2–1 | |
Frans Mlambo | The Black Mamba | 8–5 | 2–1 | |
Weber Almeida | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
Patrick Mix | 13–0 | 2–0 | ||
Sergio Pettis | 20–5 | 2–0 | ||
Raufeon Stots | Supa | 14–1 | 2–0 | |
Raphael Uchegbu | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
Dominique Wooding | Black Panther | 6–3 | 1–1 | |
Cal Ellenor | Pacino | 8–2 | 1–0 | |
Josh Hill | Gentleman | 19–3 | 1–0 | |
Keith Lee | Killa | 6–3 | 1–0 | |
Erik Perez | Goyito | 19–7 | 0–1 | |
Vinicius Zani | The Little Devil | 11–6 | 0–1 | |
Manny Vazquez | 12–3 | 0–0 | ||
Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arlene Blencowe[13] | Angerfist | 13–7 | 6–3 | |
Julia Budd | The Jewel | 13–3 | 7–1 | |
Sinead Kavanagh | KO | 6–4 | 3–4 | |
Olga Rubin | Big Bad | 6–2 | 4–2 | |
Amanda Bell | The Lady Killer | 7–6 | 3–2 | |
Janay Harding | Hollowpoint | 5–4 | 2–2 | |
Amber Leibrock | 3–4 | 1–3 | ||
Leah McCourt | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
Talita Nogueira | Treta | 7–2 | 1–2 | |
Leslie Smith | The Peacemaker | 11–8–1 | 1–1 | |
Cris Cyborg (C) | 22–2 | 1–0 | ||
Jessy Miele | The Widowmaker | 9–3 | 1–0 | |
Marina Mokhnatkina | 4–2 | 0–1 | ||
Hatice Ozyurt | The Turkish Delight | 2–7 | 0–1 | |
Cat Zingano[14] | Alpha | 10–4 | 0–0 | |
Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)
Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (C) | The Ilimanator | 11–0 | 10–0 | |
Veta Arteaga | 5–4 | 4–4 | ||
Denise Kielholtz | Miss Dynamite | 5–2 | 5–1 | |
Bruna Ellen | 5–3 | 3–3 | ||
Kristina Williams | Warhorse | 3–3 | 3–3 | |
Juliana Velasquez[15] | 10–0 | 5–0 | ||
Kate Jackson | Trouble | 11–4 | 3–2 | |
Alejandra Lara | Azul | 9–3 | 3–2 | |
Lena Ovchynnikova | Hunter | 12–6 | 2–3 | |
Keri Taylor-Melendez | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
Heather Hardy[16] | The Heat | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
Elina Kallionidou | Gunner | 7–4 | 0–4 | |
Valerie Loureda | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
Valérie Létourneau | Trouble | 10–7 | 2–1 | |
Ilara Joanne | 9–5 | 1–1 | ||
Bec Rawlings | Rowdy | 8–9 | 1–1 | |
Malin Hermansson | Herminator | 5–1 | 0–1 | |
Sabriye Şengül[17] | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
Diana Avsaragova | Pantera | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
DeAnna Bennett | Vitamin D | 10–6–1 | 0–0 | |
Mandy Böhm | Monster | 6–0 | 0–0 | |
Liz Carmouche | Girl-Rilla | 13–7 | 0–0 | |
Kennedy Freeman | The Machine 2.0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
Sumiko Inaba | 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.
See also
- List of Bellator MMA alumni
- List of Bellator champions
- List of Bellator events
- List of current ACA fighters
- List of current Brave CF fighters
- List of current Invicta FC fighters
- List of current ONE fighters
- List of current PFL fighters
- List of current Rizin FF fighters
- List of current Road FC fighters
- List of current UFC fighters
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