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.

Recent cuts

These fighters have been released from their Bellator contracts, or announced their retirement, over the course of the last month. If their release has not been announced then they have been listed here based upon their removal from the Bellator's rosters.

	Name	Division	Bellator record
	Chris Leben[4]	Middleweight	0–0

Recent signings

The fighters in this section have either signed with Bellator in the last month, have recently returned from an announced retirement, or have yet to make their Bellator return or debut.

	Name	Division	MMA record
	Bruna Ellen	Women's flyweight	2–0
	James Gallagher	Featherweight	3–0
	Quinton Jackson	Light heavyweight	36–11
	Satoshi Ishii	Light heavyweight	14–5–1
	Sergei Kharitonov	Heavyweight	23–5
	Kenya Miranda	Women's flyweight	2–2
	Matt Mitrione	Heavyweight	9–5
	Max Nunes	Middleweight	16–3
	Evangelista Santos	Welterweight	20–16
	Wanderlei Silva	Light heavyweight	35–12–1 (1)
	Kevin Souza	Lightweight	16–4
	Jarod Trice	Light heavyweight	0–0
	Darren Uyenoyama	Bantamweight	10–5
	Bruna Vargas	Women's flyweight	2–0
	Guilherme Vasconcelos	Welterweight	7–3

Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 24 fighters

Cheick Kongo

Vitaly Minakov

Sergei Kharitonov

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Kongo, CheickCheick Kongo	Kongo	24–10–2	6–2
	Butler, RaphaelRaphael Butler	The Silencer	9–2–1	4–2–1
	Beltran, JoeyJoey Beltran[5]	The Mexicutioner	17–12 (1)	3–3
	Minakov, VitalyVitaly Minakov (C)		17–0	5–0
	Ayala, JavyJavy Ayala	Eye Candy	8–5	3–2
	Charles, DanDan Charles	The Man	10–3	3–2
	Queiroz, ViniciusVinicius Queiroz	Spartan	8–4	3–2
	Sakai, AugustoAugusto Sakai		9–0	4–0
	Lashley, BobbyBobby Lashley	The Dominator	14–2	4–0
	Diekmann, JoshJosh Diekmann	The Freight Train	15–7 (1)	2–1 (1)
	Johnson, TonyTony Johnson		10–2	3–0
	Huddleston, AlexAlex Huddleston	The Shaved Gorilla	6–2	2–1
	Slice, KimboKimbo Slice		6–2	2–0
	Wren, JustinJustin Wren	The Big Pygmy	11–2	2–0
	Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	The Colossus	20–16 (1)	1–1
	Shamrock, KenKen Shamrock	The World's Most Dangerous Man	28–17	0–2
	Coulter, RashadRashad Coulter		5–1	1–0
	Gormley, ChaseChase Gormley[5]		12–5	0–1
	Harris, DhafirDhafir Harris	Dada 5000	2–0-1 NC	0–0
	Rosol, ZachZach Rosol		1–1	0–1
	Teixeira, EwertonEwerton Teixeira[6]		3–1	0–1
	Fortune, TyrellTyrell Fortune		0–0	0–0
	Kharitonov, SergeiSergei Kharitonov[7]	The Paratrooper	23–5	0–0
	Mitrione, MattMatt Mitrione	Meathead	9–5	0–0
	Sosnovskiy, DmitriyDmitriy Sosnovskiy	Wicked Machine	9–0	0–0

Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg): 20 fighters

Muhammed Lawal

Tito Ortiz

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Newton, EmanuelEmanuel Newton	The Hardcore Kid	26–10–1	8–4
	Rogers, BrianBrian Rogers	The Professional Predator	12–9	5–7
	Lawal, MuhammedMuhammed Lawal	King Mo	19–4 (1)	8–3
	McGeary, LiamLiam McGeary (C)		11–0	8–0
	Vassell, LintonLinton Vassell	The Swarm	16–5 (1)	5–2
	Zwicker, VirgilVirgil Zwicker	Rezdog	14–5–1	3–2–1
	Zayats, MikhailMikhail Zayats		22–8	3–2
	Alexander, HoustonHouston Alexander	The Assassin	16–13–1 (2)	1–3–1
	Jackson, QuintonQuinton Jackson	Rampage	36–11	3–0
	Ortiz, TitoTito Ortiz	The Huntington Beach Bad Boy	18–12–1	2–1
	Lins, PhilipePhilipe Lins	Monstro	9–1	2–1
	Francis Carmont	Limitless	24–11	2–1
	Bondole, LucLuc Bondole		5–2–2	1–1–1
	Davis, PhilPhil Davis	Mr. Wonderful	15–3 (1)	2–0
	Viana, GuilhermeGuilherme Viana		7–2	1–1
	Sakara, AlessioAlessio Sakara	Legionarius	18–11 (2)	1–0
	Bonnar, StephanStephan Bonnar	The American Psycho	15–9	0–1
	Ishii, SatoshiSatoshi Ishii		14–5–1	0–0
	Silva, WanderleiWanderlei Silva	The Axe Murderer	35–12–1 (1)	0–0
	Trice, JarodJarod Trice[8]	Doughboy	0–0	0–0

Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg): 24 fighters

Melvin Manhoef

Kendall Grove

Royce Gracie

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Shlemenko, AlexanderAlexander Shlemenko	Storm	52–9 (1)	11–3 (1)
	Cramer, DanDan Cramer	Cosmo	11–4	8–2
	Halsey, BrandonBrandon Halsey	Bull	9–1	7–1
	Grove, KendallKendall Grove	Da Spyder	23–15 (1)	4–2
	Matthews, A.J.A.J. Matthews		8–4	4–2
	Marshall, DougDoug Marshall	The Rhino	18–8	4–2
	Pacheco, JoeJoe Pacheco	The Juggernaut	7–2 (1)	2–2 (1)
	Manhoef, MelvinMelvin Manhoef	No Mercy	30–12–1 (2)	2–1 (1)
	McDaniel, BubbaBubba McDaniel	The Menace	27–10	3–1
	Carvalho, RafaelRafael Carvalho (C)	The Blessed	12–1	3–0
	Reiter, BenBen Reiter	The Hunter	16–1–1	2–1
	Schilling, JoeJoe Schilling	Stitch 'em Up	2–5	1–2
	Alhassan, Abdul RazakAbdul Razak Alhassan		4–0	2–0
	Gracie, NeimanNeiman Gracie		4–0	2–0
	Hester, BrandonBrandon Hester		3–0	2–0
	France, FranciscoFrancisco France	Kiko	13–4–1	1–1
	Kato, HisakiHisaki Kato	The Japanese Musketeer	5–2	1–1
	Sordi, EmilianoEmiliano Sordi	He-Man	13–5	1–1
	Babene, GregoryGregory Babene		17–11 (1)	1–0
	Ewing, NealNeal Ewing	No Problem	6–0	1–0
	Gracie, RoyceRoyce Gracie		15–2–3	1–0
	Salter, JohnJohn Salter		11–3	1–0
	Radach, BenjiBenji Radach	Razor	21–7	0–1
	Nunes, MaxMax Nunes[9]	Power	16–3	0–0
	Ruth, EdEd Ruth		0–0	0–0
	Caron, TimTim Caron		4-0	1-0

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 28 fighters

Andrey Koreshkov

Josh Koscheck

Benson Henderson

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Ward, BrennanBrennan Ward	The Irish Bad Boy	13–4	8–4
	Koreshkov, AndreyAndrey Koreshkov (C)	Spartan	19–1	10–1
	Lima, DouglasDouglas Lima	The Phenom	26–6	8–2
	Juarez, JesseJesse Juarez		22–11	6–2
	Bears, RudyRudy Bears	Bad News	16–14	2–6
	Žaromskis, MariusMarius Žaromskis	The Whitemare	20–9 (1 NC)	4–3
	Page, MichaelMichael Page	Venom	10–0	6–0
	Gonzalez, FernandoFernando Gonzalez	The Menifee Maniac	25–13	5–0
	Bradley, PaulPaul Bradley	The Gentleman	23–6 (2)	3–1 (1)
	Rainey, RickyRicky Rainey	The Sniper	11–4	3–2
	Daley, PaulPaul Daley	Semtex	38–13–1	4–0
	McDonough, AdamAdam McDonough	Big Gunna	11–1	3–1
	Honeycutt, ChrisChris Honeycutt		7–1 (1)	3–1 (1)
	Santos, AndreAndre Santos	Chatuba	38–10	2–1
	Terry, JamesJames Terry	Intensity	16–8	1–2
	Millender, CurtisCurtis Millender	Curtious	8–2	1–2
	Neer, JoshJosh Neer	The Dentist	36–15–1	0–3
	Secor, MattMatt Secor		7–3	1–2
	Fialho, AndreAndre Fialho		6–0	1–0
	Njokuani, ChidiChidi Njokuani	Chidi Bang Bang	14–4	1–0
	Holloway, JeremieJeremie Holloway	Hit 'Em	7–2	0–2
	McFarlane, ClaytonClayton McFarlane		4–1	0–1
	Smith, GilbertGilbert Smith[10]	Midnight Magic	12–5	0–1
	Eduardo Rocha, CarlosCarlos Eduardo Rocha	Tá Danado	9–4	0–1
	Santos, EvangelistaEvangelista Santos	Cyborg	21–16	1–0
	Chan, DjamilDjamil Chan	Dynamite	13–2	1–0
	Henderson, BensonBenson Henderson	Smooth	23–6	0–1
	Goncalves, ThiagoThiago Goncalves	Jambo	18–4	0–0
	Koscheck, JoshJosh Koscheck	Kos	17–10	0–0
	Vasconcelos, GuilhermeGuilherme Vasconcelos[11]	Bomba	7–3	0–0

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg): 27 fighters

Melvin Guillard

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Rickels, DavidDavid Rickels	The Caveman	17–4 (1)	11–4 (1)
	Freire, PatrickyPatricky Freire	Pitbull	16–7	9–6
	Chandler, MichaelMichael Chandler		14–3	11–3
	Held, MarcinMarcin Held	The Prodigy of Polish MMA	21–4	10–3
	Brooks, WillWill Brooks (C)	Ill Will	17–1	9–1
	Awad, SaadSaad Awad	Assassin	18–7	6–4
	Campos, DerekDerek Campos	The Stallion	16–6	5–4
	Jansen, DaveDave Jansen	The Fugitive	20–3	7–1
	Quinn, RyanRyan Quinn		11–5	7–0
	Girtz, BrandonBrandon Girtz	Cold Roll	14–4	6–2
	Anderson, DerekDerek Anderson	The Barbaric	13–2 (1)	4–2
	Primus, BrentBrent Primus		7–0	5–0
	Alessio, JohnJohn Alessio	The Natural	35–17 (2)	1–1 (1)
	Piccolotti, AdamAdam Piccolotti		7–0	3–0
	Cooper, BobbyBobby Cooper	SuperDuper	12–7	2–1
	Couture, RyanRyan Couture		10–4	2–1
	Thomson, JoshJosh Thomson	The Punk	22–8 (1)	2–0
	DiLorenzi, GuillaumeGuillaume DiLorenzi		10-2	1–1
	Bronzoulis, MikeMike Bronzoulis	The Greek	18–9–1	0–2
	Guillard, MelvinMelvin Guillard	The Young Assassin	32–16–2 (2)	0–2
	Villaseca, PabloPablo Villaseca		10–2	0–2
	Heatherly, ChrisChris Heatherly	The Slump	9–3 (1)	1–0
	Giron, IsraelIsrael Giron	Featherweight	18–4	1–0
	Sass, PaulPaul Sass	Sassangle	14–2	1–0
	Souza, KevinKevin Souza[12]	Kevin	16–5	0–1
	Sinclair, RobRob Sinclair	C4	13–3	0–1

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 26 fighters

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Freire, PatricioPatricio Freire	Pitbull	25–3	13–3
	Curran, PatPat Curran	Paddy Mike	21–7	11–4
	Straus, DanielDaniel Straus (C)		25–6	11–3
	Jenkins, BubbaBubba Jenkins	The Highlight Kid	11–2	8–2
	Yamauchi, GoitiGoiti Yamauchi		19–3	5–2
	Sanchez, EmmanuelEmmanuel Sanchez	El Matador	13–2	5–1
	Weichel, DanielDaniel Weichel	The Weasel	36–9	5–1
	Karakhanyan, GeorgiGeorgi Karakhanyan	Insane	24–5–1	3–3
	McKee, A.J.A.J. McKee		4–0	4–0
	Teixeira, JohnJohn Teixeira	Macapa	20–1-2	3–0
	Parsons, JordanJordan Parsons	Pretty Boy	12–2	2–1
	Corrales, HenryHenry Corrales		12–3	0–3
	Lawrence, JustinJustin Lawrence	The American Kidd	8–3	1–1
	Reyno, GastonGaston Reyno	Tonga	5–1 (2 NC)	1–1
	Diagne, ThomasThomas Diagne		5–5	0–1–1
	Santos, GleristoneGleristone Santos	Toninho Furia	27–6	0–2
	Scatizzi, DanieleDaniele Scatizzi	Scat	7–2	1–0
	Bonilla-Bowman, JonathanJonathan Bonilla-Bowman		1–0	1–0
	Miceli, DanieleDaniele Miceli	The Cyborg	2–1	0–1
	Kobayashi, IsaoIsao Kobayashi		18–3-4	0–1
	Phan, NamNam Phan		21–14	0–1
	Belluardo, DaniloDanilo Belluardo[13]	Caterpillar	5–1	0–0
	Dickson, MarkMark Dickson	Tricky	10–2	0–0
	Gallagher, JamesJames Gallagher[14]		3–0	0–0
	Pico, AaronAaron Pico		0–0	0–0

Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 12 fighters

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Warren, JoeJoe Warren	The Baddest Man on the Planet	13–5	11–4
	Richman, MikeMike Richman	The Marine	18–6	7–5
	Galvão, MarcosMarcos Galvão (C)	Loro	17–6–1	7–3
	Dantas, EduardoEduardo Dantas	Dudu	17–4	7–1
	Caldwell, DarrionDarrion Caldwell	The Wolf	9–0	6–0
	Taimanglo, JoeJoe Taimanglo	The Juggernaut	22–6–1	5–2
	Garcia, SteveSteve Garcia	The Mean Machine	6–1	4–1
	Davis, LCLC Davis		23–7	3–1
	Moy, KinKin Moy		8–2	2–1
	Bender, BrandonBrandon Bender		12–1	2–1
	Kakai, SirwanSirwan Kakai		12–4	0–1
	Tokoro, HideoHideo Tokoro		33–28–2	0–1
	Uyenoyama, DarrenDarren Uyenoyama	BC	10–5	0–0

Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 11 fighters

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Blencowe, ArleneArlene Blencowe[15]	Angerfist	7–5	2–1
	Budd, JuliaJulia Budd	The Jewel	7–2	2–0
	Coenen, MarloesMarloes Coenen	Rumina	23–6	2–0
	Jenkins, AdriennaAdrienna Jenkins	AJ	19–6	1–1
	Holloway, GabrielleGabrielle Holloway	Gabanator	4–3	0–2
	Bucci, AnnalisaAnnalisa Bucci[16]	No Fear	7–4	0-1
	Lawson, HollyHolly Lawson	Lil' Bear	0–1	0–1
	Razafiarison, IonyIony Razafiarison		2–1	0–1
	Rovel, RobertaRoberta Rovel	Crusher	4–1	0–1
	Dufresne, AlexisAlexis Dufresne	Sneaky Zebra	5–2	0–0
	Nogueira, TalitaTalita Nogueira	Treta	6–0	0–0

Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg): 8 fighters

	Name	Nickname	MMA record	Bellator record
	Macfarlane, Ilima-LeiIlima-Lei Macfarlane	The Ilimanator	3–0	2–0
	Yankova, AnastasiaAnastasia Yankova		3–0	1–0
	Ruth, RebeccaRebecca Ruth	Becky	6–1	1–0
	Ovchynnikova, LenaLena Ovchynnikova	Hunter	10–4	0–1
	Ellen, BrunaBruna Ellen		2–0	0–0
	Melendez, KeriKeri Melendez		0–0	0–0
	Miranda, KenyaKenya Miranda	Kill Bitch [17]	2–2	0–0
	Vargas, BrunaBruna Vargas		2–0	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 champions
• List of Bellator events
• List of current UFC fighters
• List of current WSOF fighters
• List of current Invicta FC fighters

References

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.
4. Luke Thomas (March 13, 2016). "Chris Leben offers details of physical condition: 'Basically, my heart is failing'". mmafighting.com.
5. Danny Segura (March 24, 2016). "Marcin Held vs. Dave Jansen, Joey Beltran vs. Chase Gormley added to Bellator 155 main card". mmafighting.com.
6. "Bellator MMA signs heavyweights Ewerton Teixeira, Lorenzo Hood". MMAjunkie.
7. Ariel Helwani (February 3, 2015). "Sergei Kharitonov signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
8. MMAWeekly.com Staff (May 2, 2016). "Bellator Signs Three-Time All-American Wrestler Jarod Trice". mmaweekly.com.
9. Andreas Georgiou (March 23, 2016). "The Rumour Mill: Max Nunes set to sign for Bellator MMA". mmaplus.co.uk.
10. MMAJunkie.com Staff (February 9, 2016). "Michael Page out of Bellator 151, RFA champ Gilbert Smith in vs. Fernando Gonzalez". mmajunkie.com.
11. Mike Sloan (April 7, 2016). "Bellator Signs Irish Prospect James Gallagher, ‘TUF: Brazil 3’ Vet Guilherme ‘Bomba’". sherdog.com.
12. Mike Bohn (April 11, 2016). "Kevin Souza replaces Derek Campos in Saturday's Bellator 152 headliner". mmajunkie.com.
13. MMAMania.com Staff (March 11, 2016). "Broadcast details revealed for Bellator MMA-Kickboxing event on April 16 in Italy". mmamania.com.
14. Ariel Helwani (April 7, 2016). "SBG prospect James Gallagher signs with Bellator". mmafighting.com.
15. "Bellator MMA Signs Australian Featherweight Arlene Blencowe". Combat Press. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
16. "Bellator continues to build women's featherweight division with Annalisa Bucci". MMA Junkie. August 27, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
17. http://www.mma-core.com/fighters/Kenya_Miranda_da_Silva/216515

External links

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