List of current Bellator fighters
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FIGHTERS Total: 131
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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] Unlike those organizations fighters participate 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 are 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.[2] 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): 21 fighters
Alexander Volkov
Vitaly Minakov
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Volkov, AlexanderAlexander Volkov | Drago | 24–5 | 6–2 |
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Butler, RaphaelRaphael Butler | The Silencer | 9–1–1 | 4–1–1 |
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Kongo, CheickCheick Kongo | Kongo | 22–10–2 | 4–2 |
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Minakov, VitalyVitaly Minakov (C) | 14–0 | 5–0 | |
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Diekmann, JoshJosh Diekmann | The Freight Train | 15–6 (1) | 2–1 (1) |
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Johnson, LavarLavar Johnson | Big | 18–10 | 1–3 |
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Ayala, JavyJavy Ayala | Eye Candy | 8–3 | 3–0 |
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Charles, DanDan Charles | The Man | 9–2 | 2–1 |
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Queiroz, ViniciusVinicius Queiroz | Spartan | 7–3 | 2–1 |
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Johnson, TonyTony Johnson | 9–2 | 2–0 | |
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Lashley, BobbyBobby Lashley | The Dominator | 12–2 | 2–0 |
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Sakai, AugustoAugusto Sakai | 7–0 | 2–0 | |
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Rossborough, NickNick Rossborough | The Slim Shady of MMA | 25–19 | 1–0–1 |
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Coulter, RashadRashad Coulter | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
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Huddleston, AlexAlex Huddleston | The Shaved Gorilla | 5–1 | 1–0 |
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Thompson, JamesJames Thompson | The Colossus | 20–14 (1) | 1–0 |
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Rosol, ZachZach Rosol | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
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Sosnovskiy, DmitriyDmitriy Sosnovskiy | Wicked Machine | 9–0 | 0–0 |
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Slice, KimboKimbo Slice | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
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Shamrock, KenKen Shamrock | The World's Most Dangerous Man | 28–15 | 0–0 |
Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg): 16 fighters
Muhammed Lawal
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Tito Ortiz
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Newton, EmanuelEmanuel Newton | The Hardcore Kid | 25–8–1 | 8–2 |
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Lawal, MuhammedMuhammed Lawal | King Mo | 15–4 (1) | 7–3 |
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McGeary, LiamLiam McGeary (C) | 10–0 | 7–0 | |
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Mucitelli, MikeMike Mucitelli | Crazy | 7–2 (1) | 5–1 (1) |
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Vassell, LintonLinton Vassell | The Swarm | 15–4 (1) | 4–1 |
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Beltran, JoeyJoey Beltran | The Mexicutioner | 16–11 (1) | 3–2 |
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Zayats, MikhailMikhail Zayats | 22–8 | 3–2 | |
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Zwicker, VirgilVirgil Zwicker | Rezdog | 13–4–1 | 2–1–1 |
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Alexander, HoustonHouston Alexander | The Assassin | 16–11–1 (2) | 1–2–1 |
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Thierry Sokoudjou, RameauRameau Thierry Sokoudjou | The African Assassin | 16–13 | 2–1 |
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Lins, PhilipePhilipe Lins | Monstro | 9–1 | 2–1 |
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Ortiz, TitoTito Ortiz | The Huntington Beach Bad Boy | 18–11–1 | 2–0 |
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Sloan, RayRay Sloan | 8–0 | 2–0 | |
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Jacoby, DustinDustin Jacoby | 10–5 | 0–2 | |
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Sordi, EmilianoEmiliano Sordi | He-Man | 13–4 | 1–0 |
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Viana, GuilhermeGuilherme Viana | 6–2 | 0–1 | |
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Bonnar, StephanStephan Bonnar | The American Psycho | 15–9 | 0–1 |
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Davis, PhilPhil Davis | Mr. Wonderful | 13–3 (1) | 0–0 |
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg): 15 fighters
Alexander Shlemenko
Mikkel Parlo
Kendall Grove
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Shlemenko, AlexanderAlexander Shlemenko | Storm | 51–9 (1) | 11–3 (1) |
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Cramer, DanDan Cramer | Cosmo | 11–4 | 8–2 |
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Rogers, BrianBrian Rogers | The Professional Predator | 11–8 | 4–6 |
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Ward, BrennanBrennan Ward | The Irish Bad Boy | 10–3 | 6–3 |
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Butcher, JasonJason Butcher | 8–2 | 5–2 | |
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Halsey, BrandonBrandon Halsey (C) | Bull | 8–0 | 6–0 |
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Marshall, DougDoug Marshall | The Rhino | 18–8 | 4–2 |
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Parlo, MikkelMikkel Parlo | 12–2 | 4–2 | |
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Grove, KendallKendall Grove | Da Spyder | 21–14 (1) | 2–1 |
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Manhoef, MelvinMelvin Manhoef | No Mercy | 29–12–1 (2) | 1–1 (1) |
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Carvalho, RafaelRafael Carvalho | 11–1 | 2–0 | |
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McCrory, TamdanTamdan McCrory | The Barn Cat | 13–3 | 2–0 |
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Schilling, JoeJoe Schilling | Stitch 'em Up | 2–4 | 1–1 |
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Francis Carmont | Limitless | 23–10 | 1–0 |
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Reiter, BenBen Reiter | The Hunter | 15–0–1 | 1–0 |
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 20 fighters
Marius Žaromskis
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Koreshkov, AndreyAndrey Koreshkov | Spartan | 17–1 | 8–1 |
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Lima, DouglasDouglas Lima (C) | The Phenom | 26–5 | 8–1 |
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Juarez, JesseJesse Juarez | 22–9 | 6–1 | |
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Zaromskis, MariusMarius Zaromskis | The Whitemare | 20–9 (1) | 4–3 |
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McDonough, AdamAdam McDonough | Big Gunna | 11–1 | 3–1 |
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Matthews, A.J.A.J. Matthews | 7–3 | 3–2 | |
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Gonzalez, FernandoFernando Gonzalez | The Menifee Maniac | 23–13 | 3–0 |
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Page, MichaelMichael Page | Venom | 7–0 | 3–0 |
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Bradley, PaulPaul Bradley | The Gentleman | 22–6 (1) | 2–1 |
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Rainey, RickyRicky Rainey | The Sniper | 10–3 | 2–1 |
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Daley, PaulPaul Daley | Semtex | 36–13–1 | 2–0 |
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Honeycutt, ChrisChris Honeycutt | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
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Sterritt, GavinGavin Sterritt | 6–1 | 2–0 | |
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Santos, AndreAndre Santos | Chatuba | 37–10 | 1–1 |
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Rivera, DanteDante Rivera | 16–7 | 1–1 | |
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Neer, JoshJosh Neer | The Dentist | 36–14–1 | 0–2 |
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Gracie, NeimanNeiman Gracie | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
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Roman, TimTim Roman | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
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Millender, CurtisCurtis Millender | Curtious | 7-1 | 0–1 |
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Parker, GregGreg Parker | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg): 19 fighters
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Rickels, DavidDavid Rickels | The Caveman | 16–3 | 10–3 |
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Held, MarcinMarcin Held | The Prodigy of Polish MMA | 21–3 | 10–2 |
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Chandler, MichaelMichael Chandler | 12–3 | 9–3 | |
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Freire, PatrickyPatricky Freire | Pitbull | 13–6 | 6–5 |
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Brooks, WillWill Brooks (C) | Ill Will | 16–1 | 8–1 |
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Awad, SaadSaad Awad | Assassin | 18–6 | 6–3 |
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Jansen, DaveDave Jansen | The Fugitive | 20–3 | 7–1 |
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Sarnavskiy, AlexanderAlexander Sarnavskiy | Tiger | 30–3 | 5–3 |
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Campos, DerekDerek Campos | The Stallion | 15–4 | 4–2 |
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Girtz, BrandonBrandon Girtz | Cold Roll | 11–4 | 4–2 |
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Primus, BrentBrent Primus | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
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Anderson, DerekDerek Anderson | The Barbaric | 12–1 (1) | 3–1 |
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Couture, RyanRyan Couture | 10–3 | 2–0 | |
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Alessio, JohnJohn Alessio | The Natural | 35–17 (1) | 1–1 |
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Cochrane, DakotaDakota Cochrane | 18–8 | 0–2 | |
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Sass, PaulPaul Sass | Sassangle | 14–2 | 1–0 |
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Sinclair, RobRob Sinclair | C4 | 12–3 | 0–1 |
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Rivera, JonathanJonathan Rivera | 4–1 | 0–1 | |
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Villaseca, PabloPablo Villaseca | 9–0 | 0–0 | |
Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 18 fighters
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Curran, PatPat Curran | Paddy Mike | 20–7 | 10–4 |
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Freire, PatricioPatricio Freire (C) | Pitbull | 23–2 | 11–2 |
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Straus, DanielDaniel Straus | 23–6 | 9–3 | |
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Jenkins, BubbaBubba Jenkins | The Highlight Kid | 8–2 | 5–2 |
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Yamauchi, GoitiGoiti Yamauchi | 18–2 | 4–1 | |
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Karakhanyan, GeorgiGeorgi Karakhanyan | Insane | 24–4–1 | 3–2 |
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Guerreiro, FabricioFabricio Guerreiro | Guerreiro | 20–4 (1) | 2–3 |
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Weichel, DanielDaniel Weichel | The Weasel | 35–8 | 4–0 |
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Slack, ShanonShanon Slack | The Heartbreak Kid | 6–1 | 3–1 |
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Caldwell, DarrionDarrion Caldwell | The Wolf | 6–0 | 3–0 |
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Teixeira, JohnJohn Teixeira | Macapa | 19–1-2 | 2–0 |
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Sanchez, EmmanuelEmmanuel Sanchez | El Matador | 10–1 | 2–0 |
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Neves, Julio CesarJulio Cesar Neves | Morceguinho | 30–0 | 2–0 |
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McKee, AJAJ McKee | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
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Giron, IsraelIsrael Giron | El Rojo | 18–3 | 1–0 |
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Parsons, JordanJordan Parsons | Pretty Boy | 10–1 | 1–0 |
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Villalobos, AlejandroAlejandro Villalobos | 17–4 | 0–1 | |
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Machida, ChinzoChinzo Machida[3] | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 14 fighters
| Name | Nickname | MMA record | Bellator record | |
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Warren, JoeJoe Warren | The Baddest Man on the Planet | 12–4 | 10–3 |
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Richman, MikeMike Richman | The Marine | 18–5 | 7–4 |
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Galvão, MarcosMarcos Galvão (C) | Loro | 17–6–1 | 7–3 |
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Dantas, EduardoEduardo Dantas | Dudu | 16–4 | 6–1 |
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Taimanglo, JoeJoe Taimanglo | The Juggernaut | 20–6–1 | 3–2 |
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Silva, RafaelRafael Silva | Morcego | 22–4 | 3–1 |
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Davis, LCLC Davis | 23–6 | 3–0 | |
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Garcia, SteveSteve Garcia | The Mean Machine | 5–0 | 3–0 |
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Bender, BrandonBrandon Bender | 12–1 | 2–1 | |
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Marlon, DiegoDiego Marlon | 25–8 | 1–0 | |
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Tokoro, HideoHideo Tokoro | 32–28–2 | 0–1 | |
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Phan, NamNam Phan | 21–14 | 0–1 | |
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Duarte, AntonioAntonio Duarte | El Tigre | 18–5 | 0–0 |
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Duarte, CleitonCleiton Duarte | Foguete | 14–2 | 0–0 |
Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 9 fighters
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Coenen, MarloesMarloes Coenen | Rumina | 22–6 | 1–0 |
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Budd, JuliaJulia Budd | The Jewel | 7-2 | 1-0 |
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Lawson, HollyHolly Lawson | Lil' Bear | 0-1 | 0-1 |
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Nogueira, TalitaTalita Nogueira | Treta | 6-0 | 0-0 |
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Blencowe, ArleneArlene Blencowe[4] | Angerfist | 5-4 | 0-0 |
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Bucci, AnnalisaAnnalisa Bucci[5] | No Fear | 7-4 | 0-1 |
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Rovel, RobertaRoberta Rovel | Crusher | 4-0 | 0-0 |
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Dufresne, AlexisAlexis Dufresne | Sneaky Zebra | 5-2 | 0-0 |
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Razafiarison, IonyIony Razafiarison | 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
- ↑ Press Release (November 19, 2008). "Bellator Fighting Championships Signs Exclusive TV Agreement with ESPN". Sportsblogs, Inc.
- ↑ Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK.
- ↑ http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Francis-Carmont-Chinzo-Machida-Sign-With-Bellator-MMA-78683
- ↑ "Bellator MMA Signs Australian Featherweight Arlene Blencowe". Combat Press. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ↑ "Bellator continues to build women's featherweight division with Annalisa Bucci". MMA Junkie. August 27, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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