List of Bellator champions
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Bellator Fighting Championships
is an American mixed martial arts
promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class.
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season One
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Two
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Three
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Four
Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...
is an American mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class.
Heavyweight Championship
206 pounds (93.4 kg) to 265 pounds (120.2 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Cole Konrad Cole Konrad Cole Konrad is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently a student at the University of Minnesota and former wrestler for the Golden Gophers. Konrad won a gold medal at the 2005 Pan-American Championships... |
October 14, 2010 |
Kansas City, MO | |
Light Heavyweight Championship
186 pounds (84.4 kg) to 205 pounds (93 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Christian M'Pumbu Christian M'Pumbu Christian M'Pumbu is a French professional mixed martial artist of Congolese descent. He is the first and current Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion.-Background:... |
May 21, 2011 |
Lake Charles, LA | |
Middleweight Championship
171 pounds (77.6 kg) to 185 pounds (83.9 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Hector Lombard Hector Lombard Hector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts... |
June 19, 2009 |
Hollywood, FL | |
Welterweight Championship
156 pounds (70.8 kg) to 170 pounds (77.1 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Lyman Good Lyman Good Lyman Good is an American mixed martial artist and instructor. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Bellator Fighting Championships, and won the first Bellator Welterweight Tournament.-Biography:... |
June 12, 2009 |
Uncasville, CT | |
2 | Ben Askren Ben Askren Ben Askren is an American former amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri and U.S. Olympic team. He is now a mixed martial artist and the current Bellator Welterweight Champion.-Wrestling:... |
October 21, 2010 |
Philadelphia, PA | |
Lightweight Championship
146 pounds (66.2 kg) to 155 pounds (70.3 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion... |
June 19, 2009 |
Hollywood, FL | |
2 | Michael Chandler Michael Chandler Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting in the lightweight division and previously in the welterweight division. He is currently under contract with Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Lightweight Champion... |
November 19, 2011 |
Hollywood, FL | |
Featherweight Championship
136 pounds (61.7 kg) to 145 pounds (65.8 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Joe Soto Joe Soto Joseph Angel Soto is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Soto is currently signed under the Bellator Fighting Championships promotion where he was the first ever Bellator Featherweight Champion, and the winner of their inaugural featherweight tournament.-Biography:At the time... |
June 5, 2009 |
Ontario, CA | |
2 | Joe Warren Joe Warren (fighter) Joe Warren is an American Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist. As a Greco-Roman wrestler, he won the 2006 Pan American and World Championship and was a favourite for the 2008 Olympics, but was given a two-year suspension after testing positive for THC while trying to qualify for the 2007... |
September 2, 2010 |
San Antonio, TX | |
Bantamweight Championship
126 pounds (57.2 kg) to 135 pounds (61.2 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Zach Makovsky Zach Makovsky Zachory Paul "Zach" Makovsky is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Makovsky has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Bantamweight Champion.-Early... |
October 14, 2010 |
Kansas City, MO | |
Women's Flyweight Championship
106 pounds (48.1 kg) to 115 pounds (52.2 kg)No. | Name | Date | Location | Defenses |
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1 | Zoila Gurgel |
October 28, 2010 |
Hollywood, FL | |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season OneBellator Fighting Championships: Season OneBellator Fighting Championships: Season One was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships -produced series. It started broadcasting April 3, 2009, through an exclusive television agreement with ESPN Deportes. The episodes had a one day tape delay.-Bellator I:Bellator I was a...
(April 3, 2009 - June 19, 2009)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Featherweight | Joe Soto Joe Soto Joseph Angel Soto is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Soto is currently signed under the Bellator Fighting Championships promotion where he was the first ever Bellator Featherweight Champion, and the winner of their inaugural featherweight tournament.-Biography:At the time... |
Yahir Reyes Yahir Reyes Yahir Reyes is a Mexican mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint with Bellator Fighting Championships, fighting in their first season featherweight tournament. Reyes made it to the final round of the tournament which took place at Bellator 10, fighting Joe Soto... |
Bellator 10 | June 5, 2009 |
Welterweight | Lyman Good Lyman Good Lyman Good is an American mixed martial artist and instructor. He currently fights as a welterweight in the Bellator Fighting Championships, and won the first Bellator Welterweight Tournament.-Biography:... |
Omar De La Cruz Omar de la Cruz Jesús Omar de la Cruz, or simply Omar de la Cruz, is a Dominican professional mixed martial artist... |
Bellator 11 | June 12, 2009 |
Middleweight | Hector Lombard Hector Lombard Hector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts... |
Jared Hess Jared Hess (fighter) Jared Hess is an American mixed martial artist. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard.-Biography:Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attend... |
Bellator 12 | June 19, 2009 |
Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion... |
Toby Imada Toby Imada Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division... |
Bellator 12 | June 19, 2009 |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season TwoBellator Fighting Championships: Season TwoBellator Fighting Championships: Season Two was the second installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships -produced series. It started on April 8, 2010 and ended June 24, 2010. Tournaments were held in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions...
(April 8, 2010 - June 24, 2010)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Lightweight | Pat Curran Pat Curran (fighter) Pat Curran is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Lightweight and Featherweight. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and former Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran... |
Toby Imada Toby Imada Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division... |
Bellator 21 | June 10, 2010 |
Welterweight | Ben Askren Ben Askren Ben Askren is an American former amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri and U.S. Olympic team. He is now a mixed martial artist and the current Bellator Welterweight Champion.-Wrestling:... |
Dan Hornbuckle Dan Hornbuckle Dan Hornbuckle is an American mixed martial artist. Hornbuckle holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Jack McVicker and has a self-proclaimed black belt in "intensity". Hornbuckle is Native American, and is a member of the Eastern Band Cherokee tribe... |
Bellator 22 | June 17, 2010 |
Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko Alexander Shlemenko Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:... |
Bryan Baker Bryan Baker (fighter) Bryan Baker is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator Fighting Championships... |
Bellator 23 | June 24, 2010 |
Featherweight | Joe Warren Joe Warren (fighter) Joe Warren is an American Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist. As a Greco-Roman wrestler, he won the 2006 Pan American and World Championship and was a favourite for the 2008 Olympics, but was given a two-year suspension after testing positive for THC while trying to qualify for the 2007... |
Patricio Freire Patricio Freire Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their... |
Bellator 23 | June 24, 2010 |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season ThreeBellator Fighting Championships: Season ThreeBellator Fighting Championships: Season Three was the third installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, which started on August 12, 2010. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including the bantamweight division, heavyweight division and women's division at...
(August 12, 2010 - October 28, 2010)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Heavyweight | Cole Konrad Cole Konrad Cole Konrad is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently a student at the University of Minnesota and former wrestler for the Golden Gophers. Konrad won a gold medal at the 2005 Pan-American Championships... |
Neil Grove Neil Grove Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate... |
Bellator 32 | October 14, 2010 |
Bantamweight | Zach Makovsky Zach Makovsky Zachory Paul "Zach" Makovsky is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Makovsky has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Bantamweight Champion.-Early... |
Ed West Ed West Edward "Ed" Lee West, III , nickname 'the Toolbox'. , is a former professional American football player. A 6'1", 243-lb. tight end from Auburn University, West was never drafted by an NFL team but did play in over 200 NFL games in 14 seasons from 1984 to 1997 for the Green Bay Packers,... |
Bellator 32 | October 14, 2010 |
Women's Flyweight (115 lbs) | Zoila Gurgel | Megumi Fujii Megumi Fujii Megumi Fujii is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She is currently the #3-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked female flyweight according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.-Biography:Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is... |
Bellator 34 | October 28, 2010 |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season FourBellator Fighting Championships: Season FourBellator Fighting Championships: Season Four was the fourth installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships. Mixed martial arts tournaments were held in multiple weight classes, including three of the original tournament classes: Welterweight, Lightweight and Featherweight...
(March 5, 2011 - May 21, 2011)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Welterweight | Jay Hieron Jay Hieron James Thomas Hieronymus , better known as Jay Hieron, is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is known for his wrestling base and heavy hands.... |
Rick Hawn Rick Hawn Rick Hawn is an American former 2004 US Olympic judo team member and is now a mixed martial artist. As a judoka he won numerous medals at U.S. national championships, 2 medals at the Pan American Games, and finished 9th at the 2004 Olympics. Hawn was born in Chicago; but when he was young, his... |
Bellator 43 | May 7, 2011 |
Lightweight | Michael Chandler Michael Chandler Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter fighting in the lightweight division and previously in the welterweight division. He is currently under contract with Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Lightweight Champion... |
Patricky Freire Patricky Freire Patricky Freire is an Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting in the Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament.-Mixed martial arts career:... |
Bellator 44 | May 14, 2011 |
Featherweight | Patricio Freire Patricio Freire Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the featherweight division.-Bellator:After stringing together an impressive undefeated record on the local Brazilian circuit, he made his American debut on April 22, 2010 for the Bellator Fighting Championships in their... |
Daniel Straus Daniel Straus Daniel Straus , formerly known as Daniel Mason-Straus, is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Wrestling Career:... |
Bellator 45 | May 21, 2011 |
Light Heavyweight | Christian M'Pumbu Christian M'Pumbu Christian M'Pumbu is a French professional mixed martial artist of Congolese descent. He is the first and current Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion.-Background:... |
Richard Hale Richard Hale (fighter) Richard Hale is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the light heavyweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Rage in the Cage:... |
Bellator 45 | May 21, 2011 |
Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer SeriesBellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer SeriesBellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series was the first installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series which started in June 2011. A Mixed martial arts tournament was held in the Featherweight weight class.-Bellator XLVI:...
(June 25, 2011 - August 20, 2011)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Featherweight | Pat Curran Pat Curran (fighter) Pat Curran is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Lightweight and Featherweight. He is the cousin of World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and former Featherweight title challenger Jeff Curran... |
Marlon Sandro Marlon Sandro Marlon Sandro is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Featherweight division.-Early career:Sandro made his professional MMA debut in November 2004... |
Bellator 48 | August 20, 2011 |
Bellator Fighting Championships: Season FiveBellator Fighting Championships: Season FiveBellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...
(September 27, 2011 - November 26, 2011)
Weight Division | Champion | Runner-up | Event | Date |
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Welterweight | Douglas Lima Douglas Lima Douglas Lima is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships. He is the former MFC Welterweight champion.-Early career:... |
Ben Saunders Ben Saunders Ben Saunders is a British polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker.He is best known for skiing solo to the North Pole in 2004, and for blogging live from his expeditions... |
Bellator 57 | November 12, 2011 |
Middleweight | Alexander Shlemenko Alexander Shlemenko Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:... |
Vitor Vianna Vitor Vianna Vitor Vianna is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in mixed martial arts events in Brazil, Holland, and in the United States. He is the #3 ranked Middleweight prospect in the world. He is also ranked as the #69 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by FightMatrix.com. This ranking... |
Bellator 57 | November 12, 2011 |
Bantamweight | Eduardo Dantas Eduardo Dantas Eduardo Dantas is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Dantas has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil, where he has competed for the Shooto 132-pound world title.-Background:Dantas trains with Nova União... |
Alexis Vila Alexis Vila |-|Loss|align=center|11-1|Eduardo Dantas|Decision |Bellator 59||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States|Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Final|-|Win|align=center|11-0|Marcos Galvão|Decision... |
Bellator 59 | November 26,2011 |
Heavyweight | TBA | TBA |
See also
- List of current mixed martial arts champions
- List of current Bellator fighters
- List of Bellator events
- Mixed martial arts weight classes