Bellator
Bellator Fighting Champions – Title holders for each weight division
See a complete list of Bellator Fighting Champions in each weight division. Bellator includes weight classes from bantamweight (125 pounds) to heavyweight (265 pounds).
Fast Facts:
- The Bellator Fighting Championships (Bellator) was the second-largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in the USA. The UFC is the first.
- Bellator was founded in 2008 by Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney.
- The Bellator motto is “Where Title Shots Are Earned, Not Given.”
- The word “Bellator” means “warrior” in Latin.
- As of January 2025, Bellator was absorbed into the Professional Fighters League (PFL). These champions represent the final lineage before the promotion ended.
Bellator Fighting Champions:
Men
| Fighter | Weight Class | Weight | Champ since | Title defenses |
| Ryan Bader (USA) | Heavyweight | 265 lb (120 kg) | January 26, 2019 | 2 |
| Corey Anderson (USA) | Light Heavyweight | 205 lb (93 kg) | March 22, 2024 | 0 |
| Johnny Eblen (USA) | Middleweight | 185 lb (84 kg) | June 24, 2022 | s |
| Ramazan Kuramagomedov (RUS) | Welterweight | 170 lb (77 kg) | June 22, 2024 | 0 |
| Usman Nurmagomedov (RUS) | Lightweight | 155 lb (70 kg) | November 18, 2022 | 3 |
| Patrício Pitbull (BRA) | Featherweight | 145 lb (66 kg) | April 15, 2022 | 2 |
| Patchy Mix (BRA) | Bantamweight | 135 lb (61 kg) | Nov. 17, 2023 | 2 |
Women
| Fighter | Weight Class | Weight | Champ since | Title defenses |
| Cris Cyborg (BRA) | Featherweight | 145 lb (66 kg) | January 25, 2020 | 5 |
| Liz Carmouche (USA) | Flyweight | 125 lb (57 kg) | April 22, 2022 | 3 |