List of Bellator MMA alumni

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This is a list of former employees of the professional mixed martial arts promotion Bellator MMA (previously known as Bellator Fighting Championship). The fighters are listed in order by weight class.

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Alumni

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Eddie Alvarez
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Tito Ortiz
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Melvin Guillard
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Rob McCullough
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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
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Chris Horodecki
NameWeight classBellator recordRef
Flag of the United States.svg Cole Konrad Heavyweight7–0
Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Lashley Heavyweight5–0
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Minakov Heavyweight5–0
Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Filipović Heavyweight1–0
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Kimbo Slice Heavyweight1–0 (1) [1]
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Rossborough Heavyweight1–0–1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Blagoy Ivanov Heavyweight6–1
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Volkov Heavyweight6–3
Flag of the United States.svg Raphael Butler Heavyweight4–2–1 [2]
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Johnson Heavyweight3–1
Flag of American Samoa.svg Mighty Mo Heavyweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Jordan Heavyweight3–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Santos Heavyweight3–2 (1)
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Charles Heavyweight3–3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Sparks Heavyweight3–3
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Holata Heavyweight3–3
Flag of South Africa.svg Neil Grove Heavyweight3–4
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Martinez Heavyweight3–4
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Prindle Heavyweight3–5 (1)
Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Sanchez Heavyweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Brett Rogers Heavyweight1–1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Graham Heavyweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Lavar Johnson Heavyweight1–3
Flag of England.svg Mark Godbeer Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Derrick Mehmen Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Buentello Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Ricco Rodriguez Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Derrick Lewis Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Sherman Pendergarst Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Burns Heavyweight0–6
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Dada 5000 Heavyweight0–0 (1) [3]
Flag of the United States.svg Rich Hale Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		6–4
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Wiuff Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		4–2
Flag of the United States.svg Virgil Zwicker Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		4–2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Beltran Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		3–5
Flag of the United States.svg Ken Shamrock Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		0–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Royce Gracie Light Heavyweight1–0
Flag of Slovakia.svg Attila Végh Light Heavyweight5–1
Flag of the United States.svg Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Anundson Light Heavyweight3–1
Flag of Cameroon.svg Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Light Heavyweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Emanuel Newton Light Heavyweight8–4
Flag of France.svg Francis Carmont Light Heavyweight3–2
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Zayats Light Heavyweight3–2
Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Noe Light Heavyweight3–2
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Christian M'Pumbu Light Heavyweight3–4
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Matyushenko Light Heavyweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Rodney Wallance Light Heavyweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Rosa Light Heavyweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Houston Alexander Light Heavyweight1–2–1 [4]
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Petruzelli Light Heavyweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Razak Al-Hassan Light Heavyweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Stephan Bonnar Light Heavyweight0–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Renato Sobral Light Heavyweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Vedepo Light Heavyweight
Middleweight		4–3
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Ruiz Light Heavyweight
Middleweight		0–2
Flag of Cuba.svg Hector Lombard Middleweight8–0
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Smith Middleweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg David Branch Middleweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg Tamdan McCrory Middleweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg Louis Taylor Middleweight2–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elias Theodorou Middleweight1–0
Flag of Jamaica.svg Uriah Hall Middleweight1–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nick Ring Middleweight1–0
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Cramer Middleweight8–2
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Halsey Middleweight7–2
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Marshall Middleweight4–2
Flag of the United States.svg Bubba McDaniel Middleweight3–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Maiquel Falcão Middleweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Perry Filkins Middleweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Schambari Middleweight2–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Vianna Middleweight2–2
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Parlo Middleweight4–3 [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Jared Hess Middleweight4–4
Flag of the United States.svg Kendall Grove Middleweight4–5
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Spång Middleweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Schilling Middleweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Alvey Middleweight1–1
Flag of Russia.svg Vyacheslav Vasilevsky Middleweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Kimball Middleweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Samman Middleweight0–1
Flag of South Africa.svg Trevor Prangley Middleweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Horwich Middleweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Baker Middleweight
Welterweight		8–4
Flag of the United States.svg Bret Cooper Middleweight
Welterweight		7–5
Flag of France.svg Karl Amoussou Middleweight
Welterweight		5–4
Flag of the United States.svg Nate James Middleweight
Welterweight		1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Riggs Middleweight
Welterweight		1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Rudy Bears Middleweight
Welterweight		2–7
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Askren Welterweight9–0 [6]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Ford Welterweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg Dom O'Grady Welterweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg Kris McCray Welterweight1–0
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Robertson Welterweight1–0
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano Souza Welterweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Hieron Welterweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Adam McDonough Welterweight3–1
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Bradley Welterweight3–1 (1)
Flag of France.svg Nordine Taleb Welterweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg War Machine Welterweight2–1 [7]
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Omar de la Cruz Welterweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Lyman Good Welterweight8–3
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Saunders Welterweight7–3
Flag of the United States.svg Brent Weedman Welterweight8–4
Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius Žaromskis Welterweight4–3
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Hornbuckle Welterweight3–3
Flag of Armenia.svg Karo Parisyan Welterweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Carl Welterweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Stinson Welterweight2–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Luis Santos Welterweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Raul Amaya Welterweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Lozano Welterweight2–3
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Keslar Welterweight2–3
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Baesman Welterweight1–2–1
Flag of England.svg Jim Wallhead Welterweight1–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Evangelista Santos Welterweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Nah-Shon Burrell Welterweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Thomas Welterweight1–3
Flag of the United States.svg Dante Rivera Welterweight1–1
Flag of the United States.svg Herman Terrado Welterweight0–1–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Eduardo Rocha Welterweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Baroni Welterweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg John Kolosci Welterweight0–1
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiyuki Yoshida Welterweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Brian WarrenWelterweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Jacob McClintock Welterweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bronzoulis Welterweight
Lightweight		0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Hawn Welterweight
Lightweight		10–4 [8]
Flag of the United States.svg LaRue Burley Lightweight3–0
Flag of Mexico.svg Efrain Escudero Lightweight2–0
Flag of the United States.svg Drew Dober Lightweight1–0
Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Alvarez Lightweight9–1 [9]
Flag of the United States.svg Will Brooks Lightweight9–1
Flag of the United States.svg Jorge Masvidal Lightweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Phillipe Nover Lightweight2–1
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Held Lightweight11–3
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Jansen Lightweight7–2 [10]
Flag of the United States.svg Toby Imada Lightweight5–3
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Sarnavskiy Lightweight5–3
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Fischer Lightweight4–3
Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Tirloni Lightweight3–4
Flag of the United States.svg Carey Vanier Lightweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Rich Clementi Lightweight2–3
Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd Woodard Lightweight2–3
Flag of the United States.svg Roger Huerta Lightweight1–3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Alessio Lightweight1–1 (1)
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Reynolds Lightweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg J. J. Ambrose Lightweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Waylon Lowe Lightweight1–1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Ricci Lightweight0–1
Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Aoki Lightweight0–1
Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Gono Lightweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Pellegrino Lightweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Rob McCullough Lightweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Davis Lightweight0–1 (1)
Flag of the United States.svg Dakota Cochrane Lightweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Melvin Guillard Lightweight0–3 (1)
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Neer Lightweight0–3
Flag of the United States.svg Bubba Jenkins Lightweight
Featherweight		8–3
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Caraballo Lightweight
Featherweight		2–1
Flag of Russia.svg Magomedrasul Khasbulaev Featherweight5–0 [11]
Flag of the United States.svg Rad Martinez Featherweight5–1
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Soto Featherweight4–1
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Bessette Featherweight7–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Bezerra Featherweight7–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Marlon Sandro Featherweight8–3
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wilcox Featherweight3–2
Flag of Russia.svg Shahbulat Shamhalaev Featherweight3–2
Flag of Peru.svg Luis Palomino Featherweight3–3
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Foster Featherweight3–6
Flag of Brazil.svg Saul Almeida Featherweight2–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Wagnney Fabiano Featherweight1–1
Flag of Russia.svg Akop Stepanyan Featherweight1–4
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Spoon Featherweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Corey Featherweight1–1–1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Horodecki Featherweight1–2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Nam Phan Featherweight0–1
Flag of the United States.svg Donny Walker Featherweight0–1
Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes Featherweight0–2
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Richman Featherweight
Bantamweight		7–5 [12]
Flag of Brazil.svg Wilson Reis Featherweight
Bantamweight		5–4
Flag of England.svg Ronnie Mann Featherweight
Bantamweight		3–3
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Rivera Lightweight
Bantamweight		4–0
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Birchak Bantamweight1–0
Flag of the United States.svg Rob Emerson Bantamweight2–1
Flag of the United States.svg Zach Makovsky Bantamweight6–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Luis Nogueira Bantamweight5–2
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Marx Bantamweight3–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Silva Bantamweight3–2
Flag of the United States.svg Ed West Bantamweight4–4
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Leone Bantamweight3–4
Flag of Cuba.svg Alexis Vila Bantamweight2–2
Flag of the United States.svg Chase Beebe Bantamweight2–2
Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Lima Bantamweight1–2
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Goldsby Bantamweight1–3
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Curran Bantamweight0–1

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