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Below is a list of records held in Bellator MMA.
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Below is a list of records held in Bellator MMA.
| B | Active fighters in bold |
| Weight Class | Fighter | Fights |
|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight |  Cheick Kongo | 18 |
| Light Heavyweight |  Phil Davis | 16 |
| Middleweight |  Alexander Shlemenko | 17 |
| Welterweight | Andrey Koreshkov | 19 |
| Lightweight |  Patricky Pitbull | 23 |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull | 27 |
| Bantamweight | Joe Warren | 15 |
| Women's Featherweight |  Arlene Blencowe | 14 |
| Women's Flyweight | Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | 14 |
| Women's Strawweight | Jessica Aguilar | 6 |
| Fighter | Division | Wins | Losses | Draws | NC | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Patricio Pitbull | Featherweight Lightweight Bantamweight | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2. | Michael Chandler | Lightweight | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3. | Douglas Lima | Welterweight Middleweight | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4. | Ryan Bader | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5. | Pat Curran | Featherweight Lightweight | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Eduardo Dantas | Bantamweight | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8. | Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | Women's Flyweight | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vadim Nemkov | Light Heavyweight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Warren | Bantamweight Featherweight | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexander Shlemenko | Middleweight | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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| Fighter | Division | Wins | |
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| 1. | Patrício Pitbull | Featherweight Lightweight | 23 |
| 2. | A.J. McKee | Featherweight | 20 |
| 3. | Michael Chandler | Lightweight Catchweight Welterweight | 18 |
| 4. |  Michael Page | Welterweight Catchweight | 17 |
| 5. | Patricky Pitbull | Lightweight | 15 |
| David Rickels | Welterweight Catchweight Lightweight | ||
| 7. | Douglas Lima | Welterweight Catchweight | 14 |
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| Fighter | Division | Undisputed | Interim | Total Reign | |
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| 1. | Patricio Pitbull | Featherweight Lightweight | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2. | Michael Chandler | Lightweight | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Douglas Lima | Welterweight | ||||
| Joe Warren | Bantamweight Featherweight | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5. | Ryan Bader | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | ||||
| Eddie Alvarez | Lightweight | ||||
| Pat Curran | Featherweight | ||||
| Daniel Straus | Featherweight | ||||
| Eduardo Dantas | Bantamweight | ||||
| Emanuel Newton | Light Heavyweight | 1 | 1 | ||
| Will Brooks | Lightweight |
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Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.
Joe Warren is the first champion to hold belts in two different divisions and Ryan Bader is the first fighter to hold multiple titles simultaneously.
| Champion | Division | Won | Lost | Defenses | Reign | Total reign |
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| Joe Warren | Featherweight | Sept 2, 2010 (Bellator 27) | Mar 9, 2012 (Bellator 60) | 0 | 554 days | 722 days |
| Bantamweight | Oct 10, 2014 (Bellator 128) | Mar 27, 2015 (Bellator 135) | 0 | 168 days | ||
| Ryan Bader | Light Heavyweight | Jun 24, 2017 (Bellator 180) | Aug 21, 2020 (Bellator 244) | 1 | 1155 days | 3043 days |
| Heavyweight | Jan 26, 2019 (Bellator 214) | Incumbent | 1 | 1888 days | ||
| Patricio Pitbull | Featherweight | Sept 5, 2014 (Bellator 123) | Nov 6, 2015 (Bellator 145) | 2 | 428 days | 3600 days |
| Apr 21, 2017 (Bellator 178) | Jul 31, 2021 (Bellator 263) | 5 | 1582 days | |||
| Apr 15, 2022 (Bellator 277) | Incumbent | 2 | 713 days | |||
| Lightweight | May 11, 2019 (Bellator 221) | Oct 6, 2021 (vacated) | 0 | 877 days |
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