We released the updated Bellator MMA fighter rankings. Find out where the top fighters are in the latest standings as of December 20, 2018.
As a reminder, you can always check current Bellator MMA rankings in this section of the website: http://en.mmation.com/bellator/rankings/
| Darrion Caldwell (Champion) | United States | |
| 1 | Michael McDonald | United States |
| 2 | Eduardo Dantas | Brazil |
| 3 | Joe Taimanglo | Guam |
| 4 | Shawn Bunch | United States |
| 5 | Joe Warren | United States |
| 6 | Dominic Mazzotta | United States |
| 7 | Marcos Galvao | Brazil |
| 8 | James Barnes | United States |
| 9 | Peter Ligier | France |
| 10 | Brandon Phillips | United States |
| Patricio Freire (Champion) | Brazil | |
| 1 | Emmanuel Sanchez | United States |
| 2 | Pat Curran | United States |
| 3 | Sam Sicilia | United States |
| 4 | AJ McKee Jr. | United States |
| 5 | Henry Corrales | United States |
| 6 | Georgi Karakhanyan | United States |
| 7 | Aaron Pico | United States |
| 8 | Derek Campos | United States |
| 9 | John Teixeira da Conceicao | Brazil |
| 10 | Daniel Straus | United States |
| Michael Chandler (Champion) | United States |
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| 1 | Patricky Freire | Brazil |
| 2 | Benson Henderson | United States |
| 3 | Brent Primus | United States |
| 4 | Goiti Yamauchi | Brazil |
| 5 | Saad Awad | United States |
| 6 | Derek Anderson | United States |
| 7 | Daniel Weichel | Germany |
| 8 | Adam Piccolotti | United States |
| 9 | Brandon Girtz | United States |
| 10 | JJ Ambrose | United States |
| Rory MacDonald (Champion) | Canada | |
| 1 | Douglas Lima | Brazil |
| 2 | Jon Fitch | United States |
| 3 | Lorenz Larkin | United States |
| 4 | Paul Daley | England |
| 5 | Andrey Koreshkov | Russia |
| 6 | Michael Page | England |
| 7 | Logan Storley | United States |
| 8 | Fernando Gonzalez | United States |
| 9 | EJ Brooks | United States |
| 10 | Neiman Gracie | Brazil |
| Gegard Mousasi (Champion) | Netherlands | |
| 1 | Lyoto Machida | Brazil |
| 2 | Rafael Carvalho | Brazil |
| 3 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | United States |
| 4 | Anatoly Tokov | Russia |
| 5 | Alexander Shlemenko | Russia |
| 6 | John Salter | United States |
| 7 | Costello van Steenis | Netherlands |
| 8 | Chris Honeycutt | United States |
| 9 | Chidi Njokuani | United States |
| 10 | Leo Leite | Brazil |
| Ryan Bader (Champion) | United States | |
| 1 | Vadim Nemkov | Russia |
| 2 | Phil Davis | United States |
| 3 | Linton Vassell | England |
| 4 | Liam McGeary | England |
| 5 | Philipe Lins | Brazil |
| 6 | Muhammed Lawal | United States |
| 7 | Jordan Young | United States |
| 8 | Kent Kauppinen | England |
| 9 | Alessio Sakara | Italy |
| 10 | Tyree Fortune | United States |
| Vacant (Champion) | — | |
| 1 | Ryan Bader | United States |
| 2 | Matt Mitrione | United States |
| 3 | Cheick Kongo | France |
| 4 | Sergei Kharitonov | Russia |
| 5 | Fedor Emelianenko | Russia |
| 6 | Roy Nelson | United States |
| 7 | Javy Ayala | United States |
| 8 | Chael Sonnen | United States |
| 9 | Quinton Jackson | United States |
| 10 | Frank Mir | United States |
| 1 | Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | Netherlands |
| 2 | Ryan Bader | Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight | United States |
| 3 | Rory MacDonald | Welterweight | Canada |
| 4 | Vadim Nemkov | Light heavyweight | Russia |
| 5 | Phil Davis | Light heavyweight | United States |
| 6 | Douglas Lima | Welterweight | Brazil |
| 7 | Jon Fitch | Welterweight | United States |
| 8 | Patricio Freire | Featherweight | Brazil |
| 9 | Michael Chandler | Lightweight | United States |
| 10 | Patricky Freire | Lightweight | Brazil |
| 11 | Lyoto Machida | Middleweight | Brazil |
| 12 | Benson Henderson | Lightweight | United States |
| 13 | Darrion Caldwell | Bantamweight | United States |
| 14 | Lorenz Larkin | Welterweight | United States |
| 15 | Linton Vassell | Light heavyweight | England |
| 16 | Paul Daley | Welterweight | England |
| 17 | Liam McGeary | Light heavyweight | England |
| 18 | Emmanuel Sanchez | Featherweight | United States |
| 19 | Andrey Koreshkov | Welterweight | Russia |
| 20 | Matt Mitrione | Heavyweight | United States |