Unofficial Bellator rankings. The rankings are compiled by MMAtion staff, basing on the latest World MMA rankings. Currently, we rank the top 10 Bellator MMA fighters in 7 weight classes and the top 20 pound-for-pound fighters.
Fighters not having a single fight in the promotion during the last 18 months or having less than 2 bouts under the Bellator banner (for newly signed fighters there has to be at least one bout) are not included in the lists.
Last Updated: March 4, 2020
Vacant (Champion) | ||
1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | Japan |
2 | Leandro Higo | Brazil |
3 | Patrick Mix | United States![]() |
4 | Joe Warren | United States![]() |
5 | Shawn Bunch | United States![]() |
6 | Toby Misech | United States |
7 | Ricky Bandejas | United States |
8 | James Gallagher | Ireland |
9 | Dominic Mazzotta | United States |
10 | Frans Mlambo | South Africa |
Patricio Freire (Champion) | Brazil | |
1 | AJ McKee Jr. | United States |
2 | Emmanuel Sanchez | United States |
3 | Darrion Caldwell | United States |
4 | Pedro Carvalho | Ireland |
5 | Daniel Weichel | Germany |
6 | Juan Archuleta | United States |
7 | Derek Campos | United States |
8 | Georgi Karakhanyan | United States |
9 | Henry Corrales | United States |
10 | Adam Borics | Hungary |
Patricio Freire (Champion) | Brazil | |
1 | Benson Henderson | United States |
2 | Michael Chandler | United States |
3 | Patricky Freire | Brazil |
4 | Goiti Yamauchi | Brazil |
5 | Brent Primus | United States |
6 | Myles Jury | United States![]() |
7 | Adam Piccolotti | United States![]() |
8 | Brandon Girtz | United States![]() |
9 | Derek Anderson | United States![]() |
10 | Sidney Outlaw | United States![]() |
Douglas Lima (Champion) | Brazil | |
1 | Jon Fitch | United States |
2 | Lorenz Larkin | United States |
3 | Andrey Koreshkov | Russia |
4 | Michael Page | England |
5 | Paul Daley | England |
6 | Yaroslav Amosov | Ukraine![]() |
7 | Logan Storley | United States![]() |
8 | Neiman Gracie | Brazil |
9 | Peter Queally | Ireland |
10 | Curtis Millender | United States |
Vacant (Champion) | ||
1 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | United States![]() |
2 | Gegard Mousasi | Netherlands![]() |
3 | Lyoto Machida | Brazil![]() |
4 | John Salter | United States![]() |
5 | Anatoly Tokov | Russia![]() |
6 | Alexander Shlemenko | Russia![]() |
7 | Chris Honeycutt | United States![]() |
8 | Costello van Steenis | Netherlands![]() |
9 | Chidi Njokuani | United States![]() |
10 | Fabian Edwards | England![]() |
Ryan Bader (Champion) | United States | |
1 | Vadim Nemkov | Russia |
2 | Phil Davis | United States |
3 | Lyoto Machida | Brazil |
4 | Liam McGeary | England |
5 | Rafael Carvalho | Brazil |
6 | Melvin Manhoef | Netherlands |
7 | Muhammed Lawal | United States |
8 | Kent Kauppinen | England |
9 | Jordan Young | United States |
10 | Alessio Sakara | Italy |
Ryan Bader (Champion) | United States | |
1 | Cheick Kongo | France |
2 | Linton Vassell | England |
3 | Valentin Moldavsky | Russia![]() |
4 | Fedor Emelianenko | Russia![]() |
5 | Sergei Kharitonov | Russia![]() |
6 | Matt Mitrione | United States |
7 | Vitaly Minakov | Russia |
8 | Frank Mir | United States |
9 | Roy Nelson | United States![]() |
10 | Chael Sonnen | United States![]() |
1 | Ryan Bader | Light heavyweight/ Heavyweight | United States |
2 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | Middleweight | United States |
3 | Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | Netherlands |
4 | Douglas Lima | Welterweight | Brazil |
5 | Patricio Freire | Featherweight | Brazil |
6 | Vadim Nemkov | Light heavyweight | Russia |
7 | Phil Davis | Light heavyweight | United States |
8 | Jon Fitch | Welterweight | United States |
9 | Lyoto Machida | Middleweight | Brazil |
10 | Benson Henderson | Lightweight | United States |
11 | AJ McKee Jr. | Featherweight | United States |
12 | Lorenz Larkin | Welterweight | United States |
13 | Michael Chandler | Lightweight | United States |
14 | Cheick Kongo | Heavyweight | France |
15 | Linton Vassell | Heavyweight | England |
16 | Emmanuel Sanchez | Featherweight | United States |
17 | Darrion Caldwell | Featherweight | United States |
18 | Patricky Freire | Lightweight | Brazil |
19 | Liam McGeary | Light heavyweight | England |
20 | Kyoji Horiguchi | Bantamweight | Japan |