List of Bellator MMA records

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Below is a list of records held in Bellator MMA. Records are final: Bellator was acquired by the Professional Fighters League in November 2023, and the Bellator brand was discontinued after its roster was merged into the PFL in 2025.[1]

Fighting

Most bouts

In any bout

All fighters

Patrício Pitbull competed in a record 30 Bellator bouts.[2][3]

B Active fighters in bold
FighterDivisionBouts
1. Brazil Patrício Pitbull Featherweight
Lightweight		 30
2. Brazil Patricky Pitbull Lightweight 25
3. United States Saad Awad Lightweight
Catchweight
Welterweight		 24
4. United States David Rickels Catchweight
Welterweight
Lightweight		 23
United States Michael Chandler Lightweight
Catchweight
Welterweight
6. Brazil Douglas Lima Welterweight
Middleweight
Catchweight		 21
Russia Georgi Karakhanyan Lightweight
Featherweight
Catchweight
United States A. J. McKee Featherweight
Lightweight
By division
Weight Class Fighter Fights
HeavyweightFrance Cheick Kongo18
Light HeavyweightUnited States Phil Davis16
MiddleweightRussia Alexander Shlemenko17
WelterweightRussia Andrey Koreshkov19
LightweightBrazil Patricky Pitbull23
FeatherweightBrazil Patrício Pitbull28
BantamweightUnited States Joe Warren15
Women's FeatherweightAustralia Arlene Blencowe15
Women's FlyweightUnited States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane14
Women's StrawweightUnited States Jessica Aguilar6

In a title bout

All fighters
FighterDivisionWinsLossesDrawsNCTotal
1. Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight
Lightweight
Bantamweight		 14 4 0 0 18
2. United States Michael Chandler Lightweight 6 5 0 0 11
3. Brazil Douglas Lima Welterweight
Middleweight		 4 5 0 0 9
4. United States Ryan Bader Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		 6 1 0 1 8
5. United States Pat Curran Featherweight
Lightweight		 4 3 0 0 7
Brazil Eduardo Dantas Bantamweight 5 2 0 0
Netherlands Gegard Mousasi Middleweight 5 2 0 0
8. United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Women's Flyweight 5 1 0 0 6
Russia Vadim Nemkov Light Heavyweight 5 0 0 1
United States Joe Warren Bantamweight
Featherweight		 3 3 0 0
Russia Alexander Shlemenko Middleweight 4 2 0 0
By division
DivisionFighterBouts
Heavyweight United States Ryan Bader 5
Light Heavyweight Russia Vadim Nemkov 6
Middleweight Netherlands Gegard Mousasi 7
Welterweight Brazil Douglas Lima 8
Lightweight United States Michael Chandler 11
Featherweight Brazil Patricio Pitbull 14
Bantamweight Brazil Eduardo Dantas 7
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 6
Women's Flyweight United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 6
Women's Strawweight United States Zoila Gurgel 1
Japan Megumi Fujii

Winning

Most wins

In any bout

All fighters

Patrício Pitbull holds the record for the most wins in Bellator history, with 24.[2][3]

FighterDivisionWins
1. Brazil Patrício Pitbull Featherweight
Lightweight		 24
2. United States A.J. McKee Featherweight 20
3. United States Michael Chandler Lightweight
Catchweight
Welterweight		 18
4. England Michael Page Welterweight
Catchweight		 17
5. Brazil Patricky Pitbull Lightweight 16
6. United States David Rickels Welterweight
Catchweight
Lightweight		 15
7. Brazil Douglas Lima Welterweight
Catchweight		 14
By division
Fighter Weight Class Wins
France Cheick KongoHeavyweight13
United States Phil DavisLight Heavyweight11
Russia Alexander ShlemenkoMiddleweight12
Russia Andrey Koreshkov Welterweight 16
Brazil Patricky PitbullLightweight16
Brazil Patrício PitbullFeatherweight22
Brazil Eduardo DantasBantamweight10
Canada Julia BuddWomen's Featherweight9
United States Ilima-Lei MacfarlaneWomen's Flyweight11
United States Jessica AguilarWomen's Strawweight5

In a title bout

All fighters
FighterDivisionWins
1. Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight
Lightweight		 13
2. United States Michael Chandler Lightweight 6
Brazil Cris Cyborg Women's Featherweight
United States Ryan Bader Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
5. United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Women's Flyweight 5
Netherlands Gegard Mousasi Middleweight
Russia Vadim Nemkov Light Heavyweight
United States Ben Askren Welterweight
Brazil Eduardo Dantas Bantamweight
10. Brazil Rafael Carvalho Middleweight 4
Brazil Douglas Lima Welterweight
United States Liz Carmouche Women's Flyweight
United States Pat Curran Featherweight
Russia Alexander Shlemenko Middleweight
United States Emanuel Newton Light Heavyweight
United States Will Brooks Lightweight
Canada Julia Budd Women's Featherweight
By division
DivisionFighterWins
Heavyweight United States Ryan Bader 4
Light Heavyweight Russia Vadim Nemkov 5
Middleweight Netherlands Gegard Mousasi 5
Welterweight United States Ben Askren 5
Lightweight United States Michael Chandler 6
Featherweight Brazil Patricio Pitbull 10
Bantamweight Brazil Eduardo Dantas 5
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 6
Women's flyweight United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 5
Women's Strawweight United States Zoila Gurgel 1

Longest winning streaks

A. J. McKee holds the longest winning streak in Bellator history at 18 consecutive victories, beginning with his 2015 debut and ending with his loss to Patrício Pitbull at Bellator 277 in April 2022.[4][5]

FighterDivisionBeganEndedWinning streak
1. United States A. J. McKee Featherweight Apr 10, 2015 Apr 15, 2022 18
2. England Michael Page Welterweight Mar 21, 2013 May 11, 2019 10
United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Women's Flyweight Aug 28, 2015 Dec 10, 2020
3. United States Ben Askren Welterweight Apr 15, 2010 Nov 14, 2013 9
United States Michael Chandler Lightweight
Catchweight		 Sept 30, 2010 Jul 31, 2013
4. United States Joey Davis Welterweight
Catchweight		 Aug 26, 2016 Mar 31, 2023 8
Cuba Hector Lombard Middleweight Apr 17, 2009 Nov 19, 2011
Russia Alexander Shlemenko Middleweight May 14, 2011 Mar 28, 2014
England Liam McGeary Light Heavyweight Apr 4, 2013 Sept 19, 2015
United States Will Brooks Lightweight Jul 31, 2013 Nov 6, 2015
France Cheick Kongo Heavyweight Jun 26, 2015 Sept 7, 2019
United States Tyrell Fortune Heavyweight Nov 4, 2016 Feb 21, 2020

Championships

Most title reigns

Patrício Pitbull is the only four-time Bellator world champion, having won the featherweight title three times and the lightweight title once.[2] Michael Chandler won the lightweight title three times.[6]

FighterDivisionUndisputedInterimTotal Reign
1. Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight
Lightweight		 4 0 4
2. United States Michael Chandler Lightweight 3 0 3
Brazil Douglas Lima Welterweight
United States Joe Warren Bantamweight
Featherweight		 2 1
5. United States Ryan Bader Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		 2 0 2
Netherlands Gegard Mousasi Middleweight
United States Eddie Alvarez Lightweight
United States Pat Curran Featherweight
United States Daniel Straus Featherweight
Brazil Eduardo Dantas Bantamweight
United States Emanuel Newton Light Heavyweight 1 1
United States Will Brooks Lightweight
  • Bold – Active reign.

Most single reign title defenses

Patrício Pitbull and Cris Cyborg share the record for most consecutive title defenses in a single reign with five; Cyborg's fifth defense came against Cat Zingano at Bellator 300 in October 2023.[7]

FighterDivisionDefenses
1. Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight 5
Brazil Cris Cyborg Women's Featherweight
3. United States Ben Askren Welterweight 4
United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Women's Flyweight
Russia Vadim Nemkov Light Heavyweight
6. United States Ryan Bader Heavyweight 3
United States Liz Carmouche Women's Flyweight
Russia Alexander Shlemenko Middleweight
Brazil Rafael Carvalho Middleweight
Canada Julia Budd Women's Featherweight
  • Bold – Active reign.

By division

DivisionFighterDefenses
Heavyweight United States Ryan Bader 3
Light Heavyweight Russia Vadim Nemkov 4
Middleweight Brazil Rafael Carvalho 3
Russia Alexander Shlemenko
Welterweight United States Ben Askren 4
Lightweight United States Michael Chandler 2
United States Will Brooks
Featherweight Brazil Patricio Pitbull 5
Bantamweight Brazil Eduardo Dantas 2
United States Sergio Pettis
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 5
Women's Flyweight United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 4
  • Bold – Active reign.

Most combined reign title defenses

Patrício Pitbull made nine successful defenses of the Bellator featherweight title across his three reigns, the ninth against Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Champions Series Belfast in March 2024.[8][9]

FighterDivisionNo. of reignsDefenses
1. Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight 3 9
2. Brazil Cris Cyborg Women's Featherweight 1 5
4. United States Ryan Bader Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight		 2 4
United States Ben Askren Welterweight 1
United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Women's Flyweight
Russia Vadim Nemkov Light Heavyweight
7. United States Liz Carmouche Women's Flyweight 1 3
Russia Alexander Shlemenko Middleweight
Brazil Rafael Carvalho Middleweight
Canada Julia Budd Women's Featherweight
Netherlands Gegard Mousasi Middleweight 2
United States Michael Chandler Lightweight
Brazil Eduardo Dantas Bantamweight
  • Bold – Active reign.

By division

DivisionFighterNo. of reignsDefenses
Heavyweight United States Ryan Bader 1 3
Light Heavyweight Russia Vadim Nemkov 1 4
Middleweight Brazil Rafael Carvalho 1 3
Russia Alexander Shlemenko
Netherlands Gegard Mousasi 2
Welterweight United States Ben Askren 1 4
Lightweight United States Michael Chandler 2 3
Featherweight Brazil Patricio Pitbull 3 9
Bantamweight Brazil Eduardo Dantas 2 3
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 1 5
Women's Flyweight United States Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 1 4
  • Bold – Active reign.

Multi-division champions

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, having held the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles at the same time; Bader remained heavyweight champion until the Bellator brand was discontinued following its acquisition by the Professional Fighters League.[1]

ChampionDivisionWonLostDefensesReignTotal reign
United States 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
United States Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight Jun 24, 2017 (Bellator 180) Aug 21, 2020 (Bellator 244) 1 1155 days 3986 days
Heavyweight Jan 26, 2019 (Bellator 214) Final champion 1 2831 days
Brazil Patricio Pitbull Featherweight Sept 5, 2014 (Bellator 123) Nov 6, 2015 (Bellator 145) 2 428 days 4543 days
Apr 21, 2017 (Bellator 178) Jul 31, 2021 (Bellator 263) 5 1582 days
Apr 15, 2022 (Bellator 277) Final champion 2 1656 days
Lightweight May 11, 2019 (Bellator 221) Oct 6, 2021 (vacated) 0 877 days
  • Bold – Active reign.

Fastest finishes

Fastest knockouts

Three fighters share the record for the fastest knockout in Bellator history, at six seconds.[10]

FighterOpponentTimeEventDate
1. Cuba Héctor Lombard Jay Silva 0:06 Bellator 18 May 13, 2010[11]
Italy Michele Martignoni Simone D'Anna 0:06 Bellator 203 July 14, 2018[12]
United States Mike Kimbel Alex Potts 0:06 Bellator 207 October 12, 2018[10]

Fastest submissions

FighterOpponentMethodTimeEventDate
1. Israel Aviv Gozali Eduard Muravitsky Heel hook 0:11 Bellator 225 August 24, 2019[13][14]
2. United States Aaron "Tex" Johnson Brennan Ward Armbar 0:15 Bellator 89 February 14, 2013[15]
3. United States Dave Vitkay Jesse Peterson Guillotine choke 0:18 Bellator 93 March 21, 2013[15]
4. United States Joe Hamilton Tyler Freeland Rear-naked choke 0:22 Bellator 155 May 20, 2016[16]
5. United States Zach Freeman Aaron Pico Guillotine choke 0:24 Bellator 180 June 24, 2017[15]

See also

References

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  2. "Who is Pitbull? Patricio Pitbull's Golden Journey To The UFC". UFC.com. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  3. "Patricio "Pitbull" Freire". Sherdog. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  4. Raimondi, Marc (July 31, 2021). "A.J. McKee submits Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire to win Bellator featherweight title". ESPN. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  5. "Bellator 277: Patricio Pitbull Reclaims Featherweight Title in Decision Win Over A.J. McKee". Cageside Press. April 16, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  6. "Despite four years in UFC, Michael Chandler still holds a rare Bellator record: Revisiting major stats of the now-defunct promotion". Sportskeeda. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  7. "Bellator 300 results, highlights: Cris Cyborg dominates Cat Zingano to retain title with first-round TKO". CBS Sports. October 8, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  8. "Patricio Pitbull to defend Featherweight Title against Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Champions Series Belfast". Professional Fighters League. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  9. "Bellator Champions Series: Belfast Results". Combat Press. March 22, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  10. "Fighter KOs Opponent in 6 Seconds for One of the Fastest Wins in MMA History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  11. "Mike Kimbel ties Hector Lombard for the fastest KO in Bellator history". FanSided. October 12, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  12. "Sherdog Prospect Watch: Michele Martignoni". Sherdog. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  13. "Bellator 225 results, highlights: Aviv Gozali sets submission record in win over Eduard Muravitsky". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  14. "Bellator 225: Youngest competitor sets record with 11-second submission". Yahoo Sports. August 24, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  15. "Watch: The Ten Fastest Submissions in Bellator MMA History". Grappling Insider. January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  16. "Hamilton hands 4-foot-11 Freeland 1st loss via 22-second submission". theScore. Retrieved July 19, 2026.