Updated Bellator Rankings: September 26, 2021

Since our previous Bellator Rankings, things have changed drastically.

No longer is Patricio ‘Pitbull’ a champion at 145-pounds. UFC alum Sergio Pettis now rules the roost at bantamweight. And Heavyweight has not one, but two belt holders. It’s not always easy determining who deserves what spot in the rankings, and for this reason, we’ve decided to establish two very important rules for our lists from this moment forward.

A. If a fighter’s most recent fight was for another promotion, they will not be eligible.

B. If said fighter hasn’t competed for over one year (365 days), they will also be ineligible.

This way, the rankings stay fresh and don’t allow for the same stale names to appear; why should somebody keep the #7 spot if they haven’t competed in 20 months?

Now that we’ve explained our criteria, lets jump into the rankings themselves.

Women’s Flyweight (125 Pounds)

C. Juliana Velasquez (12-0-0)

1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1-0)
2. Denise Kielholtz (6-3-0)
3. Liz Carmouche (16-7-0)
4. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)
5. DeAnna Bennett (11-7-1)
6. Alejandra Lara (9-5-0)
7. Veta Arteaga (6-4-0)
8. Vanessa Porto (23-9-0)
9. Ilara Joanne (9-6-0)
10. Diana Avsaragova (4-0-0)

Bantamweight (135 pounds)

C. Sergio Pettis (21-5-0)

1. Juan Archuleta (26-3-0)
2. Patchy Mix (14-1-0)
3. Raufeon Stots (17-1-0)
4. Leandro Higo (21-5-0)
5. Josh Hill (20-4-0)
6. James Gallagher (11-1-0)
7. Magomed Magomedov (18-2-0)
8. Jornel Lugo (7-0-0)
9. Matheus Mattos (13-2-1)
10. Danny Sabatello (11-1-0)

Women’s Featherweight (145 pounds)

C. Cris Cyborg (24-2-1)

1. Julia Budd (15-3-0)
2. Arlene Blencowe (14-8-0)
3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)
4. Leah McCourt (5-1-0)
5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4-0)
6. Janay Harding (6-5-0)
7. Jessica Miele (9-5-0)
8. Cat Zingano (12-4-0)
9. Talita Nogueira (8-2-0)
10. Jessica Borga (3-3-0)

Featherweight (145 pounds)

C. AJ McKee (18-0-0)

1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5-0)
2. Mads Burnell (16-3-0)
3. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-6-0)
4. Daniel Weichel (41-12-0)
5. Adam Borics (17-1-0)
6. Jay Jay Wilson (8-0-0)
7. Pedro Carvalho (11-5-0)
8. Aaron Pico (8-3-0)
9. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3-1)
10. Justin Gonzales (12-0-0)

Lightweight (155 pounds)

C. Patricio Pitbull (32-5-0)

1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4-0)
2. Islam Mademov (20-1-1)
3. Brent Primus (10-2-0)
4. Dan Moret (15-6-0)
5. Goiti Yamaguchi (26-5-0)
6. Myles Jury (19-6-0)
7. Peter Queally (13-5-1)
8. Patricky Pitbull (23-10-0)
9. Soren Bak (15-1-0)
10. Usman Nurmagomedov (13-0-0)

Welterweight (170 pounds)

C. Yaroslav Amasov (26-0-0)

1. Douglas Lima (32-9-0)
2. Michael Page (19-1-0)
3. Jason Jackson (15-4-0)
4. Neiman Gracie (11-2-0)
5. Paul Daley (43-18-2)
6. Logan Storely (12-1-0)
7. Andrey Koreshkov (24-4-0)
8. Sabah Homasi (15-10-0)
9. Ross Houston (8-1-0)
10. Oliver Enkamp (10-2-0)

Middleweight (185 pounds)

C. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2)

1. John Salter (18-5-0)
2. Costello van Steenis (13-2-0)
3. Austin Vanderford (11-0-0)
4. Fabian Edwards (9-2-0)
5. Mike Shipman (14-3-0)
6. Anatoly Tokov (29-3-0)
7. Johnny Eblen (9-0-0)
8. Norbert Novenyi Jr. (5-0-0)
9. Anthony Adams (9-2-0)
10. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3-0)

Light Heavyweight (205 pounds)

C. Vadim Nemkov (14-2-0)

1. Phil Davis (23-6-1)
2. Ryan Bader (28-6-1)
3. Corey Anderson (15-5-0)
4. Lyoto Machida (26-11-0)
5. Julius Anglickas (10-1-0)
6. Anthony Johnson (23-6-0)
7. Alex Polizzi (9-1-0)
8. Yoel Romero (13-6-0)
9. Karl Albrektsson (12-3-0)
10. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (18-6-1)

Heavyweight (265 pounds)

C. Ryan Bader (28-6-1)

IC. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1-0)

2. Tim Johnson (15-7-0)

3. Cheick Kongo (31-11-2)

4. Tyrell Fortune (11-1-0)

5. Linton Vassell (20-8-1)

6. Sergei Kharitonov (32-9-2)

7. Matt Mitrione (13-9-1)

8. Steve Mowry (9-0-0)

9. Said Sowma (7-2-0)

10. Davion Franklin (4-0-0)

Men’s Pound for Pound

1. AJ McKee (18-0-0)
2. Patricio Pitbull (32-5-0)
3. Vadim Nemkov (14-2-0)
4. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2)
5. Ryan Bader (28-6-1)
6. Yaroslav Amasov (26-0-0)
7. Sergio Pettis (21-5-0)
8. Douglas Lima (32-9-0)
9. Juan Archuleta (25-3-0)
10. Corey Anderson (15-5-0)

Women’s Pound for Pound

1. Cris Cyborg (24-2-0)
2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0-0)
3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1-0)
4. Julia Budd (15-3-0)
5. Liz Carmouche (16-7-0)
6. Denise Kielholtz (6-3-0)
7. Arlene Blencowe (14-8-0)
8. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)
9. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)
10. Leah McCourt (5-1-0)

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