Huge news coming out from Bellator involves the creation of the Women's Featherweight (145lb) division with the inaugural signings of Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd. Scott Coker was instrumental in supporting Women's MMA during his Strikeforce tenure, signing many of the sport's best female talent in Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey, and Cristiane Cyborg Justino (then Santos). While the move might be considered somewhat puzzling, Bellator's move into back into Women's MMA is a welcome addition in further increasing the opportunities for female fighters in the sport.
Bellator 123 will kick off their Season 11 series Friday, September 5th at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut live on Spike TV, with the prelims available on www.Spike.com.
The following is a list of fighters under multi-fight contracts with Bellator and the transactions associated with the organization, as they appear on the Bellator.com site. The roster list and the transaction information are only as comprehensive as the site is, which has been greatly improved over the past couple months. If you have any info or insights into the fighters without a signing date, I'll happily edit the article.
Recent Signings
The fighters listed have been signed (or re-signed) to recent multi-fight contracts or have yet to make their debut. Fighters are listed by their signing date, if known.
| DATE | NAME | DIVISION (Rank) | RECORD |
| Aug 14, 2014 | Marloes Coenen | 145 (3) | 21-6 |
| Aug 14, 2014 | Julia Budd | 145 (2) | 6-2 |
| July 31, 2014 | Alejandro Villalobos | 145 (110) | 17-3 |
| July 29, 2014 | Hideo Tokoro | 135 (192) | 32-27-2 |
| July 22, 2014 | Tamdan McCrory | 185 (NR-I) | 11-3 |
| July 21, 2014 | Melvin Manhoef | 185 (57 @ WW) | 28-11-1-1 |
| July 21, 2014 | Paul Daley | 170 (77) | 34-13-2 (1-0) |
| July 16, 2014 | Bobby Lashley | 265 (78) | 10-2 |
| July 1, 2014 | John Teixeira | 145 (64) | 16-1-2 |
| June 16, 2014 | Anthony Dizy | 145 (LW-377) | 5-0 |
| May 29, 2014 | Ed West (re-signed) | 135 (114) | 18-8 (4-3) |
| May 29, 2014 | Pablo Villaseca | 155 (347) | 9-0 |
| May 22, 2014 | Andre Santos | 170 (41) | 33-9 |
| May 22, 2014 | Tom DeBlass | 205 (44) | 9-2 |
| May 22, 2014 | Dmitriy Sosnovskiy | 265 (76) | 8-0 |
| May 22, 2014 | Malik Merad | 205 (HW-116) | 19-11 |
| May 22, 2014 | Steve Garcia (re-signed) | 135 (UR) | 4-0 |
| May 19, 2014 | Davi Ramos | 155 (260) | 4-0 |
| May 9, 2014 | Jonathan Rivera | 155 (UR) | 4-0 |
| March 24, 2014 | Ben Reiter | 185 (68) | 14-0-1 |
| Feb 16, 2014 | Shamil Zavurov | 155 (WW-98) | 22-3-1 |
| Dec 28, 2013 | Emiliano Sordi | 205 (MW-120) | 12-4 |
| Nov 7, 2013 | Aaron Wilkinson | 170 (261) | 11-6 |
| Oct 13, 2013 | Cleiton Duarte | 145 (UR) | 13-2 |
| Oct 8, 2013 | Rodrigo Botti | 170 (UR) | 6-0-0-1 |
| Sept. 2013 | Cole Williams | 170 (NR-I) | 6-1 |
| July 27, 2013 | Mark Scanlon | 170 (UR) | 9-2 |
| May 22, 2013 | Rob Sinclair | 155 (NR-I) | 12-2 |
| Zeilton Rodrigues | 135 (73) | 12-3 | |
| Antonio Duarte | 135 (79) | 18-5 | |
| Andreas Michailidis | 205 (128) | 5-1 | |
| Benjamin Smith | 170 (189) | 7-2 | |
| Razak Al-Hassan | 205 (NR-I) | 12-4 | |
| Jeremiah Graziano | 185 (UR) | 0-0 |
Recent Cuts
These fighters have been recently released from their contracts, listed in order of release date.
| DATE | NAME | DIVISION (Rank) | RECORD (BMMA) | REASON |
| Aug 9, 2014 | Jon Koppenhaver | 170 (170) | 14-5 (2-1) | Released |
| July 24, 2014 | Joe Riggs | 170 (86) | 40-14-0-1 (1-0) | Signed by UFC |
| June 25, 2014 | Travis Marx | 135 (27) | 21-5-0-1 (3-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Anthony Leone | 135 (43) | 13-7 (3-4) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Nathan Coy | 170 (63) | 14-5 (2-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Carlos Eduardo | 205 (70) | 11-4 (1-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Jeremy Kimball | 185 (85) | 10-4 (1-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Sergej Grecicho | 145 (90) | 20-5-1 (0-0) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Rodrigo Lima | 135 (94) | 11-2 (1-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Eric Prindle | 265 (95) | 8-6-0-1 (3-5-0-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Hiroshi Nakamura | 135 (139) | 16-7-4 (1-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Jason Fischer | 155 (204) | 6-3 (3-3) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Frank Baca | 135 (226) | 16-4 (0-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Jared Downing | 155 (287) | 9-5 (0-3) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Keith Berry | 185 (361) | 15-13 (2-3) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Vaughn Anderson | 170 (367) | 16-3-1 (0-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Trey Houston | 170 (UR) | 10-2 (1-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Anthony Lemon | 170 (UR) | 3-4 (0-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Eric Smith | 265 (UR) | 6-2-0-1 (0-1) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Tim Welch | 155 (UR) | 10-5 (0-2) | Released |
| June 25, 2014 | Nick Kirk | 135 (UR) | 10-3 (0-3) | Released |
Bantamweights (135lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 5 (BMMA Champ) | Eduardo Dantas | 16-3 (6-0) | |
| 10 (Interim Champ) | Joe Warren | 11-3 (9-2) | |
| 11 | Robert Emerson | 16-10-0-1 (2-0) | |
| 21 | Marcos Galvao | 16-6-1 (6-3) | |
| 30 | Rafael Silva | 21-4 (2-1) | |
| 41 | L.C. Davis | 21-6 (1-0) | |
| 59 (@ FW) | Mike Richman | 16-5 (5-4) | Ed West @ BMMA 126 |
| 73 | Zeilton Rodrigues | 12-3 (0-0) | |
| 79 | Antonio Duarte | 18-5 (0-0) | |
| 82 | Joe Taimanglo | 19-6-1 (2-2) | |
| 114 | Ed West | 18-8 (4-3) | Mike Richman @ BMMA 126 |
| 148 (@ FW) | Brandon Bender | 12-1 (2-1) | |
| 192 | Hideo Tokoro | 32-27-2 | |
| UR | Steve Garcia | 4-0 (2-0) | Kin Moy @ BMMA 123 |
Featherweights (145lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT/CARD |
| 5 (BMMA Champ) | Pat Curran | 20-5 (10-2) | Patricio Freire @ BMMA 123 |
| 7 | Patricio Freire | 21-2 (9-2) | Pat Curran @ BMMA 123 |
| 12 | Daniel Weichel | 34-8 (3-0) | |
| 14 | Daniel Straus | 22-5 (8-2) | |
| 31 | Fabricio da Silva | 20-3-0-1 (2-1) |
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| 36 | Marlon Sandro | 25-5-1 (8-3) | |
| 37 | Desmond Green | 11-3 (3-2) | |
| 41 | Matt Bessette | 13-5 (4-1) | Scott Cleve @ BMMA 123 |
| 42 | Diego Nunes | 18-6 (0-2) | |
| 51 | Goiti Yamauchi | 17-2 (3-1) | Martin Stapleton @ BMMA 125 |
| 60 | ShahbulatShamhalaev | 12-3-1 (3-2) | |
| 64 | John Teixeira | 16-1-2 (0-0) | |
| 84 | Genair da Silva | 14-5 (2-2) | |
| 89 | Will Martinez | 9-3-1 (5-1) | |
| 90 | Chris Horodecki | 20-5-1-1 (1-2-1) | |
| 99 | Bubba Jenkins | 7-1 (4-1) | Alejandro Villalobos @ BMMA 126 |
| 107 | Julio Cesar Neves | 29-0 (1-0) | |
| 110 | Alejandro Villalobos | 17-3 (0-0) | Bubba Jenkins @ BMMA 125 |
| 124 | Scott Cleve | 14-4 (1-1) | Matt Bessette @ BMMA 123 |
| 196 (@ LW) | Eric Wisely | 22-9 (1-1) | |
| 207 | Poppies Martinez | 29-10-0-1 (1-2) |
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| 207 (@ LW) | Jordan Parsons | 10-1 (1-0) | |
| 307 (@ LW) | Martin Stapleton | 13-3 (0-2) | Goiti Yamauchi @ BMMA 125 |
| 358 | Darrion Caldwell | 5-0 (2-0) | |
| 377 (@ LW) | Anthony Dizy | 5-0 (0-0) | |
| NR-I (Visa issues) | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | 21-5 (5-0) | |
| NR-I | Shanon Slack | 6-1 (3-1) | |
| UR | Israel Giron | 18-4 (2-0) | |
| UR | Cleiton Duarte | 13-2 (0-0) |
Lightweights (155lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 6 (BMMA Champ) | Eddie Alvarez | 25-3 (9-1) | |
| 10 (Interim Champ) | Will Brooks | 14-1 (6-1) | |
| 11 | Michael Chandler | 12-2 (9-2) | |
| NR-I | Dave Jansen | 19-2 (6-0) | |
| 32 | Patricky Freire | 13-5 (6-4) | Marcin Held @ BMMA 126 |
| 41 | Alexander Sarnavskiy | 27-2 (4-2) | |
| 42 | Marcin Held | 19-3 (8-2) | Patricky Friere @ BMMA 126 |
| 60 | Justin Wilcox | 14-6-0-1 (3-1) | |
| 63 | David Rickels | 15-3 (9-3) | |
| 77 | Saad Awad | 16-6 (4-3) | |
| 89 | Ricardo Tirloni | 17-5 (3-4) | Todd Moore @ Arena Tour 3 |
| 97 | John Alessio | 35-14-0-1 (1-1) | |
| 98 (@ WW) | Shamil Zavurov | 24-3-1 (0-0) | |
| 101 | Paul Sass | 14-2 (1-0) | |
| 136 | Derek Anderson | 11-1-0-1 (2-1) | |
| 154 | Derek Campos | 14-4 (3-2) | |
| 240 | Brent Primus | 5-0 (3-0) | |
| 260 | Davi Ramos | 4-0 (0-0) | |
| 276 | Terry Etim | 16-5 (1-0) | |
| 297 (@ WW) | Marcus Davis | 22-11-0-1 (0-1-0-1) | |
| 325 | Brandon Girtz | 10-4 (3-2) | |
| 327 | Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia | 14-3 (0-1) | |
| 347 | Pablo Villaseca | 9-0 (0-0) | |
| 436 | Joe Duarte | 10-4 (0-1) | |
| UR | Patrick Cenoble | 9-3-1 (0-1-1) | |
| UR | Remy Bussieres | 3-1 (1-1) | |
| UR | Jonathan Rivera | 4-0 (0-0) | |
| NR-I | Guillaume DeLorenzi | 10-2 (1-1) | |
| NR-I | Rob Sinclair | 12-2 (0-0) |
Welterweights (170lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 13 (BMMA Champ) | Douglas Lima | 26-5 (8-1) | |
| 21 | Andrey Koreshkov | 17-1 (8-1) | |
| 26 | Rick Hawn | 18-3 (10-3) | |
| 36 | Adam McDonough | 11-1 (3-1) | |
| 41 | Andre Santos | 36-9 (0-0) | |
| 62 | Paul Bradley | 21-6-0-1 (1-1) | |
| 63 | Ryan Jensen | 20-8 (1-0) | |
| 70 | Fernando Gonzalez | 21-12 (1-0) | |
| 77 | Paul Daley | 34-13-2 (1-0) | |
| 82 | Karl Amoussou | 17-7-2 (5-4) | |
| 87 | Marius Zaromskis | 20-8-0-1 (4-2) | |
| 92 | Sam Oropeza | 11-2 (3-1) | |
| 99 | Karo Parisyan | 24-10-0-1 (2-1) | |
| 107 | Michael Page | 6-0 (2-0) | |
| 108 | Jesse Juarez | 21-9 (5-1) | |
| 112 | Justin Baesman | 14-5-1 (0-2-1) | |
| 131 | Ron Keslar | 11-6 (2-2) | |
| 177 | Ricky Rainey | 8-3 (1-1) | |
| 189 | Benjamin Smith | 7-2 (0-0) | |
| 208 | Nah-Shon Burrell | 10-4-0-1 (1-1) | |
| 248 | Cristiano Souza | 7-1 (3-1) | |
| 250 | Herman Terrado | 11-3-1 (0-1-1) | |
| 260 | Dante Rivera | 16-7 (1-1) | |
| 261 | Aaron Wilkinson | 11-6 (0-0) | |
| 310 | Gavin Sterritt | 6-1 (2-0) | |
| 321 (@ LW) | Sidney Outlaw | 3-0 (1-0) | |
| 335 | Luis Sergio Melo Jr. | 29-13-3 (1-1) | |
| 408 | A.J. Matthews | 6-3 (2-2) | |
| NR-I | Bryan Baker | 18-5 (8-4) | |
| UR | Guillermo Ayme | 6-1-0-1 (0-1) | |
| UR | Rodrigo Botti | 6-0-0-1 (0-0) | |
| UR | Mark Scanlon | 9-2 (0-0) | |
| UR | Phil Baroni | 15-18 (0-1) | |
| NR-I | Cole Williams | 6-1 (0-0) |
Middleweights (185lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 19 (BMMA Champ) | Alexander Shlemenko | 50-8 (11-2) | Brandon Halsey @ BMMA 126 |
| 33 | Brandon Halsey | 7-0 (5-0) | Alexander Shlemenko @ BMMA 126 |
| 35 | Doug Marshall | 18-7 (4-1) | Melvin Manhoef @ BMMA 125 |
| 41 | Brett Cooper | 20-10 (7-5) | |
| 47 | Mikkel Parlo | 12-2 (4-2) | |
| 56 | Perry Filkins | 8-1 (2-0) | Dan Cramer @ BMMA 123 |
| 57 (@ WW) | Melvin Manhoef | 28-11-1-1 (0-0) | Doug Marshall @ BMMA 125 |
| 58 | Brennan Ward | 9-2 (5-2) | Tamdan McCrory @ BMMA 123 |
| 68 | Ben Reiter | 14-0-1 (0-0) | |
| 69 | Kendall Grove | 19-14-0-1 (1-1) | |
| 70 | Jason Butcher | 7-1 (4-1) | |
| 101 | Brian Rogers | 11-6 (4-4) | James Irvin @ BMMA 125 |
| 163 | Eugene Fadiora | 13-2 (1-1) | |
| 358 | Cortez Coleman | 10-6 (2-3) | |
| NR-I | Dan Cramer | 10-4 (7-3) | Perry Filkins @ BMMA 123 |
| UR | Justin Torrey | 7-1 (2-1) | |
| UR | Joe Pacheco | 7-2 (2-2) | |
| NR-I | James Irvin | 17-10-0-2 (0-0) | Brian Rogers @ BMMA 125 |
| NR-I | Tamdan McCrory | 11-3 (0-0) | Brennan Ward @ BMMA 123 |
Light Heavyweights (205lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 11 (BMMA Champ) | Emanuel Newton | 23-7-1 (6-1) | Joey Beltran @ BMMA 124 |
| 13 | Quinton Jackson | 35-11 (3-0) | |
| 14 | Tito Ortiz | 17-11-1 (1-0) | |
| 16 | Attila Vegh | 29-5-2 (5-1) | |
| 18 | Muhammed Lawal | 12-4-0-1 (4-3) | Tom DeBlass @ BMMA 123 |
| 21 | Mikhail Zayats | 22-8 (2-2) | |
| 27 | Kelly Anundson | 9-2 (3-0) | Liam McGeary @ BMMA 124 |
| 30 | Linton Vassell | 14-3-0-1 (2-0) | |
| 31 | Joey Beltran | 15-10-0-1 (1-1) | Emanuel Newton @ BMMA 124 |
| 38 | Liam McGeary | 8-0 (5-0) | Kelly Anundson @ BMMA 124 |
| 44 | Tom DeBlass | 9-2 (2-0) |
Mo Lawal @ BMMA 123 |
| 45 | Rodney Wallace | 21-9-1 (1-1) | |
| 50 | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | 15-12 (1-0) | |
| 58 | Virgil Zwicker | 12-4 (1-1) | |
| 67 | Luiz Philipe Lins | 9-1 (2-1) | |
| 81 | Egidijus Valavicius | 27-11 (2-1) | |
| 98 | Christian M'Pumbu | 18-6-1 (3-3) | |
| 108 | Volkan Oezdemir | 10-1 (1-1) | |
| 112 | Austen Heidlage | 7-1 (0-1) | |
| 116 (@ HW) | Malik Merad | 19-11 (0-0) | |
| 121 (@ MW) | Emiliano Sordi | 12-4 (0-0) | |
| 129 | Andreas Michailidis | 5-1 (0-0) | |
| 152 | Ray Sloan | 7-0 (1-0) | |
| 168 | Mike Mucitelli | 6-1-0-1 (4-1-0-1) | Mark Griffin @ Bellator 123 |
| NR-I | Razak Al-Hassan | 12-4 (0-0) | |
| UR | Mark Griffin | 3-3-1 (0-1) | Mike Mucitelli @ BMMA 123 |
Heavyweights (265lb)
| RANK | NAME | RECORD (BMMA Record) | NEXT OPPONENT (Rank) |
| 11 (BMMA Champ) | Vitaly Minakov | 14-0 (5-0) | |
| 14 | Alexander Volkov | 22-4 (6-1) | |
| 18 | Cheick Kongo | 21-9-2 (3-1) | Lavar Johnson @ BMMA 123 |
| 34 | Blagoi Ivanov | 11-1-0-1 (6-1) | |
| 38 | Javy Ayala | 7-3 (2-0) | Raphael Butler @ BMMA 125 |
| 42 | James Thompson | 20-14-0-1 (1-0) | |
| 47 | Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz | 7-3 (2-1) | |
| 50 | Lavar Johnson | 18-9 (1-2) | Cheick Kongo @ BMMA 123 |
| 56 | Siala-Mou Siliga | 6-3 (3-1) | |
| 57 | Peter Graham | 9-7 (1-2) | |
| 58 | Ryan Martinez | 10-4 (3-3) | |
| 76 | Dmitriy Sosnovskiy | 8-0 (0-0) | |
| 78 | Bobby Lashley | 10-2 (0-0) | Josh Burns @ BMMA 123 |
| 88 | Raphael Butler | 8-0-1 (3-0-1) | Javy Ayala @ BMMA 125 |
| 108 | Mike Wessel | 14-7 (3-1) | Josh Diekmann @ BMMA 123 |
| 124 | Stuart Austin | 8-0 (1-0) | |
| 162 | Josh Diekmann | 14-5-0-1 (2-0-0-1) | Mike Wessel @ BMMA 123 |
| 168 | Augusto Sakai | 7-0 (2-0) | |
| 177 | Josh Appelt | 10-3 (3-1) | |
| 198 | Karl Etherington | 9-0 (1-0) | |
| UR | Maurice Jackson | 2-1-0-3 (1-0) | |
| UR | Dan Charles | 7-1 (0-1) | |
| UR | Matt Frembling | 9-3 (0-1) | |
| UR | Manny Lara | 4-4-0-1 (0-3-0-1) |
*All Rankings taken from Fight Matrix at time of writing. UR indicates an Unranked fighter. NR-I indicates an Inactive fighter
