List of Bellator MMA champions
Heavyweight World Championship

List of Bellator MMA champions

Section Title: Heavyweight World Championship
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses

1	United States Cole Konrad def. Neil Grove	Bellator 32 Kansas City, MO, USA	October 14, 2010	699 days	1. def. Eric Prindle at Bellator 70 on May 25, 2012

Konrad vacated the title on September 12, 2012 when he retired from MMA competition.

2	Russia Alexander Volkov def. Rich Hale	Bellator 84 Hammond, IN, USA	December 14, 2012	337 days

3	Russia Vitaly Minakov	Bellator 108 Atlantic City, NJ, USA	November 15, 2013	911 days	1. def. Cheick Kongo at Bellator 115 on Apr 4, 2014

Minakov was stripped of the title on May 14, 2016 after failing to make title defenses.

4	United States Ryan Bader def. Fedor Emelianenko	Bellator 214 Inglewood, CA, USA	January 26, 2019	92 days (incumbent)

Sentence(s)

On December 14, Volkov fought against Richard Hale in the Heavyweight World Championships.

final_sentence: On December 14, Volkov fought against Richard Hale in the Heavyweight World Championships.