List of Bellator MMA champions
Lightweight World Championship

List of Bellator MMA champions

Section Title: Lightweight World Championship
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses

1	United States Eddie Alvarez def. Toby Imada	Bellator 12 Hollywood, FL, USA	June 19, 2009	883 days	1. def. Pat Curran at Bellator 39 on Apr 2, 2011

2	United States Michael Chandler	Bellator 58 Hollywood, FL, USA	November 19, 2011	715 days	1. def.

3	United States Eddie Alvarez (2)	Bellator 106 Long Beach, CA, USA	November 2, 2013	290 days

United States Will Brooks def. Michael Chandler for interim title	Bellator 120 Southaven, MS, USA	May 17, 2014	—

Title was vacated on August 19, 2014 when Alvarez was granted a release from the promotion.

4	United States Will Brooks def. Michael Chandler for undisputed title	Bellator 131 San Diego, CA, USA	November 15, 2014	546 days	1. def.

Title was vacated on May 14, 2016 when Brooks was granted a release from the promotion.

5	United States Michael Chandler (2) def. Patricky Freire	Bellator 157 St. Louis, MO, USA	June 24, 2016	365 days	1. def. Benson Henderson at Bellator 165 on Nov 19, 2016

6	United States Brent Primus	Bellator NYC New York City, NY, USA	June 24, 2017	539 days

7	United States Michael Chandler (3)	Bellator 212 Honolulu, HI, USA	December 14, 2018	135 days (incumbent)

Sentence(s)

On May 17, 2014, Brooks faced Michael Chandler at Bellator 120 for the Interim Bellator Lightweight Championship.

final_sentence: On May 17, 2014, Brooks faced Michael Chandler at Bellator 120 for the Interim Bellator Lightweight Championship.