List of Bellator MMA champions
Middleweight World Championship

List of Bellator MMA champions

Section Title: Middleweight World Championship
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No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign	Defenses

1	Cuba Hector Lombard def. Jared Hess	Bellator 12 Hollywood, FL, USA	June 19, 2009	1,040 days	1. def. Alexander Shlemenko at Bellator 34 on Oct 28, 2010

Lombard vacated the title on April 24, 2012 when he left Bellator for the UFC.

2	Russia Alexander Shlemenko def. Maiquel Falcão	Bellator 88 Duluth, GA, USA	February 7, 2013	597 days	1. def.

3	United States Brandon Halsey	Bellator 126 Phoenix, AZ, USA	September 26, 2014	230 days

Halsey was stripped of the title on May 14, 2015 after failing to make weight for his Bellator 137 title defense.

4	Brazil Rafael Carvalho def. Brandon Halsey	Bellator 144 Uncasville, CT, USA	October 23, 2015	945 days	1. def.

5	Netherlands Gegard Mousasi	Bellator 200 London, United Kingdom	May 25, 2018	338 days (incumbent)	1. def. Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on Sept 29, 2018

Sentence(s)

Bellator 144 Uncasville featured a Bellator Middleweight Championship bout between undefeated champion Brandon Halsey and Rafael Carvalho.

final_sentence: Bellator 144 Uncasville featured a Bellator Middleweight Championship bout between undefeated champion Brandon Halsey and Rafael Carvalho.