Bellator Kickboxing was an American
kickboxing promotion
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Marketing
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company based in
Los Angeles
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, active between 2016 and 2019. Bellator was founded in 2016 by president
Scott Coker
Scott Coker (born October 3, 1962) is an American mixed martial artist, Taekwondoin, former movie stuntman, and combat sports promoter. He is the founder and former CEO of MMA promotion Strikeforce and the current President of Bellator MMA.
Bac ...
. It was the sister promotion of
Bellator MMA. On April 16, 2016, Bellator held its inaugural kickboxing event,
Bellator Kickboxing 1.
Events
Broadcast partners
Bellator Kickboxing airs on
Paramount Network
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The channel was ...
(formerly Spike TV). Bellator Kickboxing debuted on Spike on April 16, 2016.
Last champions
Championship history
Welterweight Championship
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Featherweight Championship
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Women's Flyweight Championship
'' to ''
Notable fighters
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)
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Filip Verlinden
Filip Verlinden (born 26 December 1982) is a Belgian kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Verlinden was introduced to the sport at an early age and came to prominence in 2008 when he won the WKA European Super C ...
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Joe Schilling
Joseph Francis Schilling (born January 13, 1984) is an American professional Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who most recently competed for Bellator Kickboxing in the Middleweight division, and in the Middleweight division for Bell ...
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John Wayne Parr
John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr (born 25 May 1976), also known as JWP, is a retired Australian Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a former 10-time World Champion and was the ru ...
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Melvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese-born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime Middleweight Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion. In mixed mar ...
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)
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Karim Ghajji
Karim Ghajji (born January 16, 1981), is a Moroccan-French kickboxer and B-boy.
He is a former Glory Welterweight Championship challenger.
Combat Press ranked him in the welterweight top ten between September 2014 and April 2018.
Biography ...
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Mustapha Haida
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Raymond Daniels
Lightweight (155 lb, 70 kg)
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Amansio Paraschiv
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Giorgio Petrosyan
Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan ( hy, Գևորգ Պետրոսյան; born December 10, 1985) is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. Nicknamed "The Doctor" and noted for his supreme technical skills, ringsmanship a ...
Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
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Gabriel Varga
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Kevin Ross
Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
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Jorina Baars
Jorina Baars (born ) is a Dutch female kickboxing, K1 Muay Thai fighter, based in Den Helder, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2004 and is the current ISKA Welterweight World Muay Thai champion and the Enfusion Women's Featherwe ...
Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)
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Denise Kielholtz
Denise Kielholtz (born 30 March 1989) is a Dutch female Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2004 and is the current Bellator Kickboxing Women's Flyweight Champio ...
See also
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List of Bellator MMA events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships"), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. The first event, Bellator 1, took place on April 3, 2009. Upcoming fi ...
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Kickboxing promotions
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Bellator MMA
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List of Bellator champions
Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") is an American mixed martial arts promotion, and the following is a history of its champions in each weight class.
At the time of its inception in 2008, CEO Bjorn Rebney
Bjorn ...
References
External links
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