Bellator Kickboxing was an American
kickboxing
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promotion company based in
Los Angeles
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, active between 2016 and 2019. Bellator was founded in 2016 by president
Scott Coker. It was the sister promotion of
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...
. On April 16, 2016, Bellator held its inaugural kickboxing event,
Bellator Kickboxing 1. On February 19, 2022, Coker confirmed that the promotion shut down in 2020 to focus on MMA.
Events
Broadcast partners
Bellator Kickboxing airs on
Paramount Network
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(formerly Spike TV). Bellator Kickboxing debuted on Spike on April 16, 2016.
Last champions
Championship history
Welterweight Championship
'' to ''
Featherweight Championship
'' to ''
Women's Flyweight Championship
'' to ''
Notable fighters
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)
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Filip Verlinden
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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
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Melvin Manhoef
Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese people, Surinamese-born Dutch people, Dutch mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime (kickboxing), It's Showtime Middl ...
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)
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Karim Ghajji
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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
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 18 October 1988) is a Dutch female Muay Thai kickboxer, based in Den Helder, Netherlands. She has competed professionally since 2004 and is the current ISKA Welterweight World Muay Thai champion, Lion Fight Women's World W ...
Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)
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Denise Kielholtz
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 ev ...
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Kickboxing promotions
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Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) was an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney and operated until 2025. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor ...
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List of Bellator champions
Bellator MMA (formerly known as "Bellator Fighting Championships") was 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 founded ...
References
External links
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2016 establishments in the United States
Sports organizations established in 2016
Kickboxing in North America
American companies disestablished in 2020