Bellator Kickboxing was an American
kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
promotion company based in
Los Angeles, 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) is an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media cong ...
. On April 16, 2016, Bellator held its inaugural kickboxing event,
Bellator Kickboxing 1.
Events
Broadcast partners
Bellator Kickboxing airs on
Paramount Network (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
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John Wayne Parr
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Melvin Manhoef
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
Gabriel Varga (born May 16, 1985) is a Canadian kickboxer who competes in the Lightweight division of Karate Combat. He is the former Bellator KB Featherweight champion, the former two time Glory Featherweight champion and the former WKN ligh ...
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Kevin Ross
Women's Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
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Jorina Baars
Women's Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)
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Denise Kielholtz
See also
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List of Bellator MMA events
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Kickboxing promotions
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Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media cong ...
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List of Bellator champions
References
External links
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Kickboxing organizations
Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...
2016 establishments in the United States
Sports organizations established in 2016
Kickboxing in North America