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Top 18 Non-UFC MMA Champions of the 2020s

by YPB Team

Champions crowned outside the Octagon — Bellator grinders, ONE finishers, PFL season winners, and RIZIN stars all lay claim to the era. Who reigns supreme? Cast your vote!

  1. Demetrious Johnson — ranked #11
    Demetrious Johnson
    ONE Championship flyweight world champion widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in MMA history.
    1000pts
  2. Stamp Fairtex — ranked #22
    Stamp Fairtex
    ONE Championship women's atomweight MMA champion and a multi-discipline star across MMA, Muay Thai and kickboxing.
    647pts
  3. Patricio Pitbull — ranked #33
    Patricio Pitbull
    Bellator featherweight champion and the promotion's most decorated star, a multi-time titleholder through the early 2020s.
    624pts
  4. Johnny Eblen — ranked #44
    Johnny Eblen
    Bellator middleweight champion who dethroned Gegard Mousasi and reigned as the division's dominant force.
    624pts
  5. Larissa Pacheco — ranked #55
    Larissa Pacheco
    PFL women's featherweight champion who upset Kayla Harrison to win the season title in 2022.
    560pts
  6. AJ McKee — ranked #66
    AJ McKee
    Bellator featherweight champion who won the grand prix and beat Patricio Pitbull to claim the title.
    560pts
  7. Roberto Soldic — ranked #77
    Roberto Soldic
    KSW two-division welterweight and middleweight champion and one of Europe's most feared knockout artists.
    560pts
  8. Anatoly Malykhin — ranked #88
    Anatoly Malykhin
    ONE Championship multi-division champion who unified heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight gold.
    485pts
  9. Reinier de Ridder — ranked #99
    Reinier de Ridder
    ONE Championship two-division champion holding middleweight and light heavyweight world titles.
    485pts
  10. Kayla Harrison — ranked #1010
    Kayla Harrison
    Two-time PFL women's lightweight champion and undefeated Olympic judo gold medalist before joining the UFC.
    397pts
  11. Vadim Nemkov — ranked #1111
    Vadim Nemkov
    Bellator light heavyweight champion who knocked out Ryan Bader in 2020 and set the division's title-defense record.
    397pts
  12. Christian Lee — ranked #1212
    Christian Lee
    ONE Championship lightweight and welterweight champion and one of the promotion's two-division kings.
    397pts
  13. Usman Nurmagomedov — ranked #1313
    Usman Nurmagomedov
    Bellator lightweight champion who captured gold in 2022 and defended the belt as an undefeated standout.
    291pts
  14. Kyoji Horiguchi — ranked #1414
    Kyoji Horiguchi
    RIZIN bantamweight and flyweight champion regarded as one of the best lighter-weight fighters outside the UFC.
    291pts
  15. Olivier Aubin-Mercier — ranked #1515
    Olivier Aubin-Mercier
    Back-to-back PFL lightweight champion who claimed the season title in 2022 and 2023.
    291pts
  16. Brendan Loughnane — ranked #1616
    Brendan Loughnane
    PFL featherweight champion who won the 2022 season title with a finish in the final.
    0pts
  17. Cris Cyborg — ranked #1717
    Cris Cyborg
    Bellator women's featherweight champion and one of the most dominant strikers in the sport's history.
    0pts
  18. Ryan Bader — ranked #1818
    Ryan Bader
    Bellator heavyweight champion and former two-division titleholder who reigned over the heavyweight ranks into the 2020s.
    0pts

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