Bellator API

The Bellator MMA archive as clean JSON: 20 cards from Bellator 131 (2014) to Bellator 172 (2017), results with method, round and time, official round-by-round stats in the same shape as /ufc, fighter profiles and head-to-head. Fighters with a UFC record keep their UFC slug. New to it? Start with the Bellator API overview. PRIDE, Strikeforce, WEC and the other archives, and /mma across all of them, are in the MMA archive docs.

BASEhttps://api.citoapi.com/api/v1

Bellator API RootAppend any endpoint path below.

Official round-by-round stats, in the /ufc shape

173 of the 232 bouts on file carry official round-by-round stats with the same field names and formats as the UFC API: significantStrikes, totalStrikes, takedowns, head, body, leg, distance, clinch and ground as "13 of 18", controlTime as "1:42", plus knockdowns, submissionAttempts and reversals. Code that reads a UFC round reads a Bellator round.

GET /api/v1/bellator/bouts/bellator-5600/rounds

What Bellator data is available?

20 Bellator cards from Bellator 131 (November 2014) to Bellator 172 (February 2017)

232 bouts with winner, method, round, time, finish position and submission, and referee

Official round-by-round stats on 173 bouts: significant and total strikes, takedowns, knockdowns, submission attempts, reversals and control time

Significant strikes by target (head, body, leg) and position (distance, clinch, ground), as "13 of 18" exactly like /ufc

325 fighter profiles with date of birth, height, reach, stance and hometown where they are on file

65 fighters who also have a UFC record, on the same slug as /ufc/fighters/{slug}

Career stats per fighter: landed, attempted and accuracy, plus significant strikes and takedowns absorbed

Head-to-head records and every meeting between two fighters

Cross-promotion models

Bellator rounds in the same fields as UFC rounds, so one feature pipeline covers both promotions.

Fight breakdowns

Round-by-round striking by target and position, takedowns and control time for every bout with official stats.

Fighter pages

Bio, Bellator record, fight history and career stats across 325 fighters, linked to their UFC record where one exists.

Matchup research

Head-to-head records between any two fighters on file, with every meeting.

Historical results

Winner, method, round, time, finish and referee for every bout on the 20 cards.

One fighter, two promotions

Follow ufcFighterSlug from a Bellator fighter straight to /ufc/fighters/{slug} without a name match.

From a card to the same fighter on UFC

6 calls, real ids

1Find cards with stats

GET /bellator/events?hasStats=true

2Open a card

GET /bellator/events/bellator-142

3Open a result

GET /bellator/bouts/bellator-5600

4Break it down by round

GET /bellator/bouts/bellator-5600/rounds

5Profile a fighter

GET /bellator/fighters/tito-ortiz

6Open the same fighter on UFC

GET /ufc/fighters/tito-ortiz

Promotion & search

GET/api/v1/bellator

BellatorArchive overview: coverage window, counts (events, bouts, bouts with official stats, fighters, fighters with a UFC record) and the endpoint list.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/search?q=kongo

SearchSearch fighters and events by name or nickname. Fighters carry ufcFighterSlug when they also have a UFC record.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/search?q=kongo" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Events & fight cards

GET/api/v1/bellator/events

List EventsEvery Bellator card on file, newest first: Bellator 131 (November 2014) to Bellator 172 (February 2017). Filter by from, to, q or hasStats.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/events" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}

SlugOne event and its full card, main event first, with each fighter's whole-fight totals (slug e.g. bellator-142).

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}/bouts

Event BoutsEvery bout on the card, main event first, with winner, method, round and time.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}/bouts" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}/stats?round=1

Slug StatsSame shape as /ufc/events/{slug}/stats: bouts, boutStats (whole fight) and roundStats for every bout on the card. Pro for the archive.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/events/{slug}/stats?round=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Bouts & round stats

GET/api/v1/bellator/bouts?fighter=tito-ortiz

Event BoutsQuery bouts by fighter, opponent, event, weight class, method, title fight, date or hasStats.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/bouts?fighter=tito-ortiz" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}

BoutIdFull bout: result, method, round and time, finish position and submission, referee, judges' scores, both corners with totals, and every round (boutId e.g. bellator-5600).

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}/rounds

Bout RoundsOfficial round-by-round stats per corner: knockdowns, significant and total strikes, takedowns, submission attempts, reversals, control time, by target and position. Pro for the archive.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}/rounds" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}/stats

BoutId StatsWhole-fight totals (boutStats) and every round (roundStats). Paid plans; archive stats on Pro.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/bouts/{boutId}/stats" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Fighters & head-to-head

GET/api/v1/bellator/fighters?ufc=true

List FightersEveryone who fought on a Bellator card on file. ufc=true keeps only fighters who also have a UFC record.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/fighters?ufc=true" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}

SlugBio (date of birth, height, reach, stance, hometown), Bellator record, the UFC pointer, other promotions and the last five Bellator fights.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}/fights

FightsEvery Bellator bout from the fighter's side, newest first, with opponent and outcome.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}/fights" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}/stats

Slug StatsCareer totals over the fighter's Bellator bouts: landed, attempted and accuracy, by target and position, plus strikes and takedowns absorbed. Paid plans.

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/fighters/{slug}/stats" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

GET/api/v1/bellator/h2h?fighter1=phil-davis&fighter2=emanuel-newton

H2hHead-to-head record and every meeting between two fighters (slugs or names).

Bash

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/h2h?fighter1=phil-davis&fighter2=emanuel-newton" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Bout example

curl "https://api.citoapi.com/api/v1/bellator/bouts/bellator-5600" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "id": "bellator-5600",
  "eventSlug": "bellator-142",
  "eventName": "Bellator 142: Dynamite 1",
  "date": "2015-09-19",
  "weightClass": "Light Heavyweight",
  "titleFight": true,
  "scheduledRounds": 5,
  "winnerFighterSlug": "liam-mcgeary",
  "method": "Submission",
  "resultRound": 1,
  "resultTime": "4:41",
  "finish": { "position": "On Ground", "submission": "Triangle Choke" },
  "referee": { "name": "John McCarthy" },
  "officialStats": true,
  "fighters": [
    { "corner": "red", "fighterSlug": "liam-mcgeary", "outcome": "win", "ufcFighterSlug": null,
      "totals": { "significantStrikes": "6 of 11", "totalStrikes": "16 of 24", "takedowns": "1 of 1",
                  "head": "6 of 11", "distance": "2 of 6", "ground": "4 of 5", "knockdowns": 0 } },
    { "corner": "blue", "fighterSlug": "tito-ortiz", "outcome": "loss", "ufcFighterSlug": "tito-ortiz",
      "totals": { "significantStrikes": "4 of 15", "totalStrikes": "19 of 30", "takedowns": "0 of 0",
                  "head": "4 of 15", "distance": "3 of 13", "ground": "1 of 2", "submissionAttempts": 2 } }
  ],
  "roundStats": [ "…one row per corner per round, same fields" ]
}

Same fighter ID as UFC

65 of the 325 Bellator fighters also have a UFC record, and they keep the same slug on both APIs: tito-ortiz and phil-davis are the same id on /bellator and /ufc. Every fighter object carries ufcFighterSlug (null when there is no UFC record), and the profile adds the UFC path, so joining the two promotions never needs a name match.

GET /api/v1/bellator/fighters/tito-ortiz

{
  "slug": "tito-ortiz",
  "name": "Tito Ortiz",
  "nickname": "The People's Champ",
  "record": { "wins": 1, "losses": 1, "draws": 0, "noContests": 0, "text": "1-1-0" },
  "recordNote": "Record in Bellator fights in our archive (2014-2017), not the fighter's full career.",
  "ufc": {
    "ufcFighterSlug": "tito-ortiz",
    "ufcFighterPath": "/api/v1/ufc/fighters/tito-ortiz"
  }
}

Filter the directory to these fighters with /bellator/fighters?ufc=true. For a fighter's archive record in every promotion at once (PRIDE, Strikeforce, WEC and the rest), use /mma/fighters/{slug}; for a whole pro career including UFC fights, the UFC career endpoint.

Good to know

Bellator is a closed archive (2014 to 2017): no live data, rankings or upcoming cards. /bellator/events/upcoming always returns an empty list with a note in meta.
Some cards are partial. Bellator 148, 149 and 172 hold only some of their bouts (Bellator 172 has no Fedor vs Mitrione), and some prelims carry results without stats. Check hasStats on events and bouts, or filter with hasStats=true.
A fighter's record on /bellator counts the Bellator fights on file only, as recordNote says, not their full career.
Like /ufc, in-depth data follows your plan's history window. Older records are left out of lists and round stats are refused outside it, with the reason in meta.historyWindow. The dashboard sandbox opens any archive record before you upgrade.
Aliases are accepted: /bellator/athletes maps to fighters, /bellator/fight-cards to events and /bellator/head-to-head to h2h. OpenAPI spec: api.citoapi.com/api/v1/openapi.json

Included with UFC

Bellator comes with UFC on every plan, no extra game to add. Fighters, profiles, fight histories and bout results work on a free key.

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