Big list of Bellator Releases, Rankings Update, and Women's Featherweight

Bellator announced last night a large list of around 30 fighters being released, with three fighters confirming their retirement. Continuing my 8 part series to publish my unofficial rankings for Bellator MMA fighters leading up to Thursday's Bellator 250: Mousasi vs Lima event, today I publish my women's featherweight rankings. But first, check out this big list of fighters who have been released from Bellator last night. There are some big names on this list, including former UFC fighters Frank Mir and Roy Nelson, as well as former Bellator champions including, Joe Warren, and Rafael Carvalho. Check out the full list below:

Recently Released/Retired Bellator MMA Fighters

Pat Curran (Retired) (Former featherweight champion)

Rafael Lovato Jr (Retired) (Former middleweight champion)

Jon Fitch (Retired) (Former UFC fighter)

Roy Nelson (Former UFC fighter)

Frank Mir (Former UFC fighter)

Joe Warren (Former bantamweight champion

Rafael Carvalho (Former middleweight champion)

Joe Schilling

AJ Agazarm

Adel Altamimi

Ricky Bandejas

Shawn Bunch

Derek Campos

Daniel Crawford

Haim Gozali

Richard Kiely

Mike Kimbel

Jeremiah Labiano

Chris Lencioni

Salim Mukhidinov

Mihail Nica

Hatice Ozyurt

Ion Pascu

Mateusz Piskorz

Rudy Schaffroth

Tuco Tokkos

Manny Vazquez

Kristina Williams

Vinicius Zani

Click here to view my updated rankings since these changes, as well as the first publishing of my women's featherweight rankings.

As always, I must say, I am not affiliated with Bellator MMA in anyway. My list is unofficial and may differ from any official rankings by Bellator MMA. I have never been able to find any published official rankings from Bellator. I have actually been informed by a Russian fan that there does exist a rankings for Bellator MMA on Russian social media page called VK. I've never heard of VK before that. I do not know if they are official from Bellator MMA, or it is unofficial. I would have to assume unofficial since it is not on the Bellator MMA website. Regardless, I will continue to publish my own rankings. I also have never been able to find continually updated fan made, unofficial rankings. So I have made my own, and will continue to update them as Bellator holds events.

I hope to get the chance later tonight to publish my rankings for their other women's weight class, the flyweights. Tomorrow, in advance of Bellator 250, I will publish my rankings for welterweight and middleweight. At Bellator 250, current welterweight champion Douglas Lima moves up to take on former middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi. This fight is for the vacant middleweight title as Rafael Lovato Jr (mentioned above as retired) was forced to retire due to a brain injury.