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It seems like forever since the last Bellator event took place but season 10 for the promotion is quickly approaching. It was back in November that Bellator 109 closed out a very solid 9th season and it won’t be for another month or so before season 10 gets underway.

The first Fighter Rankings of the New Year look rather different from a year ago. Several title changed hands last year and few were even vacated. The 2014 fighter rankings are a culmination of the past 12 months in Mixed Martial Arts and a springboard into the unknown of what 2014 will bring.

This past year was yet another really good one for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. The UFC introduced the women’s bantamweight division, Champions fell while stars began to rise and promotions like, Bellator, Invicta FC, WSOF and the XFC continued to grow.

With roughly two weeks left in 2013, most of the MMA promotions have already held their final event of the year and are beginning to plan out 2014.

This year has seen plenty of changes to the top of our fighter rankings and several fighters that began the year "knocking on the door" now find themselves ranked. Fighters outside the UFC made a case this year and you'll see several Bellator MMA fighters in the rankings below.

The Nemesis Top Ten is a list of lesser known or much less regarded fighters that would pose a back matchup to a current top ten fighter and potentially pull of the upset.

Bellator 109 saw the middleweight champion defend his title for the second time along with two tournament finals.

Just hours before making his promotional debut at Bellator 109, Keith Bell sat down with MMAValor.com to discuss his bout with the undefeated Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov. The heavyweight bout will be part of the Bellator 109 preliminary card which will stream live on Spike.com beginning at 4pm PT / 7pm ET.