Global-MMA Rankings - April 2016

Heavyweight
1. Fedor Emelianenko (RIZIN)   
2. Vitaly Minakov (Bellator )
3. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
4. Tony Johnson Jr. (Bellator)
5. Blagoi Ivanov (WSOF )
6. Karol Bedorf (KSW ) 1
7. Cheick Kongo (Bellator) 1
8. Denis Goltsov (Tech-Krep ) 1 
9. Alexander Volkov (M-1 Global ) 1
10. Evgeny Erokhin (WSOF-GC )

Other Contenders: Bobby Lashley (Bellator), Smealinho Rama (WSOF), Brandon Vera (ONE ), Oli Thompson (IGF ), Denis Smoldarev (M-1 Global)

Light Heavyweight
1. Liam McGeary (Bellator )
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Muhammed Lawal (Bellator) 
4. Dave Branch (WSOF ) 
5. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (Bellator) 
6. Tomasz  Narkun (KSW ) 1
7. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global ) 1 
8. Linton Vassell (Bellator) 
9. Emanuel Newton (Bellator) 
10. Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global)   

Other Contenders: Jiří Procházka (RIZIN), Attila Vegh (KSW), Tito Ortiz (Bellator), Vinny Magalhães (WSOF), Vadim Nemkov (RIZIN)

Middleweight
1. Mamed Khalidov (KSW )  
2. Ramazan Emeev (M-1 Global )
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator )
4. Brandon Halsey (Bellator) 
5. Dave Branch (WSOF ) 
6. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)   
7. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global) 
8. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE )
9. Michał Materla (KSW)
10. Aziz Karaoglu (KSW) 

Other Contenders: Ken Hasegawa (DEEP), Anatoly Tokov (RIZIN), Maiquel Falcão (KSW), Jung Hwan Cha (Road FC ), Clifford Starks (WSOF)

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (ONE )
2. Rousimar Palhares (WSOF)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator )
4. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
5. Benson Henderson (Bellator)
6. Jake Shields (WSOF) 
7. Paul Daley (Bellator) 
8. Borys Mańkowski (KSW ) 
9. Michael Page (Bellator) 
10. Luis Santos (ONE) 

Other Contenders: Jon Fitch (WSOF), Brennan Ward (Bellator), Yushin Okami (DEEP), Yuta Watanabe (DEEP), Akihiro Murayama (King Of Pancrase )

Lightweight
1. Justin Gaethje (WSOF ) 2
2. Will Brooks (Bellator ) 1
3. Shinya Aoki (ONE ) 1
4. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
5. Marcin Held (Bellator)
6. Ramazan Esenbaev (M-1 Global)
7. Dave Jansen (Bellator)
8. Lowen Tynanes (ONE)
9. Derek Anderson (Bellator) 
10. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator) 

Other Contenders: Josh Thomson (Bellator), David Rickels (Bellator), Murad Machaev (Fight Nights), Saad Awad (Bellator), Brandon Girtz (Bellator)

Featherweight
1. Daniel Straus (Bellator )
2. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator)
3. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
4. Pat Curran (Bellator)
5. Rick Glenn (WSOF) 
6. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP ) 
7. Marat Gafurov (ONE ) 1
8. Alexandre de Almeida (WSOF ) 1
9. Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global ) 1
10. Bubba Jenkins (Bellator) *NR

Other Contenders: Lance Palmer (WSOF), Goiti Yamauchi (Bellator), Georgi Karakhanyan (Bellator), Jadamba Narantungalag (ONE), Isao Kobayashi (Bellator)

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE )
2. Marlon Moraes (WSOF )
3. Marcos Galvão (Bellator )
4. Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase) 1
5. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator) *NR   
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC)    
7. Joe Warren (Bellator) 3
8. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator) 1
9. Dae Hwan Kim (ONE) 1
10. Chris Gutierrez (WSOF) 1

Other Contenders: Luis "Betão" Nogueira (Pancrase), Jonathan Brookins (Pancrase), Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase ), Timur Valiev (WSOF), Victor Henry (Pancrase)

Flyweight
1. Tim Elliott (Titan FC ) 1 
2. Alexandre Pantoja (RFA ) 1  
3. Magomed Bibulatov (WSOF ) 6 
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (VTJ ) 1
5. Kairat Akhmetov (ONE ) 1
6. Adriano Moraes (ONE) 
7. Czar Sklavos(VTJ) 2    
8. Yusaku Nakamura (VTJ) 1 
9. Jarred Brooks (Akhmat FC) *NR
10. Yuki Motoya (DEEP ) 

Other Contenders: Bruno Menezes (Jungle Fight), Rany Saadeh (BAMMA ), Felipe Efrain (RIZIN), Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP),  Chico Camus (RFA)

Strawweight
1. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King Of Pancrase )
2. Yoshitaka Naito (Shooto )
3. Kent Kambe (Pancrase)
4. Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke (ONE )
5. Raymison Bruno (Pancrase)
6  Yukitaka Musashi (Pancrase)
7. Daichi Kitakata (Pancrase) 3
8. Hiroyuki Abe (Pancrase) 1 
9. Jarred Brooks (WSOF GC) 2 
10. Ryuto Sawada (Shooto) *NR 

Other Contenders: Marcone Muniz (Free Agent), Tulio Vasconcelos (Free Agent), Shinya Murofushi (Pancrase), Yago Bryan (Shooto Brazil ), Junji Ito (Shooto)

Women's Featherweight
1. Cristiane Justino (Invicta FC )
2. Marloes Coenen (Bellator)
3. Julia Budd (Bellator)
4. Latoya Walker (Invicta FC)
5. Arlene Blencowe (Bellator)
6. Charmaine Tweet (Invicta FC) 1    
7. Faith Van Duin (Invicta FC) 1  
8. Daria Ibragimova (Fight Nights)   
9. Megan Anderson (Invicta FC)   
10. Cindy Dandois (Invicta FC) 

Other Contenders: Lina Akhtar Lansberg (Free Agent), Anastasia Plisenkova (Fight Nights), Kelly Faszholz (Legacy FC), Fallon Fox (XFO), Roberta Rovel (Bellator)

Women's Flyweight
1. Barb Honchak (Invicta FC )
2. Jennifer Maia (Interim Invicta FC ) 2
3. Julia Berezikova (Fight Nights)
4. Katlyn Chookagian (CFFC ) 1 
5. Vanessa Porto (Invicta FC) 3  
6. Roxanne Modafferi  (Invicta FC) 2
7. Isabelly Varela (CFFC) 
8. Rebecca Ruth (Bellator) 1
9. Kate Jackson (Free Agent) 1   
10. Charlene Watt (Free Agent) *NR

Other Contenders: Andrea Lee (Invicta FC), Iryna Shaparenko (Fight Nights), Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Bellator), Poliana Botelho (XFC), Jin Tang(KUNLUN)

Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary

Ranked Fighters Removed from All Previous Rankings Dating Back to February 2012:

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, Cole Konrad (Retired), Eric Prindle, Todd Duffee (UFC), Alexei Kudin, Soa Palelei (UFC), Levan Razmadze, Rich Hale, Chaban Ka, Rolles Gracie, Jeff Monson, Peter Graham, Alexey Oleinik (UFC), Aleksander Emelianenko, Ryan Martinez, Lavar Johnson, Mike Russow, Andrei Arlovski (UFC), Dmitriy Sosnovskiy, Guram Gugenishvilli, Derrick Mehmen, Kenny Garner, Brett Rogers, Magomed Malikov, Konstantin Erokhin (UFC), Shamil Abdurahimov (UFC), Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (UFC), Konstantin Gluhov, Stephan Puetz (Division Change), Damian Grabowski (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Marcin Tybura (UFC), Satoshi Ishii, Fernando Rodrigues Jr.

Light Heavyweight: Glover Texeira (UFC), D.J. Linderman, Marcus Vanttinen, Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce), Jimi Manuwa (UFC), Roger Hollett (UFC), Richard Hale (Division Change), Mark Godbeer, Maxim Grishin, Travis Wiuff (Division Change), Sergey Kornev (Retired), Robert Drysdale (UFC), Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Aleksandar Radosavljevic (Retired), Max Nunes, Jacob Noe, Raphael Davis, Jan Blachowicz (UFC), Anthony Johnson (UFC), Paul Buentello, Vladimir Matyushenko (Retired), Moise Rimbon, Christian M’Pumbu, Joey Beltran, Luiz Cane, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (Division Change), James McSweeney, Jason Jones, Roger Gracie, Maxim Grishin, Mikhail Zayats, Mike Kyle, Thiago Silva, Teddy Holder, Goran Reljic, Shamil Gamzatov

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt (Strikeforce), Giva Santana, Bryan Baker, Hector Lombard (UFC), Andrei Semenov, Jorge Santiago (Strikeforce), Anthony Johnson (Division Change), Ryuta Sakurai, Magomed Sultanakhmedov (Retired), Antonio Neto (UFC), Thales Leites (UFC), Vitor Vianna, Bruno Santos, Roger Gracie (Division Change), Mario Miranda (Division Change), Arthur Guseinov, Dan Cramer, Eun-Su Lee, Elvis Mutapcic, Jesse Taylor, Leandro Ataides, Jay Silva, Brett Cooper, Kazuhiro Nakamura (Retired), Joe Schilling, Tamdan McCrory (UFC), Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, Doug Marshall, Kendall Grove, Young Choi, Tomasz Drwal, Melvin Manhoef, Yushin Okami (Division Change)

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Yuya Shirai, Marius Zaromskis, Lyman Good, Myung Ho Bae, Fabricio Monteiro, Jay Hieron, Karl Amoussou, Rashid Magomedov (UFC), Albert Tumenov (UFC), Alexander Yakovlev (UFC), Takenori Sato (UFC), Shamil Zavurov, Aslambek Saidov, Josh Burkman (UFC), Ryan Ford, Rick Hawn, Steve Carl (UFC), Beslan Isaev, Yasubey Enomoto, Gota Yamashita, Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (UFC), Nobutatsu Suzuki, Murad Abdulaev, Fernando Gonzalez, Shingo Suzuki

Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Zorobabel Moreira, Rich Clementi, Katsunori Kikuno, Paul Sass, Lloyd Woodard, Antonio McKee (Retired), Lewis Gonzales, Satoru Kitaoka, Yui Chul Nam (UFC), Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Kotetsu Boku, Naoyuki Kotani (UFC), Nick Newell, Eddie Alvarez (UFC), Leandro Silva (UFC), Luis “Buscape” Firmino, Melvin Guillard, Isao Kobayashi (Division Change), Vuyisile Colossa, Mansour Barnaoui, Koji Ando, Musa Khamanaev, Jason Knight (UFC), Alexander Sarnavskiy, Brian Foster

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey, Wilson Reis, Joachim Hansen, Mike Richman, Yusuke Kawanago, Takeshi Inoue, Joe Warren (Division Change), Wagnney Fabiano, Shahbulat Shamhalaev, Honorio Banario, Kazuyuki Miyata, Tatsuya Kawajiri (UFC), Doo Ho Choi (UFC), Takumi Nakayama, Marlon Sandro, Matt Bessette, Shinya Aoki (Division Change), Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva, Daniel Romero, Magomeddrasul Khasbulaev, Koji Oishi (Retired), Caol Uno, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Diego Nunes, John Teixeira da Conceicao, Yutaka Saito, Hiroyuki Takaya

Bantamweight: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masakazu Imanari, Hideo Tokoro, Yusup Saadulaev, Antonio Banuelos, Wagnney Fabiano (Division Change), Alexis Vila, Rodolfo Marques Diniz, Travis Marx, Zach Makovsky (Division Change), Kyoji Horiguchi (UFC), Miguel Torres, Leandro Issa (UFC), Pablo Alfonso, Ed West, Anthony Leone, Yuta Sasaki (UFC), Tyson Nam, Cody Bollinger, Takafumi Otsuka, Rafael Silva, Mike Richman, Kevin Belingon, Josh Hill

Flyweight: Taiyo Nakahara, Kentaro Watanabe, Rey Docyogen, Yuki Yasunaga, Ali Bagautinov (UFC), Jose Maria Tome (UFC), Darrell Montague (UFC), Zach Makovsky, Sergio Pettis (UFC), Alexis Vila (Division Change), Will Campuzano (UFC), Joshua Sampo (UFC), Mamoru Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Maeda, Yosuke Saruta, Kentaro Watanabe, Hideo Tokoro, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Yosuke Saruta

Junior Flyweight: Junji Ikoma, Takehiro Ishii, Mikihito Yamagami (Division Change), Masakazu Utsugi, Takuya Eizumi, Ryosuke Tanuma, Tadaaki Yamamoto, Jun Nakamura, Ryuya Fukuda, Akihito Sasao

Strawweight: Junji Ikoma, Takehiro Ishii, Mikihito Yamagami (Division Change), Masakazu Utsugi, Takuya Eizumi, Ryosuke Tanuma, Tadaaki Yamamoto, Jun Nakamura, Ryuya Fukuda, Akihito Sasao

Women's Featherweight: Talita Nogueira

Women's Flyweight: N/A
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Global-MMA Ranking Rules

*This ranking system includes fighters that are not under exclusive contract to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

*Top level fighters that leave the UFC may be ranked in subsequent rankings.

*Fighters that sign exclusively to the UFC will be removed from the rankings. 

*Rankings are based on a fighter's overall career results and recent performance.

*A fighter will be ranked number one if he defeats the number one ranked fighter in the weight division except under certain rare circumstances where the number two ranked fighter clearly deserves to move into the number one ranking position.  

*Victories over highly ranked fighters and losses against non-ranked opponents have a larger effect on the fighters ranking position.

*A fighter will not necessarily take the place of his opponent in the rankings after a victory or a loss.

* A fighter can move up a maximum of three spots with impressive victories over a fighter ranked below him; however, there is no limit if the fighter earned a title or a tournament championship with the victory.

* An unranked newly crowned champion who earned a title in a major league MMA promotion can enter the top ten even with a victory over an unranked fighter.

*A fighter will drop in the rankings if he does not fight regularly against high level competition.

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*A fighter will be removed from the rankings if he does not fight for two years.

*Fighters that are signed to multiple promotions will have their promotions listed based on the following criteria: 1) championship held in a promotion, 2) predominant promotion the fighter fights in, 3) promotion last fought in.

*Rankings will be updated every month.

New top ranked fighters at LW and FLW this month.

Russia is going strong in the HW division

Golden Age wrote:Russia is going strong in the HW division

Yeah, you're right. They have that division locked down right now, more than ever before.

Great stuff

King Mo has 4 "HW" wins in his 7 fight streak (including 3 in 72 hours in Rizin). He is a factor at HW IMO. Said he wants to fight Minakov if he beats Davis. BabyFedor Kiril is in the mix. Took some years off winning a bunch of combat sambo world championships, now 2 wins including over HuggyBear. He's on the rise.

HW and LHW are getting very interesting thanks to Bellator/Rizin/ONE. The market is recovering from the (artificial) monopoly years.

TeepToTheJunk wrote:Great stuff

King Mo has 4 "HW" wins in his 7 fight streak (including 3 in 72 hours in Rizin). He is a factor at HW IMO.  Said he wants to fight Minakov if he beats Davis.  BabyFedor Kiril is in the mix. Took some years off winning a bunch of combat sambo world championships, now 2 wins including over HuggyBear.  He's on the rise.  

HW and LHW are getting very interesting thanks to Bellator/Rizin/ONE.   The market is recovering from the (artificial) monopoly years.

Thanks man.  Great points.  I copied this and the response to the active rankings thread below:

https://global-mma.forumotion.com/t13259-global-mma-rankings-may-2016