Global-MMA Rankings - November 2017

Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Fight Nights)    
2. Blagoi Ivanov (PFL) 
3. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
4. Tony Johnson Jr. (Fight Nights)
5. Matt Mitrione (Bellator)
6. Roy Nelson (Bellator) 
7. Javy Ayala(Bellator)   
8. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
9. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
10. Amir Aliakbari (RIZIN) 

Other Contenders: Karol Bedorf (KSW), Brandon Vera (ONE  ), Marcin Różalski (KSW ), Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Bobby Lashley (Bellator) 

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator )
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Muhammed Lawal (Bellator)      
4. Tomasz  Narkun (KSW )   
5. Linton Vassell (Bellator)      
6. Liam McGeary (Bellator)     
7. Jiří Procházka (RIZIN) 2
8. Rashid Yusupov (PFL) 1
9. Quinton Jackson (Bellator)  1 
10. Valentin Moldavsky (Bellator)        

Other Contenders: Chael Sonnen (Bellator) , Roger Gracie (ONE ), Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global), Batraz Agnaev (ACB ), Karl Albrektsson (RIZIN)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator)   
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW ) 
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator 1
4. Alexander Shlemenko (M-1 Global) 1
5. John Salter (Bellator) 
6. Michał Materla (KSW)  1      
7. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (ACB)  1    
8. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global)
9. Aung La Nsang(ONE )
10. Hisaki Kato (Bellator) 

Other Contenders: Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC  ), Vladimir Mineev (Fight Nights) , Alessio Sakara (Bellator), Vitaly Bigdash (ONE),  Anatoly Tokov (Bellator) 

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (ONE  )
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator )  
3. Rory MacDonald (Bellator)  
4. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)  
5. Paul Daley (Bellator) 
6. Jon Fitch (PFL)   
7. Jake Shields (PFL)        
8. Michael Page (Bellator)       
9. Borys Mańkowski (KSW )  
10. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global  )     

Other Contenders:  Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB ) , Rousimar Palhares (Fight Nights), Muslim Salikhov (Kunlun), Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)

Lightweight
1. Brent Primus (Bellator )
2. Eduard Folayang (ONE )
3. Michael Chandler (Bellator) 
4. Shinya Aoki (ONE)
5. Derek Campos (Bellator)      
6. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator)
7. Lowen Tynanes (ONE)    
8. Benson Henderson (Bellator)           
9. Mateusz Gamrot (KSW ) 
10. Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN) *N.R      

Other Contenders:  Eduard Vartanyan (ACB), Jason High (PFL), Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN) , Derek Anderson (Bellator), Brian Foster (PFL)

Featherweight
1. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator ) 
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)    
3. Pat Curran (Bellator) 1    
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE ) 1
5. Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator) *N.R  
6. Andre Harrison (PFL)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator) 4
8. Magomed Idrisov (M-1 Global)  1         
9. Kron Gracie (RIZIN) 1 
10. Marat Gafurov (ONE) 1 

Other Contenders: Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global ), James Gallagher (Bellator), Kazunori Yokota (DEEP ), Bubba Jenkins (ACB), Lance Palmer (PFL) 

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE )
2. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator ) 3
3. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN) 
4. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator )  2     
5. Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase )  4           
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC )  2             
7. Marcos Galvão (Bellator)     
8. Joe Warren (Bellator)   
9. Timur Valiev (PFL)  1     
10. Michael McDonald (Bellator) *N.R

Other Contenders: Joe Taimanglo (Bellator), Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP ), Rafael Silva (Pancrase), Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase), Petr Yan (ACB)

Flyweight
1. Adriano Moraes (ONE )     
2. Tyson Nam (Fight Nights)  
3. Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP )        
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (Shooto)       
5. Ali Bagautinov (Fight Nights)   
6. Askar Askarov (ACB )      
7. Chico Camus (RFA)         
8. Yoni Sherbatov (ACB)        
9. Jose Torres (Titan FC )        
10. Zach Makovsky (ACB)

Other Contenders: Kairat Akhmetov (ONE), Chris Kelades (LFA), Bruno Azevedo (WFCA), Takeshi Kasugai (Pancrase), Riley Dutro (Shooto)

Strawweight
1. Yoshitaka Naito (ONE FC )
2. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King Of Pancrase  )
3. Kent Kambe (Pancrase)    
4. Daichi Kitakata (Pancrase)    
5. Ryohei Kurosawa  (Shooto)
6. Marcus Amaral (Shooto BR)    
7. Hayato Suzuki  (ONE FC)    
8. Yosuke Saruta (Shooto )  
9. Haruo Ochi (Deep )
10. Joshua Pacio (ONE)  

Other Contenders: Marcone Muniz (Aspera FC) , Gilberto Dias (Jungle Fight ),Ryuto Sawada (Shooto), Kanta Sato (Deep), Raymison Bruno (Pancrase)

Women's Featherweight
1. Julia Budd (Bellator )       
2. Arlene Blencowe (Bellator)   
3. Talita Nogueira (Bellator)  
4. Iony Razafiarison (Bellator)    
5. Leah Letson (Invicta FC) 
6. Ediane Gomes (Invicta FC)    
7. Pam Sorenson (Invicta FC)      
8. Helena Kolesnyk (Invicta FC)               
9. Felicia Spencer (Invicta FC)         
10. Charmaine Tweet (Invicta FC)

Other Contenders:Gabrielle Holloway (Bellator) ,Faith Van Duin (Invicta FC) ,Alexis Dufresne (Bellator),Daria Ibragimova (Invicta FC) ,Sinead Kavanagh (Bellator)  

Women's Flyweight
1. Ariane Lipski (KSW )  
2. Jennifer Maia (Invicta FC ) 
3. Agnieszka Niedźwiedź  (Invicta FC)      
4. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Bellator)       
5. Vanessa Porto (Invicta FC)     
6. Emily Ducote (Bellator)   
7. Simone Duarte (Jungle Fight )     
8. Kate Jackson (Bellator)
9. Mackenzie Dern (LFA)
10. Rin Nakai (Pancrase)

Other Contenders: Kanako Murata (RIZIN) , Molly McCann (Cage Warrior), Valérie Létourneau (Bellator), Sarah D'Alelio (Bellator) , Lena Ovchynnikova (Bellator)

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), Konstantin Gluhov, Stephan Puetz (Division Change), Damian Grabowski (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Marcin Tybura (UFC), Satoshi Ishii, Denis Smoldarev, Oli Thompson, Alexander Volkov (UFC), Smealinho Rama (Division Change), Kirill Sidelnikov, Matt Mitrione, Shawn Jordan, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Retired), Geronimo dos Santos, Fernando Rodrigues Jr., Denis Goltsov, Evengy Erokhin, Siala-Mou “Mighty Mo” Siliga

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), 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, Maxim Grishin, Mikhail Zayats, Mike Kyle, Thiago Silva, Teddy Holder, Goran Reljic, Vadim Nemkov, Shamil Gamzatov, Vinny Magalhaes (Retired), Attila Vegh, Tito Ortiz (Retired), David Branch (UFC), Emanuel Newton, Smealinho Rama, Ronny Markes, Robert Drysdale

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), Maiquel Falcao, Alessio Sakara, Clifford Starks, Aziz Karaoglu, David Branch (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Chidi Njokuani, Luis Santos, Brandon Halsey, Ramazan Emeev (UFC)

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, 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, Yuta Watanabe, Brennan Ward, Evangelist “Cyborg” Santos, Emil Weber Meek (UFC), Saad Awad, Hisaki Kato (Division Change), Luis Santos (Division Change), Akihiro Murayama, Aslambek Saidov, Hiromitsu Miura, Chidi Njokuani, Zebaztian Kadestam, Yushin Okami (UFC), Ben Askren (Retired)

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, Isao Kobayashi (Division Change), Vuyisile Colossa, Mansour Barnaoui, Koji Ando, Musa Khamanaev, Jason Knight (UFC), Brandon Girtz, Saad Awad, Will Brooks (UFC), David Rickels, Marcin Held (UFC), Alexandr Shabliy, Alexander Butenko, Melvin Guillard, Ramazan Esenbaev, Josh Thomson, Alexander Sarnavskiy, Daron Cruickshank, Justin Gaethje (UFC), Dave Jansen

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, Isao Kobayashi, Rick Glenn (UFC), Sheymon da Silva Moraes, Hiroyuki Takaya, Goiti Yamauchi (Division Change), Georgi Karakhanyan (Division Change), Rasul Mirzaev, Emmanuel Sanchez, Jadamba Narantungala, Marcos Alexandre Campos de Almeida, Ivan Buchinger

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, Mike Richman, Kevin Belingon, Josh Hill, Jonathan Brookins, Timur Valiev, Sheymon da Silva Moraes (Division Change), Luis Alberto Nogueira (Division Change), Victor Henry, Dae Hwan Kim, Tom Duquesnoy (UFC), Leandro Higo, Marlon Moraes (UFC), Chris Gutierrez, Emmanuel Sanchez (Division Change)
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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.

*A top ten ranked fighter can become ranked in another weight division after one or more wins in his new weight class.

*A fighter can be ranked in two different weight divisions.

*Champions and fighters from prominent promotions will have an advantage over champions and fighters from promotions with lesser competition.

*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.

If gmma did its own pound for pound who would be top ten.

westcott123 wrote:If gmma did its own pound for pound who would be top ten.

Many of them would come from the top spot in each weight class.

CDF47 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:If gmma did its own pound for pound who would be top ten.

Many of them would come from the top spot in each weight class.

Well it would be a better list then sherdog that for sure which to be truthful I haven't taken seriously since 2010 for all who don't know Fedor was 3rd on the list he should've been 1st he losses to werdum and gets kicked off yet machida who got violently ko by shogun and Penn who lost to Edgar and they were still on the list.

westcott123 wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:If gmma did its own pound for pound who would be top ten.

Many of them would come from the top spot in each weight class.

Well it would be a better list then sherdog that for sure which to be truthful I haven't taken seriously since 2010 for all who  don't know Fedor was 3rd on the list he should've been 1st he losses to werdum and gets kicked off yet machida who got violently ko by shogun and Penn who lost to Edgar and they were still on the list.

No doubt about it, the Sherdog rankings are horse shit.