Global-MMA Rankings - June 2018

Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Fight Nights)
2. Matt Mitrione (Bellator)
3. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
4. Roy Nelson (Bellator)
5. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
6. Amir Aliakbari (ACB)
7. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
8. Tony Johnson (ACB)
9. Marcin Rozalski (Free Agent)
10. Javy Ayala (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Karol Bedorf (KSW), Brandon Vera (ONE Champion), Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Philip De Fries (KSW Champion), Aleksander Emelianenko (RCC)

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator Champion)
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Tomasz Narkun (KSW Champion)
4. Jiri Prochazka (RIZIN)
5. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
6. Rashid Yusupov (PFL)
7. Valentin Moldavsky (RIZIN)
8. Vadim Nemkov (Bellator)
9. Linton Vassell (Bellator)
10. Batraz Agnaev (ACB Champion)

Other Contenders: Liam McGeary (Bellator), Chael Sonnen (Bellator), Khadis Ibragimov (M-1 Global), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator), Roger Gracie (ONE Champion)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator Champion)
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW Champion)
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator)
4. John Salter (Bellator)
5. Aung La NSang (ONE Champion)
6. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global)
7. Bruno Silva (M-1 Global)
8. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE)
9. Scott Askham (KSW)
10. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Albert Duraev (ACB Champion), Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC Champion), Anatoly Tokov (Bellator), Michal Materla (KSW), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (ACB)

Welterweight
1. Rory MacDonald (Bellator Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
4. Jon Fitch (Bellator)
5. Michael Page (Bellator)
6. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global Champion)
7. Jake Shields (PFL)
8. Paul Daley (Bellator)
9. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)
10. Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB)

Other Contenders: Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Dricus Du Plessis (KSW Champion), Borys Mankowski (KSW), Rousimar Palhares (Free Agent), Kiichi Kunimoto (RIZIN)

Lightweight
1. Brent Primus (Bellator Champion)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
3. Patricky Freire (Bellator)
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE Champion)
5. Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN)
6. Eduard Folayang (ONE)
7. Shinya Aoki (ONE)
8. Derek Campos (Bellator)
9. Mateusz Gamrot (KSW Champion)
10. Benson Henderson (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Jason High (PFL), Derek Anderson (Bellator), Eduard Vartanyan (ACB), Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN), Akhmed Aliev (Fight Nights)

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

Other Contenders: Lance Palmer (PFL), Bubba Jenkins (ACB), Aaron Pico (Bellator), James Gallagher (Bellator), Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)

Bantamweight
1. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN)
2. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator Champion)
3. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE Champion)
4. Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase)
5. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator)
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC Champion)
7. Rafael Silva (Pancrase)
8. Michael McDonald (Bellator)
9. Timur Valiev (PFL)
10. Joe Taimanglo (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP Champion), Joe Warren (Bellator), Marcos Galvao (Bellator), Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator), Kai Asakura (RIZIN)

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), 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, Blagoy Ivanov (UFC), Bobby Lashley

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, Karl Albrektsson, Nikita Krylov, Stephan Puetz

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), Luis Santos, Brandon Halsey, Ramazan Emeev (UFC), Hisaki Kato, Alessio Sakara, Chidi Njokuani, Vladimir Mineev

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), Muslim Salikhov (UFC), Albert Tumenov, Juho Valamaa, Roberto Soldic

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, Brian Foster, Lowen Tynanes

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, Khamzat Dalgiev

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), Petr Yan, Masakatsu Ueda, Sam Sicilia, Manel Kape

Flyweight: Chico Camus, Bruno Azevedo

Strawweight: Ryuto Sawada

Women's Featherweight: Faith Van Duin, Daria Ibragimova, Charmaine Tweet

Women's Flyweight: Mackenzie Dern  (UFC), Rin Nakai, Sarah D'Alelio, Lena Ovchynnikova
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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.

The June rankings are posted at Sherdog this month. I received some good comments for updates next month. Below is the thread:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/global-mma-rankings-june-2018.3775421/

KingFedor:

There are some good FLW ranking suggestions in the Sherdog thread you may want to check out:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/global-mma-rankings-june-2018.3775421/

God of Thunder wrote:

CDF47 wrote:The June rankings are posted at Sherdog this month.  I received some good comments for updates next month.  Below is the thread:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/global-mma-rankings-june-2018.3775421/

That's right. We got some good comments over there.