GLOBAL-MMA Rankings (Outside Zuffa) - October 2012

Heavyweight
1. Sergei Kharitonov (Free Agent)
2. Thiago Santos (Bellator)
3. Kenny Garner (M-1 Global Champion)
4. Damian Grabowski (Bellator)
5. Magomed Malikov (M-1 Global)
6. Aleksander Emelianenko (M-1 Global)
7. Alexander Volkov (Bellator)
8. Guram Gugenishvili (M-1 Global)
9. Jeff Monson (M-1 Global)
10. Shamil Abdurahimov (ADFC)

Other Contenders: Todd Duffee (SFL), Richard Hale (Bellator), Levan Razmadze (DEEP Champion), Andrei Arlovski (ONE FC), Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz (Bellator)

Light Heavyweight
1. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
2. Jan Blachowicz (KSW Champion)
3. Attila Vegh (Bellator)
4. Travis Wiuff (Bellator)
5. Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator Champion)
6. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion)
7. Renato Sobral (ONE FC)
8. Raphael Davis (Bellator)
9. Anthony Johnson (WSOF)
10. Tomasz Narkun (M-1 Global)

Other Contenders: Moise Rimbon (Instinct MMA), Mikhail Zayats (M-1 Global), Maxim Grishin (M-1 Global), Mark Godbeer (BAMMA), Viktor Nemkov (League S-70)

Middleweight
1. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
3. Magomed Sultanakhmedov (M-1 Global)
4. Antonio Neto (AFC)
5. Maiquel Falcao (Bellator)
6. Mario Miranda (M-1 Global Champion)
7. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (Bellator)
8. Michal Materla (KSW Champion)
9. Arthur Guseinov (M-1 Global)
10. Bruno Santos (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Andreas Spang (Bellator), Brian Rogers (Bellator), Vitor Vianna (Bellator), Petras Markevicius (Bushido Lithuania), Ryuta Sakurai (DEEP)

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (Bellator Champion)
2. Rashid Magomedov (M-1 Global Champion)
3. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
4. Yasubey Enomoto (M-1 Global)
5. Paul Daley (Bellator)
6. Shamil Zavurov (M-1 Global)
7. Akihiro Murayama (Shooto)
8. Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Legend FC)
9. Karl Amoussou (Bellator)
10. Takenori Sato (Pancrase Champion)

Other Contenders: Alexander Yakovlev (M-1 Global), Fabricio Monteiro (ONE FC), Aslambek Saidov (KSW), Marius Zaromskis (Bellator), Myung Ho Bae (Legend FC Champion)

Lightweight
1. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
3. Shinya Aoki (ONE FC)
4. Musa Khamanaev (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Rick Hawn (Bellator)
6. Kotetsu Boku (ONE FC Champion)
7. Antonio McKee (WSOF)
8. Lloyd Woodard (Bellator)
9. Satoru Kitaoka (DEEP)
10. Daniel Weichel (M-1 Global)

Other Contenders: Patricky Freire (Bellator), Alexander Sarnavskiy (Bellator), Jadamba Narantungalag (Legend FC Champion), Katsunori Kikuno (DEEP), Naoyuki Kotani (RINGS)

Featherweight
1. Hiroyuki Takaya (Free Agent)
2. Pat Curran (Bellator Champion)
3. Patricio Freire (Bellator)
4. Tatsuya Kawajiri (ONE FC)
5. Joe Warren (Bellator)
6. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
7. Georgi Karakhanyan (TPF Champion)
8. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
9. Marlon Sandro (Bellator)
10. Kazuyuki Miyata (RINGS)

Other Contenders: Doo Ho Choi (DEEP), Takeshi Inoue (Free Agent), Joachim Hansen (Free Agent), Wilson Reis (Bellator), Yusuke Kawanago (Legend FC Champion)

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC)
2. Tyson Nam (WSOF)
3. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
4. Zach Makovsky (Bellator)
5. Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
6. Wagnney Fabiano (Bellator)
7. Soo Chul Kim (ONE FC Champion)
8. Masakatsu Ueda (ONE FC)
9. Miguel Torres (WSOF)
10. Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Alexis Vila (Free Agent), Kevin Belingon (ONE FC), Travis Marx (Bellator), Ed West (Bellator), Rodolfo Marques Diniz (Shooto Brazil)

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GLOBAL-MMA Ranking Update Summary (October 2012)

Takenori Sato: Pancrase welterweight champion, Takenori Sato, entered the GLOBAL-MMA top 10 following a decision victory over Keiichiro Yamamiya at Pancrase – Progress Tour 10 on 01 September 2012. DEEP champion Yuya Shirai was dropped from the rankings due to the entrance of Sato.

Miguel Torres: Miguel Torres entered the top 10 of the GLOBAL-MMA bantamweight rankings after being cut by Zuffa and signing a contract with fledgling MMA promotion World Series of Fighting as reported on 03 September 2012. Torres will make his debut for the promotion’s first event which will be held on 03 November 2012. Hideo Tokoro was dropped from the bantamweight rankings following the entrance of Torres.

Georgi Karakhanyan: Top 10 ranked featherweight and Tachi Palace Fights champion, Georgi Karakhanyan, defended his title against Micah Miller at TPF 14: Validation on 07 September 2012. Karakhanyan defeated Miller by unanimous decision to maintain his ranking status.

Cole Konrad: Number 1 ranked heavyweight and Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad unexpectedly retired from the sport of MMA on 12 September 2012. Sergei Kharitonov now holds the top spot in the heavyweight rankings. ONE FC heavyweight contender Andrei Arlovski entered the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight rankings due to the removal of Konrad.

Antonio Banuelos: Top 10 ranked bantamweight Antonio Banuelos tested the waters in the flyweight division where he lost a unanimous decision to Joshua Sampo at Legacy Fighting Championship 14 on 14 September 2012. Banuelos dropped to the other contenders list following the defeat. Banuelos is scheduled to return to the bantamweight division for his next fight against Ryan Benoit at Legacy Fighting Championship 16 on 14 December 2012.

Jan Blachowicz: Number 2 ranked light heavyweight and KSW light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz earned a unanimous decision victory over Houston Alexander at KSW 20 on 15 September 2012. Blachowicz held his number 2 position in the rankings following the victory.

Naoyuki Kotani: RINGS lightweight Naoyuki Kotani entered the GLOBAL-MMA top ten following a submission victory via Kimura over Darius Minkevicius in the first round at ZST 32 on 17 September 2012. Pancrase lightweight champion, Isao Kobayashi, was removed from the rankings due to the entrance of Kotani.

Anthony Johnson: Top 10 ranked light heavyweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was back in action at XFL 9 on 21 September 2012 earning a second round TKO victory over Jake Rosholt. Johnson’s victory was impressive but was not enough to affect his ranking status.

Lyman Good: Lyman Good entered the GLOBAL-MMA welterweight rankings following a decision victory over Jim Wallhead at Bellator 74 on 28 September 2012. Good has moved on to the Bellator welterweight quarterfinals with the victory. DEEP champion Yuya Shirai was dropped from the rankings due to the entrance of Good.

Yasubey Enomoto: Top 4 GLOBAL-MMA welterweight Yasubey Enomoto earned a split decision victory over Khusein Khaliev at M-1 Challenge 34 on 30 September 2012. The victory did not affect Enomoto’s ranking status.

Aleksander Emelianenko: Aleksander Emelianenko was back in action at M-1 Challenge 34 where he earned a unanimous decision victory over Konstantin Gluhov. The victory was not enough to move Emelianenko into the top 5 of the heavyweight division.

Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz: Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz finished Mark Holata in the opening round of the Bellator heavyweight tournament at Bellator 75 on 05 October 2012. The victory earned Queiroz entrance into the Bellator tournament semi-finals and a spot in the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight contenders list.

Richard Hale: Top 10 GLOBAL-MMA light heavyweight, Richard Hale, earned a spot in the GLOBAL-MMA other contenders heavyweight rankings following a 1st round TKO over Mike Wessel at Bellator 75. Hale was removed from the light heavyweight top 10 rankings due to the change in weight class as he has no current plans to return to the division. Top League S-70 light heavyweight, Viktor Nemkov, entered the light heavyweight rankings due to the removal of Hale.

Alexander Volkov: Star Russian fighter, Alexander Volkov, made easy work of Brett Rogers at Bellator 75 earning a unanimous decision victory. Volkov moved up 3 spots in the heavyweight rankings to number 7 following the dominant victory over the veteran Brett Rogers. Volkov will face Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz in the Bellator heavyweight tournament semi-finals on 02 November 2012. Brett Rogers dropped out of the rankings following the defeat.

Thiago Santos: Number 2 ranked heavyweight, Thiago Santos, defeated Eric Prindle at Bellator 75 by disqualification following a brutal shot to the groin. Santos will take on Richard Hale in the Bellator heavyweight tournament semi-finals on 02 November 2012. Eric Prindle was removed from the rankings following the defeat.

Kevin Belingon: Top ONE FC bantamweight contender Kevin Belingon entered the GLOBAL-MMA bantamweight rankings after finishing Yusup Saadulaev with brutal ground pound in the first round at ONE 6 on 06 October 2012. Saadulaev was removed from the rankings following the defeat.

Masakatsu Ueda: Masakatsu Ueda returned to the bantamweight top ten after earning a unanimous decision victory over Min Jung Song at ONE FC 6.

Soo Chul Kim: ONE FC crowned their first bantamweight champion at ONE FC 6 as Soo Chul Kim pounded out former GLOBAL-MMA contender Leandro Issa to take the ONE FC crown. Kim entered the bantamweight top 10 rankings with this victory. Antonio Banuelos was removed from the rankings following the entrance of the new ONE FC bantamweight champion.

Kotetsu Boku: Kotetsu Boku won the inaugural ONE FC lightweight title in impressive fashion as he defeated Zorobabel Moreira in the third round at ONE FC 6 to enter the GLOBAL-MMA top 10. “Zoro” was dropped from the rankings following the defeat due to the entrance of Boku.

Shinya Aoki: The “Tobikan Judan” Shinya Aoki made his debut in the ONE FC cage where he earned a beautiful triangle submission victory over Arnaud Lepont in the first round in the main event of ONE FC 6. Lepont was choked out cold with the triangle submission applied by Aoki. Aoki remains in the top 3 of the GLOBAL-MMA lightweight rankings and he is the clear top candidate for Kotetsu Boku’s ONE FC lightweight title.

* A number of other top ranked fighters won fights against fighters ranked lower than them which did not alter their ranking status.

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

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, Blagoi Ivanov, Fedor Emelianenko (Retired), Cole Konrad (Retired), Brett Rogers, Eric Prindle

Light Heavyweight: Glover Texeira (UFC), D.J. Linderman, Marcus Vanttinen, Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce), Jimi Manuwa (UFC), Vinny Magalhaes (UFC), Roger Hollett (UFC), Richard Hale (Division Change)

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt (Strikeforce), Giva Santana, Bryan Baker, Hector Lombard (UFC), Andrei Semenov, Jorge Santiago (Strikeforce), Anthony Johnson (Division Change)

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Jay Hieron, Yuya Shirai

Lightweight: Franciso Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Isao Kobayashi, Zorobabel Moreira

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey

Bantamweight: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masakazu Imanari, Leandro Issa, Hideo Tokoro, Yusup Saadulaev, Antonio Banuelos

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GLOBAL-MMA Ranking Rules

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

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

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

*Fighters that are signed to non-exclusive contracts with Strikeforce, who fight for other MMA promotions (excluding the UFC), may be included in the rankings.

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

*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 after a victory or a loss against a ranked fighter.

*A fighter will be ranked number one if he defeats the number one ranked fighter in the weight division.

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

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

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

*A highly ranked fighter can get a high ranking in another weight division after one or more wins in his new weight division.

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

*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.

Great job bro! Nice to see Volkov at #7 and Torres in the top 10.

Below are stats that show the number of fighters per promotion that are ranked in the GLOBAL-MMA top 10.

GLOBAL-MMA Top 10 Rankings Promotional Statistics:

1. Bellator - 30 Fighters Ranked in the Top 10
2. M-1 Global - 14
3. ONE FC - 7
4. WSOF - 4
5. KSW - 3
6. DEEP - 3
7. Free Agents - 2
8. Shooto - 1
9. TPF - 1
10. AFC - 1
11. Legend FC - 1
12. ADFC - 1
13. RINGS - 1
14. Pancrase -1

So for the 70 fighters listed, 13 promotions (plus 2 free agents) have fighters ranked in the GLOBAL-MMA top 10. Bellator, M-1 Global, and ONE FC are dominating the rankings right now. 73 percent of the fighters listed compete in either Bellator, M-1 Global, or ONE FC.

Johan Lofgren wrote:Great job bro! Nice to see Volkov at #7 and Torres in the top 10.

Thanks Johan.

Yeah, Volkov was very impressive against Rogers. He really deserved to move up after that win.

I think Torres at 7 is the most fair position for him. There was a lot of debate over that so I really took a lot of time placing him (comparing his record and stats and recent performance against the rest of the top 10). I hope Nam takes him out soon though.

come now Soo Chul Kim Masakatsu Ueda and Kevin Belingon deserve to be ranked more so then miguel torres. hell miguel has not even had one single fight at bantamweight since leaving zuffa an he is ranked. Soo Chul kim just became champion over a guy that beat him!

ZuffaKiller wrote:come now Soo Chul Kim Masakatsu Ueda and Kevin Belingon deserve to be ranked more so then miguel torres. hell miguel has not even had one single fight at bantamweight since leaving zuffa an he is ranked. Soo Chul kim just became champion over a guy that beat him!

See revisions in OP. Yeah, I agree the ONE FC champ. should be top 10.

great job amigo.....i only think that arlovski should be top 10....Shamil Abdurahimov is a good fighter but i think aa beats him, plus he is a wsof fighter, also rumble johnson has to be a little higher, just my humble opinion...cdf47 but a great job this month bro...

CDF47 wrote:

ZuffaKiller wrote:come now Soo Chul Kim Masakatsu Ueda and Kevin Belingon deserve to be ranked more so then miguel torres. hell miguel has not even had one single fight at bantamweight since leaving zuffa an he is ranked. Soo Chul kim just became champion over a guy that beat him!

See revisions in OP. Yeah, I agree the ONE FC champ. should be top 10.

good but I believe Kotetsu boku should be ranked on their since he just won a championship over antonio mckee and saturo kitaoka

MR.WILLIE wrote:great job amigo.....i only think that arlovski should be top 10....Shamil Abdurahimov is a good fighter but i think aa beats him, plus he is a wsof fighter, also rumble johnson has to be a little higher, just my humble opinion...cdf47 but a great job this month bro...

Yeah, as AA begins getting solid fights with WSOF, if he wins, he will be moving up fast. He has a solid overall career performance which is an important criteria in the rankings. Same with Rumble but he is pretty new to the division so his ranking is mainly based on his career perf. in WW and MW divs. As he starts winning at 205 he will move up quick. He is a very solid fighter.

Once WSOF starts crowning champs they will move into the top 10 fast. Holding titles for the major promotions like Bellator, ONE FC, M-1, KSW, WSOF,..., has a big impact on ranking status.

Shamil needs to start fighting better comp. or he will get past up real soon as well.

Your comments are always welcome in these threads. Everyone's comments help improve the ranking system because we all watch a shit ton of MMA. I swear, I think collectively we never miss a fight around the world.

Thanks.

Boku should be top 10, Kotani in other contenders and Takenori Sato is definitely a top 10 MW.

Also no Daisuke Nakamura?

Good rankings otherwise

ZuffaKiller wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

ZuffaKiller wrote:come now Soo Chul Kim Masakatsu Ueda and Kevin Belingon deserve to be ranked more so then miguel torres. hell miguel has not even had one single fight at bantamweight since leaving zuffa an he is ranked. Soo Chul kim just became champion over a guy that beat him!

See revisions in OP. Yeah, I agree the ONE FC champ. should be top 10.

good but I believe Kotetsu boku should be ranked on their since he just won a championship over antonio mckee and saturo kitaoka

Revised in OP. Yeah, I always intended to give the champs of the major orgs. like Bellator, ONE FC, M-1, KSW, and WSOF (in the future) an edge in the rankings but I missed it on these. In the future as titles are held in these promotions I will get them into the top 10. Thanks.

IQ Wrestler wrote:Boku should be top 10, Kotani in other contenders and Takenori Sato is definitely a top 10 MW.

Also no Daisuke Nakamura?

Good rankings otherwise

I made some revisions today and added Boku to top 10 due to ONE FC title. I added Sato to top 10 as well and Kotani to other contenders.

Thanks for the comments. I had Sato listed for a while and didn't realize he won another fight on 01 Sept. to get him into the rankings.

Nakamura does have a solid recent win over Kishimoto recently but he also lost to Kikuno not too long ago and I have Kikuno at the bottom of the other contenders list so he should be below him which leaves him just outside the list.

Your help with JMMA is appreciated.

No love for Vitaly Minakov as a HW 'other' contender???

Garner would crush Santos!

Great rankings, as always. Nice to see a bit of perspective outside of Zuffa.

Dagwood wrote:No love for Vitaly Minakov as a HW 'other' contender???

First I heard of him. Pretty impressive start to his career at 9-0 with 8 finishes (1/2 subs and 1/2 KOs). I added him to a list on my PC to watch out for. Hopefully he gets signed by a major promotion like ONE, M-1, Bellator, KSW, WSOF,... Also, Alexei Kudin is right on the cusp of the HW contenders list. Two solid fighters at 16 and 17 rank.

timbercutter wrote:Garner would crush Santos!

I would love to see that fight. I'm not too sure Garner would be able to take out Santos. Once Santos gets it to the ground is pretty dominant. Santos is ranked one higher because after he tore through the Bellator HW tournament he moved up quickly even ahead of Guram before Garner took out Guram. I think this rank is pretty close between Garner and Santos (2 and 3). Depending how the Bellator HW tournament goes, the new Bellator champ could end up ranked either number 2 ahead of Garner or number 3.

Sweet Pea Is My Mom wrote:Great rankings, as always. Nice to see a bit of perspective outside of Zuffa.

Thanks. I appreciate that.

Below are some top fighters I have listed on my PC per division to keep an eye out for in the future. These fighters are not ranked and are not listed in any particular order but they are on the cusp of entering the top 15 rankings we have listed on this site. I have a number of other fighters listed as well but these are the fighters I have near the top (10 fighters per division are listed below). Please continue to make suggestions for fighters to be considered in future rankings if they continue to win fights.

Fighters are given an edge that fight for larger promotions; such as, Bellator, ONE FC, M-1 Global, KSW, and WSOF. After that promotions like DEEP, Legend FC, Shooto, Pancrase, RINGS, CWFC, MFC, and BAMMA are considered. Fighters could be listed for promotions smaller than this (such as KOTC, UCMMA, Titan, XFC, ADFC, SFL, AFC, HEAT, Legacy, Instinct, Jungle Fight, TPF, Shooto Brazil, Road FC, URCC, CFC, ROC, RUFF,...) but they would have to have wins over some top ranked fighters or they would have to be top fighters coming from UFC or SF.

As always, champions from the top 5 promotions are given a decent edge in the rankings.

Fighters Nearing the Top 15 (In No Order):

HW:
Tony Lopez (KOTC Champion)
D.J. Linderman (CWFC Champion)
Brett Rogers (Bellator)
Alexei Kudin
Tim Sylvia
Eric Prindle (Bellator)
Vitaly Minakov
Chris Barnett
Bobby Lashley
Sean McCorkle (Bellator)

LHW:
Sergey Kornev (M-1 Global)
Egidijus Valavicius
Emanuel Newton (Bellator)
Marcus Vanttinen (Bellator)
Baga Agaev
Mikhail Zayats
Tim Carpenter
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Dwayne Lewis (MFC)
Daniel Gracie

MW:
Andrei Semenov (M-1 Global)
Thales Leites (AFC)
Matt Horwich (KSW)
Krzysztof Kulak (KSW)
Giva Santana (Bellator)
Kendall Grove
Melvin Manhoef
Ryo Kawamura (Pancrase Champion)
Gerald Harris
Patrick Cote

WW:
Lyman Good (Bellator)
Yuya Shirai (DEEP Champion)
Bryan Baker (Bellator)
Gael Grimaud (CWFC Champion)
Ben Saunders (Bellator)
Bruno Carvalho (M-1 Global)
Magomed Shikshabekov (M-1 Global)
Dom O’Grady (Bellator)
Ryan Ford (Bellator)
Nathan Coy (MFC Champion)

LW:
Zorobabel Moreira (ONE FC)
Daisuke Nakamura (DEEP Champion)
Isao Kobayashi (Pancrase Champion)
Ronys Torres (WSOF)
Takasuke Kume (Road FC)
Adriano Martins (Jungle Fight Champion)
Eduard Folayang (ONE FC)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka (Shooto Champion)
Roger Huerta
Maciej Jewtuszko (KSW)

FW:
Alexandre Pimentel (WSOF)
Fransino Tirta (Legend FC)
Mike Corey (Bellator)
Connor McGregor (CWFC Champion)
Donald Sanchez (KOTC Champion)
Genair da Silva (Bellator)
Alexandre Bezerra (Bellator)
Ronnie Mann (Bellator)
Takumi Nakayama (Pancrase Champion)
Mitsuhiro Ishida (DEEP)

BW:
Antonio Banuelos (Legacy FC)
Yusup Saadulaev (ONE FC)
Hideo Tokoro (Free Agent)
Leandro Issa (ONE FC)
Masakazu Imanari (ONE FC)
Yoshiro Maeda (DEEP Champion)
Hiromasa Ogikubo (Shooto Champion)
Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase Champion)
Paul McVeigh (CWFC Champion)
Michael Mortimer (Legend FC)

CDF47 wrote:

IQ Wrestler wrote:Boku should be top 10, Kotani in other contenders and Takenori Sato is definitely a top 10 MW.

Also no Daisuke Nakamura?

Good rankings otherwise

I made some revisions today and added Boku to top 10 due to ONE FC title. I added Sato to top 10 as well and Kotani to other contenders.

Thanks for the comments. I had Sato listed for a while and didn't realize he won another fight on 01 Sept. to get him into the rankings.

Nakamura does have a solid recent win over Kishimoto recently but he also lost to Kikuno not too long ago and I have Kikuno at the bottom of the other contenders list so he should be below him which leaves him just outside the list.

Your help with JMMA is appreciated.

Fair enough, i forgot he lost to Kikuno

IQ Wrestler wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

IQ Wrestler wrote:Boku should be top 10, Kotani in other contenders and Takenori Sato is definitely a top 10 MW.

Also no Daisuke Nakamura?

Good rankings otherwise

I made some revisions today and added Boku to top 10 due to ONE FC title. I added Sato to top 10 as well and Kotani to other contenders.

Thanks for the comments. I had Sato listed for a while and didn't realize he won another fight on 01 Sept. to get him into the rankings.

Nakamura does have a solid recent win over Kishimoto recently but he also lost to Kikuno not too long ago and I have Kikuno at the bottom of the other contenders list so he should be below him which leaves him just outside the list.

Your help with JMMA is appreciated.

Fair enough, i forgot he lost to Kikuno

Kikuno and Kishimoto have a fight coming up at DEEP Impact 60 on 19 Oct. I think Kikuno takes this one. At least I hope so. I would like to see a rematch between Nakamura and Kikuno for the DEEP LW belt. Kikuno only beat him by decision in DREAM. It wasn't the best fight I ever saw but since Nakamura has the title in DEEP it makes sense to have him fight Kikuno due to that loss about a year ago.

CDF47 wrote:

Dagwood wrote:No love for Vitaly Minakov as a HW 'other' contender???

First I heard of him. Pretty impressive start to his career at 9-0 with 8 finishes (1/2 subs and 1/2 KOs). I added him to a list on my PC to watch out for. Hopefully he gets signed by a major promotion like ONE, M-1, Bellator, KSW, WSOF,... Also, Alexei Kudin is right on the cusp of the HW contenders list. Two solid fighters at 16 and 17 rank.

Minakov recently got signed by Bellator. He was fighting in League S-70 in Russia along with many other M-1 greats. He absolutely murdered Eddie Sanchez with one atomic right hook to the side of the head. Full head shot KTFO in the air deal. Not a hit'em on the button most-HW power shot.

Minakov's 4 time World Sambo Champion. His submission wrestling is off the hook. He 'could' have the heaviest hand to come to HW MMA for a decade. He's fairly green at striking but is a killer even with short punches. This guy is the real deal and holy crap this guy's some kinda athletic specimen. Very good speed everywhere. Check out his throws in the highlights. Talk about ragdolling dudes. 8)

IMO - any G-MMA top 10 HW except Aleks or Sergie would have a lot of trouble with Vitaly. I would give him the edge over Garner and he would tool somebody like Guram standing and annihilate him with his power. I think Vitaly needs to be on the top 10 list next month.

I'm gonna keep pushing him again... but Adam Khaliev is a better fighter than a few on the WW list. For sure the bottom 2-3.

Dagwood wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Dagwood wrote:No love for Vitaly Minakov as a HW 'other' contender???

First I heard of him. Pretty impressive start to his career at 9-0 with 8 finishes (1/2 subs and 1/2 KOs). I added him to a list on my PC to watch out for. Hopefully he gets signed by a major promotion like ONE, M-1, Bellator, KSW, WSOF,... Also, Alexei Kudin is right on the cusp of the HW contenders list. Two solid fighters at 16 and 17 rank.

Minakov recently got signed by Bellator. He was fighting in League S-70 in Russia along with many other M-1 greats. He absolutely murdered Eddie Sanchez with one atomic right hook to the side of the head. Full head shot KTFO in the air deal. Not a hit'em on the button most-HW power shot.

Minakov's 4 time World Sambo Champion. His submission wrestling is off the hook. He 'could' have the heaviest hand to come to HW MMA for a decade. He's fairly green at striking but is a killer even with short punches. This guy is the real deal and holy crap this guy's some kinda athletic specimen. Very good speed everywhere. Check out his throws in the highlights. Talk about ragdolling dudes. 8)

IMO - any G-MMA top 10 HW except Aleks or Sergie would have a lot of trouble with Vitaly. I would give him the edge over Garner and he would tool somebody like Guram standing and annihilate him with his power. I think Vitaly needs to be on the top 10 list next month.

Oh yeah, I am familiar with him. He is the guy that landed the Rock Bottom. Sweet that he signed with Bellator. Does he have a fight scheduled? I can revise the October rankings to put him in based on his 17 Sept. win or wait until his first Bellator fight to add him in. Every ranking placement is based on the last fight or else fighters would just get randomly moved around.

Dagwood wrote:I'm gonna keep pushing him again... but Adam Khaliev is a better fighter than a few on the WW list. For sure the bottom 2-3.

Just added him to the others list on PC to remind me to bring him up after his next fight. Will he be fighting for Bellator as well or League S-70?

Sherdog has him listed as a MW which is where I just listed him.