GLOBAL-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - May 2013

Heavyweight
1. Alexander Volkov (Bellator Champion)
2. Konstantin Gluhov (M-1 Global)
3. Sergei Kharitonov (DREAM)
4. Kenny Garner (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global)
6. Magomed Malikov (M-1 Global)
7. Jeff Monson (M-1 Global)
8. Richard Hale (Bellator)
9. Thiago Santos (Bellator)
10. Andrei Arlovski (WSOF)

Other Contenders: Aleksander Emelianenko (ProFC), Mike Russow (Free Agent), Shamil Abdurahimov (ADFC), Chaban Ka (M-1 Global), Vitaly Minakov (Bellator)

Light Heavyweight
1. Emanuel Newton (Bellator)
2. Jan Blachowicz (KSW Champion)
3. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
4. Attila Vegh (Bellator Champion)
5. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion)
6. Anthony Johnson (WSOF)
7. Mikhail Zayats (Bellator)
8. Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator)
9. Vladimir Matyushenko (Bellator)
10. Renato Sobral (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Raphael Davis (Bellator), Moise Rimbon (Instinct MMA), Robert Drysdale (Legacy FC), Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Sergey Kornev (M-1 Global Champion)

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

Other Contenders: Vitor Vianna (Bellator), Thales Leites (WSOF), Brett Cooper (Bellator), Dan Cramer (Bellator), Eun Soo Lee (Road FC Champion)

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

Other Contenders: Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator), Karl Amoussou (Bellator), Aslambek Saidov (KSW Champion), Josh Burkman (WSOF), Jay Hieron (Free Agent)

Lightweight
1. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
2. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
3. Shinya Aoki (ONE FC Champion)
4. Musa Khamanaev (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Rick Hawn (Bellator)
6. Daniel Weichel (M-1 Global)
7. Kotetsu Boku (ONE FC)
8. Antonio McKee (DREAM)
9. Naoyuki Kotani (ZST Champion)
10. David Rickels (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Saad Awad (Bellator), Will Brooks (Bellator), Dave Jansen (Bellator), Justin Gaethje (WSOF), Yui Chul Nam (Road FC Champion)

Featherweight
1. Pat Curran (Bellator Champion)
2. Georgi Karakhanyan (DREAM)
3. Hiroyuki Takaya (DREAM)
4. Tatsuya Kawajiri (DREAM)
5. Patricio Freire (Bellator)
6. Diego Nunes (Free Agent)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
8. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
9. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (Bellator)
10. Honorio Banario (ONE FC Champion)

Other Contenders: Marlon Sandro (Bellator), Marat Gafurov (M-1 Global Champion), Kazuyuki Miyata (DEEP), Shahbulat Shamhalaev (Bellator), Doo Ho Choi (DEEP)

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC)
2. Marlon Moraes (WSOF)
3. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
4. Soo Chul Kim (ONE FC Champion)
5. Masakatsu Ueda (ONE FC)
6. Joe Warren (Bellator)
7. Tyson Nam (WSOF)
8. Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
9. Anthony Leone (Bellator)
10. Kevin Belingon (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator), Miguel Torres (WSOF), Leandro Issa (ONE FC), Ed West (Bellator), Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase Champion)

Flyweight
1. Darrell Montague (Free Agent)
2. Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto)
3. Will Campuzano (Legacy FC Champion)
4. Joshua Sampo (CFA Champion)
5. Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (ONE FC)
6. Ryuichi Miki (Shooto)
7. Haruo Ochi (Shooto)
8. Kiyotaka Shimizu (Pancrase Champion)
9. Yasuhiro Urushitani (ONE FC)
10. Jose Maria Tome (Shooto Brazil)

Other Contenders: Alexandre Pantoja (Shooto Brazil), Ali Bagautinov (Fight Nights), Dileno Lopes (CEF), Rey Docyogen (ONE FC), Yuki Yasunaga (Pancrase)

Junior Flyweight
1. Mikihito Yamagami (Shooto Champion)
2. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (Pancrase Champion)
3. Junji Ito (Shooto)
4. Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
5. Rambaa Somdet (PXC)
6. Tadaaki Yamamoto (Shooto)
7. Noboru Tahara (Pancrase)
8. Hiroyuki Abe (Pancrase)
9. Jun Nakamura (Shooto)
10. Shinya Murofushi (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Ryosuke Tanuma (ZST Champion), Masayoshi Kato (Shooto), Akihito Sasao (Shooto), Junji Ikoma (Shooto), Takehiro Ishii (Pancrase)
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GLOBAL-MMA Ranking Update Summary (May 2013)

Naoyuki Kotani: ZST lightweight champion, Naoyuki Kotani, finished challenger Jung Min Kang with a rear-naked choke submission in the first round at ZST 35 on 07 April 2013. The victory did not affect Kotani’s ranking status.

Ramazan Emeev: M-1 Global middleweight champion, Ramazan Emeev, successfully defended his title at M-1 Challenge 38 on 09 April 2013 finishing Mario Miranda with knees and punches in the third round. Emeev jumped to the fourth spot in the rankings following the victory and Miranda dropped to number 9.

Chaban Ka: Chaban Ka entered the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight rankings after submitting Alexei Kudin with a rear-naked choke submission in the first round at M-1 Challenge 38. Ka moves on to the M-1 Global heavyweight grand prix semi-finals with the victory. Levan Razmadze dropped one in the rankings due to lack of activity and was subsequently dropped from the rankings due to the entrance of Ka.

Konstantin Gluhov: Konstantin Gluhov earned a split decision victory over M-1 Global heavyweight champion Kenny Garner at M-1 Challenge 38. The victory earned Gluhov a spot in the M-1 heavyweight grand prix semi-finals and a spot at number 3 in the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight rankings. Kenny Garner dropped to number 4 in the rankings following the defeat. Guram Gugenishvili dropped one spot in the heavyweight rankings as he has not won a fight in over two years and then was subsequently removed from the rankings following the entrance of Gluhov.

Robert Drysdale: Submission ace, Robert Drysdale, entered the GLOBAL-MMA light heavyweight rankings after finishing D.J. Linderman with a rear-naked choke submission in the first round at Legacy Fighting Championship 19 on 12 April 2013. Drysdale now holds a perfect 6-0 record with 6 first round submission victories. Max Nunes was dropped from the light heavyweight rankings due to the entrance of Drysdale.

Georgi Karakhanyan: Number 2 ranked featherweight, Georgi Karakhanyan, earned a decision victory in a closely contested fight over veteran Din Thomas at Legacy Fighting Championship 19. Karakhanyan remained ranked at number 2 following the victory.

Sergei Kharitonov: Sergei Kharitonov fell from the top spot in the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight rankings due to lack of activity. Kharitonov is now ranked number 3 in the heavyweight division. Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov now sits at the top of the GLOBAL-MMA heavyweight rankings and Konstantin Gluhov moved to the number 2 spot.

Shamil Zavurov: Shamil Zavurov finished Eduardo Pachu in the first round with punches at Fight Nights – Battle of Moscow 11 on 20 April 2013. Zavurov moved up one spot in the welterweight rankings due to the impressive victory. Zavurov is next scheduled to fight top 5 welterweight Yasubey Enomoto at Fight Nights – Battle of Moscow 12 on 21 June 2013.

Zach Makovsky: Zach Makovsky made a move from the bantamweight division to his new home at 125 lbs. He was removed from the bantamweight division due to the division change. Pancrase bantamweight champion, Shintaro Ishiwatari, entered the bantamweight rankings due to the removal of Makovsky.

Jadamba Narantungalag: Legend FC former lightweight champion lost his title at Legend FC 11 on 27 April 2013 to Koji Ando due to an ankle injury from a takedown in round 3. Narantungalag was removed from the rankings following the loss. New Road FC lightweight champion, Yui Chul Nam entered the GLOBAL-MMA lightweight rankings based on his title earning victory over Takasuke Kume at Road FC 11 on 13 April 2013.

Damian Grabowski: Damian Grabowski earned a split decision victory over Stav Economou at MMA Attack 3 on 27 April 2013. The victory did not affect Grabowski’s top 5 heavyweight ranking status. Grabowski will next fight for M-1 Global where he could be taking on some of the GLOBAL-MMA top ranked heavyweights in the near future.

Konstantin Gluhov: Top 2 ranked heavyweight, Konstantin Gluhov, holds his ranking position after knocking out Valentijn Overeem at PFC 5 on 27 April 2013. Gluhov will next enter the M-1 Global heavyweight grand prix semi-finals to defend his number 2 spot in the rankings.

* 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, Todd Duffee (UFC), Alexei Kudin, Soa Palelei (UFC), Rolles Gracie, Levan Razmadze, Guram Gugenishvili

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), Mark Godbeer, Maxim Grishin, Travis Wiuff (Division Change), Tomasz Narkun, Max Nunes

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)

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Yuya Shirai, Marius Zaromskis, Alexander Yakovlev, Lyman Good, Myung Ho Bae, Fabricio Monteiro

Lightweight: Franciso Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Isao Kobayashi, Zorobabel Moreira, Alexander Sarnavskiy, Rich Clementi, Patricky Freire, Katsunori Kikuno, Marcin Held, Satoru Kitaoka, Paul Sass, Lloyd Woodard

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey, Wilson Reis, Joachim Hansen, Mike Richman, Yusuke Kawanago, Takeshi Inoue, Joe Warren (Division Change), Wagnney Fabiano

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)

Flyweight: Taiyo Nakahara, Kentaro Watanabe

Junior 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 two 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.

I think Horiguchi should be ranked ahead of West and Nogueira, in my opinion.

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 - 13
3. ONE FC - 9
4. Shooto - 9
5. Pancrase - 6
6. DREAM - 5
7. WSOF - 5
8. KSW - 3
9. DEEP - 2
10. Free Agents - 2
11. Legend FC - 1
12. ZST - 1
13. Shooto Brazil - 1
14. PXC - 1
15. CFA - 1
16. Legacy FC - 1

So for the 90 fighters listed, 15 promotions (plus 2 free agents) have fighters ranked in the GLOBAL-MMA top 10.

Credit to wekka for the new Junior Flyweight Rankings as well as the updates for the Flyweight rankings.

wekka wrote:I think Horiguchi should be ranked ahead of West and Nogueira, in my opinion.

Good point. When is Horiguchi's next fight? I can get him in there after his next win or after someone drops off.

Could possibly be in June at Vale Tudo Japan 2013, if not then, definitely by the end of the summer.

Problem is, there's not a clear cut challenger for him right now. Could be against an import like Wilson Reis, Hideo Tokoro is an outside possibility, or even against the Pacific Rim champ Uruka Sasaki, although I wouldn't chance putting a prospect through a loss.

wekka wrote:Could possibly be in June at Vale Tudo Japan 2013, if not then, definitely by the end of the summer.

Problem is, there's not a clear cut challenger for him right now. Could be against an import like Wilson Reis, Hideo Tokoro is an outside possibility, or even against the Pacific Rim champ Uruka Sasaki, although I wouldn't chance putting a prospect through a loss.

Would be great if they could get Wilson Reis or Tokoro. Hope he gets that fight in June.

Great job CD and wekka. Aleks could be above Arlovski considering his win against Gluhov but overall it looks very good.

cd...great job as always....

again some of my personal opinions....

monson should be higher....but if he beats malikov well see who deserves the spot....

rumble johnson should be higher....

josh burkman should be ranked.....

justin gaethje should be ranked and mckee should be out

cd great job my friend...

cd take a closer look at peter graham...i know he is 7-5...but he started his carrer with 1-5 record, now 7-5 winning 6 in a row, 3 of those victories over aleksander emelianenko and konstanting gluhov twice!!!! if gluhov jumped to the ranked fighters beating garner what makes graham ranked or contender having to big victories over gluhov!!!

PRIDE FC wrote:Great job CD and wekka. Aleks could be above Arlovski considering his win against Gluhov but overall it looks very good.

Thanks Johan. I didn't forget about Koreshkov either. Just waiting until his next fight. Future tournament winners will be top 10 as well. I updated the ranking rules to take the restrictions off tournament winners similar to the champions rule. I dropped Aleks a bit after he retired and then returned to ProFC.

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd...great job as always....

again some of my personal opinions....

monson should be higher....but if he beats malikov well see who deserves the spot....

rumble johnson should be higher....

josh burkman should be ranked.....

justin gaethje should be ranked and mckee should be out

cd great job my friend...

Thanks man. Yup, if Monson beats Malikov he will be moving on up. M-1 is doing great things with this GP, they are loading up the HW rankings. Gluhov and Ka are newly added from round 1.

Rumble will be ranked number 2 if he beats Blachowicz at WSOF.

Burkman will be top 5 if he beats Fitch coming up.

Fighters will start passing up McKee quick as they continue to get wins. A win over Cobb will def. give Gaethje a boost in the rankings. He was impressive as hell against JZ.

Thanks for the comments.

I still think newton is #2 to Jan's #1

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd take a closer look at peter graham...i know he is 7-5...but he started his carrer with 1-5 record, now 7-5 winning 6 in a row, 3 of those victories over aleksander emelianenko and konstanting gluhov twice!!!! if gluhov jumped to the ranked fighters beating garner what makes graham ranked or contender having to big victories over gluhov!!!

Yeah, I'm aware of him. He is on a good streak for sure. Just saw he has a fight coming up on June 2nd. MFC HW champ (whoever wins this Friday) is another that could end up in the HW rankings.

When is Nakumura going to enter he is DEEP middleweight champ....

PRIDE NEVER DIE wrote:When is Nakumura going to enter he is DEEP middleweight champ....

I got him right at the top of the list to get on. If someone in contenders loses soon, he's in.

PRIDE NEVER DIE wrote:When is Nakumura going to enter he is DEEP middleweight champ....

Its only been recently since he's put together a streak of wins. He's where he deserves to be at currently, IMO. Could fight Riki Fukuda soon, which should help greatly.

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd take a closer look at peter graham...i know he is 7-5...but he started his carrer with 1-5 record, now 7-5 winning 6 in a row, 3 of those victories over aleksander emelianenko and konstanting gluhov twice!!!! if gluhov jumped to the ranked fighters beating garner what makes graham ranked or contender having to big victories over gluhov!!!

Another solid HW on the cusp is Rolles Gracie. We will see how they do in their upcoming fights.

wekka wrote:

PRIDE NEVER DIE wrote:When is Nakumura going to enter he is DEEP middleweight champ....

Its only been recently since he's put together a streak of wins. He's where he deserves to be at currently, IMO. Could fight Riki Fukuda soon, which should help greatly.

That sounds good. We can see how he does in his title defense or if someone in contenders drops off, he can make the list. I have him right at the top waiting to enter. Basically 16th ranked MW.

Of the top of my head; Montague, Campuzano, and Urushitani (against contender Docyogen) all have fights coming up soon.

I believe Makovsky's 125 debut is either this month or next, which will determine where he lands in upcoming rankings. Might be a fringe contender depending on whether Sergio Pettis looks good in his next fight or not, as he's right outside of the top fifteen.

wekka wrote:Of the top of my head; Montague, Campuzano, and Urushitani (against contender Docyogen) all have fights coming up soon.

I believe Makovsky's 125 debut is either this month or next, which will determine where he lands in upcoming rankings. Might be a fringe contender depending on whether Sergio Pettis looks good in his next fight or not, as he's right outside of the top fifteen.

It'll be interesting to see how Makovsky looks at 125. He was always sized for that division. Pettis is another solid option.

That Docyogen/Urushitani fight at ONE should be a good one. Wouldn't mind seeing Docyogen take that one.

CDF47 wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd take a closer look at peter graham...i know he is 7-5...but he started his carrer with 1-5 record, now 7-5 winning 6 in a row, 3 of those victories over aleksander emelianenko and konstanting gluhov twice!!!! if gluhov jumped to the ranked fighters beating garner what makes graham ranked or contender having to big victories over gluhov!!!

Another solid HW on the cusp is Rolles Gracie. We will see how they do in their upcoming fights.

i agree people judge him beacuse he ran out of gas in his only ufc fight, but this guy submissions are second to none in the hw division!!!

huckaba is a tough cookie he went to distance with the ranked grabowski so a win for rolles could play on his ranking or contender status...

good call cd...

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd take a closer look at peter graham...i know he is 7-5...but he started his carrer with 1-5 record, now 7-5 winning 6 in a row, 3 of those victories over aleksander emelianenko and konstanting gluhov twice!!!! if gluhov jumped to the ranked fighters beating garner what makes graham ranked or contender having to big victories over gluhov!!!

Another solid HW on the cusp is Rolles Gracie. We will see how they do in their upcoming fights.

i agree people judge him beacuse he ran out of gas in his only ufc fight, but this guy submissions are second to none in the hw division!!!

huckaba is a tough cookie he went to distance with the ranked grabowski so a win for rolles could play on his ranking or contender status...

good call cd...

Getting the HWs lining up. Shamil Abdurahimov may need to drop off to make room for one of these guys. He hasn't fought in over 1 year and 1 month and he is only 1-1 in the last 1 1/2 years. He has been getting passed up left and right but may be time for him to fall off like Raz and Guram.

It'd probably be better for the division if Docyogen got the win, considering he's still pretty young and has a lot of upside in regards to giving Kojima a tough fight. Fighting Kojima and Urushitani in a row will be a tough task though.

When speaking of the Pacific Rim champion, I meant Yusuke Yachi lol.

Have no idea why I said Uruka.