Global-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - May 2014

Heavyweight
1.  Vitaly Minakov (Bellator Champion)
2.  Alexander Volkov (Bellator)
3.  Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global Champion)
4.  Marcin Tybura (M-1 Global)
5.  Sergei Kharitonov (M-1 Global)
6.  Magomed Malikov (M-1 Global)
7.  Satoshi Ishii (IGF Champion)
8.  Blagoi Ivanov (Bellator)
9.  Konstantin Gluhov (M-1 Global)
10. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Kenny Garner (M-1 Global), Karol Bedorf (KSW Champion), Ken Hasegawa (DEEP Champion), Guram Gugenishvili (IGF), Dmitriy Sosnovskiy (Bellator)

Light Heavyweight
1.  Emanuel Newton (Bellator Champion)
2.  Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator)
3.  Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
4.  Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion)
5.  Attila Vegh (Bellator)
6.  Mikhail Zayats (Bellator)
7.  Mike Kyle (WSOF)
8.  Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global Champion)
9.  Jason Jones (BAMMA Champion)
10. Luiz Cane (SFT)

Other Contenders: Joey Beltran (Bellator), Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator), Roger Gracie (Free Agent), Moise Rimbon (Dare)

Middleweight
1.  Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator Champion)
2.  Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
3.  Yushin Okami (WSOF)
4.  Maiquel Falcao (KSW)
5.  Ramazan Emeev (M-1 Global Champion)
6.  Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global)
7.  Michal Materla (KSW Champion)
8.  Brett Cooper (Bellator)
9.  Doug Marshall (Bellator)
10. Jay Silva (KSW)

Other Contenders: Jesse Taylor (WSOF), Kazuhiro Nakamura (DEEP Champion), Leandro Ataides (ONE FC), Elvis Mutapcic (WSOF), Eun-Su Lee (ROAD FC Champion)

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (ONE FC)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator Champion)
3. Rousimar Palhares (WSOF Champion)
4. Jake Shields (WSOF)
5. Steve Carl (WSOF)
6. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
7. Josh Burkman (WSOF)
8. Paul Daley (BAMMA)
9. Jon Fitch (WSOF)
10. Rick Hawn (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Nobutatsu Suzuki (ONE FC Champion), Aslambek Saidov (KSW Champion), Yasubey Enomoto (Fight Nights), Michael Page (Bellator), Shamil Zavurov (Bellator)

Lightweight
1.  Eddie Alvarez (Bellator Champion)
2.  Michael Chandler (Bellator)
3.  Shinya Aoki (ONE FC Champion)
4.  Musa Khamanaev (M-1 Global Champion)
5.  Justin Gaethje (WSOF Champion)
6.  Will Brooks (Bellator)
7.  Naoyuki Kotani (ZST Champion)
8.  Patricky Freire (Bellator)
9.  Vuyisile Colossa (ONE FC)
10. Isao Kobayashi (King of Pancrase)

Other Contenders: Marcin Held (Bellator), David Rickels (Bellator), Saad Awad (Bellator), Ramazan Esenbaev (IGF), Lowen Tynanes (ONE FC)

Featherweight
1.  Pat Curran (Bellator Champion)
2.  Georgi Karakhanyan (WSOF Champion)
3.  Patricio Freire (Bellator)
4.  Daniel Straus (Bellator)
5.  Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
6.  Shinya Aoki (ONE FC)
7.  Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
8.  Caol Uno (Shooto)
9.  Koji Oishi (ONE FC Champion)
10. Daniel Romero (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Marat Gafurov (M-1 Global Champion), Hiroyuki Takaya (Shooto), Diego Nunes (Bellator), Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (Bellator), Matt Bessette (Bellator)

Bantamweight
1.  Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC Champion)
2.  Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
3.  Joe Warren (Bellator)  
4.  Marlon Moraes (WSOF Champion)
5.  Soo-Chul Kim (ROAD FC)
6.  Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
7.  Masakatsu Ueda (ONE FC)
8.  Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator)
9.  Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase)
10. Dae Hwan Kim (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Cody Bollinger (WSOF), Kevin Belingon (ONE FC), Yuta Sasaki (Shooto), Tyson Nam (WSOF), Rafael Silva (Bellator)

Flyweight
1.  Ryuichi Miki (Shooto Champion)
2.  Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP Champion)
3.  Haruo Ochi (DEEP)
4.  Andrew Leone (ONE FC)
5.  Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (ONE FC)
6.  Kentaro Watanabe (Shooto)
7.  Nam Jin Jo (ROAD FC)
8.  Adriano Moraes (ONE FC)
9.  Yuki Motoya (DEEP)
10. Alexandre Pantoja Passidomo (Shooto Brazil)

Other Contenders: Mikihito Yamagami (Shooto), Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase), Yasuhiro Urushitani (ONE FC), Hideo Tokoro (Shooto), Dileno Lopes (Shooto Brazil)

Junior Flyweight
1.  Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King of Pancrase)
2.  Rambaa Somdet (PXC)
3.  Shinya Murofushi (Shooto Champion)
4.  Junji Ito (Shooto)
5.  Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito (Shooto)
6.  Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
7.  Tadaaki Yamamoto (Shooto)
8.  Noboru Tahara (Pancrase)
9.  Hiroyuki Abe (Pancrase)
10. Tatsuya Yamamoto (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Gilberto Dias (Shooto Brazil), Jun Nakamura (Shooto), Akihito Sasao (Shooto), Masayoshi Kato (Shooto), Ryosuke Tanuma (ZST Champion)
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Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary (April 2014)

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

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, Fedor Emelianenko (Retired), Cole Konrad (Retired), Brett Rogers, Eric Prindle, Todd Duffee (UFC), Alexei Kudin, Soa Palelei (UFC), Levan Razmadze, Shamil Abdurahimov, Rich Hale, Chaban Ka, Rolles Gracie, Jeff Monson, Peter Graham, Alexey Oleinik (UFC), Konstantin Gluhov, Aleksander Emelianenko, Ryan Martinez, Lavar Johnson, Mike Russow, Andrei Arlovski (UFC)

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, 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)

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

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Yuya Shirai, Marius Zaromskis, Lyman Good, Myung Ho Bae, Fabricio Monteiro, Jay Hieron, Karl Amoussou, Akihiro Murayama, Rashid Magomedov (UFC), Albert Tumenov (UFC), Alexander Yakovlev (UFC), Takenori Sato (UFC), Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (Division Change), Ryan Ford

Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Zorobabel Moreira, Alexander Sarnavskiy, Rich Clementi, Katsunori Kikuno, Paul Sass, Lloyd Woodard, Antonio McKee (Retired), Dave Jansen, Lewis Gonzales, Satoru Kitaoka, Yui Chul Nam (UFC), Lowen Tynanes, Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Kotetsu Boku

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

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

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

Junior Flyweight: Junji Ikoma, Takehiro Ishii, Mikihito Yamagami (Division Change), Masakazu Utsugi, Takuya Eizumi
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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.

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 - 27 Fighters Ranked in the Top 10
2. Shooto - 10
3. ONE FC - 11
4. WSOF - 10
5. M-1 Global - 9
6. DEEP - 5
7. Pancrase - 5
8. KSW - 4
9. ROAD FC - 2
10. BAMMA - 2
11. ZST - 1
12. PXC - 1
13. IGF - 1
14. Shooto Brazil - 1
15. SFT - 1

So for the 90 fighters listed, 15 promotions (0 free agents) have fighters ranked in the Global-MMA top 10.

Cd! I don't see the ww rankings?

Mws appear twice

Best rankings in the business by my friend cd! Great job buddy

MR.WILLIE wrote:Cd! I don't see the ww rankings?

Mws appear twice

Good catch. Got it fixed. Thanks for pointing that out.

MR.WILLIE wrote:Best rankings in the business by my friend cd! Great job buddy

Thanks Willie

Guram is back!

sad to see Arlovski go


but good rankings as always!

Golden Age wrote:Guram is back!

Yes he is. Hope he's fighting for the IGF belt soon.

adam wrote:sad to see Arlovski go


but good rankings as always!

Yeah, it sucked taking him out. He's been on since the beginning.

Thanks.

Man, i'm fucking sick of hearing the same complaints about flyweight and below.

Of course it's going to be dominated by Asian based fights, considering flyweight fights have been happening there often for TEN YEARS before the UFC even instituted this division.

They want more Brazilian and American fighters? Maybe if more Brazilians were on winning streaks and Americans didn't jump to the UFC after two straight victories, you'd get your wish.

Until then, go fuck yourself with your illogical fallacies.

wekka wrote:Man, i'm fucking sick of hearing the same complaints about flyweight and below.

Of course it's going to be dominated by Asian based fights, considering flyweight fights have been happening there often for TEN YEARS before the UFC even instituted this division.

They want more Brazilian and American fighters? Maybe if more Brazilians were on winning streaks and Americans didn't jump to the UFC after two straight victories, you'd get your wish.

Until then, go fuck yourself with your illogical fallacies.

Yeah, the FLW rankings look good to me. Like you said Asia has been running that division a long time.

wekka wrote:Man, i'm fucking sick of hearing the same complaints about flyweight and below.

Of course it's going to be dominated by Asian based fights, considering flyweight fights have been happening there often for TEN YEARS before the UFC even instituted this division.

They want more Brazilian and American fighters? Maybe if more Brazilians were on winning streaks and Americans didn't jump to the UFC after two straight victories, you'd get your wish.

Until then, go fuck yourself with your illogical fallacies.

Well said my friend

^Yeah, can't argue with that.

wekka wrote:Man, i'm fucking sick of hearing the same complaints about flyweight and below.

Of course it's going to be dominated by Asian based fights, considering flyweight fights have been happening there often for TEN YEARS before the UFC even instituted this division.

They want more Brazilian and American fighters? Maybe if more Brazilians were on winning streaks and Americans didn't jump to the UFC after two straight victories, you'd get your wish.

Until then, go fuck yourself with your illogical fallacies.

Damnsevern at Sherdog/UG always complains but can´t say what fighter is missing. Either tell us who´s missing or STFU

Golden Age wrote:

wekka wrote:Man, i'm fucking sick of hearing the same complaints about flyweight and below.

Of course it's going to be dominated by Asian based fights, considering flyweight fights have been happening there often for TEN YEARS before the UFC even instituted this division.

They want more Brazilian and American fighters? Maybe if more Brazilians were on winning streaks and Americans didn't jump to the UFC after two straight victories, you'd get your wish.

Until then, go fuck yourself with your illogical fallacies.

Damnsevern at Sherdog/UG always complains but can´t say what fighter is missing. Either tell us who´s missing or STFU

Yeah he is a troll

There is a few fighters I could make a case for at 125. Alexis Vila is still an elite fighter and is back fighting at 125. Czar Sklavos and Hiromasa Ogikubo are currently competing in the Vtj tournament and their records are solid enough to look at. Other prospects like Cage Warriors Marcin Lasota and Titan fc fighters Pedro Nobre and Giovanni Santos are close to being in the mix. Brit Pietro Menga looks awesome but he needs a step up in competition. Aussie Nick Honstein just pulled a big upset over Sean Santella so he would be on my list. There are some good 125ers out there that aren't Japanese.

I forgot about Jonathan Brookins. If he can win some more at 125 and not have any weight issues, he's definitely worthy. But I feel like he would be left off due to his ufc ties and likelihood of being re signed.

nathanli wrote:There is a few fighters I could make a case for at 125. Alexis Vila is still an elite fighter and is back fighting at 125. Czar Sklavos and Hiromasa Ogikubo are currently competing in the Vtj tournament and their records are solid enough to look at. Other prospects like Cage Warriors Marcin Lasota and Titan fc fighters Pedro Nobre   and Giovanni Santos are close to being in the mix. Brit Pietro Menga looks awesome but he needs a step up in competition. Aussie Nick Honstein just pulled a big upset over Sean Santella so he would be on my list. There are some good 125ers out there that aren't Japanese.

All of these guys are on my radar and I see Lasota, Ogikubo, and Menga doing big things, but the rankings are based on body of work.

Alexis Vila is fighting in WSOF's bantamweight division, otherwise he'd be a contender, since his previous body of work holds up.

Sklavos and Ogikubo are just outside of my top 20 and they will certainly move up if they can manage to make the VTJ Flyweight finals. Sklavos has an excellent chance to move into the contenders with a win over our number one ranked Ryuichi Miki. Ogikubo is only in his second bout at flyweight and if he wins the tournament, he could possibly be top five.

Menga is in my top 20 and Lasota is fringing on that with his last victory. A win over the other for either guys will greatly increase their stock and move them beyond. Otherwise, they just need to continue winning against good competition.

Nobre is also relatively new at 125, so I can't justify top 15 right yet, but he's got the skill to belong there. Honstein is also between top 25-30 with the win over Santella.

Brookins needs to amass a win streak against respectable competition before really making a splash. Henry Cejudo is another guy that has top 15 talent, but he has issues making weight and fighting against decent competition. His scrapped fight recently would've helped his case.

The skill level elsewhere might be as high or even better than Japan, but the depth just isn't...yet. Like I said, there's been flyweight fights for well over a decade there, so of course they're going to have a larger pool of fighter, ensuring secure fights. Which is something that hasn't really happened elsewhere until Tachi Palace Fights in the mid 00s and the same with Shooto Brazil.

I dont know if he plans on moving back up but Vilas last fight against Sidemar Honorio was at 125.

nathanli wrote:I dont know if he plans on moving back up but Vilas last fight against Sidemar Honorio was at 125.

Ah, I thought it was another bantamweight fight since i've always seen Honorio as a bantamweight. Anyways, they've got two other guys at 125 to my knowledge. Just up to WSOF to give these guys fights.

wekka wrote:

nathanli wrote:I dont know if he plans on moving back up but Vilas last fight against Sidemar Honorio was at 125.

Ah, I thought it was another bantamweight fight since i've always seen Honorio as a bantamweight. Anyways, they've got two other guys at 125 to my knowledge. Just up to WSOF to give these guys fights.

According to chad robichaux him vs alexis Vila is in the works in wsof 11 or 12 at 125

It is a good fight IMO

nathanli wrote:There is a few fighters I could make a case for at 125. Alexis Vila is still an elite fighter and is back fighting at 125. Czar Sklavos and Hiromasa Ogikubo are currently competing in the Vtj tournament and their records are solid enough to look at. Other prospects like Cage Warriors Marcin Lasota and Titan fc fighters Pedro Nobre   and Giovanni Santos are close to being in the mix. Brit Pietro Menga looks awesome but he needs a step up in competition. Aussie Nick Honstein just pulled a big upset over Sean Santella so he would be on my list. There are some good 125ers out there that aren't Japanese.

Good breakdown

MR.WILLIE wrote:

wekka wrote:

nathanli wrote:I dont know if he plans on moving back up but Vilas last fight against Sidemar Honorio was at 125.

Ah, I thought it was another bantamweight fight since i've always seen Honorio as a bantamweight. Anyways, they've got two other guys at 125 to my knowledge. Just up to WSOF to give these guys fights.

According to chad robichaux him vs alexis Vila is in the works in wsof 11 or 12 at 125

It is a good fight IMO

That is definitely good fight. Will be pulling for Vila in that one. That would be a good win at 125.

Who do you guys suggest should replace Kotani in the LW rankings? Kotani signed with UFC.