Global-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - November 2014

Heavyweight
1.  Vitaly Minakov (Bellator Champion)
2.  Marcin Tybura (M-1 Global Champion)
3.  Alexander Volkov (Bellator)
4.  Sergei Kharitonov (M-1 Global)
5.  Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
6.  Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global)
7.  Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (IGF Champion)
8.  Blagoi Ivanov (Bellator)
9.  Karol Bedorf (KSW Champion)
10. Smealinho Rama (WSOF Champion)

Other Contenders: Konstantin Erokhin (Fight Nights), Konstantin Gluhov (M-1 Global), Satoshi Ishii (IGF), Ken Hasegawa (DEEP Champion), Bobby Lashley (Bellator)

Light Heavyweight
1.  Emanuel Newton (Bellator Champion)
2.  Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator)
3.  Thiago Silva (Free Agent)
4.  Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
5.  Attila Vegh (Free Agent)
6.  Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global Champion)
7.  Mikhail Zayats (Bellator)
8.  Mike Kyle (WSOF)
9.  Liam McGeary (Bellator)
10. Tito Ortiz (Bellator)

Other Contenders: James McSweeney (ONE FC), Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Jason Jones (BAMMA Champion), Linton Vassell (Bellator), Vinny Magalhaes (TFC)

Middleweight
1.  Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
2.  Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global Champion)
3.  Brandon Halsey (Bellator Champion)
4.  Michal Materla (KSW Champion)
5.  Yushin Okami (WSOF)
6.  Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)
7.  Maiquel Falcao (Free Agent)
8.  Ramazan Emeev (M-1 Global)
9.  David Branch (WSOF Champion)
10. Melvin Manhoef (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Kazuhiro Nakamura (DEEP Champion), Doug Marshall (Bellator), Brett Cooper (Bellator), Rafael Carvalho (Bellator), Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP)

Welterweight
1.  Ben Askren (ONE FC Champion)
2.  Douglas Lima (Bellator Champion)
3.  Rousimar Palhares (WSOF Champion)
4.  Jake Shields (WSOF)
5.  Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
6.  Steve Carl (WSOF)
7.  Paul Daley (Bellator)
8.  Jon Fitch (WSOF)
9.  Michael Page (Bellator)
10. Borys Mankowski (KSW Champion)

Other Contenders: Gota Yamashita (King of Pancrase), Nobutatsu Suzuki (ONE FC), Yasubey Enomoto (Fight Nights), Yuta Watanabe (DEEP Champion), Rick Hawn (Bellator)

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

Other Contenders: David Rickels (Bellator), Saad Awad (Bellator), Melvin Guillard (WSOF), Lowen Tynanes (ONE FC), Luiz “Buscape” Firmino (WSOF)

Featherweight
1.  Patricio Freire (Bellator Champion)
2.  Pat Curran (Bellator)
3.  Rick Glenn (WSOF Champion)
4.  Daniel Straus (Bellator)
5.  Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
6.  Georgi Karakhanyan (Bellator)
7.  Caol Uno (Shooto)
8.  Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
9.  Jadamba Narantungala (ONE FC Champion)
10. Marat Gafurov (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Koji Oishi (ONE FC), Goiti Yamauchi (Bellator), Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global Champion), Daniel Romero (Shooto), Hiroyuki Takaya (Shooto)

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

Other Contenders: Kevin Belingon (ONE FC), Rafael “Morcego” Silva (Bellator), Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP Champion), Cody Bollinger (WSOF), Tyson Nam (WSOF)

Flyweight
1.  Yuki Motoya (DEEP Champion)
2.  Adriano Moraes (ONE FC Champion)
3.  Haruo Ochi (DEEP)
4.  Andrew Leone (ONE FC)
5.  Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP)
6.  Nam Jin Jo (ROAD FC Champion)
7.  B.J. Kojima (ONE FC)
8.  Alexandre Pantoja (RFA Champion)
9.  Hiromasa Ogikubo (Shooto)
10. Czar Sklavos (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Ryuichi Miki (Shooto Champion), Dileno Lopes (Free Agent), Mikihito Yamagami (ROAD FC), Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase), Pietro Menga (BAMMA)

Junior Flyweight
1.  Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King of Pancrase)
2.  Yoshitaka Naito (Shooto Strawweight Champion)
3.  Rambaa Somdet (PXC)
4.  Shinya Murofushi (Shooto)
5.  Junji Ito (Shooto)
6.  Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
7.  Ryo Hatta (ZST Champion)
8.  Gilberto Dias (Shooto Brazil)
9.  Yukitaka Musashi (Pancrase)
10. Ryohei “Ken Asuka” Kurosawa (Shooto)

Other Contenders: Noboru Tahara (Pancrase), Takuya Eizumi (Pancrase), Hiroyuki Abe (Pancrase), Atsushi Takeuchi (Shooto), Masayoshi Kato (Shooto)
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Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary

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

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, Fedor Emelianenko (Retired), 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, Shamil Abdurahimov, Brett Rogers, Magomed Malikov

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), 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), Moise Rimbon, Roger Gracie, Christian M’Pumbu, Joey Beltran, Luiz Cane, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (Division Change)

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

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), Shamil Zavurov, Aslambek Saidov, Josh Burkman (UFC), 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), Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Kotetsu Boku, Naoyuki Kotani (UFC), Nick Newell, Eddie Alvarez (UFC), Leandro Silva (UFC)

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, Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev, Diego Nunes

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), Mike Richman

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, Kentaro Watanabe, Hideo Tokoro, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Yosuke Saruta

Junior Flyweight: Junji Ikoma, Takehiro Ishii, Mikihito Yamagami (Division Change), Masakazu Utsugi, Takuya Eizumi, Ryosuke Tanuma, Tadaaki Yamamoto, Jun Nakamura, Ryuya Fukuda, Akihito Sasao
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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.

why arent cagewarrior champions being recognised yet shitty bellaturd plastic fake champions are

bellator is fake like WWE

i fort global mma was tryin' to be menna' serious? but it's goin' down the fookin' toilet

Cuz cage warriors isn't a top company and doesn't house much depth in talent.its Europe's kotc with a few vets and occasional home grown talent.

Bellator like it or not stu has world class talent and is recognized by anyone with common sense.

BTW great job as usual CD

fka wrote:Cuz cage warriors isn't a top company and doesn't house much depth in talent.its Europe's kotc with a few vets and occasional home grown talent.

Bellator like it or not stu has world class talent and is recognized by anyone with common sense.

CW puts on a better production than bellator ...far too much bias towards american promotions

spike just want cheap ratings ...CW is actually moving the sport forward not backwards with tuf rejects and roided up pro wrestlers...

Ian Dean > Scott Coker

stu3ufc wrote:why arent cagewarrior champions being recognised yet shitty bellaturd plastic fake champions are

bellator is fake like WWE

i fort global mma was tryin' to be menna' serious? but it's goin' down the fookin' toilet

We had Cage Warriors champs on here but as soon as they get some good wins they are off to Zuffa land and drop off. Same with Jungle Fight, Shooto Brazil, and some other orgs.

fka wrote:BTW great job as usual CD

Thanks fka. Yeah, Bellator does have the best talent right now. M-1 is up there in the HW division.

Where do you all think Wand should be ranked at MW? He may be fighting on NYE in Japan and will be listed as a free agent next month.

CDF47 wrote:Where do you all think Wand should be ranked at MW?  He may be fighting on NYE in Japan and will be listed as a free agent next month.

Ahead of Kaz Nak and behind Manhoef if you ask me, Wand's been inactive for over a year and a half so I think #11 is plenty generous.

Also Falcao should come down a bit to like #9 or #10.

I have Erokhin at #8. Great Rankings, Materla is a bit too high though.

AudaxSynth wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Where do you all think Wand should be ranked at MW?  He may be fighting on NYE in Japan and will be listed as a free agent next month.

Ahead of Kaz Nak and behind Manhoef if you ask me, Wand's been inactive for over a year and a half so I think #11 is plenty generous.

Also Falcao should come down a bit to like #9 or #10.

That's exactly where I had Wand on my PC before asking. Falcao will prob. get passed up soon. He hasn't been doing too good lately.

Golden Age wrote:I have Erokhin at #8. Great Rankings, Materla is a bit too high though.

Thanks Johan. Erokhin will continue to climb up. After his next fight, I will bring him up into to top 8 or so if he wins.

I will have the guys below Materla pass him up soon as they win fights. A number of people think Materla is a bit too high.

Mike Kyle shouldn´t be in the top 10 anymore.

Will Dave Jansen be added? I think Hawn went back to LW. Also why is Venom Page top 10? He has not beaten anyone notable & did not look great in his last fight.

NorthWestMex wrote:Will Dave Jansen be added? I think Hawn went back to LW. Also why is Venom Page top 10? He has not beaten anyone notable & did not look great in his last fight.

Good call on Dave Jansen, he took some legit scalps lately and seems to be forgotten.

Golden Age wrote:Mike Kyle shouldn´t be in the top 10 anymore.

Will drop him a couple spots. In January it will be one year since he fought and will drop him even more then.

NorthWestMex wrote:Will Dave Jansen be added? I think Hawn went back to LW. Also why is Venom Page top 10? He has not beaten anyone notable & did not look great in his last fight.

Yeah, if Jansen wins his next fight will move him up to 12 in contenders.  Also, if someone in contenders loses, I'll replace him with Jansen.

Yeah, Hawn is back and forth.  He is in the last spot in contenders at WW.  If his next fight is at LW, he'll drop out of WW.

Page moved up a bit after each win in Bellator. I agree, his last fight was not real impressive at all.

Golden Age wrote:

NorthWestMex wrote:Will Dave Jansen be added? I think Hawn went back to LW. Also why is Venom Page top 10? He has not beaten anyone notable & did not look great in his last fight.

Good call on Dave Jansen, he took some legit scalps lately and seems to be forgotten.

Yeah, that is a good call. Will prob. get him in here soon.

Going to have to get Koji Ando into the LW rankings next month. Big win over Zoro at ONE FC. He was the last Legend lightweight champion beating Jadamba Narantungalag there. He also beat former Australian LW champ Rob Hill in Legend. He also has a recent first round sub win over Rafael Nunes who was undefeated at the time at 10-0.

Been wanting to get Ando in here for a while and the Zoro win will get him added.

I had Dave Jansen ranked in the past but he got past up by other fighters.

I posted ranking to other site but anyway here the feedback.

For HW's not on the list:

Shamil Abdurahimov - has wins over Sokoudjou, Neil Grove, Kenny Garner
Denis Goltsov - has wins over Konstantin Erokhin, Roy Boughton, Brett Rogers

LHW not on the list:

Maxim Grishin - although he used to be a HW, he hasnt lost since moving to LHW (6 straight wins) he has wins over Alexander Volkov, Mario Miranda, Rodney Wallace, Trevor Prangley

MW not on the list:

looks good, maybe Tomasz Drwal

WW not on the list:

Roan Carneiro - Just won a single night 8 man tourney he took out Brock Larson in the finals
Adam McDonough - has only 1 loss on his record, that was against Koreshkov.

LW's not on the list:

Dave Jansen - only has 2 loses on his record and has beat Rick Hawn, Marcin Held
Alexander Sarnavskiy - another solid prospect with loses to Will Brooks, Rich Clementi, but has wins over Dakota Cochrane, Ricardo Tirloni, Marcus Davis
Rick Hawn - Floats back and forth between LW and WW so I can understand why he might not be on the list

FW's

Justin Wilcox - has decent wins at several weight classes(Voelkner, Ruediger, Daisuke Nakamura, Shamar Bailey, Vitor Ribeiro, Rodrigo Damm) he's just inconsistent
Desmond Green - Solid bluechip prospect, I expect him to only get better now that he's gone to Tristar

BW

Rafael Silva - couldnt beat the top dog in Bellator, but still should be considered
Jimmie Rivera - he is 15-1 fought in Bellator and WSOF, the problem is most of his fights go to Decision so he has not been noticed.
Mike Richman - Only has 1 fight at BW but looked incredibly sharp, will be interesting where he goes from here
Robert Emerson - also hasnt fought much at BW, lost to Rafael Silva in his last fight.

FLY

Darren Uyenoyama - cant win in the big leagues but could still make waves
Pedro Nobre - 17-1 and now with Titan FC
Nick Honstein - mixed results but his last fight was a split decision lose to Nobre
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. - 15-1, needs better competition now
Allan Nascimento - only 23 years old, has slick submission skills

Junior Fly/Straw

Daichi Kitakata - just has 1 fight at Strawweight, now that he's at a lower weight, needs more consistency - only 23 years old
Kento Kanbe - he's 17 years old!!!!! 7-0, this kid could make waves
Masatatsu Ueda - 3-0-1, needs more experience
Karl Marx Mazoni - 4-0 another prospect on his way up

kayneoTheRisingWarrior wrote: I posted ranking to other site but anyway here the feedback.

For HW's not on the list:

Shamil Abdurahimov - has wins over Sokoudjou, Neil Grove, Kenny Garner
Denis Goltsov - has wins over Konstantin Erokhin, Roy Boughton, Brett Rogers

LHW not on the list:

Maxim Grishin - although he used to be a HW, he hasnt lost since moving to LHW (6 straight wins) he has wins over Alexander Volkov, Mario Miranda, Rodney Wallace, Trevor Prangley

MW not on the list:

looks good, maybe Tomasz Drwal

WW not on the list:

Roan Carneiro - Just won a single night 8 man tourney he took out Brock Larson in the finals
Adam McDonough - has only 1 loss on his record, that was against Koreshkov.

LW's not on the list:

Dave Jansen - only has 2 loses on his record and has beat Rick Hawn, Marcin Held
Alexander Sarnavskiy - another solid prospect with loses to Will Brooks, Rich Clementi, but has wins over Dakota Cochrane, Ricardo Tirloni, Marcus Davis
Rick Hawn - Floats back and forth between LW and WW so I can understand why he might not be on the list

FW's

Justin Wilcox - has decent wins at several weight classes(Voelkner, Ruediger, Daisuke Nakamura, Shamar Bailey, Vitor Ribeiro, Rodrigo Damm) he's just inconsistent
Desmond Green - Solid bluechip prospect, I expect him to only get better now that he's gone to Tristar

BW

Rafael Silva - couldnt beat the top dog in Bellator, but still should be considered
Jimmie Rivera - he is 15-1 fought in Bellator and WSOF, the problem is most of his fights go to Decision so he has not been noticed.
Mike Richman - Only has 1 fight at BW but looked incredibly sharp, will be interesting where he goes from here
Robert Emerson - also hasnt fought much at BW, lost to Rafael Silva in his last fight.

FLY

Darren Uyenoyama - cant win in the big leagues but could still make waves
Pedro Nobre - 17-1 and now with Titan FC
Nick Honstein - mixed results but his last fight was a split decision lose to Nobre
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. - 15-1, needs better competition now
Allan Nascimento - only 23 years old, has slick submission skills

Junior Fly/Straw

Daichi Kitakata - just has 1 fight at Strawweight, now that he's at a lower weight, needs more consistency - only 23 years old
Kento Kanbe - he's 17 years old!!!!! 7-0, this kid could make waves
Masatatsu Ueda - 3-0-1, needs more experience
Karl Marx Mazoni - 4-0 another prospect on his way up

Great analysis! I 100% agree!!

kayneoTheRisingWarrior wrote: I posted ranking to other site but anyway here the feedback.

For HW's not on the list:

Shamil Abdurahimov - has wins over Sokoudjou, Neil Grove, Kenny Garner
Denis Goltsov - has wins over Konstantin Erokhin, Roy Boughton, Brett Rogers

LHW not on the list:

Maxim Grishin - although he used to be a HW, he hasnt lost since moving to LHW (6 straight wins) he has wins over Alexander Volkov, Mario Miranda, Rodney Wallace, Trevor Prangley

MW not on the list:

looks good, maybe Tomasz Drwal

WW not on the list:

Roan Carneiro - Just won a single night 8 man tourney he took out Brock Larson in the finals
Adam McDonough - has only 1 loss on his record, that was against Koreshkov.

LW's not on the list:

Dave Jansen - only has 2 loses on his record and has beat Rick Hawn, Marcin Held
Alexander Sarnavskiy - another solid prospect with loses to Will Brooks, Rich Clementi, but has wins over Dakota Cochrane, Ricardo Tirloni, Marcus Davis
Rick Hawn - Floats back and forth between LW and WW so I can understand why he might not be on the list

FW's

Justin Wilcox - has decent wins at several weight classes(Voelkner, Ruediger, Daisuke Nakamura, Shamar Bailey, Vitor Ribeiro, Rodrigo Damm) he's just inconsistent
Desmond Green - Solid bluechip prospect, I expect him to only get better now that he's gone to Tristar

BW

Rafael Silva - couldnt beat the top dog in Bellator, but still should be considered
Jimmie Rivera - he is 15-1 fought in Bellator and WSOF, the problem is most of his fights go to Decision so he has not been noticed.
Mike Richman - Only has 1 fight at BW but looked incredibly sharp, will be interesting where he goes from here
Robert Emerson - also hasnt fought much at BW, lost to Rafael Silva in his last fight.

FLY

Darren Uyenoyama - cant win in the big leagues but could still make waves
Pedro Nobre - 17-1 and now with Titan FC
Nick Honstein - mixed results but his last fight was a split decision lose to Nobre
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. - 15-1, needs better competition now
Allan Nascimento - only 23 years old, has slick submission skills

Junior Fly/Straw

Daichi Kitakata - just has 1 fight at Strawweight, now that he's at a lower weight, needs more consistency - only 23 years old
Kento Kanbe - he's 17 years old!!!!! 7-0, this kid could make waves
Masatatsu Ueda - 3-0-1, needs more experience
Karl Marx Mazoni - 4-0 another prospect on his way up

Shamil was ranked in the past but lost a fight and was then past up. He could return.

Will have to look out for Goltsov. He's on the radar.

Grishin has been on the radar for a long time since early M-1 fights. He too could get on in the future.

Drwal would need a decent win to be added.

8 man tourney win and finish of Larson is impressive for Roan. Will have to keep watch of him.

Jansen was on here in the past but got passed up. Same with Sarnavskiy. Hawn just lost at LW after leaving WW. There are a lot of solid LWs out there and with only 15 spots it's often a hard choice on who to put in the contenders.

Some good names at the lower weight classes, BW and FW. Some have been ranked in the past.

Okami looked terrible in that fight. Branch looked pretty good. Branch will move up from number 9 to number 4 which is a giant leap for him right behind the Bellator champ. Okami will drop to the 7 spot behind Shlemenko. He looked bad.

Gaethje looked excellent as always. He will enter the top 3 ahead of Chandler.

With the loss to Gaethje, Melvin will drop out of the LW rankings and be replaced by Dave Jansen who seems to have the popular vote to replace him.

A number of other updates next month as well.

Minakov and Tybura is starting to become a tougher call for the top HW spot.  If the Tybura/Kharitonov fight happens and Tybura finishes him, he should probably be considered for the top spot.

I wouldn't argue against Tybura being number one right now.