Global-MMA Rankings - July 2015

Heavyweight
1.  Vitaly Minakov (Bellator Champion)
2.  Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global)
3.  Marcin Tybura (M-1 Global Champion)
4.  Sergei Kharitonov (M-1 Global)
5.  Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global)
6.  Tony Johnson (Bellator)
7.  Blagoy Ivanov (WSOF Champion)
8.  Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
9.  Karol Bedorf (KSW Champion)
10. Denis Goltsov (Tech-Krep)

Other Contenders: Alexander Volkov (Bellator), Ken Hasegawa (DEEP Champion), Evgeny Erokhin (FEFoFP), Denis Smoldarev (M-1 Global), Smealinho Rama (WSOF)

Light Heavyweight
1.  Liam McGeary (Bellator Champion)
2.  Emanuel Newton (Bellator)
3.  Phil Davis (Bellator)
4.  Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator)
5.  Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
6.  Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global Champion)
7.  Goran Reljic (KSW Champion)
8.  Linton Vassell (Bellator)
9.  Teddy Holder (WSOF)
10. Attila Vegh (KSW)

Other Contenders: Tito Ortiz (Bellator), Thiago Silva (WSOF), Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), David Branch (WSOF), Vinny Magalhaes (WSOF)

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

Other Contenders: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion), Rafael Carvalho (Bellator), Doug Marshall (Bellator), Tomasz Drwal (KSW), Tamdan McCrory (Bellator)

Welterweight
1.  Ben Askren (ONE FC Champion)
2.  Rousimar Palhares (WSOF Champion)
3.  Douglas Lima (Bellator Champion)
4.  Jake Shields (WSOF)
5.  Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
6.  Paul Daley (Bellator)
7.  Borys Mankowski (KSW Champion)
8.  Yuta Watanabe (DEEP Champion)
9.  Shingo Suzuki (Pancrase)
10. Michael Page (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Jon Fitch (WSOF), Nobutatsu Suzuki (ONE FC), Luis Santos (ONE FC), Gota Yamashita (King of Pancrase), Yasubey Enomoto (Fight Nights)

Lightweight
1.  Will Brooks (Bellator Champion)
2.  Shinya Aoki (ONE FC Champion)
3.  Justin Gaethje (WSOF Champion)
4.  Michael Chandler (Bellator)
5.  Marcin Held (Bellator)
6.  Musa Khamanaev (ACB)
7.  Patricky Freire (Bellator)
8.  Ramazan Esenbaev (IGF)
9.  David Rickels (Bellator)
10. Saad Awad (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Dave Jansen (Bellator), Lowen Tynanes (ONE FC), Alexander Sarnavskiy (Bellator), Koji Ando (ONE FC), Vuyisile Colossa (ONE FC)

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

Other Contenders: Goiti Yamauchi (Bellator), Isao Kobayashi (Pancrase), Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global Champion), Diego Nunes (Bellator), Yutaka Saito (Shooto)

Bantamweight
1.  Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC Champion)
2.  Marlon Moraes (WSOF Champion)
3.  Marcos Galvao (Bellator Champion)
4.  Joe Warren (Bellator)
5.  Eduardo Dantas (Bellator)
6.  Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC)
7.  Luis Alberto Nogueira (Pancrase)
8.  Jonathan Brookins (Pancrase)
9.  Dae Hwan Kim (ONE FC)
10. Kevin Belingon (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Victor Henry (Pancrase), Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase), Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase), Timur Valiev (WSOF), Darrion Caldwell (Bellator)

 
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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, Brett Rogers, Magomed Malikov, Konstantin Erokhin (UFC), Shamil Abdurahimov (UFC), Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (UFC), Konstantin Gluhov, Bobby Lashley, Satoshi Ishii

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, Christian M’Pumbu, Joey Beltran, Luiz Cane, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (Division Change), James McSweeney, Jason Jones, Roger Gracie, Maxim Grishin, Mikhail Zayats, Mike Kyle

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt (Strikeforce), Giva Santana, Bryan Baker, Hector Lombard (UFC), Andrei Semenov, Jorge Santiago (Strikeforce), Anthony Johnson (Division Change), Ryuta Sakurai, Magomed Sultanakhmedov (Retired), Antonio Neto (UFC), Thales Leites (UFC), Vitor Vianna, Bruno Santos, Roger Gracie (Division Change), Mario Miranda (Division Change), Arthur Guseinov, Dan Cramer, Eun-Su Lee, Elvis Mutapcic, Jesse Taylor, Leandro Ataides, Jay Silva, Brett Cooper, Kazuhiro Nakamura (Retired), Joe Schilling, Melvin Manhoef (Retired)

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, Rick Hawn, Steve Carl (UFC), Beslan Isaev

Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Zorobabel Moreira, Rich Clementi, Katsunori Kikuno, Paul Sass, Lloyd Woodard, Antonio McKee (Retired), Lewis Gonzales, Satoru Kitaoka, Yui Chul Nam (UFC), Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Kotetsu Boku, Naoyuki Kotani (UFC), Nick Newell, Eddie Alvarez (UFC), Leandro Silva (UFC), Luis “Buscape” Firmino, Melvin Guillard, Isao Kobayashi (Division Change)

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey, Wilson Reis, Joachim Hansen, Mike Richman, Yusuke Kawanago, Takeshi Inoue, Joe Warren (Division Change), Wagnney Fabiano, Shahbulat Shamhalaev, Honorio Banario, Kazuyuki Miyata, Tatsuya Kawajiri (UFC), Doo Ho Choi (UFC), Takumi Nakayama, Marlon Sandro, Matt Bessette, Shinya Aoki (Division Change), Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva, Hiroyuki Takaya, Daniel Romero, Magomeddrasul Khasbulaev, Koji Oishi (Retired), Caol Uno, Yoshifumi Nakamura

Bantamweight: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masakazu Imanari, Hideo Tokoro, Yusup Saadulaev, Antonio Banuelos, Wagnney Fabiano (Division Change), Alexis Vila, Rodolfo Marques Diniz, Travis Marx, Zach Makovsky (Division Change), Kyoji Horiguchi (UFC), Miguel Torres, Leandro Issa (UFC), Pablo Alfonso, Ed West, Anthony Leone, Yuta Sasaki (UFC), Tyson Nam, Cody Bollinger, Takafumi Otsuka, Josh Hill, Rafael Silva, Mike Richman


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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.

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*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.

Keep up the good work bro! Evgeny Erokhin deserves the contenders spot.

will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

Golden Age wrote:Keep up the good work bro! Evgeny Erokhin deserves the contenders spot.

Thanks. If he gets another good win here soon, he will be top 10.

stu3ufc wrote:will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

LOL...He beat Chandler who beat Alvarez who beat Aoki.  Aoki is still one of my favorite fighters but I can't be biased. Gaethje is on Aoki's heals as well.

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

LOL...He beat Chandler who beat Alvarez who beat Aoki.  Aoki is still one of my favorite fighters but I can't be biased.  Gaethje is on Aoki's heals as well.

Aoki should be ranked as a featherweight imo....

MMAth being used there to prove brooks>aoki ...lol Gaethje ...None of these guys would face Aoki outside of their american cage and american judges/scoring criteria anyways

stu3ufc wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

LOL...He beat Chandler who beat Alvarez who beat Aoki.  Aoki is still one of my favorite fighters but I can't be biased.  Gaethje is on Aoki's heals as well.

Aoki should be ranked as a featherweight imo....

MMAth being used there to prove brooks>aoki ...lol Gaethje ...None of these guys would face Aoki outside of their american cage and american judges/scoring criteria anyways

Not MMA math, just explaining how the rankings ended up that way. Aoki was way ahead of Brooks in the past. Brooks wasn't even ranked until he beat Kitaoka in DREAM years ago. Brooks moved up the contenders and into the top 10 and eventually beat Chandler who was ahead of Aoki at the time. Chandler got ahead of Aoki with his first win over Alvarez. Have to understand the history of the rankings to understand where fighters are placed.

Aoki only had one fight at FW and has not returned to that division since. He looked like a toothpick at 145 and I don't think will be seeing him go back there.

Aoki has an edge over Gaethje but Gaethje is right up there as well.

Masakatsu Ueda should be ranking over Luis Alberto Nogueira

Kingfedor wrote:Masakatsu Ueda should be ranking over Luis Alberto Nogueira

Thanks for the info.  Ueda will be back in the top 10, over Nogueira, in the August rankings based on his recent win over him last week.

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

LOL...He beat Chandler who beat Alvarez who beat Aoki.  Aoki is still one of my favorite fighters but I can't be biased.  Gaethje is on Aoki's heals as well.

Aoki should be ranked as a featherweight imo....

MMAth being used there to prove brooks>aoki ...lol Gaethje ...None of these guys would face Aoki outside of their american cage and american judges/scoring criteria anyways

Not MMA math, just explaining how the rankings ended up that way.  Aoki was way ahead of Brooks in the past.  Brooks wasn't even ranked until he beat Kitaoka in DREAM years ago.  Brooks moved up the contenders and into the top 10 and eventually beat Chandler who was ahead of Aoki at the time.  Chandler got ahead of Aoki with his first win over Alvarez.  Have to understand the history of the rankings to understand where fighters are placed.

Aoki only had one fight at FW and has not returned to that division since.  He looked like a toothpick at 145 and I don't think will be seeing him go back there.

Aoki has an edge over Gaethje but Gaethje is right up there as well.

This gave me the idea, maybe we should make a subforum to the Combat Sports Discussion section where all the past rankings threads are archived.

I'd be happy to move the threads since I mentioned it.

Thanks to Kingfedor for reviving the FLW rankings.

AudaxSynth wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

stu3ufc wrote:will brooks over aoki??? thats laughable...American Bias

LOL...He beat Chandler who beat Alvarez who beat Aoki.  Aoki is still one of my favorite fighters but I can't be biased.  Gaethje is on Aoki's heals as well.

Aoki should be ranked as a featherweight imo....

MMAth being used there to prove brooks>aoki ...lol Gaethje ...None of these guys would face Aoki outside of their american cage and american judges/scoring criteria anyways

Not MMA math, just explaining how the rankings ended up that way.  Aoki was way ahead of Brooks in the past.  Brooks wasn't even ranked until he beat Kitaoka in DREAM years ago.  Brooks moved up the contenders and into the top 10 and eventually beat Chandler who was ahead of Aoki at the time.  Chandler got ahead of Aoki with his first win over Alvarez.  Have to understand the history of the rankings to understand where fighters are placed.

Aoki only had one fight at FW and has not returned to that division since.  He looked like a toothpick at 145 and I don't think will be seeing him go back there.

Aoki has an edge over Gaethje but Gaethje is right up there as well.

This gave me the idea, maybe we should make a subforum to the Combat Sports Discussion section where all the past rankings threads are archived.

I'd be happy to move the threads since I mentioned it.

New rankings subsection is great!