GLOBAL-MMA Rankings (Non-Zuffa) - August 2012

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

Other Contenders: Alexander Volkov (M-1 Global), Todd Duffee (SFL), Eric Prindle (Bellator), Brett Rogers (Bellator), Levan Razmadze (DEEP Champion)

Light Heavyweight
1. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
2. Travis Wiuff (Bellator)
3. Jan Blachowicz (KSW Champion)
4. Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator Champion)
5. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion)
6. Attila Vegh (Bellator)
7. Richard Hale (Bellator)
8. Renato Sobral (ONE FC)
9. Raphael Davis (Bellator)
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), Roger Hollett (Bellator)

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

Other Contenders: Bruno Santos (Bellator), Jorge Santiago (Titan FC), Andreas Spang (Bellator), Brian Rogers (Bellator), Vitor Vianna (Bellator)

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

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. Antonio McKee (Free Agent)
7. Lloyd Woodard (Bellator)
8. Satoru Kitaoka (DEEP)
9. Daniel Weichel (M-1 Global)
10. Patricky Freire (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Alexander Sarnavskiy (Bellator), Jadamba Narantungalag (Legend FC Champion), Zorobabel Moreira (ONE FC), Katsunori Kikuno (DEEP), Isao Kobayashi (Pancrase Champion)

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 (Free Agent)

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

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC)
2. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
3. Zach Makovsky (Bellator)
4. Wagnney Fabiano (Bellator)
5. Antonio Banuelos (Free Agent)
6. Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
7. Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator)
8. Alexis Vila (Free Agent)
9. Travis Marx (Bellator)
10. Masakatsu Ueda (Free Agent)

Other Contenders: Ed West (Bellator), Rodolfo Marques Diniz (Shooto Brazil), Yusup Saadulaev (Free Agent), Hideo Tokoro (Free Agent), Leandro Issa (ONE FC)

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GLOBAL-MMA Ranking Update Summary (August 2012)

Jimi Manuwa: Jimi Manuwa was removed from the light heavyweight rankings after signing an exclusive contract with the UFC as reported on 05 July 2012. BAMMA light heavyweight contender, Mark Godbeer, joined the GLOBAL-MMA light heavyweight rankings following the removal of Manuwa.

Jay Hieron: Jay Hieron finished Romario Manoel da Silva with a brabo choke in 2 minutes 4 seconds of the second round at Legacy Fighting Championship 12 on 13 July 2012. Hieron remained in the top 5 of the welterweight division following the victory.

Wilson Reis: Wilson Reis returned to the cage at Matrix Fights 6 on 13 July 2012 earning a unanimous decision victory over Cody Stevens. Reis remains ranked in the other contenders list of the featherweight rankings but he needs a step up in competition to hold this ranking.

Vinny Magalhaes: Vinny Magalhaes was removed from the light heavyweight rankings after signing an exclusive contract with the UFC as reported on 16 July 2012 after a long reported dispute with former promoter M-1 Global. Bellator contender Roger Hollett entered the GLOBAL-MMA light heavyweight rankings due to the removal of Vinny Magalhaes.

Marius Zaromskis: The last DREAM welterweight champion and GLOBAL-MMA welterweight contender, Marius Zaromskis, was back in action at Bellator 72 on 20 July 2012 to complete a trilogy against rival Waachiim Spiritwolf. Zaromskis controlled the action in the Bellator cage earning a unanimous decision victory. Zaromskis remains on the other contenders list of the rankings as he enters into the Bellator welterweight tournament starting this fall.

Travis Wiuff: Number 2 ranked light heavyweight, Travis Wiuff, continued his dominant streak in the Bellator cage earning a unanimous decision victory over Tim Carpenter at Bellator 72 to move on to the finals of the Bellator Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament. Wiuff maintained his spot in the GLOBAL-MMA rankings following the victory.

Attila Vegh: Attila Vegh moved to the number 6 spot in the GLOBAL-MMA light heavyweight rankings following a split decision victory over Emanuel Newton at Bellator 72. The victory earned Vegh a spot in the Bellator Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament against GLOBAL-MMA number 2 ranked Travis Wiuff. The tournament final will determine who gets a shot at Bellator champion Christian M’Pumbu.

Paul Daley: Paul Daley moved up one spot, to number 6, in the welterweight rankings following an impressive TKO victory over Rudy Bears at Bellator 72. Daley will enter the upcoming Bellator welterweight tournament this fall.

Karl “Psycho” Amoussou: Karl “Psycho” Amoussou entered the top 10 of the welterweight rankings after finishing Bryan Baker with an incredible inverted heel hook submission in just 56 seconds of the first round at Bellator 72. Amoussou won the Bellator Season 6 Welterweight Tournament with the victory earning a shot against Bellator champion and GLOBAL-MMA welterweight kingpin Ben Askren this fall. Bryan Baker was removed from the rankings following the defeat. Legend FC welterweight champion, Myung Ho Bae, returned to the welterweight rankings due to the removal of Baker.

* 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)

Light Heavyweight: Glover Texeira (UFC), D.J. Linderman, Marcus Vanttinen, Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce), Jimi Manuwa (UFC), Vinny Magalhaes (UFC)

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt (Strikeforce), Giva Santana, Bryan Baker, Hector Lombard (UFC), Andrei Semenov

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

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

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey

Bantamweight: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masakazu Imanari

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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.

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

So for the 70 fighters listed, 13 promotions (plus 7 free agents) have fighters ranked in the GLOBAL-MMA top 10. Bellator and M-1 Global are dominating the rankings right now. 66 percent of the fighters listed compete in either Bellator or M-1 Global.

Nice to see Psycho in the top 10. Great job man, you only forgot one thing Mario Miranda is the M-1 MW champion not White Wolf.

Johan Lofgren wrote:Nice to see Psycho in the top 10. Great job man, you only forgot one thing Mario Miranda is the M-1 MW champion not White Wolf.

Thanks Johan.

Yeah, Psycho is a beast. That heal hook was prob. top sub. of the year. I hope he can take out Askren but that will be a tough test.

I updated Miranda as the M-1 champ in the OP. Is White Wolf ever going to return? He hasn't fought in 1-1/2 years and now M-1 stripped him of his title. If he doesn't fight in the next 7 months he will be removed from the rankings.

Wagnney Fabiano is another fighter who hasn't fought in a long time. In 3 months it will be 2 years since he fought and he will be removed as well. He was suppose to fight for Bellator in the BW tournament but he got injured. That was the last I heard of him.

great job cdf47........

only comment imo jorge santiago should be over guseinov....arthur looked horrible vs miranda...

cdf47.....keep an eye on Egidijus Valavičius, he is fighting at 205 and it is 13-2 in his last 15 fights, he os the bushido lithuania lhw champ and now is fighting at flawless fc in chicago ill, the same company that its going to be working with sengoku global...24-9 record overall...

MR.WILLIE wrote:great job cdf47........

only comment imo jorge santiago should be over guseinov....arthur looked horrible vs miranda...

cdf47.....keep an eye on Egidijus Valavičius, he is fighting at 205 and it is 13-2 in his last 15 fights, he os the bushido lithuania lhw champ and now is fighting at flawless fc in chicago ill, the same company that its going to be working with sengoku global...24-9 record overall...

Agree, Santiago should be higher than Guseinov.

cdf47.....take hieron off the list, he is back with zuffa

MR.WILLIE wrote:cdf47.....take hieron off the list, he is back with zuffa

Damn Zuffa! Well there are plenty of other legit guys so I guess it´s ok.

MR.WILLIE wrote:great job cdf47........

only comment imo jorge santiago should be over guseinov....arthur looked horrible vs miranda...

cdf47.....keep an eye on Egidijus Valavičius, he is fighting at 205 and it is 13-2 in his last 15 fights, he os the bushido lithuania lhw champ and now is fighting at flawless fc in chicago ill, the same company that its going to be working with sengoku global...24-9 record overall...

Thanks Willie.

Great point on Santiago. Guseinov did look terrible vs. Miranda. I expected a lot more out of him in that fight. I will have to remember to bump Santiago above him if he wins his next fight. If Guseinov loses his next fight he will take a huge hit.

I was just reading Valavicius' Sherdog stats. Pretty impressive. I will have to keep my eye out on him. I added him to a list I keep on PC at 205 for fighters to watch out for. Hopefully he signs to ONE, Bellator, M-1, KSW, or Sengoku Global.

I appreciate the comments. Thanks.

Johan Lofgren wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:great job cdf47........

only comment imo jorge santiago should be over guseinov....arthur looked horrible vs miranda...

cdf47.....keep an eye on Egidijus Valavičius, he is fighting at 205 and it is 13-2 in his last 15 fights, he os the bushido lithuania lhw champ and now is fighting at flawless fc in chicago ill, the same company that its going to be working with sengoku global...24-9 record overall...

Agree, Santiago should be higher than Guseinov.

Definitely. Hopefully he gets a fight soon with Titan and we can give him the bump up in the rankings.

MR.WILLIE wrote:cdf47.....take hieron off the list, he is back with zuffa

Yeah, I just read that. It sucks we lost Hieron. He was a solid WW in our rankings. I'm thinking of bringing Yuya Shirai back to the rankings at 170. I had him in the top 10 until his loss at ONE FC. He is the DEEP champ and a solid fighter. Gael Grimaud is also a good choice but I think the edge should probably go to Yuya.

Maybe we should do a poll on this one.

Johan Lofgren wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:cdf47.....take hieron off the list, he is back with zuffa

Damn Zuffa! Well there are plenty of other legit guys so I guess it´s ok.

Yeah, that was a tough loss. He was top 5 but like you said there are a host of others to replace him with and the guys below him will just move up so all is good.

CDF47 and Johan Lofgren ....here is a another guy to keep a close eye on...Petras Markevicius http://www.flawlessmmamanagement.com/videos.html petras vs mousasi

he is 29-8-5....he gave mousasi his first pro loss...and gave shlemenko a hell of a fight...he fights in bushido lithuania....this guys dont have alot of expoussure but he is also signed to fight for flawless fc...the same company that has egidijus valavicius....he will be fighting for them and hopefully for sengoku global...the ceo of the company has european roots and wants to give expoussure to this guys...im sending you the info and you can take a look...
http://www.flawlessfc.com/main.html
http://www.flawlessfc.com/upcoming-events.html
http://www.flawlessfc.com/middleweight.html there are all of their current roster...

http://uscombatsports.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=191&id=10871&Itemid=27

http://www.chi-townmmaniacs.com/index.php/component/k2/item/121-flawless-mma

i think that alot international talent and more europeans will have a chance to showcase their talents...the more mma the better...

http://www.flawlessmmamanagement.com/news/ their ceo manage alot of fighters....thats why they will be the feeder league to the sengoku global rebirth

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexei-Kudin-8065 he has 2 wins vs gluhov and 1 vs tadas...nice hw fighter

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexei-Kudin-8065 he is also from flawless management

fuck....jorge santiago drops to ww and signs again with zuffa....faces quinn mulhern in september....

MR.WILLIE wrote:CDF47 and Johan Lofgren ....here is a another guy to keep a close eye on...Petras Markevicius http://www.flawlessmmamanagement.com/videos.html petras vs mousasi

he is 29-8-5....he gave mousasi his first pro loss...and gave shlemenko a hell of a fight...he fights in bushido lithuania....this guys dont have alot of expoussure but he is also signed to fight for flawless fc...the same company that has egidijus valavicius....he will be fighting for them and hopefully for sengoku global...the ceo of the company has european roots and wants to give expoussure to this guys...im sending you the info and you can take a look...
http://www.flawlessfc.com/main.html
http://www.flawlessfc.com/upcoming-events.html
http://www.flawlessfc.com/middleweight.html there are all of their current roster...

http://uscombatsports.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=191&id=10871&Itemid=27

http://www.chi-townmmaniacs.com/index.php/component/k2/item/121-flawless-mma

i think that alot international talent and more europeans will have a chance to showcase their talents...the more mma the better...

http://www.flawlessmmamanagement.com/news/ their ceo manage alot of fighters....thats why they will be the feeder league to the sengoku global rebirth

Excellent suggestions. I added Petras Markevicius to my list.

Flawless MMA and Sengoku Global are sounding pretty impressive. Looking forward to seeing their shows.

Since Santiago is history, who do you think would be a better replacement, Markevicius who holds a win over Mousasi or Ryuta Sakurai who holds a win over DEEP LHW champ and top 5 G-MMA LHW Nakanishi?

MR.WILLIE wrote:http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexei-Kudin-8065 he has 2 wins vs gluhov and 1 vs tadas...nice hw fighter

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Alexei-Kudin-8065 he is also from flawless management

Yeah, I am aware of Kudin. I believe he was one of Bloody Elbows top HW prospects at one time. It would be sweet to see him in Sengoku.

MR.WILLIE wrote:fuck....jorge santiago drops to ww and signs again with zuffa....faces quinn mulhern in september....

Yeah, I just read that he is going to SF. Not too bad though since we can replace him with either Markevicius or Ryuta Sakurai. Tom Watson and Andrei Semenov are two other solid choices.

What are your thoughts?

CDF47....i think markevicius should replaced santiago on the list...he has great mthai and subs skills...flawless fc 2 is going down in november and he is fighting there...

tom watson no, he sign with zuffa also.....

MR.WILLIE wrote:CDF47....i think markevicius should replaced santiago on the list...he has great mthai and subs skills...flawless fc 2 is going down in november and he is fighting there...

tom watson no, he sign with zuffa also.....

Yeah, I just compared their records again and he has the better overall and recent records and he has a past win over Mousasi. He'll be in there next month unless another non-ranked MW takes out one of our ranked fighters.

Thanks for pointing him out to me. Looking forward to seeing his fight in Flawless FC.

Our number 2 BW Dantas was KO'd in the first by Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil.

CDF47 wrote:Our number 2 BW Dantas was KO'd in the first by Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil.

Where will you put Nam now?

Johan Lofgren wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Our number 2 BW Dantas was KO'd in the first by Tyson Nam at Shooto Brazil.

Where will you put Nam now?

Since we have Zach Makovsky at number 3 and Dantas just destroyed him I am thinking Nam moves to 2 while Dantas slips to 3 ahead of Makovsky. It is almost like Nam is the new uncrowned Bellator BW champ, especially after that impressive 1 minute 40 second KO. He put Dantas out cold.

I hope Bellator is smart enough to bring in Nam for an immediate rematch for the Bellator title like you suggested in the other thread.