Global-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - September 2013

Heavyweight
1.  Alexander Volkov (Bellator Champion)
2.  Konstantin Gluhov (M-1 Global)
3.  Kenny Garner (M-1 Global Champion)
4.  Magomed Malikov (M-1 Global)
5.  Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global)
6.  Alexey Oleinik (Oplot)
7.  Vitaly Minakov (Bellator)
8.  Sergei Kharitonov (M-1 Global)
9.  Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
10. Thiago Santos (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Andrei Arlovski (WSOF), Ryan Martinez (Bellator), Jeff Monson (M-1 Global), Aleksander Emelianenko (ProFC), Rolles Gracie (WSOF)

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

Other Contenders: Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Vladimir Matyushenko (Bellator), Max Nunes (BAMMA), Raphael Davis (Bellator), Jacob Noe (Bellator)

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 (Free Agent)
6.  Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global)
7.  Arthur Guseinov (M-1 Global)
8.  Doug Marshall (Bellator)
9.  Mario Miranda (M-1 Global)
10. Brett Cooper (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Dan Cramer (Bellator), Eun Soo Lee (ROAD FC Champion), Kazuhiro Nakamura (DEEP Champion), Roger Gracie (Free Agent), Bruno Santos (Bellator)

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

Other Contenders: Akihiro Murayama (Pancrase), Aslambek Saidov (KSW Champion), Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator), Karl Amoussou (Bellator), Steve Carl (WSOF)

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.  Naoyuki Kotani (ZST Champion)
9.  David Rickels (Bellator)
10. Saad Awad (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Will Brooks (Bellator), Justin Gaethje (WSOF), Lewis Gonzales (WSOF), Dave Jansen (Bellator), Yui Chul Nam (ROAD FC Champion)

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

Other Contenders: Koji Oishi (ONE FC Champion), Marat Gafurov (M-1 Global Champion), Marlon Sandro (Bellator), Doo Ho Choi (DEEP), Kazuyuki Miyata (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.  Anthony Leone (Bellator)
9.  Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
10. Kevin Belingon (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator), Miguel Torres (WSOF), Leandro Issa (ONE FC), Kyoji Horiguchi (Shooto Champion), Ed West (Bellator)

Flyweight
1.  Will Campuzano (WSOF)
2.  Joshua Sampo (CFA Champion)
3.  Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (ONE FC)
4.  Ryuichi Miki (Shooto)
5.  Haruo Ochi (Shooto)
6.  Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto)
7.  Kentaro Watanabe (Shooto)
8.  Kiyotaka Shimizu (Pancrase Champion)
9.  Yasuhiro Urushitani (ONE FC)
10. Alexandre Pantoja (Shooto Brazil)

Other Contenders: Alexis Vila (CFA), Adriano Moraes (Shooto Brazil). Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP Champion), Sergio Pettis (RFA), Yosuke Saruta (Shooto)

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), Nobita Naito (Shooto), Masakazu Utsugi (Pancrase)
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Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary (September 2013)

Mike Russow: Mike Russow has not signed with a new fight promotion since being released from the UFC so he was removed from the heavyweight rankings on 04 August 2013.  Rolles Gracie returned to the rankings following the removal of Russow.

Roger Gracie: Roger Gracie was added to the middleweight contenders list after being released by the UFC as reported on 05 August 2013.  Vitor Vianna was dropped from the rankings following the addition of Gracie.

Lewis Gonzales: Lewis Gonzales earned a unanimous technical decision win over Antonio McKee at WSOF 4 on 10 August 2013.  The victory earned Gonzales a spot in the lightweight contenders list.  Following the fight, Antonio McKee announced his retirement from MMA so he was removed from the rankings.

Marlon Moraes: Marlon Moraes battered Brandon Hempleman for three straight rounds at WSOF 4 to earn a unanimous decision win.  Moraes remained ranked at number 2 in the bantamweight division.

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky “Slava”: Vyacheslav Vasilevsky “Slava” finished King of the Cage light heavyweight champion, Trevor Prangley, with relentless ground-and-pound strikes at League S-70 on 17 August 2013.  “Slava” remains ranked at number 6, just below Maiquel Falcao, due to Falcao’s recent win over the Russian fighter in Bellator.

Chaban Ka: Undefeated Polish heavyweight, Marcin Tybura, stepped in as an alternate into the M-1 Global heavyweight grand prix at M-1 Challenge 41 on 21 August 2013.  Tybura finished heavyweight contender Chaban Ka with ground-and-pound strikes in the first round.  Tybura will move on to the heavyweight grand prix finals where he will meet number 2 ranked heavyweight Konstantin Gluhov for the grand prix title.  Ka dropped out of the rankings following the defeat.  The victory was not enough to earn Tybura a spot in the Global-MMA heavyweight rankings as Peter Graham stepped into the contenders list ahead of him.  

Marat Gafurov: Marat Gafurov defeated Yuri Ivlev by second round TKO to retain his M-1 Global featherweight title at M-1 Challenge 41.  Gafurov moved up one spot in the featherweight contenders list with the victory.

Kazuhiro Nakamura: DEEP middleweight champion, Kazuhiro Nakamura, finished Henry Miller at DEEP 63 Impact on 25 August 2013.  The victory over the un-touted Miller did not affect Nakamura’s ranking.

Cheick Kongo: Cheick Kongo signed a contract with Bellator MMA as reported on 28 August 2013.  The UFC veteran heavyweight contender was placed at number 9 in the Global-MMA heavyweight rankings.  Peter Graham will not enter the rankings due to the addition of Kongo.

* 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), Levan Razmadze, Guram Gugenishvili, Shamil Abdurahimov, Satoshi Ishii, Rich Hale, Mike Russow, Chaban Ka

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), Moise Rimbon, Robert Drysdale (UFC), Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Aleksandar Radosavljevic (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

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

Lightweight: Francisco 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, Antonio McKee (Retired)

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

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), Shintaro Ishiwatari

Flyweight: Taiyo Nakahara, Kentaro Watanabe, Rey Docyogen, Yuki Yasunaga, Ali Bagautinov (UFC), Dileno Lopes, Jose Maria Tome (UFC), Darrell Montague (UFC), Yuki Motoya, Zach Makovsky

Junior Flyweight: Junji Ikoma, Takehiro Ishii
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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.

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

and wekka also..

great job guys

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

and wekka also..

great job guys

Thanks Mr. Willie.

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

So for the 90 fighters listed, 16 promotions (plus 2 free agents) have fighters ranked in the Global-MMA top 10.

Right on, always appreciate the work you guys put into the rankings. It's fun watching the changes from month to month.

AudaxSmoke wrote:Right on, always appreciate the work you guys put into the rankings. It's fun watching the changes from month to month.

Thanks audax. Glad you like them

Cd.....keep an eye on the wsof mw gp, I think the winners should be ranked, specially the mutapcic vs Taylor winner, also the branch vs villefort winner should leap frog cooper if brett looses to showmenko, as we expect

Tybura will soon enter the top 10, if not this year I think he will next year. He´s the fighter who surprised me the most among the heavies.

Great rankings.

Would love to see Aleks enter the top 10 again

adam wrote:Great rankings.

Would love to see Aleks enter the top 10 again

Me too, Aleks destroyed #2 Gluhov and should be able to beat everyone.

nodogoshi wrote:http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13700216#post13700216

Thanks for posting these.

MR.WILLIE wrote:Cd.....keep an eye on the wsof mw gp, I think the winners should be ranked, specially the mutapcic vs Taylor winner, also the branch vs villefort winner should leap frog cooper if brett looses to showmenko, as we expect

Will be watching the GP for sure and I agree the winners should be getting into the rankings.

KSW wrote:Tybura will soon enter the top 10, if not this year I think he will next year. He´s the fighter who surprised me the most among the heavies.

He did look impressive.  Wouldn't be surprised if he was fighting for the M-1 belt soon.

adam wrote:Great rankings.

Would love to see Aleks enter the top 10 again

Thanks adam.

A win over Cro Cop could possibly get him back up there.

KSW wrote:

adam wrote:Great rankings.

Would love to see Aleks enter the top 10 again

Me too, Aleks destroyed #2 Gluhov and should be able to beat everyone.

If he beats Cro Cop, I'd like to see him back in M-1 to take on some of there new HWs.  M-1 has one of the best HW divisions outside UFC and I'd like to see Aleks back there.

cd...2 important cards this weekend....really looking foward to the ranking implications, specially the wsof mw gp!!!

also the karakahnyan vs lowe fight, that is a great matchup

also if rolles wins and the kyle/aa winner

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd...2 important cards this weekend....really looking foward to the ranking implications, specially the wsof mw gp!!!

also the karakahnyan vs lowe fight, that is a great matchup

also if rolles wins and the kyle/aa winner

Yup, this weekend is stacked up with ONE FC, Bellator, and WSOF.  Big weekend for the rankings.

CDF47 wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd...2 important cards this weekend....really looking foward to the ranking implications, specially the wsof mw gp!!!

also the karakahnyan vs lowe fight, that is a great matchup

also if rolles wins and the kyle/aa winner

Yup, this weekend is stacked up with ONE FC, Bellator, and WSOF.  Big weekend for the rankings.

Respectfully I don't see any one fc fight having anything to do with the rankings!

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:cd...2 important cards this weekend....really looking foward to the ranking implications, specially the wsof mw gp!!!

also the karakahnyan vs lowe fight, that is a great matchup

also if rolles wins and the kyle/aa winner

Yup, this weekend is stacked up with ONE FC, Bellator, and WSOF.  Big weekend for the rankings.

Respectfully I don't see any one fc fight having anything to do with the rankings!

Colossa beat Boku so it was a rankings fight.

BAMMA is also on today.  So between yesterday and today we got ONE FC, Bellator, BAMMA, and WSOF with ranking fights.  Great weekend for MMA.

Shooto BW champ Kyoji Horiguchi signed with the UFC and has a BW fight lined up.  He will be dropped from the rankings next month.

CDF47 wrote:Shooto BW champ Kyoji Horiguchi signed with the UFC and has a BW fight lined up.  He will be dropped from the rankings next month.

I got to say that i'm actually happy.

This is monumental in the way that the UFC has actually signed a Japanese fighter that looks to be just entering his prime. That hasn't happened in years.

wekka wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Shooto BW champ Kyoji Horiguchi signed with the UFC and has a BW fight lined up.  He will be dropped from the rankings next month.

I got to say that i'm actually happy.

This is monumental in the way that the UFC has actually signed a Japanese fighter that looks to be just entering his prime. That hasn't happened in years.

Yeah, would be cool to see him do well in the UFC.

Cd....rolles disappoint tonight

Arlovski back in again