Global-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - March 2014

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

Other Contenders: Ryan Martinez (Bellator), Karol Bedorf (KSW Champion), Mike Russow (WSOF), Blagoi Ivanov (Bellator), Dmitriy Sosnovskiy (ProFC)

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

Other Contenders: Luiz Cane (SFT), Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator), Roger Gracie (Free Agent), Paul Buentello (Legacy FC), Moise Rimbon (Dare)

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

Other Contenders: Dan Cramer (Bellator), Eun Soo Lee (ROAD FC Champion), Kazuhiro Nakamura (DEEP Champion), Jesse Taylor (WSOF), Elvis Mutapcic (WSOF)

Welterweight
1.  Ben Askren (ONE FC)
2.  Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3.  Steve Carl (WSOF Champion)
4.  Rousimar Palhares (WSOF)
5.  Rick Hawn (Bellator)
6.  Josh Burkman (WSOF)
7.  Jon Fitch (WSOF)
8.  Paul Daley (BAMMA)
9.  Aslambek Saidov (KSW Champion)
10. Yasubey Enomoto (Fight Nights)

Other Contenders: Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator), Nobutatsu Suzuki (ONE FC), Michael Page (Bellator), Shamil Zavurov (Bellator), Ryan Ford (WSOF)

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.  David Rickels (Bellator)
9.  Vuyisile Colossa (ONE FC)
10. Saad Awad (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Kotetsu Boku (ONE FC), Isao Kobayashi (King of Pancrase), Ramazan Esenbaev (IGF), Kuniyoshi Hironaka (Shooto Champion), Lowen Tynanes (ONE FC)

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

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

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

Other Contenders: Cody Bollinger (WSOF), Rafael Silva (Bellator), Yuta Sasaki (Shooto), Tyson Nam (WSOF), Anthony Leone (Bellator)

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

Other Contenders: Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase), Adriano Moraes (ONE FC), Hideo Tokoro (Shooto), Dileno Lopes (Shooto Brazil), Yosuke Saruta (Shooto)

Junior Flyweight
1.  Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King of Pancrase)
2.  Rambaa Somdet (PXC)
3.  Shinya Murofushi (Shooto Champion)
4.  Junji Ito (Shooto)
5.  Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
6.  Yoshitaka “Nobita” Naito (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 (March 2014)

Anthony Johnson: Anthony Johnson signed an exclusive contract with the UFC as reported on 04 February 2014 and was removed from the light heavyweight rankings.  Moise Rimbon returned to the rankings following the removal of Johnson.

Soo-Chul Kim: Soo-Chul Kim defeated Motonobu Tezuka by TKO in the first round at ROAD FC 14 on 09 February 2014.  Kim moved up one spot in the bantamweight rankings to number 6.

Maiquel Falcao: Maiquel Falcao finished Russian contender Dibir Zagirov in the second round at Oplot 100 on 15 February 2014.  Falcao moved up one spot in the middleweight rankings to number 4 with the victory.

Yuta Sasaki: Yuta Sasaki finished Teruto Ishihara with a rear-naked choke submission at VTJ 4th on 23 February 2014.  Sasaki entered the bantamweight rankings with the victory.  Ed West was removed from the rankings following the entrance of Sasaki.

Naoyuki Kotani: Naoyuki Kotani defeated Yoshihiro Koyama by unanimous decision at VTJ 4th to secure his spot at number 7 in the lightweight rankings.

Caol Uno: Caol Uno earned a unanimous decision victory over Jesse Brock at VTJ 4th.  Uno moved up one spot in the bantamweight rankings to number 7 following the victory.

Hiroyuki Takaya: Hiroyuki Takaya finished Yojiro Uchimura with punches in the first round at VTJ 4th.  Takaya remains ranked in the featherweight contenders list behind Daniel Romero who has a recent win over him.  

Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura: Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura dropped from the welterweight division to the lightweight division where he took on Frank Camacho at PXC 42 on 28 February 2014.  “K-Taro” lost a unanimous decision to Camacho.  Ryan Ford entered the welterweight division contenders list following the removal of “K-Taro.”  “K-Taro” and Camacho did not get ranked in the lightweight division.  

Musa Khamanaev: M-1 Global lightweight champion, Musa Khamanaev, defeated Vladimir Nikolaev by TKO in the second round at M-1 Challenge 45 on 28 February 2014 to retain his title.  Musa moved up one spot in the lightweight rankings to number 4 following the victory.

Daniel Weichel: Former M-1 Global lightweight champion, Daniel Weichel, entered the Bellator featherweight tournament with an impressive first round submission victory over Scott Cleve at Bellator 110 on 28 February 2014.  Weichel moved out of the lightweight rankings where he was ranked at number 9 and entered the featherweight rankings where he is now ranked at number 10.  Featherweight King of Pancrase, Takumi Nakayama, was removed from the rankings following the entrance of Weichel.  ONE FC contender, Lowen Tynanes, entered the lightweight contenders list following the removal of Weichel.

Matt Bessette: Matt Bessette defeated number 8 ranked featherweight Deigo Nunes by split decision at Bellator 110 to advance to the Bellator featherweight tournament finals.  Bessette entered the featherweight contenders list with the victory as Nunes dropped to the contenders list.

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal:Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal earned a unanimous decision victory over Mikhail Zayats at Bellator 110 to cement his spot at number 2 in the light heavyweight rankings.  Lawal advanced to the light heavyweight tournament finals with the victory.  Zayats dropped two spots, to number 7, following the loss.

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson knocked out former Bellator light heavyweight champion, Christian M’Pumbu, in the first round with brutal ground-and-pound at Bellator 110.  “Rampage” will meet “King Mo” in a long awaited bout in the Bellator light heavyweight tournament finals.  “Rampage” moved up two spots in the light heavyweight rankings with the knockout victory where he now sits at number 2 in the division.  Christian M’Pumbu dropped from number 8 in the rankings to the contenders list.[/b][/color]

* 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, Fedor Emelianenko (Retired), Cole Konrad (Retired), Brett Rogers, Eric Prindle, Todd Duffee (UFC), Alexei Kudin, Soa Palelei (UFC), Levan Razmadze, Guram Gugenishvili, Shamil Abdurahimov, Rich Hale, Chaban Ka, Rolles Gracie, Jeff Monson, Peter Graham, Alexey Oleinik (UFC), Konstantin Gluhov, Aleksander Emelianenko

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)

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

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)

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

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

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), Yosuke Saruta, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Yoshiro Maeda

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 - 12
3. WSOF - 10
4. ONE FC - 10
5. M-1 Global - 9
6. DEEP - 5
7. KSW - 4
8. Pancrase - 4
9. ROAD FC - 2
10. BAMMA - 2
11. ZST - 1
12. PXC - 1
13. IGF - 1
14. Fight Nights - 1
15. Oplot - 1

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

Good job. Page is promising but I´m a bit surprised to see him among the contenders already.

^Thanks Johan. The WW division was purged by Zuffa last month and I had to start dipping into the reserves.

Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

Good work on these, there's a few guys I think are ranked a bit too high.

Caol Uno is a legend and should be held in high regard, but I don't think he should be ranked in the top 10. I think he gets beat by everyone on that list. Even though hes coming off a loss, it seems people have forgotten about Shamhalaev. Also, after his win over Mike Richman, Des Green should be in the mix.

Also, Kenny Garner is a beast, but hes coming off two losses, including a loss to a complete journeyman. Everyone below him is coming off good win streaks. If Konstantin Erokhin beats Brett Rogers later this month, I'd hope he'd be considered for this list next month.

Michael Page is a hell of a prospect. But until he actually beats someone, i'd put veteran guys like Gerald Harris, Lyman Good, and Ben Saunders ahead of him. Don't sleep on the Cage Warriors guys like Nicolas Dalby and Gael Grimaud either.

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

I like Dantas but I don't think he is ahead of marlon

Cd great job my friend

MR.WILLIE wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

I like Dantas but I don't think he is ahead of marlin

He should definitely be ahead. He has more wins and better ones. Plus he's the champion of a org with the better fighters in the weight class. He has wins against 2 guys on the top ten

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree. He will move up to 2.

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree.  He will move up to 2.

So if moraes ko's rettinghouse this march 29 and wins the title Dantas jumps him? How? Don't like it cd

nathanli wrote:Good work on these, there's a few guys I think are ranked a bit too high.

Caol Uno is a legend and should be held in high regard, but I don't think he should be ranked in the top 10. I think he gets beat by everyone on that list. Even though hes coming off a loss, it seems people have forgotten about Shamhalaev. Also, after his win over Mike Richman, Des Green should be in the mix.

Also, Kenny Garner is a beast, but hes coming off two losses, including a loss to a complete journeyman. Everyone below him is coming off good win streaks. If Konstantin Erokhin beats Brett Rogers later this month, I'd hope he'd be considered for this list next month.

Michael Page is a hell of a prospect. But until he actually beats someone, i'd put veteran guys like Gerald Harris, Lyman Good, and Ben Saunders ahead of him. Don't sleep on the Cage Warriors guys like Nicolas Dalby and Gael Grimaud either.

Thanks man.

Uno moved up after his sub win over Romero who was top 10 at the time. Shamhalaev was ranked before but he got passed up by others. Des Green is one to look out for. That was a nice win.

Yeah, I've been wanting to get Erokhin in here. If he beats Rogers, he deserves a spot.

Those are some good options at WW. Grimaud was ranked at one time. Page will be getting passed up soon if he doesn't get a big win as you suggest.

Thanks for the comments.

MR.WILLIE wrote:Cd great job my friend

Thanks Willie.

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree.  He will move up to 2.

So if moraes ko's rettinghouse this march 29 and wins the title Dantas jumps him? How? Don't like it cd

It could go back and forth like that. They are both right there. Maybe they should take the 1 and 2 spot soon.

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree.  He will move up to 2.

So if moraes ko's rettinghouse this march 29 and wins the title Dantas jumps him? How? Don't like it cd

Anthony leone was a 13-7 late replacement is not like dudu beat the world champ!

Moraes is going against rettinghouse 10-2 young stud who dominated Alexis Vila in his last fight

3 of the top 6 wws fight for wsof the 29th!

Carl vs toquinho and burkman vs stinson

Dantas just faced and will continue to face better competition according to the G-MMA rankings. Dantas#3 beat Leone#15 and has bouts with Warren#4 and Rafael Silva#12 lined up. Moraes simply isn't fighting the higher competition currently according to our rankings.

MR.WILLIE wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree.  He will move up to 2.

So if moraes ko's rettinghouse this march 29 and wins the title Dantas jumps him? How? Don't like it cd

Anthony leone was a 13-7 late replacement is not like dudu beat the world champ!

Moraes is going against rettinghouse 10-2 young stud who dominated Alexis Vila in his last fight

I think if Dantas takes the 2 spot and then if Moraes has an impressive win he can get it back. They might also pass up Bibi here soon.

MR.WILLIE wrote:3 of the top 6 wws fight for wsof the 29th!

Carl vs toquinho and burkman vs stinson

Can't wait for that card. They stacked it up for sure with the WWs

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dantas just faced and will continue to face better competition according to the G-MMA rankings. Dantas#3 beat Leone#15 and has bouts with Warren#4 and Rafael Silva#12 lined up. Moraes simply isn't fighting the higher competition currently according to our rankings.

Moraes and Dantas are pretty equal. There common opponent is Tyson Nam and Moraes took him out and Dantas was KO'd by him.

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dantas just faced and will continue to face better competition according to the G-MMA rankings. Dantas#3 beat Leone#15 and has bouts with Warren#4 and Rafael Silva#12 lined up. Moraes simply isn't fighting the higher competition currently according to our rankings.

Moraes and Dantas are pretty equal.  There common opponent is Tyson Nam and Moraes took him out and Dantas was KO'd by him.  

That's cool MMA math but that doesn't discount anything I stated in my previous post. According to the G-MMA rankings Dantas is the better fighter right now.

CDF47 wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:

MR.WILLIE wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

AudaxSmoke wrote:Dudu Dantas should move up to #2 after that HL reel submission win over Leone!

That was impressive, I agree.  He will move up to 2.

So if moraes ko's rettinghouse this march 29 and wins the title Dantas jumps him? How? Don't like it cd

Anthony leone was a 13-7 late replacement is not like dudu beat the world champ!

Moraes is going against rettinghouse 10-2 young stud who dominated Alexis Vila in his last fight

I think if Dantas takes the 2 spot and then if Moraes has an impressive win he can get it back.  They might also pass up Bibi here soon.

Rettinghouse isn't ranked in the G-MMA top 15 so why should Moraes get such a boost if he wins?

Dantas beat #7 Gavlao, #9 Nog, Contender Leone and Villa. Putting him at 3 makes no sense. Wille is bias as fuck because of WSOF

I also Think JT should be in the top ten. Dude has some good wins and his L are to good fighters as well


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


would be my top ten.  Ronys Torres would be beat everyone from #6 and down at LW

Even with the win over Nam, I can't seriously say that Moraes is fighting against higher level opposition.