Global-MMA Rankings - June 2018

Welterweight
1. Rory MacDonald (Bellator Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
4. Jon Fitch (Bellator)
5. Michael Page (Bellator)
6. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global Champion)
7. Jake Shields (PFL)
8. Paul Daley (Bellator)
9. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)
10. Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB)

Other Contenders: Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Dricus Du Plessis (KSW Champion), Borys Mankowski (KSW), Rousimar Palhares (Free Agent), Kiichi Kunimoto (RIZIN)

Maybe we can make a space here for Tumenov on the other contenders list, of course his wins outisde the UFC were not against top WW, but I think he has done enough to be a contender, also Abubakar Nurmagomedov could be added soon wiht good performances at PFL. Berkhamov should be listed as ACB champion if i remember good.

There are other names in other weight classes that deserve a spot IMO, like AJ Mckee at FW, Derek Anderson last fight was at WW, and if i unerstood goo, he wanst o stay there. Galvao should be listed as a FW already
 
Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Fight Nights)
2. Matt Mitrione (Bellator)
3. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
4. Roy Nelson (Bellator)
5. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
6. Amir Aliakbari (ACB)
7. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
8. Tony Johnson (ACB)
9. Marcin Rozalski (Free Agent)
10. Javy Ayala (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Karol Bedorf (KSW), Brandon Vera (ONE Champion), Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Philip De Fries (KSW Champion), Aleksander Emelianenko (RCC)

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator Champion)
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Tomasz Narkun (KSW Champion)
4. Jiri Prochazka (RIZIN)
5. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
6. Rashid Yusupov (PFL)
7. Valentin Moldavsky (RIZIN)
8. Vadim Nemkov (Bellator)
9. Linton Vassell (Bellator)
10. Batraz Agnaev (ACB Champion)

Other Contenders: Liam McGeary (Bellator), Chael Sonnen (Bellator), Khadis Ibragimov (M-1 Global), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator), Roger Gracie (ONE Champion)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator Champion)
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW Champion)
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator)
4. John Salter (Bellator)
5. Aung La NSang (ONE Champion)
6. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global)
7. Bruno Silva (M-1 Global)
8. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE)
9. Scott Askham (KSW)
10. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Albert Duraev (ACB Champion), Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC Champion), Anatoly Tokov (Bellator), Michal Materla (KSW), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (ACB)

Welterweight
1. Rory MacDonald (Bellator Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
4. Jon Fitch (Bellator)
5. Michael Page (Bellator)
6. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global Champion)
7. Jake Shields (PFL)
8. Paul Daley (Bellator)
9. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)
10. Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB)

Other Contenders: Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Dricus Du Plessis (KSW Champion), Borys Mankowski (KSW), Rousimar Palhares (Free Agent), Kiichi Kunimoto (RIZIN)

Lightweight
1. Brent Primus (Bellator Champion)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
3. Patricky Freire (Bellator)
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE Champion)
5. Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN)
6. Eduard Folayang (ONE)
7. Shinya Aoki (ONE)
8. Derek Campos (Bellator)
9. Mateusz Gamrot (KSW Champion)
10. Benson Henderson (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Jason High (PFL), Derek Anderson (Bellator), Eduard Vartanyan (ACB), Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN), Akhmed Aliev (Fight Nights)

Featherweight
1. Patricio Freire (Bellator Champion)
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
3. Pat Curran (Bellator)
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE Champion)
5. Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator)
6. Andre Harrison (PFL)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
8. Marat Gafurov (ONE)
9. Magomed Idrisov (M-1 Global)
10. Kron Gracie (RIZIN)

Other Contenders: Lance Palmer (PFL), Bubba Jenkins (ACB), Aaron Pico (Bellator), James Gallagher (Bellator), Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)

Bantamweight
1. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN)
2. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator Champion)
3. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE Champion)
4. Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase)
5. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator)
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC Champion)
7. Rafael Silva (Pancrase)
8. Michael McDonald (Bellator)
9. Timur Valiev (PFL)
10. Joe Taimanglo (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP Champion), Joe Warren (Bellator), Marcos Galvao (Bellator), Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator), Kai Asakura (RIZIN)

HW:
How come nobody ranks Mukhumad Vakhaev? the ACB Champ, his record is ugly i know (6-4-1) but he has beaten legit guys like Goltsov, Boser and Bilostenniy. He isnt in the rankings but Brandon Vera is? Vera hasnt fought in almost 2 years now. Also how come Rozalski is in 8th place? his only legit win is against Rodrigues and Pudzianowski. Dont get me wrong i love Pudzianowski but he isnt a better win than Goltsov.

LHW: Batraz Agnaev lost the title to Dovletdzhan Yagshimurodov.

MW: I think you follow OneFC more than ACB ;), Aung La NSang and Bigdash is ranked above Duraev and Vasilevsky? Aungs biggest win was against Bigdash and Bigdashs biggest win was against Svirid.

FW: Gallagher is a honorable mention and guys like Raisov, Bataev, Dzhamaldaev and others arent even mentioned ?

BW: Kerimov and Borisov? :/

I dont blame you though :D MMA is bigger than ever and its hard to keep up with every promotion ;).
 
Maybe we can make a space here for Tumenov on the other contenders list, of course his wins outisde the UFC were not against top WW, but I think he has done enough to be a contender, also Abubakar Nurmagomedov could be added soon wiht good performances at PFL. Berkhamov should be listed as ACB champion if i remember good.

There are other names in other weight classes that deserve a spot IMO, like AJ Mckee at FW, Derek Anderson last fight was at WW, and if i unerstood goo, he wanst o stay there. Galvao should be listed as a FW already

Great comments!

I had Tumenov in here before prior to going to UFC. After he dropped two fights there I left him off. He has a good fight coming up in September against undefeated Burkhamov. Maybe the winner of that fight gets a spot at 12 or so in the contenders list.

Nice suggestion with Abubakar. Very impressive record and I never had him in the rankings before. He has a fight scheduled on July 5th. Based on that, I may enter him into the August rankings. Really solid suggestion.

Berkhamov will be updated to show his title next month.

AJ McKee is right on the cusp of getting in. I just added Georgi to the FW rankings though so it was a toss up between those two.

I have Derek Anderson still listed at LW contenders list since his last fight was at 165 lbs and I believe the one before that was at LW. I am not sure either if he made a permanent change to 170 or not. Good catch though. I guess we'll have to see with his next fight.

True, I removed Galvao from BW. He hasn't been looking good at FW. We'll see how he does at PFL. I added Leandro Higo to BW to replace Galvao.
 
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HW:
How come nobody ranks Mukhumad Vakhaev? the ACB Champ, his record is ugly i know (6-4-1) but he has beaten legit guys like Goltsov, Boser and Bilostenniy. He isnt in the rankings but Brandon Vera is? Vera hasnt fought in almost 2 years now. Also how come Rozalski is in 8th place? his only legit win is against Rodrigues and Pudzianowski. Dont get me wrong i love Pudzianowski but he isnt a better win than Goltsov.

LHW: Batraz Agnaev lost the title to Dovletdzhan Yagshimurodov.

MW: I think you follow OneFC more than ACB ;), Aung La NSang and Bigdash is ranked above Duraev and Vasilevsky? Aungs biggest win was against Bigdash and Bigdashs biggest win was against Svirid.

FW: Gallagher is a honorable mention and guys like Raisov, Bataev, Dzhamaldaev and others arent even mentioned ?

BW: Kerimov and Borisov? :/

I dont blame you though :D MMA is bigger than ever and its hard to keep up with every promotion ;).

Good point with Vakhaev. I will drop Vera next month and put in Vakhaev. There is also Pavlovich who is out there as well near the contenders list. Rozalski is in there because he beat a top 10 Rodrigues at the time to get the KSW belt. It was a big win against a ranked opponent for a belt.

Nice catch with Batraz. Update will be made next month.

Yeah, it is because ONE has been around as the bigger org. for a while but lately ACB is taking over with their recent signings.

FW and BW: I will keep those guys on the radar for future updates.

You are right. It is difficult keeping up with all these orgs. I try to be unbiased as I possibly can be and try to make them as good as I can. The feedback really helps though. I will keep those fighters in mind.

Thanks!
 
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Absolutely. I will share your rankings with our WMMA rankings guy.

Something like that:
Women P4P
1. Jennifer Maia (Invicta 125 Champion)
2. Ayaka Hamasaki (RIZIN)
3. Julia Budd (Bellator 145 Champion)
4. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (Invicta)
5. Megan Anderson (Invicta 145 Champion)
6. Ariane Lipski (KSW 125 Champion)
7. Sarah Kaufman (Invicta 135 Champion)
8. Leslie Smith (free agent)
9. Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (Bellator 125 Champion)
10. Livia Renata Souza (Invicta)
 
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Something like that:
Women P4P
1. Jennifer Maia (Invicta 125 Champion)
2. Ayaka Hamasaki (RIZIN)
3. Julia Budd (Bellator 145 Champion)
4. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (Invicta)
5. Megan Anderson (Invicta 145 Champion)
6. Ariane Lipski (KSW 125 Champion)
7. Sarah Kaufman (Invicta 135 Champion)
8. Leslie Smith (free agent)
8. Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (Bellator 125 Champion)
9. Livia Renata Souza (Invicta)

Nice rankings. I will share these with our WMMA ranking person. Covering many of the major orgs. with that list.
 
BW is one strong division. What are the other divisions you think are most solid?
 
Cdf47 p4p best rankings out there great job bro.
 
Brent Primus should not get the #1 ranking for a bunch of decision robberies and then a fluke win over chandler
 
Something like that:
Women P4P
1. Jennifer Maia (Invicta 125 Champion)
2. Ayaka Hamasaki (RIZIN)
3. Julia Budd (Bellator 145 Champion)
4. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (Invicta)
5. Megan Anderson (Invicta 145 Champion)
6. Ariane Lipski (KSW 125 Champion)
7. Sarah Kaufman (Invicta 135 Champion)
8. Leslie Smith (free agent)
9. Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (Bellator 125 Champion)
10. Livia Renata Souza (Invicta)
Jennifer Maia and Megan Anderson are UFC fighters.

@CDF47
Your women'sdivision guy made a major omission in 125 Kristina Williams she's already beaten the number 6 ducote, and is fighting a title eliminator vs Valerie and she's not even listed as an other contender.
 
BW is one strong division. What are the other divisions you think are most solid?

LHW and WW.

The ridiculous fact itself that Rory, Bader and Davis are in Bellator makes them super solid.
PFL helps, too.

I'd add MW, but unfortunately do not see competition for Mousasi outside the UFC.
There is an abyss between him and other MWs in the world.
 
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.

Maia still didn't fight in the UFC, Anderson didn't when I wrote my message.
rules says contracted ufc fighters not that they need to have actively fought yet, and it's pointless to rank maia then instantly remove her next month.
 
rules says contracted ufc fighters not that they need to have actively fought yet, and it's pointless to rank maia then instantly remove her next month.

Ah OK.

I'll try to update the list later on.
 
@Mmmmmmma1234 , @CDF47 : After a correction:

Women P4P

1. Ayaka Hamasaki (RIZIN)
2. Julia Budd (Bellator 145 Champion)
3. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (Invicta)
4. Ariane Lipski (KSW 125 Champion)
5. Sarah Kaufman (Invicta 135 Champion)
6. Leslie Smith (free agent)
7. Ilima-Lei MacFarlane (Bellator 125 Champion)
8. Livia Renata Souza (Invicta)
9. Virna Jandiroba (Invicta 115 Champion)
10. Rin Nakai (various Japanese orgs)
 
Brent Primus should not get the #1 ranking for a bunch of decision robberies and then a fluke win over chandler

After he technically beat Chandler I had to give him the nod over him. They are both above Patricky. I can't have Chandler over the champ that beat him despite the injury in the fight. I think it sucks too because I feel Chandler is the best LW outside UFC but technically, he is not right now. It just happens in combat sports.
 
Jennifer Maia and Megan Anderson are UFC fighters.

@CDF47
Your women'sdivision guy made a major omission in 125 Kristina Williams she's already beaten the number 6 ducote, and is fighting a title eliminator vs Valerie and she's not even listed as an other contender.

OK, I will let him know. Thanks for the information.
 
LHW and WW.

The ridiculous fact itself that Rory, Bader and Davis are in Bellator makes them super solid.
PFL helps, too.

I'd add MW, but unfortunately do not see competition for Mousasi outside the UFC.
There is an abyss between him and other MWs in the world.

I wish we could see Mousasi against Khalidov. That would be a great fight at MW outside UFC.
 
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