Global-MMA Rankings (Outside UFC) - January 2017

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Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Bellator)
2. Blagoy Ivanov (WSOF Champion)
3. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
4. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
5. Javy Ayala (Bellator)
6. Tony Johnson (Free Agent)
7. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (RIZIN)
8. Fernando Rodrigues Jr. (KSW Champion)
9. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
10. Karol Bedorf (KSW)

Other Contenders: Geronimo dos Santos (AFC), Evgeny Erokhin (WSOF-GC Champion), Bobby Lashley (Bellator), Brandon Vera (ONE Champion), Siala-Mou “Mighty Mo” Siliga (ROAD FC Champion)

Light Heavyweight
1. Phil Davis (Bellator Champion)
2. David Branch (WSOF Champion)
3. Liam McGeary (Bellator)
4. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator)
5. Tomasz Narkun (KSW Champion)
6. Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global)
7. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
8. Linton Vassell (Bellator)
9. Jiri Prochazka (RIZIN)
10. Rashid Yusupov (M-1 Global Champion)

Other Contenders: Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Emanuel Newton (Free Agent), Tito Ortiz (Bellator), Roger Gracie (ONE Champion), Valentin Moldavsky (RIZIN)

Middleweight
1. Mamed Khalidov (KSW Champion)
2. David Branch (WSOF Champion)
3. Ramazan Emeev (M-1 Global Champion)
4. Michal Materla (KSW)
5. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator Champion)
6. Alexander Shlemenko (M-1 Global)
7. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE Champion)
8. John Salter (Bellator)
9. Luis Santos (ONE)
10. Ken Hasegawa (DEEP)

Other Contenders: Brandon Halsey (Free Agent), Hisaki Kato (Bellator), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global), Alessio Sakara (Bellator), Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC Champion)

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (ONE Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator Champion)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
4. Rory MacDonald (Bellator)
5. Jon Fitch (WSOF Champion)
6. Michael Page (Bellator)
7. Borys Mankowski (KSW Champion)
8. Paul Daley (Bellator)
9. Jake Shields (WSOF)
10. Yushin Okami (WSOF)

Other Contenders: Rousimar Palhares (KSW), Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global Champion), Chidi Njokuani (Bellator), Abubakar Nurmagomedov (WSOF), Hiromitsu Miura (King of Pancrase)

Lightweight
1. Justin Gaethje (WSOF Champion)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
3. Eduard Folayang (ONE Champion)
4. Benson Henderson (Bellator)
5. Derek Anderson (Bellator)
6. Shinya Aoki (ONE)
7. Lowen Tynanes (ONE)
8. Dave Jansen (Free Agent)
9. Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN)
10. Alexander Sarnavskiy (ACB)

Other Contenders: Josh Thomson (Bellator), Daron Cruickshank (RIZIN), Patricky Freire (Bellator), Jason High (WSOF), Brian Foster (WSOF)

Featherweight
1. Daniel Straus (Bellator Champion)
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
3. Marat Gafurov (ONE Champion)
4. Patricio Freire (Bellator)
5. Pat Curran (Bellator)
6. Lance Palmer (WSOF Champion)
7. Magomed Idrisov (M-1 Global Champion)
8. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
9. Kron Gracie (RIZIN)
10. Andre Harrison (WSOF)

Other Contenders: Bubba Jenkins (Bellator), Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global), Marcos Alexandre Campos de Almeida (WSOF), Jadamba Narantungala (ONE), Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator)

Bantamweight
1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE Champion)
2. Marlon Moraes (WSOF Champion)
3. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
4. Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
5. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC)
6. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator)
7. Joe Warren (Bellator)
8. Timur Valiev (WSOF)
9. Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase)
10. Tom Duquesnoy (BAMMA Champion)

Other Contenders: Rafael Silva (Pancrase), Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase), Joe Taimanglo (Bellator), Chris Gutierrez (WSOF), Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP Champion)
 
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Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary

* Ranked Fighters Removed from All Previous Rankings Dating Back to February 2012:

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, 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, Stephan Puetz (Division Change), Damian Grabowski (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Marcin Tybura (UFC), Satoshi Ishii, Denis Smoldarev, Oli Thompson, Alexander Volkov (UFC), Smealinho Rama (Division Change), Kirill Sidelnikov, Matt Mitrione, Shawn Jordan, Denis Goltsov

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), 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, Maxim Grishin, Mikhail Zayats, Mike Kyle, Thiago Silva, Teddy Holder, Goran Reljic, Vadim Nemkov, Shamil Gamzatov, Vinny Magalhaes (Retired), Attila Vegh

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, Tamdan McCrory (UFC), Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, Doug Marshall, Kendall Grove, Young Choi, Tomasz Drwal, Melvin Manhoef, Yushin Okami (Division Change), Maiquel Falcao, Alessio Sakara, Clifford Starks, Aziz Karaoglu, Anatoly Tokov

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Yuya Shirai, Marius Zaromskis, Lyman Good, Myung Ho Bae, Fabricio Monteiro, Jay Hieron, Karl Amoussou, Rashid Magomedov (UFC), Albert Tumenov (UFC), Alexander Yakovlev (UFC), Takenori Sato (UFC), Shamil Zavurov, Josh Burkman (UFC), Ryan Ford, Rick Hawn, Steve Carl (UFC), Beslan Isaev, Yasubey Enomoto, Gota Yamashita, Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (UFC), Nobutatsu Suzuki, Murad Abdulaev, Fernando Gonzalez, Shingo Suzuki, Yuta Watanabe, Brennan Ward, Evangelist “Cyborg” Santos, Emil Weber Meek (UFC), Saad Awad, Hisaki Kato (Division Change), Luis Santos (Division Change), Akihiro Murayama, Aslambek Saidov

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, Isao Kobayashi (Division Change), Vuyisile Colossa, Mansour Barnaoui, Koji Ando, Musa Khamanaev, Jason Knight (UFC), Brandon Girtz, Saad Awad, Will Brooks (UFC), David Rickels, Marcin Held (UFC), Alexandr Shabliy, Alexander Butenko, Melvin Guillard, Ramazan Esenbaev

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, Daniel Romero, Magomeddrasul Khasbulaev, Koji Oishi (Retired), Caol Uno, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Diego Nunes, John Teixeira da Conceicao, Yutaka Saito, Isao Kobayashi, Rick Glenn (UFC), Sheymon da Silva Moraes (WSOF), Hiroyuki Takaya, Goiti Yamauchi (Division Change), Georgi Karakhanyan (Division Change), Rasul Mirzaev

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, Mike Richman, Kevin Belingon, Josh Hill, Jonathan Brookins, Timur Valiev, Sheymon da Silva Moraes (Division Change), Luis Alberto Nogueira (Division Change), Victor Henry, Dae Hwan Kim
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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.

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* 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.

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*Rankings will be updated every month.
 
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Mirko should be ranked higher than Fedor and Kongo at this point.
 
Why is not Mitrione there?

He has been in contenders but after Cro Cop, Fernandes, and GDS entered over the last couple months, he just fell off this month.
 
Mirko should be ranked higher than Fedor and Kongo at this point.

Mirko was unranked last month but following three straight wins in two days, he moved quickly threw the top 15 to the top 7 spot with the Rizin OWGP title. That was a very fast climb up the rankings in two days.
 
He has been in contenders but after Cro Cop, Fernandes, and GDS entered over the last couple months, he just fell off this month.

I see, he should be at least in the contenders part instead of GDS or Mighty Mo IMO
 
I see, he should be at least in the contenders part instead of GDS or Mighty Mo IMO

I will probably get him back in here soon. I had to get GDS in there with his recent win over Erokhin in December. Erokhin was ranked for a while so GDS moved way up with that win. Mighty Mo is in there for his OWGP win in ROAD FC. He was impressive in this tournament which earned him their title. He also recently defended the belt. That is why I have those two guys just in front of Mitrione, so basically I have Mitrione at 16.
 
Mirko was unranked last month but following three straight wins in two days, he moved quickly threw the top 15 to the top 7 spot with the Rizin OWGP title. That was a very fast climb up the rankings in two days.

Fedor should not be higher than Mirko. Dude fought one guy in last 3-4 years and barley got by in that bout. I would personally have CC at the 3 spot
 
One last thing, Chris Gutierrez is repeated at BW, you should correct that one
 
Fedor should not be higher than Mirko. Dude fought one guy in last 3-4 years and barley got by in that bout

We will find out soon after he fights Mitrione. Fedor has a past win over Mirko though but it was a long time ago. A rematch would make sense at this point.
 
One last thing, Chris Gutierrez is repeated at BW, you should correct that one

It was supposed to be Timur Valiev in the top 10. Typo.
 
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Yeah.....this is BS.....MIrko should be atleast #3.
 
Where is Mateusz Gamrot (KSW Champion, lightweight #9 outside of UFC by fighmatrix) and Aziz Karaoglu (middleweight, #7) ?
 
Where is Mateusz Gamrot (KSW Champion, lightweight #9 outside of UFC by fighmatrix) and Aziz Karaoglu (middleweight, #7) ?

I definitely want to get KSW champ Gamrot in here soon. LW is almost always the most stacked division so it is hard to get everyone in. If Gamrot wins his next fight, he will enter the rankings.

Aziz was on here for a while after his win over Falcao. He dropped a bit with the Mamed loss and was passed up by Sakara and Tokov I believe. I also read that Aziz was cut by KSW.
 
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It's a tough task to make ranks, but I have to say that you uprank BFC contenders way too easy.

Zeferino is #1 at wsof and a top 10 LW for sure, maybe top 5, he is not even ranked.
Cruikshanck (2-3 in last 5, losses against unrankeds)...why is he even ranked

BW is a bit of a mess. You should check the results of Pancrase 279. Morcego Silva beat Ueda and Ishiwatari defended his tittle again. Okami finished the former WW champion too, it seems you didnt check these results. Peace
 
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I think 2017 Phil Davis can beat DC and Rumble. Ufc really need him back.
 
It's a tough task to make ranks, but I have to say that you uprank BFC contenders way too easy

Zeferino is #1 at wsof and a top 10 LW for sure, he is not even ranked. Cruikshanck (2-3 in last 5, losses against unrankeds)...wtf

BW is a bit of a mess. You should check the results of Pancrase 279. Morcego Silva beat Ueda and Ishiwatari defended his tittle again. Okami finished the former WW champion too, it seems you didnt check these results. Peace

I have Foster at 15 who has a recent win over Zeferino. I have Zeferino top 20 at LW. LW division is always stacked but he is a good fighter.

I have Okami at no. 10 at WW.

I fixed issues at BW. I have Ishiwatari at 9 and then Silva followed by Ueda in contenders.
 
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BW rankings way off. Moraes #1. Dantas #2. Caldwell #3. Not even sure Bibiano deserves a top 5 ranking. Ueda doesn't belong in top 10 either.

LW: Folayang #3 for one win = lol. Not to mention, Tynanes already beat him. Sarnavskiy doesn't belong in the top 20, let alone top 10. agreed with above that Gamrot deserves his credit. He is elite at 155.

MW: Khalidov #1 is a joke. Branch and Emeev deserve #1 and #2

LHW: Branch completely overrated
 
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