Global-MMA Rankings - March 2015

[Furrythunder]

Heavyweight
1. Marcin Tybura (M-1 Global Champion)
2. Vitaly Minakov (Bellator Champion)
3. Alexander Volkov (Bellator)
4. Sergei Kharitonov (M-1 Global)
5. Damian Grabowski (M-1 Global)
6. Blagoi Ivanov (WSOF)
7. Karol Bedorf (KSW Champion)
8. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
9. Smealinho Rama (WSOF Champion)
10. Denis Goltsov (Tech-Krep)

Other Contenders: Ken Hasegawa (DEEP Champion), Denis Smoldarev (M-1 Global), Bobby Lashley (Bellator), Satoshi Ishii (IGF), Konstantin Gluhov (M-1 Global)

Light Heavyweight
1. Liam McGeary (Bellator Champion)
2. Emanuel Newton (Bellator)
3. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Bellator)
4. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)
5. Thiago Silva (WSOF)
6. Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global Champion)
7. Attila Vegh (Free Agent)
8. Linton Vassell (Bellator)
9. Tito Ortiz (Bellator)
10. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global)

Other Contenders: Vinny Magalhaes (WSOF), Mikhail Zayats (Bellator), Maxim Grishin (Fight Nights), Roger Gracie (ONE FC), Mike Kyle (WSOF)

Middleweight
1. Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
2. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (M-1 Global Champion)
3. Brandon Halsey (Bellator Champion)
4. Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator)
5. David Branch (WSOF Champion)
6. Michal Materla (KSW Champion)
7. Yushin Okami (WSOF)
8. Maiquel Falcao (KSW)
9. Ramazan Emeev (M-1 Global)
10. Igor Svirid (ONE FC Champion)

Other Contenders: Joe Schilling (Bellator), Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion), Melvin Manhoef (Bellator), Doug Marshall (Bellator), Tomasz Drwal (KSW)

Welterweight
1. Ben Askren (ONE FC Champion)
2. Rousimar Palhares (WSOF Champion)
3. Douglas Lima (Bellator Champion)
4. Jake Shields (WSOF)
5. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
6. Paul Daley (Bellator)
7. Steve Carl (Free Agent)
8. Borys Mankowski (KSW Champion)
9. Gota Yamashita (King of Pancrase)
10. Yuta Watanabe (DEEP Champion)

Other Contenders: Michael Page (Bellator), Jon Fitch (WSOF), Nobutatsu Suzuki (ONE FC), Luis Santos (ONE FC), Yasubey Enomoto (Fight Nights)

Lightweight
1. Will Brooks (Bellator Champion)
2. Shinya Aoki (ONE FC Champion)
3. Justin Gaethje (WSOF Champion)
4. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
5. Marcin Held (Bellator)
6. Musa Khamanaev (ACB)
7. Patricky Freire (Bellator)
8. Ramazan Esenbaev (IGF)
9. Isao Kobayashi (King of Pancrase)
10. Vuyisile Colossa (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: David Rickels (Bellator), Saad Awad (Bellator), Alexander Sarnavskiy (Bellator), Koji Ando (ONE FC), Dave Jansen (Bellator)

Featherweight
1. Patricio Freire (Bellator Champion)
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
3. Pat Curran (Bellator)
4. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
5. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
6. Lance Palmer (WSOF Champion)
7. Rick Glenn (WSOF)
8. Georgi Karakhanyan (Bellator)
9. Jadamba Narantungala (ONE FC Champion)
10. Marat Gafurov (ONE FC)

Other Contenders: Goiti Yamauchi (Bellator), Yoshifumi Nakamura (Shooto), Diego Nunes (Bellator), Caol Uno (Shooto), Ivan Buchinger (M-1 Global Champion)

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

Other Contenders: Kevin Belingon (ONE FC), Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase), Rafael “Morcego” Silva (Bellator), Mike Richman (Bellator), Josh Hill (WSOF

 

[Wild]

Very Cool. Some killers on that list. Would love to see how some of those HW's (specifically Tybura and Kharitonov) would do in the UFC. Will Brooks would be another one. Then there's Ben Askren...obviously.

 

[Team Bisping]

Nice, i'm still pissed UFC didn't pick up Askren, but in the long run, ben kept his integrity, didn't kiss dana's ass like he would expect and is making money on his terms. respect.

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

Loads of great fighters there. Would love to see Ill Will fight some of the guys on the UFC roster. Some guys on the way out there too, Kongo for example looked dejected after Mo ground him down, could see him retiring soon. Interesting to see Fitch slide down so far too, not on a good stretch of his career right now.

 

[ECC170]

Luke Sanders is definitely a BANTAM to look out for..he's a fucking MONSTER..unbeaten athletic Specimen At that weight..Amazes me the UFC hasn't signed him especially being RFA Champ

 

[Wild]

Luke Sanders is definitely a BANTAM to look out for..he's a fucking MONSTER..unbeaten athletic Specimen At that weight..Amazes me the UFC hasn't signed him especially being RFA Champ

I would LOVE to get him on for a Q&A. Big fan of his as well. Dude's a badass.

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

No mention at all of Chris Honeycutt either unless I am going blind, suprised. How is he regarded prospect wise in the US?

 

[BenAskrensStrikingcoach]

Luke Sanders is definitely a BANTAM to look out for..he's a fucking MONSTER..unbeaten athletic Specimen At that weight..Amazes me the UFC hasn't signed him especially being RFA Champ

Never heard of this guy, I see he fights out of the lab, on a good streak too. RFA was were Rashad came from wasn't it. I know a load of UFC fighters came out of RFA can't remember many though....Forrest too?

Have not watched any of their events.

 

[Star-Lord]

Great post OP this is very cool

 

[Wild]

Never heard of this guy, I see he fights out of the lab, on a good streak too. RFA was were Rashad came from wasn't it. I know a load of UFC fighters came out of RFA can't remember many though....Forrest too?

Have not watched any of their events.

Here ya go.

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