The inaugural BELLATOR MMA™ Fighter Rankings have officially been unveiled, following the tabulation of votes submitted by a 17-member media panel.
Current BELLATOR MMA Featherweight and Lightweight World Champion Patricio “Pitbull” sits atop the men’s pound-for-pound list, while featherweight women’s titleholder Cris “Cyborg” was unanimously voted No. 1 in the women’s pound-for-pound list.
“Pitbull” takes on the No. 2-ranked featherweight Emmanuel Sanchez at BELLATOR MMA 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2 this Friday, April 2, in the promotion’s first-ever event on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
BELLATOR also is revealing the amount of first place votes each athlete has earned in their division. This is represented with an (*) in the below charts. Please note, champions of each weight class will be automatically assigned to the Champions slot atop the rankings and do not receive votes within their division.
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MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (27-6) 5. Juan Archuleta (25-2) 6. Douglas Lima (32-8) 7. AJ McKee (17-0) 8. Phil Davis (22-5) 9. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-4) 10. Corey Anderson (14-5) |
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (23-2) 2. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 4. Julia Budd (14-3) 5. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 6. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) 7. Liz Carmouche (14-7) 8. Cat Zingano (11-4) 9. Alejandra Lara (9-3) 10. Leslie Smith (12-8-1) |
MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (27-6) 1. Timothy Johnson (15-6) – 13* 2. Cheick Kongo (30-11-2) 3. Valentin Moldavsky (10-1) – 3* 4. Fedor Emelianenko (39-6) 5. Linton Vassell (20-8) 6. Tyrell Fortune (9-1) – 1* 7. Steven Mowry (8-0) 8. Matt Mitrione (13-8) 9. Sergei Kharitonov (32-8) 10. Javy Ayala (11-8) |
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MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 1. Ryan Bader (27-6) – 11* 2. Phil Davis (22-5) – 2* 3. Corey Anderson (14-5) – 4* 4. Lyoto Machida (26-10) 5. Julius Anglickas (9-1) 6. Grant Neal (5-0) 7. Christian Edwards (4-0) 8. Tyree Fortune (5-0) 9. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1) 10. Alex Polizzi (7-1) |
MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 1. John Salter (18-4) – 10* 2. Anatoly Tokov (29-2) – 5* 3. Austin Vanderford (10-0) – 1* 4. Fabian Edwards (9-1) 5. Costello van Steenis (13-2) 6. Johnny Eblen (7-0) 7. Charlie Ward (9-4) 8. Mike Shipman (14-3) 9. Romero Cotton (5-0) 10. Ed Ruth (8-3) |
MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Douglas Lima (32-8) 1. Michael Page (18-1) – 8* 2. Yaroslav Amosov (25-0) – 6* 3. Neiman Gracie (10-1) – 3* 4. Logan Storley (11-1) 5. Derek Anderson (17-3) 6. Jason Jackson (13-4) 7. Joey Davis (8-0) 8. Sabah Homasi (15-8) 9. Oliver Enkamp (10-2) 10. Jaleel Willis (14-2) |
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MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 1. Brent Primus (10-1) – 12* 2. Patricky Pitbull (23-9) – 3* 3. Goiti Yamauchi (25-4) – 1* 4. Benson Henderson (28-10) – 1* 5. Sidney Outlaw (15-4) 6. Myles Jury (19-5) 7. Adam Piccolotti (12-4) 8. Alfie Davis (14-3) 9. Aviv Gozali (5-0) 10. Georgi Karakhanyan (30-11-1) |
MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 1. AJ McKee (17-0) – 13* 2. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-4) – 4* 3. Adam Borics (16-1) 4. Pedro Carvalho (11-4) 5. Daniel Weichel (40-12) 6. Aaron Pico (7-3) 7. Jay Jay Wilson (7-0) 8. Jeremy Kennedy (16-2) 9. Tywan Claxton (6-2) 10. Mads Burnell (14-3) |
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Juan Archuleta (25-2) 1. Sergio Pettis (20-5) – 10* 2. Patchy Mix (13-1) – 4* 3. Raufeon Stots (15-1) – 1* 4. James Gallagher (11-1) 5. Magomed Magomedov (17-1) – 2* 6. Leandro Higo (20-5) 7. Josh Hill (20-3) 8. Cass Bell (5-1) 9. Frans Mlambo (9-5) 10. Jornel Lugo (5-0) |
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WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (23-2) 1. Julia Budd (14-3) – 16* 2. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 3. Cat Zingano (11-4) 4. Leslie Smith (12-8-1) – 1* 5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4) 6. Janay Harding (6-4) 7. Leah McCourt (4-1) 8. Amanda Bell (7-7) 9. Olga Rubin (6-2) 10. Jessy Miele (9-5) |
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT C. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) – 16* 2. Liz Carmouche (14-7) 3. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) – 1* 4. Alejandra Lara (9-3) 5. Kana Watanabe (9-0-1) 6. Kate Jackson (11-5-1) 7. Veta Arteaga (5-4) 8. Mandy Bohm (7-0) 9. Valerie Loureda (3-0) 10. Bruna Ellen (5-3) |
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(*) denotes first place votes received.
