USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA Rankings (April 1): Emanuel Newton debuts
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USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA Rankings (April 1): Emanuel Newton debuts
Each Monday, MMAjunkie.com publishes an updated list of the top 15 fighters, as well as three honorable mentions (in alphabetical order), in the eight primary male weight divisions. The rankings also appear monthly in the print edition of USA TODAY.
Following a unanimous-decision victory over Mikhail Zayats at Bellator 94, Season 8 tournament winner Emanuel Newton has replaced his recent opponent on his division’s honorable mention list.
Since a three-fight skid in 2009, Newton has rebounded with nine wins in his past 10 fights. His recent Bellator tourney run included a submission win over Atanas Djambazov and a stunning spinning-backfist KO of notable Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. The only loss during the streak came via split decision to Attila Vegh in a Bellator Summer Series tourney. However, Newton will get a shot to avenge the defeat when he rematches Vegh, who’s now Bellator’s 205-pound titleholder, later this year.
A number of ranked fighters are in action later this week with the UFC on FUEL TV 9 and ONE FC 8 cards. However, the biggest matchup – Alexander Gustafsson vs. Gegard Mousasi – is in jeopardy because of a facial cut the Swede suffered during a recent training session.
Check out the full rankings below, or simply click on the Rankings tab above.
Fight results
- Light heavyweight: Emanuel Newton def. honorable mention Mikhail Zayats at Bellator 94
Upcoming fights
- Light heavyweight: No. 6 Alexander Gustafsson vs. No. 13 Gegard Mousasi at UFC on FUEL TV 9
- Lightweight: No. 11 Shinya Aoki vs. Kotetsu Boku at ONE FC 8
- Bantamweight: No. 7 Brad Pickett vs. No. 14 Mike Easton at UFC on FUEL TV 9
- Featherweight: Honorable mention Robert Peralta vs. Akira Corassani at UFC on FUEL TV 9
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HEAVYWEIGHT
- Cain Velasquez
- Junior dos Santos
- Daniel Cormier
- Alistair Overeem
- Fabricio Werdum
- Josh Barnett
- Antonio Silva
- Frank Mir
- Roy Nelson
- Mark Hunt
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Shane Carwin
- Cheick Kongo
- Travis Browne
- Stefan Struve
Honorable mention: Gabriel Gonzaga, Brendan Schaub, Alexander Volkov
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
- Jon Jones
- Lyoto Machida
- Dan Henderson
- Rashad Evans
- Phil Davis
- Alexander Gustafsson
- Glover Teixeira
- Mauricio Rua
- Ryan Bader
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Forrest Griffin
- Muhammed Lawal
- Gegard Mousasi
- Quinton Jackson
- James Te Huna
Honorable mention: Rafael Cavalcante, Emanuel Newton, Attila Vegh
MIDDLEWEIGHT
- Anderson Silva
- Chris Weidman
- Chael Sonnen
- Vitor Belfort
- Yushin Okami
- Michael Bisping
- Luke Rockhold
- Mark Munoz
- Ronaldo Souza
- Constantinos Philippou
- Tim Boetsch
- Alan Belcher
- Hector Lombard
- Alexander Shlemenko
- Jake Shields
Honorable mention: Cung Le, Wanderlei Silva, Brian Stann
WELTERWEIGHT
- Georges St-Pierre
- Johny Hendricks
- Jake Ellenberger
- Carlos Condit
- Nick Diaz
- Rory MacDonald
- Demian Maia
- Ben Askren
- Martin Kampmann
- Jon Fitch
- Josh Koscheck
- Mike Pierce
- Dong Hyun Kim
- Tarec Saffiedine
- Mike Pyle
Honorable mention: Andrey Koreshkov, Douglas Lima, Tyron Woodley
LIGHTWEIGHT
- Benson Henderson
- Gilbert Melendez
- Michael Chandler
- Anthony Pettis
- Gray Maynard
- Nate Diaz
- Jim Miller
- Eddie Alvarez
- Donald Cerrone
- Joe Lauzon
- Shinya Aoki
- T.J. Grant
- Evan Dunham
- Josh Thomson
- Pat Healy
Honorable mention: Rafael dos Anjos, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Gleison Tibau
FEATHERWEIGHT
- Jose Aldo
- Ricardo Lamas
- Chad Mendes
- Pat Curran
- Cub Swanson
- Chan Sung Jung
- Darren Elkins
- Daniel Straus
- Dennis Siver
- Tatsuya Kawajiri
- Erik Koch
- Patricio Freire
- Dustin Poirier
- Hatsu Hioki
- Nik Lentz
Honorable mention: Frankie Edgar, Clay Guida, Robert Peralta
BANTAMWEIGHT
- Dominick Cruz
- Renan Barao
- Urijah Faber
- Michael McDonald
- Eddie Wineland
- Scott Jorgensen
- Brad Pickett
- Bibiano Fernandes
- Raphael Assuncao
- Brian Bowles
- Eduardo Dantas
- Marcos Galvao
- Yuri Alcantara
- Mike Easton
- T.J. Dillashaw
Honorable mention: Ivan Menjivar, Marlon Moraes, Luis Nogueira
FLYWEIGHT
- Demetrious Johnson
- Joseph Benavidez
- John Dodson
- Ian McCall
- John Moraga
- Jussier Formiga
- Darrell Montague
- Chris Cariaso
- John Lineker
- Tim Elliott
- Darren Uyenoyama
- Louis Gaudinot
- Yasuhiro Urushitani
- Will Campuzano
- Joshua Sampo
Honorable mention: Shinichi Kojima, Alexis Vila, Mamoru Yamaguchi
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- Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they’ve been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.
- Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they’re not inactive for more than 24 months.
- To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter’s primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won’t be ranked in a new weight class until they’ve had their first fight at that weight.
ranking criteria
The rankings take into account a fighter's wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights.
Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they've been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.
Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they're not inactive for more than 24 months.
To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.
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