Roman Fight Picks: 2019

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - May 1 2019

Despite featuring many ranked contenders and 2 reigning Bellator champs, Bellator 220 didn't effect the rankings very much. The religiously gun-shy Rory MacDonald retained his title after a majority draw against proven action fighter Jon Fitch. Rory moves forward in the tournament despite not a single judge scoring the fight for him. Phil Davis defeated Liam McGeary for a second time, but with 205-champ Ryan Bader currently AFK, it's unclear where Mr. Wonderful goes from here. Adam Piccollotti put up a spirited effort against Benson Henderson, but came up just short losing by split decision. And finally, flyweight phenom Ilima Lei-MacFarlane continues to dominate, notching her third successful title defence and fifth straight stoppage win. Definitely someone to keep an eye on.

Anyway, here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for May 1 2019.

HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

None Reported

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

DROPPED

(#4) King Mo Lawal - Last fought in Rizin Fighting Federation

Scheduled Match-Ups

6/14/2019: (#1 MW) Lyoto Machida vs (#4) Chael Sonnen

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
6/22/2019: (C) Gegard Mousasi vs (#3) Rafael Lovato Jr. - For Bellator Middleweight Title

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
6/14/2019: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (NR) Neiman Gracie - For Bellator Welterweight Title / WWGP Semi-Final
5/11/2019: (#1) Douglas Lima vs (#5) Michael Page - WWGP Semi-Final

LIGHTWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (C) Michael Chandler vs (#3/C FW) Patricio Pitbull
5/4/2019: (#4) Brent Primus vs (NR) Tim Wilde

FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (#4) AJ McKee vs (NR) Pat Curran

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
6/14/2019: (C) Darrion Caldwell vs (NR) Kyoji Horiguchi - For Bellator Bantamweight Title

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
7/12/2019: (C) Julia Budd vs (#1) Olga Rubin - For Bellator Women's Featherweight Title

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#4) Veta Arteaga - No longer ranked by FightMatrix

Scheduled Match-Ups
6/22/2019: (#3) Kate Jackson vs (NR) Lena Ovchynnikova

Fighter Thumbnails taken from Bellator website (http://www.bellator.com/). Rankings data taken from http://www.fightmatrix.com/. Font is Dream MMA.

Monday, April 1, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - April 1 2019

HEAVYWEIGHT

DROPPED

(#5) Vitaly Minakov

Scheduled Match-Ups

None Reported

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

DROPPED

(#3) Linton Vassell - Moved to Heavyweight

Scheduled Match-Ups

4/27/2019: (#2) Phil Davis vs (#3) Liam McGeary

4/21/2019: (#4) King Mo Lawal vs (NR) Jiri Prochazka - Rizin Fighting Federation

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
6/22/2019: (C) Gegard Mousasi vs (#2) Rafael Lovato Jr. - For Bellator Middleweight Title

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/27/2019: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (#2) Jon Fitch - For Bellator Welterweight Title
5/11/2019: (#1) Douglas Lima vs (#5) Michael Page - WWGP Semi-Final

LIGHTWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Saad Awad

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (C) Michael Chandler vs (#3/C FW) Patricio Pitbull
4/27/2019: (#2) Benson Henderson vs (NR) Adam Piccolotti
5/4/2019: (#4) Brent Primus vs (NR) Tim Wilde

FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Derek Campos

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (#4) AJ McKee vs (NR) Pat Curran

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
7/12/2019: (C) Julia Budd vs (#1) Olga Rubin - For Bellator Women's Featherweight Title

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/27/2019: (C) Ilima-Lei Macfarlene vs (#4) Veta Arteaga - For Bellator Women's Flywight Title

Fighter Thumbnails taken from Bellator website (http://www.bellator.com/). Rankings data taken from http://www.fightmatrix.com/. Font is Dream MMA.

Sunday, March 10, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - March 10 2019

Bellator returns next week with a card in Thackerville featuring the return of recent featherweight title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez. Sanchez faces veteran Georgi Karakhanyan in a rematch of a 2017 meeting in which Sanchez won. The card also features Linton Vassell's heavyweight debut against Russian prospect Valentin Moldavsky. The following week, Bellator comes to Temecula CA, topped by a match-up of lightweight bangers Saad Awad and Brandon Girtz, as well as the return of former champions Daniel Straus and Andrey Koreshkov.

Anyway, here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for March 10 2019.

HEAVYWEIGHT

DROPPED

(#2) Mirko Cro Cop - Retired

Scheduled Match-Ups

3/22/2019: (#3 LHW) Linton Vassell vs (NR) Valentin Moldavsky

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

4/27/2019: (#2) Phil Davis vs (#4) Liam McGeary

4/21/2019: (#5) King Mo Lawal vs (NR) Jiri Prochazka - Rizin Fighting Federation

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#4) Anatoly Tokov vs (NR) Gerald Harris

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/27/2019: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (#2) Jon Fitch - For Bellator Welterweight Title
5/11/2019: (#1) Douglas Lima vs (#5) Michael Page - WWGP Semi-Final
3/29/2019: (#4) Andrey Koreshkov vs (NR) Mike Jasper

LIGHTWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (C) Michael Chandler vs (C FW) Patricio Pitbull
4/27/2019: (#2) Benson Henderson vs (NR) Adam Piccolotti
5/4/2019: (#3) Brent Primus vs (NR) Tim Wilde
3/29/2019: (#5) Saad Awad vs (NR) Brandon Girtz

FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#1) Emmanuel Sanchez vs (NR) Georgi Karakhanyan
5/11/2019: (#4) AJ McKee vs (NR) Pat Curran

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/29/2019: (#3) Shawn Bunch vs (#5) Dominic Mazzotta

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Monday, February 18, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - February 18 2019

Well Bellator 215 and 216 happened. That's really all there is to say about that. MVP makes his rankings debut off a horrible fight against Paul Daley. Daley is no longer ranked. The heavyweight division went through a significant remodeling, with Cheick Kongo and Mirko Cro Cop both rising to the top. Somewhat surprisingly, former champion Vitaly Minakov did not break the top 5. Not too much movement in any other divisions, but there were some interesting fight announcements in the past few weeks.

Anyway, here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for January 28 2019.

HEAVYWEIGHT

DROPPED

(#5) Roy Nelson

Scheduled Match-Ups

None Reported

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

4/21/2019: (#5) King Mo Lawal vs (NR) Jiri Prochazka - Rizin Fighting Federation

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WELTERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#4) Paul Daley

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/27/2019: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (#2) Jon Fitch - For Bellator Welterweight Title
5/11/2019: (#1) Douglas Lima vs (#5) Michael Page - WGP Semi-Final
3/29/2019: (#3) Lorenz Larkin vs (#4) Andrey Koreshkov

LIGHTWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
5/11/2019: (C) Michael Chandler vs (C FW) Patricio Pitbull
5/4/2019: (#3) Brent Primus vs (NR) Tim Wilde

FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#1) Emmanuel Sanchez vs (NR) Ashleigh Grimshaw
5/11/2019: (#4) AJ McKee vs (NR) Pat Curran

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#3) Cindy Dandois - Last Fought in European Beatdown

Scheduled Match-Ups
2/23/2019: (#2) Olga Rubin vs (NR) Iony Razafiarison

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Monday, January 28, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - January 28 2019

Well it wasn't easy to watch but we finally have a new Bellator Heavyweight champion. Ryan Bader knocked out the legendary Fedor winning the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix, and becoming the first simultaneous two division champion in Bellator history. In the co-main event Henry "OK" Corrales defied the odds, knocking out uber-prospect Aaron Pico in just one round. Elsewhere on the card, former featherweight Juan Archuleta made good on his Bellator bantamweight debut, defeating a very game Ricky Bandehas in a close and entertaining contest. Both Corrales and Archuleta are now eyeing title shots in their respective divisions.

Anyway, here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for January 28 2019.

HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

2/15/2019: (#1) Matt Mitrione vs (#3) Sergei Kharitonov
2/16/2019: (#2) Cheick Kongo vs (NR) Vitaly Minakov
2/16/2019: (#5) Roy Nelson vs (NR) Mirko Cro Cop

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/21/2019: (#5) King Mo Lawal vs (NR) Jiri Prochazka - Rizin Fighting Federation

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
4/27/2019: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (#2) Jon Fitch - For Bellator Welterweight Title
3/29/2019: (#3) Lorenz Larkin vs (#5) Andrey Koreshkov
2/16/2019: (#4) Paul Daley vs (NR) Michael Page

LIGHTWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
2/19/2019: (#1) Patricky Pitbull vs (NR) Ryan Scope

FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Aaron Pico

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#1) Emmanuel Sanchez vs (NR) Ashleigh Grimshaw

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
2/15/19: (#1) Eduardo Dantas vs (NR) Toby Misech

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
2/23/2019: (#2) Olga Rubin vs (NR) Sinead Kavanagh

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Saturday, January 5, 2019

The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - January 5 2019

The next Bellator event isn't for a few more weeks but since the mma world is pretty quiet this weekend I so figured I might as well update these rankings. Since nothing's really happened the changes are minimal but there were a couple. The next Bellator event takes place on January 26 with Light Heavyweight champ Ryan Bader facing former Pride Heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko for the vacant Bellator Heavyweight Title.

Anyway, here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for January 5th 2019.

HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

1/26/2019: (#1) Ryan Bader vs (#5) Fedor Emelianenko - For Vacant Bellator Heavyweight Title

2/15/2019: (#2) Matt Mitrione vs (#4) Sergei Kharitonov
2/16/2019: (#3) Cheick Kongo vs (NR) Vitaly Minakov

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
Date TBD: (C) Rory MacDonald vs (#2) Jon Fitch - For Bellator Welterweight Title
2/16/2019: (#3) Paul Daley vs (NR) Michael Page
3/29/2019: (#4) Lorenz Larkin vs (#5) Andrey Koreshkov

LIGHTWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
2/19/2019: (#1) Patricky Pitbull vs (NR) Ryan Scope

FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#2) Pat Curran - Removed due to Inactivity

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#1) Emmanuel Sanchez vs (NR) Ashleigh Grimshaw
1/26/2019: (#4) Henry Corrales vs (#5) Aaron Pico

BANTAMWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
Date TBD: (C) Darrion Caldwell vs (NR) Kyoji Horiguchi - For Bellator Bantamweight Title
1/26/2019: (#3) Juan Archuleta vs (NR) Ricky Bandejas

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

Fighter Thumbnails taken from Bellator website (http://www.bellator.com/). Rankings data taken from http://www.fightmatrix.com/. Font is Dream MMA.