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

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



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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

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



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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

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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



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The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - December 17 2018

Bellator 212 wasn't the fastest paced broadcast, but the fights delivered for the most part. Juliana Velasquez secured her spot as the #1 contender at 125 with a win over Alejandra Lara. Sam Sicilia punched his way back to relevancy against brawler Derek Campos, improving to 2-1 in Bellator. AJ McKee scored an impressive submission over Daniel Crawford, though it is definitely time for a step up in competition. Javy Ayala became the first man to submit Frank Mir, forcing the aging legend to tap to strikes on the feet. And in the main event, Michael Chandler regained the title he controversially lost to Brent Primus, outclassing Primus for 5 rounds.

Bellator 213 also had it's share of meaningful fights. Liam McGeary picked up a much needed win against veteran King Mo, snapping a two-fight losing streak. Neiman Gracie proved the oddsmakers wrong, pulling the upset against heavy favorite Ed Ruth. His next bout will be a title fight against the winner of MacDonald-Fitch. Lyoto Machida won his Bellator debut, defeating former champion Rafael Carvalho in a very close match. He is expected to take on the winner of Mousasi-Lovato Jr. next. And last but not least, Ilima-Lei MacFarlane successfully defended her title at home against UFC veteran Valerie Letourneau, submitting her in the 3rd round by triangle choke.

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

DROPPED
(#5) Alexander Shlemenko - Last Fought in Russian Cagefighting Championship


Scheduled Match-Ups
1/26/2019: (C) Gegard Mousasi vs (#3) Rafael Lovato Jr. - For Bellator Middleweight Title

WELTERWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
Date TBD: (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

DROPPED
(#5) Derek Campos - Moved to Featherweight

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
1/26/2019: (#5) Henry Corrales vs (NR) Aaron Pico

BANTAMWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Ricky Bandejas

Scheduled Match-Ups
12/31/2018: (C) Darrion Caldwell vs (NR) Kyoji Horiguchi - Rizin Fighting Federation
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




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The Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings - December 2 2018

Bellator 210 had one of the deepest preliminary cards of any Bellator event and it really showed in this weeks rankings. Featuring upsets over top fighters, and close decisions between hardened veterans, the prelim card really delivered. The main card was also pretty solid despite not having much of an effect on the rankings, although it did keep John Salter in the mix at 185.

Bellator 211 was kinda sad. Alessio Sakara suffered a harsh knockout at home. Again. The rest of the card consisted of regional talent and kickboxer Hesdy Gerges getting has ass kicked. If you saw it live, I'm sorry. If you didn't, you don't need to.

Anyway here are the Official Unofficial Bellator Rankings for  December 2 2018.

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  

12/15/2018: (#4) King Mo Lawal vs (#5) Liam McGeary

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups

1/26/2019: (C) Gegard Mousasi vs (#1) Rafael Lovato Jr. - For Bellator Middleweight Title
12/15/2018: (#2) Rafael Carvalho vs (NR) Lyoto Machida
12/15/2018: (#5) Alexander Shlemenko vs (NR) Jonas Billstein - Russian Cagefighting Championship

WELTERWEIGHT

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

LIGHTWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Saad Awad

Scheduled Match-Ups
12/14/2018: (C) Brent Primus vs (#3) Michael Chandler - For Bellator Lightweight Title

FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#3) Daniel Weichel - Moved to Lightweight
(#4) Darrion Caldwell - Moved to Bantamweight

Scheduled Match-Ups
3/22/2019: (#1) Emmanuel Sanchez vs (NR) Ashleigh Grimshaw
12/14/2018: (#3) AJ McKee vs (NR) Daniel Crawford
1/26/2019: (#4) Henry Corrales vs (#5) Aaron Pico
12/14/2018: (#5 LW) Derek Campos vs (NR) Sam Sicilia

  

BANTAMWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#5) Kester Mark

Scheduled Match-Ups
12/31/2018: (C) Darrion Caldwell vs (NR) Kyoji Horiguchi - Rizin Fighting Federation
  

WOMEN'S FEATHERWEIGHT

DROPPED
(#4) Janay Harding - No longer ranked by FightMatrix

Scheduled Match-Ups
None Reported

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT

Scheduled Match-Ups
12/15/2018: (C) Ilima-Lei Macfarlane vs (#2) Valerie Letourneau - For Bellator Women's Flyweight Title
12/14/2018: (#1) Juliana Velasquez vs (NR) Alejandra Lara 



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