The Non-UFC Fighter Rankings: Dec 24/18

The Rankings are just that – The MMA Manifesto’s rankings of the best fighters in mixed martial arts today.  Check back every Monday and Friday for our rankings of a different weight class.  Next up: Non-UFC Fighters

Voting Panel: Jeff Fox, Daniel Vreeland, Ryan MacDonald, Kurt Killberg and Ricky Leone.

*stipulations: 1) any fighter currently suspended or 2) inactive for at least 12 months (without an upcoming fight scheduled) are excluded from the rankings

Non-UFC Fighter Rankings

1) (Last Ranking – 3)  Demetrious Johnson – ONE Championship Flyweight – 40 (out of 50) points
          Record: 27-3-1
          Last Five Fights: 4-1
          Record vs Top 10: 1-0 (W-Horiguchi)
Next Fight: vs Yuya Wakamatsu – ONE Championship: A New Era – Mar 31st

It’s going to be odd seeing Mighty Mouse compete outside of the octagon.

2) (1)  Gegard Mousasi – Bellator Middleweight Champion – 34 points   

Record: 45-6-2
Last Five Fights: 5-0
Record vs Top 10: 1-0 (W-MacDonald)
Next Fight: TBA

Mousasi put a beating on Rory Mac, proving he is indeed the best non-UFC fighter out there.

3) (2) Ryan Bader – Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion – 34 points
          Record: 26-5
          Last Five Fights: 5-0
          Record vs Top 10: 2-0 (W-Davis, W-Davis)
          Next Fight: vs Fedor Emelianenko – Bellator 214 – Jan 26th

4) (4)  Rory MacDonald – Bellator Welterweight Champion – 29 points
          Record: 20-5
          Last Five Fights: 2-3
          Record vs Top 10: 1-1 (L-Mousasi, W-Lima)
Next Fight: vs Jon Fitch – TBA

Middleweight didn’t quite work out as planned for Rory MacDonald.

5) (5) Eddie Alvarez – ONE Championship Lightweight – 18 points

          Record: 29-6, 1 NC
          Last Five Fights: 2-2, 1 NC
          Record vs Top 10: 1-1 (W-Chandler, L-Chandler)
          Next Fight: vs Timofey Nastyukhin – ONE Championship: A New Era – Mar 31st

The Underground King is off to conquer yet another MMA organization.

8) (tied) (NR) Ilima-Lei Macfarlane – Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion – 13 points

Record:  9-0
Last Five Fights:  5-0
Record vs Top 10:  0-0
Next Fight:  TBA

Bellator 213 was a superstar-making performance by The Ilimanator on her home turf of Hawaii.

Bubbling under: Jinh Yu Frey, Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, Vadim Nemkov, Fedor Emelianenko, Phil Davis, Jon Fitch, Neiman Gracie, Michael Page, Darrion Caldwell, Anatoly Tokov