1. Julius Indongo: In the biggest upset of the weekend and one of the biggest of the year, Indongo knocked out Eduard Troyanovsky in the very first round in Moscow to give Troyanovsky his first loss and take his IBF World Junior Welterweight championship.
2. Geo Martinez: Won a one-night, sixteen-man tournament at Eddie Bravo Invitational 10, submitting Eddie Cummings in overtime to retain his EBI Bantamweight strap.
3. Demetrious Johnson: The best champion in combat sports rolled on, cruising to a wide victory over TUF winner Tim Elliott.
4. Murat Gassiev: In one of the best fights of the year, Gassiev and Denis Lebedev tore it up and delivered a back-and-forth slugfest, with Gassiev getting the slight nod.
5. Eduardo Dantas: Retained his Bellator gold with a one-sided decision of Joe Warren, avenging his last loss.
6. Jason Jackson: It’s rare when someone out-violences a Lima brother, but lo and behold, that’s exactly what happened in the main event of Titan Fighting Championship 42.
7. Edwin Najmi: In the OTHER BJJ tournament over the weekend, Najmi was victorious in Five Super League’s eight-man tournament, including wins over Bill Cooper, Marcelo Mafra, and John Combs.
8. Ibrahim El Boustati: TKO’d Andrew Tate in the first round in the main event of Enfusion Live 44, pulling a shocking upset and in the first round, no less.
9. Joseph Benavidez: It was close, it was very close with a questionable deduction, but JoeB got the nod and is probably next up for another shot at Mighty Mouse.
10. Brandon Vera: Finally defended his OneFC heavyweight championship with a quick stoppage over previously undefeated Japanese heavyweight Hideki Sekine.
11. Bibiano Fernandes: Still remains one of the best bantamweights in the world, regardless of promotion, after earning yet another win at OneFC and defending his gold.
12. Denis Shafikov: In a great back-and-forth bout with Richard Commey and Russia, Shafikov now has a shot at Robert Easter Jr.’s IBF Lightweight title.
13. Gerald Harris: In the last-ever Legacy Fight Championship fight, Harris slammed-KO Aaron Cobb in under a minute.
14. Farkhad Sharipov: Claimed the vacant Titan FC bantamweight championship in the co-main of Titan Fight Championship 42.
15. Fernando Rodrigues Jr.: Is the new KSW Heavyweight Champion after a second-round TKO of Karol Bedorf in the KSW 37 main event.
Honorable Mention:
Justin Rader: Another week, another Fight To Win Pro event, this time with Rader defeated Marcio Navarro in the main event.
Darrion Caldwell: Avegened his loss to Joe Taimanglo, but did it in a very methodical way.
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