The Non-UFC Fighter Rankings: Aug 13/18

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 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 – 2)   Gegard Mousasi – Bellator Middleweight Champion – 36 (out of 40) points

Record: 44-6-2
Last Five Fights: 5-0
Record vs Top 10: 0-0
Next Fight: vs #3 Rory MacDonald – Bellator 206 – Sept 29th

The Bellator belt is the fifth championship Mousasi has won in major promotions.

2) (3) Ryan Bader – Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion – 34 points
          Record: 25-5
          Last Five Fights: 5-0
          Record vs Top 10: 2-0 (W-Davis, W-Davis)
          Next Fight: vs Matt Mitrione – Bellator 207 – Oct 12th

3) (1)  Rory MacDonald – Bellator Welterweight Champion – 33 points
          Record: 20-4
          Last Five Fights: 3-2
          Record vs Top 10: 1-0 (W-Lima)
Next Fight: vs #1 Gegard Mousasi – Bellator 206 – Sept 29th

Speaking of adding straps to a collection, Rory Mac will try to add the Bellator middleweight one to his this fall.

4) (5) Ben Askren – ONE Welterweight Champion – 19 points
          Record: 18-0, 1 NC
          Last Five Fights: 4-0, 1 NC
          Record vs Top 10: 1-0 (W-Lima)
          Next Fight: TBA

For a supposedly ‘retired’ fighter, Funky sure is in the news often with rumors of future fights.

5) (4) Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin Bantamweight Champion – 18 points
          Record: 25-2
          Last Five Fights: 5-0
          Record vs Top 10: 0-0
          Next Fight: TBA

Supernova has been absolutely on fire since leaving the UFC – seven-straight wins, all a weight class above his natural one.

 

6) (7)   Phil Davis – Bellator Light Heavyweight – 16 points

            Record: 19-4, 1 NC
            Last Five Fights: 4-1
            Record vs Top 10: 0-2 (L-Bader, L-Bader)
            Next Fight: TBA

Mr. Wonderful ran his winning streak to two after head-kicking Linton Vassell in London.

Bubbling under: Bibiano Fernandes,  Lyoto Machida, Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire,  Benson Henderson