The Non-UFC Fighter Rankings: Nov 9/18

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 – 1)   Gegard Mousasi – Bellator Middleweight Champion – 34 (out of 40) 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.

2) (2) Ryan Bader – Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion – 33 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) (3)  Rory MacDonald – Bellator Welterweight Champion – 25 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) (tied) (NR) Eddie Alvarez – ONE Championship Lightweight – 17 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: TBA

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

5) (tied) (5) Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin Bantamweight Champion – 17 points
                   Record: 25-2
                   Last Five Fights: 5-0
                   Record vs Top 10: 0-1 (L-Johnson)
                   Next Fight: TBA

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

 

7) (tied) (6)   Phil Davis – Bellator Light Heavyweight – 13 points

            Record: 19-4, 1 NC
            Last Five Fights: 4-1
            Record vs Top 10: 0-2 (L-Bader, L-Bader)
            Next Fight: vs Vadim Nemkov – Bellator 209 – Nov 15th

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

Bubbling under: Jon Fitch, Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire, Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire, Lyoto Machida, Kevin Belingon