Bellator release updated rankings

UPDATED OFFICIAL BELLATOR MMA™ FIGHTER RANKINGS
PAUL DALEY, KARL ALBREKTSSON CRACK THE TOP-1O WITH IMPRESSIVE BELLATOR 257 VICTORIES
TONS OF MOVEMENT AT HEAVYWEIGHT AS BELLATOR PRESIDENT SCOTT COKER CALLS FOR INTERIM CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE NEAR FUTURE
LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA returns to action on May 7 with a bantamweight world title fight pitting c-Juan Archuleta (25-2) against #1 ranked Sergio Pettis (20-5) and a BELLATOR Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix opening round bout between the debuting Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (22-6) and Yoel Romero (13-5), who are currently ineligible to be ranked until after their initial BELLATOR fight. The winner of their highly anticipated match up will move on in the tournament to face Vadim Nemkov for the light heavyweight world championship. Bellator 258 airs exclusively on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
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MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (14-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (28-6, 1 NC) 5. Juan Archuleta (25-2) 6. Douglas Lima (32-8) 7. AJ McKee (17-0) 8. Corey Anderson (15-5) ∆1 9. Phil Davis (22-6) ∇1 10. Yaroslav Amosov (25-0)
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WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Cris Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) 2. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 4. Julia Budd (15-3) 5. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 6. Liz Carmouche (15-7) 7. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) 8. Cat Zingano (12-4) 9. Kana Watanabe (10-0-1) 10. Leslie Smith (12-8-1) |
MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT
C. Ryan Bader (28-6) 1. Timothy Johnson (15-6) 2. Cheick Kongo (30-11-2) 3. Valentin Moldavsky (10-1) 4. Linton Vassell (20-8) ∆2 5. Tyrell Fortune (10-1) ∇1 6. Steven Mowry (9-0) ∆1 7. Matt Mitrione (13-8) ∆1 8. Javy Ayala (11-8) ∆2 9. Davion Franklin (2-0) NR 10. Jake Hager (3-0) NR |
MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
C. Vadim Nemkov (14-2) 1. Ryan Bader (28-6) 2. Corey Anderson (15-5) ∆1 3. Phil Davis (22-6) ∇1 4. Julius Anglickas (10-1) ∆1 5. Lyoto Machida (26-11) ∇1 6. Grant Neal (5-0) 7. Tyree Fortune (5-0)∆1 8. Christian Edwards (4-0) ∇1 9. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1) 10. Karl Albrektsson (11-3) NR |
MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT
C. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 1. John Salter (18-4) 2. Anatoly Tokov (29-2) 3. Austin Vanderford (10-0) 4. Fabian Edwards (9-1) 5. Costello van Steenis (13-2) 6. Johnny Eblen (7-0) 7. Charlie Ward (9-4) 8. Mike Shipman (14-3) 9. Romero Cotton (5-0) 10. Ed Ruth (8-3) |
MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT
C. Douglas Lima (32-8) 1. Yaroslav Amosov (25-0) 2. Michael Page (18-1) 3. Jason Jackson (14-4) 4. Neiman Gracie (10-2) 5. Logan Storley (11-1) 6. Derek Anderson (17-3) 7. Joey Davis (8-0) 8. Paul Daley (43-17-2) NR 9. Sabah Homasi (15-9) ∇1 10. Oliver Enkamp (10-2) ∇1 |
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT
C. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 1. Brent Primus (10-1) 2. Patricky Pitbull (23-9) 3. Goiti Yamauchi (25-5) 4. Benson Henderson (28-10) 5. Myles Jury (19-5)∆1 6. Sidney Outlaw (15-4) ∇1 7. Adam Piccolotti (12-4) 8. Dan Moret (15-6)∆1 9. Alfie Davis (14-3)∇1 10. Aviv Gozali (5-0) |
MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT
C. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 1. AJ McKee (17-0) 2. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) 3. Adam Borics (17-1) 4. Jay-Jay Wilson (8-0) ∆3 5. Daniel Weichel (40-12) 6. Aaron Pico (7-3) 7. Pedro Carvalho (11-5) ∇3 8. Mads Burnell (15-3) ∆2 9. Tywan Claxton (6-2) 10. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3, 1 NC) ∇2 |
MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
C. Juan Archuleta (25-2) 1. Sergio Pettis (20-5) 2. Patchy Mix (13-1) 3. Magomed Magomedov (18-1) 4. Raufeon Stots (15-1) 5. James Gallagher (11-1) 6. Leandro Higo (20-5) 7. Josh Hill (20-3) 8. Jornel Lugo (6-0) 9. Cass Bell (5-2) 10. Brian Moore (13-7) |
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT
C. Cris Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) 1. Julia Budd (15-3) 2. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 3. Cat Zingano (12-4) 4. Leslie Smith (12-8-1) 5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4) 6. Janay Harding (6-4) 7. Leah McCourt (4-1)∆1 8. Amanda Bell (7-7)∇1 9. Jessy Miele (9-5)∆1 10.Talita Nogueira (8-2) NR |
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
C. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 2. Liz Carmouche (15-7) 3. Kana Watanabe (10-0-1) 4. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) 5. Alejandra Lara (9-4) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4)∆1 7. Kate Jackson (11-5-1) ∇1 8. Mandy Bohm (7-0) 9. Valerie Loureda (3-0) 10. Vanessa Porto (22-9) NR |
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