Current MMA Rankings Updated (03-16-2014)

Notable Info

• [#31] Konstantin Gluhov, one of the most inconsistent fringe contenders you’ve never heard of, pops back into the Top 50 at Heavyweight for what seems to be the billionth time, with a win over respectable journeyman [#55] Kenny Garner.
• Speaking of Heavyweight journeymen, [#64] James Thompson returned with a win over now barely ranked, [#232] Colin Robinson.  Amazingly, Thompson is 4-0 with a no contest, in his last 5.  Though 3 of those wins are against former pro wrestlers and musclebound freak-shows.  I don’t know enough about Robinson to categorize him as such.
• A three-headed dragon has emerged at Welterweight for the top contender spot, between [#2] Rory MacDonald, [#3] Hector Lombard, and [#4] Tyron Woodley.  My gut tells me we’ll see MacDonald get the shot at one of the Canadian shows in September or October.  Lombard/Woodley makes a good “next contender” match, but leaves [#5] Robbie Lawler as the odd man out.
• Page 3 of the Featherweight rankings yield a “WTF” moment, as one will notice we got a late result for [#147] Alexandre Franca Nogueira who jumped 74 spots. Yes, the same Nogueira that was basically the top Featherweight between 2000 and 2005.
• It appears the wheels have finally come off of the leftovers from the golden era of the Shooto 56kg division, as [#62] Yasuhiro Urushitani and [#65] Shinchi Kojima both were beaten in their respective bouts this past weekend.  Ratings-wise they were both in nearly 50/50 fights and in all fairness, Kojima’s opponent badly missed weight, but they join [#68] Mamoru Yamaguchi in the same segment of the Flyweight rankings.