Heavyweight+

Roger Gracie should be ranked at light heavyweight. His last weigh-in was 205.25 pounds. http://www.fightersonlymag.com/latest-news/19-event-news/24319-one-championship-42-weigh-in-results

Yes, all I know everyone has their own opinion in the Sherdog ranking Minakov above Congo, figtmatrix believes Minakov weaker of the Congo, and I do not agree that you will not be invented … Congo lost, though, and held at the bottom his shorts, and Congo has not won one who is stronger Minakova, so his position is unreasonable – that’s my opinion.

So do you get that Congo has become stronger Minakova because somehow beat Volkov , who had prematurely broken Minakov? I would agree if the Congo beat someone who can be stronger Minakov .

This is just an unfortunate case of two fighters’ careers going against the norm since they fought.

You’d typically expect Minakov to challenge himself with even tougher opposition and Kongo to keep losing.

Kongo has stayed active at 3-1, beat better fighters and the loss being a split decision against a quality fighter. Minakov sat out over a year and has only fought against much lesser opposition.

Kongo is 40, yes, and I’d probably pick Minakov to beat him again, but the system doesn’t care about age.

Yeah, totally makes sense to rank Bigfoot directly over Cormier; Tthe guy who utterly destroyed him last year

Only 85 days until LesTARD is dropped due to inactivity. JDS better be above him W,L, or D to Velasquez before that,happens though.

Where is Mr. John Olav Einemo? Granted, I have only seen him fight once (& he lost!), in my hardly expert opinion, I can’t see 20 HWs that would definately beat him. (Was anyone else impressed when he powered his leg out of half guard in Rd 1 v. Pee Wee Herman? Pretty impressive.)

Fedor prefer one japanese for fight perhaps a rematch with issi o kosaka

Brent, I don’t think we will ever do a fan vote based ranking. Here’s a site that does a fan vote Top 10, if you’re curious:

http://www.mmaplayground.com/top-10-mma-fighters.aspx

I really only like to forcefully pull fighters who pass away, to be perfectly honest.

Josh Hendricks lost to Dan Spohn…possibly at 205 on 2/26/2011

Sherdog has Brian Heden listed with a victory over “Big” John Brown, but he in fact has a victory over John “Doo Doo” Brown.

Both of these guys train at Dixson’s dungeon in Biloxi, but Big John Brown is the Super Heavyweight, and John Doo Doo Brown is the Heavyweight. You can tell by the difference in the color of their skin, Big John has lighter skin than John Doo Doo. Here is a link to the fight

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6998602276318127166#

Very cool to see Velasquez get his title back.

Unranked for inactivity…. geez, read a few comments above yours, would ya?

Scholten is ranked #235. Sherdog has him listed with a 8-9 record.

Sorry mamba is fast than dos santos

where can i find your list of the “big 15” ? maybe put it in the last fought in drop down box , by listing the “big 15” alphabetically first (i see 5 orgs in blue in the drop down now) then listing the rest of the smaller ones alphabetically next.

Yes, I do have administrative clearance.

If you ask me, if it is old, MMA, and not an obvious work, it should go onto the fight finder.

A guy like Coleman probably gets credit for that because of name value and I’m sure he counted that in his record within the UFC. I believe there is a bit of hesitancy to alter these OLD records… but its starting to happen more frequently. Recently, Royce Gracie’s “loss” against Harold Howard was removed, which I am in total agreement with since the fight never occurred.

Another problem is honing in on an exact date. It always looks more official when you have a date/show details/etc.

Since Dan holds a pretty high ranking at LHW.. I would likely keep him there unless he decides to campaign at HW.

If Brett Rogers gets convicted for a felony and gets a (non-suspended) prison sentence with that, will he be immediately removed from the rankings?

The list has been reassessed and updated.

Yes Kharitonov fought Mizuno, but i was refering to a match (hopefully) in march 2011 versus Werdum. And since Werdum is currently ranked #3 i wondered about the boost it will give Kharitonov scoring on this list, because Kharitonov will win I think.

Thank you for your time.

As you can see by all the comments. We cannot please everyone.

We suck for not having Fedor still in 1st, not having him outside the Top 10, and not having him around #7.

We do appreciate you guys stopping by.

Look around, he’s #78

anyway Fedor is the best…he is the first…
rank doesnt show anything… fight shows who is the best…

take a look at your #1, fightmatrix. 4-1. You really wanna be the guys that consider wins over Herring, Couture, and Mir better than tapping out Fedor? Really? What the hell kind of math is determining that?

but that will be 11 days to late to stay on the list , right? can’t we just count his tapout loss to kimbo too?

Winner is ALWAYS ranked over the loser immediately following a fight. Also Werdum has beat Overeem in the past.

Could you explain the formula for your ranking system?

while Mercer did beat sylvia, it has his record as 1-0-0. Didn’t he get submitted by kimbo in a figt a few years ago?

Ok so yes Mercer beat Tim Sylvia, but for god sake he probably will not fight MMA ever again so it is all just a waste of a good ranking spot. Besides if he was to fight regular basis he would in my opinion have a very short MMA career because he is 48 for god sake. Although i would like to see him fight Severn just for kicks.

i think even if mercer fights again he will be gone . because i doubt he gets that lucky punch in again. silvia fought a horrible fight , totally under estimated his ability to get KTFO was too confident in his reach.next guy to fight mercer will take him down and rip his arm off or chock him into lala land.

Unless he fights again 🙂

by my math ray mercer should finally stop using up a spot on sept 6th is that correct?

I think Santos is deserving of a title shot, but his ground game and takedown defense still remains to be seen.

Thanks for visiting DJ.

Although Ray only has one fight, he obliterated one of the best heavyweights in history. Sylvia had only lost to Fedor, Big Nog, Mir, Couture, and Arlovski up until that point.. all of these guys but Mir are Top 10 historically.. and Mir is probably Top 20.

Our system is computerized.. so to it, Mercer is a god — at least for now.

Where is Kimbo Slice… I don’t see him?

Todd Duffee is the next big thing in the heavyweight division. Not too many people have seen him fight, but he can crush skulls like Shane Carwin. Don’t sllep on Dave ‘Pee Wee’ Herman either. These two are some big & fast white boys who could fight!!!

Kharitonov would definitely move into the Top 10 – where exactly depends on the type of win, timing, etc. Its not easy to approximate as there are many factors.

Here’s my 2 cents…
– JDS should be above Cain.
– MMA fans under estimate Overeem to much, although as a person it’s ok to dislike him I guess.
– Because Werdum won over Fedor, Brock (4-1-0) isn´t better than Fedor (31-(1?!)2-0).
– Brett Rogers is way to high in the list imo.

I’m surprise Randy couture is even on the top 10 list. The guy haven’t beaten any top 10 fighter in more than a year. Same goes with Brock, the guy only has like 3-4 fights in MMA and he cracked the top 5? Are these rankings based on facts or opinions?

#17 Ray Mercer Ha.

Kimbo/Mercer was an exhibition.

From what I’ve heard over this comming summer “Fedor vs Barnett” “Randy vs Big Nog” and “Lesnar vs Mir 2”.

So that has me wondering… if Fedor wins who’s left in affliction to fight?? but if Barnett wins does he jump sraight to #1??… Ok. Now Lesnar/Mir. If Lesnar wins will there be a Lesnar/Mir 3?? and if Mir Wins again what happens then??

Ok. i don’t have any quesions really about the Nog/Randy fight. My guess is the winner gets a title shot and the loser will fight another top contender like Shane Carwin or sombody.

If anybody can answer my questions please post em thank you

The reason mir is above lesnar is because he beat him plain and simple. the winner will always be ranked higher than the loser. It doesnt matter if he was beating him up for the first couple of seconds the fact is that he lost, so obviously he’s going to be ranked lower it ain’t that hard to figure out.

kharitonov can kill schaub struve and this type of ufc guys

Gluhov lost fight with Jermaine Van Rooy

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Konstantin-Gluhov-18678

Will dan henderson be ranked as a heavyweight following his fight with Mr. Emelianenko? Or does this bout have a “catchweight” circumstance that will see him stay in lhw ranking?

Rei Zulu is on Sherdog. That was his nickname:
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Casemiro-Nascimento-Martins-1234

Ryan/Keeney fight was added. It probably got missed because that organization specializes in tag team matchups and other gimmick matchups.

I just realized that the nature of this ranking system is representative of the general mind of an MMA fan in a lot of ways. If a fighter loses a fight, especially if he is lower ranked, he falls off the (public) list. MMA fans generally write off fighters when they lose fight, supporting the adage “you’re only as good as your last fight.”

Kinda scary to live and work in such a mercurial sport where your stock rises and falls like the tides.

Just saw your mention of the Ofiu fight. It’s marked as amateur on Sherdog, so unless it was an Exhibition, I can’t imagine it was anything but pro considering Ofiu’s history. Then again, Palemia appears to be still fighting amateur — so no idea here. Gonna leave it be.

I actually first heard of Joey Palemia when he was on this list a few months ago. If he was only fighting amateur, how did he show up on this list?

Also, I think the fighter “David Olivia’s” last name is actually “Oliva.” If you look up that name, Oliva is his last name on the youtube video posts and the announcer says “Oliva” as his last name (not that announcers don’t make mistakes). It’s minor, but for the sake of accurateness I guess it’s worth a thought.

Does this new revision/bug fix weigh losses to weaker opposition more than losses to stronger opposition? Why are certain fighters falling farther than others?

Sure. Fedor had a weak recent opposition profile. Werdum was much lower than Fedor when he won, dominantly I may add. The end result, was what you see now.

Had Fedor still been dominating like he was 5 years ago and Werdum was a Top 5 fighter, it’d be a different story.

overeem 24 in the usa have a lot of stupid person

the fact that you have either ignored or havn’t looked at the faq or the several posts and comments about that subject, make you come off as uneducated.

Frank Mir looked like he did when he fought brandon vera…it was like he was just riding the atmosphere…..but Brock Lesnar went to work congrats to him but now who’s next cain, bobby, kimbo lol

Our primary rule is that the winner of a fight must be ranked higher than the loser directly after the fight. This is why Werdum is above Fedor.

These rankings are an absolute joke.

Werdum belongs at about #8, and Fedor doesn’t belong in the top 10, because if you haven’t beaten a Top 10 HW in the last 5 years what the hell are you doing there?

I want to see these idiots rank baseball. They’d probably make the White Sox #1 because they won the World Series in 2005.

Why is Josh Barnett shown to have 3 less wins and Ben Rothwell 2 less wins on Sherdog? jcs, Do you use another site to find other fights that aren’t reported by Sherdog?

Hello Sir, jsut an update i’ve fought twice since 10/6. 2/28 vs bobby fvorw (win TKO R2) and on 5/18 vs Travis Bartlett (win Sub R1) my record now stands at 7-1 my sherdog record is not correct, my UG record is correct

I saw Big Nog being ranked #7 in 01/01/2001 by your generated rankings. Being a big fan of his, I wonder if Werdum finishes him (highly probable imo)it will be the first time in 12,5 years he’d be kicked from the top 10. Could you varify this?

Also, it would be cool to have a list of, lets say 10 people, other than divisional dominance but based on being in the top 10 of the fighters weightclass (or any weightclass if they switch). Is it possible you guys could make something like that? That way you could see ‘rank’ the impact of various fighters on the sport, and their durability.

shane carwin is retired that is bad for the sport perhaps is for his paydays lesnar payday against carwin is 400.000 and carwin only 40.000, against dos santos the same 40.000 versus 200.000 junior, against gonzaga 32.000 versus 70.000 gonzaga. Men carwin is bad pay for dana white and the fertittas, you make the right decision carwin, lesnar is retired with 400.000 imagen you carwin your head is worst for the ufc but the same for the pain.

Crocop lose ok but fight with the best fedor prefer fight with monson

How is Peter Graham ranked so high?

Good bout gonzaga vs barry

yes, we had that result prior to ranking update.

what about pat barry in the lightheavyweight division is too small for big guys.

I’m curious: where would Jon Jones be ranked if he suddenly went up to HW (for example’s sake let’s say in his first HW match he subs Joey Beltran in the 1st round to tread water)?

Overeem is the best in my opinion with junior oleg and brentt ok and put mir in the three and nelson in seven jeje brent and fedor kill cain el gringo with one hand
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Dana is crhitsmas o navidad im spanish ok vasco put fedor vs cain and you see cain ko again give fedor a oportunity es navidad and give a oportunity too for kharitonov

Thanks interesting link but I think those rankings are also sufferring from the hangover effects of the Fedor era. Even in my updated versions I have Allistair and Werdum ranked very high. This is only because of the way they have entered the UFC in style against real challengers like Brock and Roy. I don’t think either guy will dethrone JDS. I think Cain and JDS may split among many fights but it is too close to call and for now I would have liked to see Cain have another matchup first against Roy, Frank or the Werdum vs Russow winner to get another shot. Silva is not even the Strikforce Grandprix Finalist I hardly think he deserves the spot as UFC titleshot gatekeeper. As or more happy and excited to see Struve vs Miocic coming up as I was for Cormier vs Barnett, but no less interested. If Brock came back into my rankings right now by magic he is number 10, bumping Fedor.

Best ever, yes. Best now? With a loss and no fights since, he has not proved it.

#4 is not a shameless ranking.

Yes, exactly.

Wow, he didn’t drop at all, was it because his opposition was strong?

Lesnar proved not only that he is deserves to be the champ, but that he can take a punishment. Sure his stand up HORRIBLE. But we all saw that comming. He also proved that he can take a beating, and that his days in the WWE means he’s a puss. He went out there and got destroyed in the first round. But then came back in the 2nd and proved he’s a real champion. He took his beaten and didn’t give up. He also showed how tramendacly well conditioned he is. It takes a lot to give a pounding, but also takes just as much if not more to take a pounding like he did.

If he works on his standup and his submissions, then he could be one of the best pound for pound best fighters in the UFC and possibly MMA. If he would have not gone to the WWE and tried MMA he could be one of the greatest Heavy’s of all time. Then the UFC could only dream of a Fedor-Lesnar fight like boxing dreams of a Pacquiao-Mayweather match.

Do you have administrative clearance to edit Sherdogs fight finder? A lot of the early vale tudo fights in Brazil are not documented on fight finder either, like Zulu vs Enson Inoue, or a few Zuluzinho fights I’ve seen, as well as others. Where does the line for “no holds barred vale tudo” end and “MMA” begin? Also, isn’t Mark Coleman vs Takada basically known as a work? Yet it’s up on the fight finder. It is another fine line to walk.

Lesnar number 2 with a record of 5-2?!! Gimme a break! 1. Fedor Emelianenko 2. Cain Valasquez 3. Fabricio Werdum

Maybe it’s a stupid question, but why is one of Russia’s finest not on this list? Sergey Kharitonov is still active in MMA isn’t he? With the news of the upcomming Strikeforce tournament…?

Thanks in advance for an answer.

it will be interesting to see what effect the strikeforce heavyweight tournament will have on the rankings. i’m thinking we could see the balance in power in this top 10 shift in strikeforce’s favour.

ummm….. why the hell is brock#2….. i thought this is some computer generated unbiased $#!T …… who has he beaten to get him the #2 spot…. i guess cause brock is a #2

perhaps arlovski can fight vs brett rogers again

Semmy hasn’t fought MMA in years.

An oversight… pro/am is often the hardest thing to determine. The database is essentially a one-man operation (me) and its a part time gig.

when does mercer come off the list or at least get moved to # 200+. i dont agree with your response on august 22nd . even if mercer was a 22 year old prospect he still should not be rated in the top 20 after one lucky knockout. as proof i see many young fighters in your rankings that are 5-0 and up to 13-0 that are outside the top 20 or even top 100.and also mercer is not a 22 year old he is a washed up boxer who caught silvia on an off night and got a lucky punchers ko.

How is Arlovski ranked #13 even though he has lost his past 3 fights, 2 of those to opponents outside of the top ten, and has not defeated a top 20 fighter since Werdum in 2007, assuming Werdum was even top 20 at the time. If Werdum was not top 20, at the time, then Arlovski’s last top 20 win was probably against Buentello back in 2005. I am starting to think that the FightMatrix ranking system places far too much emphasis on a fighter’s past accomplishments. If a fight took place over 3 years ago or if it was more than 12 fights previous (12 because it allows for fighter’s who compete more often) then it should no longer count towards a fighter’s ranking. Tito Ortiz is another good example. Ortiz has not won a fight since beating Ken Shamrock in October of 2006. Yet, he is still ranked #22 solely becuase of his past accomplishments. You really, REEEAAALLLLLYYY need to change this.

mistake? Jeff monson is listed as planned to fight Gonzaga

The next for antonio silva better cain and for cigano josh barnett or kongo

why Cody East, way ahead of his brother Tyler East and where’s Tyler?

Injuries ruined Carwin’s career. If he could have stayed healthy and finished his existing contract, he would had gotten far better pay with a new contract.

Dos santos vs josh barnett is good fight to see junior returns to the octagon with another premier fighter who defeat kharitonov easy another striker like dos santos

Should Struve and dos Santos be ranked above Miocic?

I’m sorry about the last statements. But I beg to correct here:
Vitaly Minakov (31) 17-0-0
163
Last Fight: 12/11/2015 [Battle of Moscow] vs [#38 HW] Josh Copeland
Next Fight: 6/17/2016 [Battle of Moscow] vs [#42 HW] Peter Graham
This tournament holds the organization EFN -Eurasia Fight Nights .

and that the fight Jackson against Ishii, they fought almost on an equal footing, and not the fact that the winner is stronger, you are dropped of the Japanese 26 points … do you take into account the merits of the old Jackson?

I have a question, and maybe jcs or someone else at the site can help answer it.

My question relates to Mark Hunt’s point rating, since beating Frank Mir. I believe Mark was ranked at #8 before the fight, and after beating Frank (#10), he jumped to #4. This wouldn’t normally catch my eye, as it was a quality victory with a KO finish. It did, however, alert me that he jumped JDS and Miocic by a fair margin. He has losses against both of these guys. The Miocic fight is pretty recent, while the JDS fight was admittedly nearly 3 years ago. JDS has had losses since, but Miocic has not, and he had a KO victory over Arlovski in his next fight, who is ranked higher than Mir.

Is there a reason why both these men are ranked lower? From jcs’s comment above, it appears Miocic is being blocked by JDS for his loss to him. Wouldn’t the same be true for Hunt as it relates to Miocic? I really enjoy the objectivity to these rankings, but admittedly, every time I’ve glanced at the HW rankings the past two weeks I have been personally placing Hunt at #6 behind these two.

Hey, I did not understand what this word means “experiencing”, and the dictionary does not translate, I’m Russian … but just once on your site there was a transition, and I was offered a clean smart phone through any application … and it only happens on a regular basis through your site

Thanks for taking the time to reply, jcs. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.

For as much as the top 3 at women’s BW has been deemed an exercise of rock, paper, scissors the HW division is like an 8-12 person game, except all of the players have rock, and the rocks are actually boulders, and the boulders are their fists, which can suddenly knock out any of the other players. It’s pretty incredible how many fighters there are in the top 10 at HW right now who have a win against fighter X, but also have a loss against fighter Y, where fighter X beat fighter Y.

I don’t envy your task. It’s very possible this will naturally sort itself out in the coming two months, though. There are a lot of HW main events scheduled.

Thanks again

My current HW rankings as of 2/28/2016 are slightly different.

1.Werdum
2.Velasquez
3.Miocic
4.Rothwell
5.Overeem
6.dos Santos
7.Browne
8.Arlovski
9.Hunt
10.Minakov

Arlovski, Mir, Hunt, Rothwell in the top 10 – what year is it again???

Re-insertion of recent fight data that was erroneously removed.

Vitaly Minakov said in an interview that he refuses fights in Bellator, because I do not agree with the fact that his salary is lower than that of the Americans.

Minakov beat Congo, and this despite the fact that the Congo had been warned for violating the rules that kept the enemy of the shorts, using the fact that the referee does not see … and Minakov Belator champion, and this is not an opinion but a fact.

Opposition strength is factored in. For example, Fedor didn’t get a quality performance for beating Hong Man Choi. However, he also didn’t get to #3 beating entirely scrubs. Its just another metric.

Fixed

Will he be going bye bye?

The loss to Kimbo was not an official pro bout, plus it wouldn’t affect Mercer’s win over Sylvia as it came prior.

In reality, if Mercer was a 22 year old MMA phenom prospect, there would be no beef about his placement.

Mercer won’t stay on the list for 11 days, but he’d come back on it somewhere.. depending on the result.

everyone is signed to a muti fight contract, even if you sign a 1 fight deal, if you win it becomes a muti fight contract.

and he’ll likely get another fight and lose than will be cut.

Overeem gained a few points but not enough to move up a spot.

If he beats Fedor & Werdum in 2011 he MIGHT be #1 especially since Cain Velasquez is out with an injury until fall, and Lesnar wants to do pro-wrestling instead of fighting.

Agreed. I don’t think Fedor had the recent opposition to keep him and Werdum ahead of Cain/Lesnar. However, I’m not sure you can argue that they deserve to be lower than they are either.

i don’t see how Sokoudjou or minowa are even in the top 50, mostly because they are in and out of the heavyweight division. When they do fight heavyweights it is against Bob Sapp/Hong Man Choi types they to me are irrelevant.

Not sure if you included this in the next update, but Geronimo Dos Santos fought Neilton Jose Simao Furtado on 2/19/11 according to Sherdog. Just wanted to give you the heads up, since it doesn’t look like that is reflected in his ranking

You bet.

I’ll add fights if they aren’t documented, if I think they are legit. I just discovered a cache of Russian/Ukranian fights between 1995-2005 that did not exist on Sherdog. I added some to their database, and the rest to mine — their interface is just too time consuming but I help out when I can. The problem with those fights, is that you don’t know if they were sanctioned, what the rules were (if any) and if any were works/fixed — it happened quite often in Russia and RINGS as far as I understand. I think the general rule of thumb for those is that if they were MMA, then add them… I don’t think that applies to pre-1996 RINGS.

The ones you mentioned, I’ll look into and come back. When they are recent like that and don’t make it onto the sites, they are either unsanctioned, or looked over. Diekmann/Smith probably just got missed. No idea about the Fulton one though.

dos santos knocked out werdum so how is wedrum ahead of them…. ufc fights should be ranked higher due to level of fighters … who has fedor fought in the last 3 years thats relevant today??? no one plus no one in strike force wants to fight overeem… how can u rank the champ of that company lower than the contenders … strike force n this ranking is a joke

I wasn’t aware a Werdum fight was in the cards. I thought Kharitonov was fighting Mizuno tomorrow night?

His placement will depend on the outcome of Mizuno fight.. If Kharitonov loses, he will probably be #80-95. If he wins, it depends on the type of win. He could go as high as #25.

I agree together with your thoughts here and I definitely love your blog! I’ve bookmarked it so that I can come

Kongo/Minakov swap again, that Serge guy will be pissed if he still checks the rankings! 🙂

Not legitimate based on what? Unless you have contrary evidence, what you “think” shouldn’t have anything to do with it. The fight was originally scheduled for 205 and was changed to 225 shortly before it occurred. I would consider Fighters Only to be a credible source.

That page has been cited before.. and I just don’t think those results are legitimate.

but I do not agree with the position of Jackson and Ishii, Kongo over Minakov, as well as the sharp drop in men even below those they have recently won … leaving, goodbye.
And advertising on your site has become very annoying …

but I do not agree with the position of Jackson and Ishii, Kongo over Minakov, as well as the sharp drop in men even below those they have recently won … leaving, goodbye.
And advertising on your site has become very annoying …

why does it say last fought “unranked opponent” everywhere?

Yes, the fighters entire career record is considered in determining the rating, but the more recent a fight the more effect it will have on the current rankings. Also keep in mind that the lower you go down a divisional list, the less point separation there is between fighters. So for someone ranked in the top 10, a win or loss might only move them a few spots; for someone ranked outside of top 20, the same change in points will have a much greater impact on the change in their ranking because the point spread is so narrow. Hope this makes sense…

We do occasionally update the ranking algorithm but never to benefit an individual fighter. Aldo and McGregor are not even ranked in the same weight class at the moment and there’s no reason to keep Conor ranked at FW until he fights at that weight again.

Head to head results only matter immediately after a fight. As soon as one of the fighters fights again, the ranking will change based on the outcomes. Beating someone doesn’t mean you will be ranked above the fighter you beat forever. The more recent the fight, the more impact it has on the current rankings. We went over the Kongo/Minakov scenario many times so no need to beat that dead horse again.

Serg, maybe they changed the algorithm and lessened the importance of head-to-head fights so that Jose Aldo could still be ranked higher than Conor McGregor.

There is almost no plausible explanation for Minakov below Kongo. Minakov beats same fighters as Kongo and better, and Minkaov beats Kongo! System used to be better, maybe has become edited for desired results

Again you Kongo Minakov above, you probably do not think about the power fighters, and the likelihood of his victory, and a coincidence?

I do not understand why again Kongo above Minakov, which he lost, despite the fact that he kept his shorts? And do not say that Kongo defeated a strong opponent, a strong opponent somehow won Volkov, whose Minakov just killed. Stop humiliating Minakova, which puts on Sherdog eighth place. I do not agree with your system, when the down-and-out accidentally strong fighter flies once a few notches down … why you convicted of doping retain their positions?

I do not understand why again Kongo above Minakov, which he lost, despite the fact that he kept his shorts? And do not say that Kongo defeated a strong opponent, a strong opponent somehow won Volkov, whose Minakov just killed. Stop humiliating Minakova, which puts on Sherdog eighth place. I do not agree with your system, when the down-and-out accidentally strong fighter flies once a few notches down … why you convicted of doping retain their positions?

m.sherdog.com/fighter/record/Evgeny-Erokhin-54479

hello, I updated Google Chrome, and is now doing well

Hey, I did not understand what this word means “experiencing”, and the dictionary does not translate, I’m Russian … but just once on your site there was a transition, and I was offered a clean smart phone through any application … and it only happens on a regular basis through your site

then somewhere moves and requires something to download, if you try to return to your site does not let go, and persists in his work. In the end, have to close and restart.

then it goes to my mobile operator and offers a paid service connect me … it happens on a regular basis, and without cause, simply by scrolling your rankings

Hey . permanently from your site get on ( http://free.com-00.site/?utm_term=18264648115&clickverify=1&utm_content=e6c2c6dcd68fcddfcfd597cda696a4968c8bb88f8a8fbc8db2ddc5dddab7c1dbeeeeeee0e0eae88db21b ).This happens simply by switching to a different weight class in the rating if you do not have time to press the brake. Nowhere else this is not observed, the same on your site permanently.

does not agree with the installation of quinton jakson on the 11th place, especially since many people believe that he has lost the battle … he was not stronger Minakov. Though not injured Satoshi , raised.

I’m sorry about the last statements. But I beg to correct here:
Vitaly Minakov (31) 17-0-0
163
Last Fight: 12/11/2015 [Battle of Moscow] vs [#38 HW] Josh Copeland
Next Fight: 6/17/2016 [Battle of Moscow] vs [#42 HW] Peter Graham
This tournament holds the organization EFN -Eurasia Fight Nights .

Mobile or desktop? What browser and OS?

Are you working on the HW rankings or do you even realize they aren’t updated?

That’s pretty cool. I would say this is my crowning achievement of the week, but then again, you’re the one who has to do the work.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, this site is fantastic. I really can’t imagine MMA without it anymore. At risk of being a total ass kisser, I’m happy my observation shed awareness in a way that helps with its continuous improvement.

It’s a complicated situation, because of how the system works AND how the involved’s careers have panned out in recent times. This kind of reminds me of Clark Griswold in Vegas Vacation when they visit the hoover dam.. he keeps shoving gum in the holes, only to have water come out of another hole.

You are correct, JdS is blocking Miocic, who is strangely enough blocking Arlovski. Hunt’s win over Mir cleared the block that Miocic had over Hunt, because Miocic was much lower rated when he beat Hunt than he is now. The block JdS would have had over Hunt has expired.

I’ll take a deeper dive into this, just to ensure there’s no bug. I fear though, that this is the dark side of the blocking mechanism rearing its head… and maybe there should be a secondary blocking clear.. an exception, if you will, because Miocic’s ascent should have been enough to clear this block… it just so happens that the perfect (or imperfect) situation has arisen to prevent it.

My current HW rankings as of 2/28/2016 are slightly different.

1.Werdum
2.Velasquez
3.Miocic
4.Rothwell
5.Overeem
6.dos Santos
7.Browne
8.Arlovski
9.Hunt
10.Minakov

why Brendan Shaub is still in the ranking ??

Question: how is it that Miocic, who KO’d Arlovski in the first round, is less than one point ahead of him? It was the most recent fight for both was it not? That seems very strange to me. It would seem strange even as a split decision.

Question: how is it that Miocic, who KO’d Arlovski in the first round, is less than one point ahead of him? It was the most recent fight for both was it not? That seems very strange to me. It would seem strange even as a split decision.

Minakov lovers rejoice. We got some new “old” bout history.. and as a result, Minakov rises back above Kongo.

As I’ve said many times before.. the quality of the rankings is always limited by the accuracy of the data.

I hope he makes his way to UFC then…

Hi,
Just wanted to point out that my record is incorrect, this mistake also occurred on sherdog but I was able to correct it. Just thought I should give you an update!
Cheers
Stuart
http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Stuart-Austin-79964

why denis goltsov rose so suddenly?

Apparently here appreciate not force of fighter, but the ability to find and defeat the enemy profitable.

So do you get that Congo has become stronger Minakova because somehow beat Volkov , who had prematurely broken Minakov? I would agree if the Congo beat someone who can be stronger Minakov .

Minakov beat Congo, and this despite the fact that the Congo had been warned for violating the rules that kept the enemy of the shorts, using the fact that the referee does not see … and Minakov Belator champion, and this is not an opinion but a fact.

Yeah if I was making a personal ranking list based on my opinion, I’d have Minakov over Kongo also. Not how the system works tho, and we only have Bellator to blame for not giving him fights. Hope to see him in the UFC some day.

and here we see that Congo, who lost Minakov climbed higher because he win Volkov decisions , that Minakov laid in the first round and then defeated the Congo … do Minakov became weaker by the fact that he beat the two did not the strongest opponents? Do not it too early then take off from a pedestal of winners, losers towering over them? I would understand it if the Congo would beat a fighter of the top ten ….

Why Oleynik above Minakov when he defeated number 26 almost a year ago, and Minakov win number 13

Minakov prematurely defeated all except Congo, and Volkov, too, is the Congo held somehow! And let us remember the fight Minakov-Congo, where cunning Congo held Minakova for cowards, but honestly it Minakov won … and the one who is smarter, holding the shorts, and lost, was on top, simply because Minakov champion expects a worthy challenger, and in anticipation of spent a few fights with little-known fighters, because Belatore all won!

But Minakov defeated those who beat Congo, and won more effectively, such as Volkov. And it Minakov champion, and this ranking, it puts into question on the basis of subjective, humiliating this Minakov. And why not give Minakov fight in Bellator we do not know.

Minakov sat out for over a year and has been fighting weaker competition since his return. Kongo stayed active and got a couple of wins over better fighters. They’re only 4 points apart which is not a meaningful difference anyhow.

what?

James Mulheron and Phil Defries aren’t fighting each other. Mulheron is fighting Rueben Wolf and Defries is fighting Tom Denham

Hi guys just wanted to let you know that Paul Taylor the UK heavyweight is actually 7-3-0 not 6-4-0 its on his sherdog report. Also I have a number of uk girls that fight in Cage Warriors that have asked why they haven’t been ranked as yet. Kerry Hughes, Lj Adams, Molly McCann are just a few that have asked.
Finally Ian Freeman (UK Heavyweight) and Andrew Punshon (UK Middleweight have both retired and Freeman as not fought for over your specified time i think.
This isn’t a complaint i just thought it would help you out. You guys do a great job.
Cheers,

Clayton

Hi guys just wanted to let you know that Paul Taylor the UK heavyweight is actually 7-3-0 not 6-4-0 its on his sherdog report. Also I have a number of uk girls that fight in Cage Warriors that have asked why they haven’t been ranked as yet. Kerry Hughes, Lj Adams, Molly McCann are just a few that have asked.
Finally Ian Freeman (UK Heavyweight) and Andrew Punshon (UK Middleweight have both retired and Freeman as not fought for over your specified time i think.
This isn’t a complaint i just thought it would help you out. You guys do a great job.
Cheers,

Clayton

perhaps velasquez no but dos santos maybe yes and the other heavyweigths for sure, i am from vasque country in spain and my wife is from brazil i like cain and junior win kharitonov and werdum but is difficult test sorry for antonio pezao but you are slow amigo y un poco arrogante en los weigh in

support for velasquez que es de raices españolas and for dos santos, my wife and kids have brazilian blood

now dana white see kharitonov kill antonio silva and arlovski and a lot of ufc heavywheigts

Hi its Łukasz Parobiec , just to update , I won another fight 30/08/14 against Sam Schilder at pitbull fighting championship , thank you

Are there ANY notable Belgian Heavyweights?

hi , why the belgian fighters are not in the ranking?

thank you mike

Hi my name is Lukasz Parobiec just to update , you still show my record as 7-3 but now is 9-3 you missed the fight against Michael Holmes 10/05/14 at mma total combat and fight against Erdem Cifitci 07/06/14 at Senshi. Thank you for update

Stephen.

Sherdog sucks at keeping records in the states you fight. You need to make sure they have your full record. We’ll add your recent fights and see what happens when we update.

Stephen Eakin listed 8-5 on MMA.tv actual record is 10-5 but whatever. I want on the list. Is it as easy as beating someone on here? Thanks

Hello my name is Lukasz Parobiec you show my record 6-3 and my record is 7-3 , you missed the fight against Neil Robbins at mma total combat.thank you

please update that. http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pro-MMA-Challenge-1-Drwal-vs-Heleno-35905 because you’re still don’t take into account all fights from that event in your latest ranking update

Hello Sir, jsut an update i’ve fought twice since 10/6. 2/28 vs bobby fvorw (win TKO R2) and on 5/18 vs Travis Bartlett (win Sub R1) my record now stands at 7-1 my sherdog record is not correct, my UG record is correct

Injuries ruined Carwin’s career. If he could have stayed healthy and finished his existing contract, he would had gotten far better pay with a new contract.

I saw Big Nog being ranked #7 in 01/01/2001 by your generated rankings. Being a big fan of his, I wonder if Werdum finishes him (highly probable imo)it will be the first time in 12,5 years he’d be kicked from the top 10. Could you varify this?

Also, it would be cool to have a list of, lets say 10 people, other than divisional dominance but based on being in the top 10 of the fighters weightclass (or any weightclass if they switch). Is it possible you guys could make something like that? That way you could see ‘rank’ the impact of various fighters on the sport, and their durability.

Respect for bigfoot motivated can demolished everyone and
he only has work more the speed cain vs bigfoot rematch
he perhaps beat cain

The next for antonio silva better cain and for cigano josh barnett or kongo

Yeah, totally makes sense to rank Bigfoot directly over Cormier; Tthe guy who utterly destroyed him last year

Alistair overeem trains with dion staring or with cristina aguilera o your the man alistair, for another video like i sexy and i know it with cristina

Dion staring the 51 this is a joke this guy looks in the weigh in like a terminator and fights like cristina aguilera in the worst version

Dion staring the 51 this is a joke this guy looks in the weigh in like a terminator and fights like cristina aguilera in the worst version

Dos santos vs josh barnett is good fight to see junior returns to the octagon with another premier fighter who defeat kharitonov easy another striker like dos santos

Very cool to see Velasquez get his title back.

What happened to Monson? Did he move up after the Aleks win? Just saw it wasnt listed as his last fight. Id hope if he can crack the top 25 UFC would bring him back as the ultimate gatekeeper!

What happened to Monson? Did he move up after the Aleks win? Just saw it wasnt listed as his last fight. Id hope if he can crack the top 25 UFC would bring him back as the ultimate gatekeeper!

Thanks interesting link but I think those rankings are also sufferring from the hangover effects of the Fedor era. Even in my updated versions I have Allistair and Werdum ranked very high. This is only because of the way they have entered the UFC in style against real challengers like Brock and Roy. I don’t think either guy will dethrone JDS. I think Cain and JDS may split among many fights but it is too close to call and for now I would have liked to see Cain have another matchup first against Roy, Frank or the Werdum vs Russow winner to get another shot. Silva is not even the Strikforce Grandprix Finalist I hardly think he deserves the spot as UFC titleshot gatekeeper. As or more happy and excited to see Struve vs Miocic coming up as I was for Cormier vs Barnett, but no less interested. If Brock came back into my rankings right now by magic he is number 10, bumping Fedor.

1 Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Alistair Overeem, Frank Mir, 5 Fabricio Verdum, Travis Browne, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, Mike Russow,
10 Shane Carwin, Daniel Cormier, Mark Hunt, Stipe Miocic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, 15 Ben Rothwell, Chieck Kongo, Josh Barnett, Antonio Silva, Cole Conrad, 20 Fedor Emelianenko

I would love for this site to hold a vote where the fans vote on each division like this to help sort out who is who at the top? Showcase us in the historical section under a fans rankings category. Feel free post what you think..

Lesnar vs velasquez 2 and the winner fight for the belt if lesnar return and overeem vs the white manba cigano

Lesnar vs velasquez 2 and the winner fight for the belt if lesnar return and overeem vs the white manba cigano

what about pat barry in the lightheavyweight division is too small for big guys.

Cormier have lucky because he fight always with wrestler and juijitsu fighters when take a good striker we see he loss his friend lavar jhonson, cigano, fedor or kharitonov can kill this strongman.

UFC 146 is going to shake the rankings up quite a bit! + Browne vs Griggs happenning soon as well. After the those matchups you will have quite a great first glance at the UFC’s new heavyweight division without the full Strikeforce merger being completed. Barnett Vs JDS or Overeem for the unified belt anyone? Plus when are Nog, Carwin, Mittrione coming back or John Jones moving up?

Perhaps the fucking money only you know

Perhaps the fucking money only you know

For fight this guys fedor better you retire

Fedor prefer one japanese for fight perhaps a rematch with issi o kosaka

Rogers should try to get a re-match with Fedor. That would be worth watching again.

what is the brett rogers nobody give a oportunity for him, in bellator or other, vs tym sylvia or geronimo dos santos somebody good fighter

Semmy is better than struve for long and sylvia too

Semmy hasn’t fought MMA in years.

Semmy is better than struve for long and sylvia too

One good fight for mma is semy schilt vs tym sylvia two strikers with very long reach who can win semy schilt stand up ?

thoughts on guys that deserve credit that are unranked at heavyweight:

1) Evgeniy Denschikov (3-0) 6’0 230 24 years old. won last 11/12/11

2) Richardson Moreira (3-0) 6’3 27 years old. Team Nog. won last 7/16/11

3) Ante Delija (3-0) 6’5 230 21 years old. won last 12/16/11

4) Adam Brearley (1-0) Very impressive. last won 12/10/11

5) Kris Tassotti (4-0) 6’1 242 30 years old. last won 7/9/11

6) Matthew Gonzalez (1-0) 6’3 250 27 years old Marine. won last 5/7/11.

7) Kylan klauzer (2-0) 6’3 245 27 year old. won 5/7/11

8) Jan Jorgensen (1-0) 6’4 265 27 years old. won last 11/18/11

9) Austin Guarino (3-0) 6’3 245 26 years old. won 5/14/11

10) Brandon Griffin (3-0) 6’3 230 25 years old. won last 2/19/11

11) Kinny Ray Spotwood (1-0) 6’0 230 27 years old. won last 5/21/11

12) Chris Birchler (1-0) 6’3 255 24 years old. won last 9/9/11

13) Dallas Woods (3-0) 6’7 253 25 years old. won last 4/2/11.

14) Ben Weyand (1-0) 6’0 245 25 years old. “Wayand” on sherdog. won last 6/10/11

15) Cristiano Souza (4-1) 250lbs 25 years old. not to be confused with the welterweight. won last 12/17/11

Good bout gonzaga vs barry

I say before overeem fedor and kharitonov are very well heavywheigths and overeem prove that with lesnar

Overeem is the best in my opinion with junior oleg and brentt ok and put mir in the three and nelson in seven jeje brent and fedor kill cain el gringo with one hand
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mikel, I think it’s a language barrier… I have no clue what you’re saying.

kharitonov can kill schaub struve and this type of ufc guys

overeem 24 in the usa have a lot of stupid person

BROCK LESNAR HAS NOT FOUGHT SINCE 2010,SO HOW CAN YOU KEEP HIM IN THE TOP 10 LET ALONE IN THE RANKINGS. BOBBY LASHLEY WON THE SHARK FIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, SO HOW DOES HE GET #61.

1 JDS 2 Cain 3 Frank 4 Brock 5 Shane 6 Nog 7 Roy 8 Kongo 9 Hapa 10 Schaub 11 Mike Russow 12 Struve 13 Josh Barnett 14 Matt Mittrione 15 Stipe Miocic 16 Thiago Santos 17 Shamil Abdurahimov 18 Daniel Cormier 19 Chad Griggs 20 Dave Herman 21 Fabricio Verdum 22 Gabriel Gonzaga 23 Allistair Overeem 24 Anotonio Silva 25 Mike Hayes 26 Fedor 27 Andrei Arlovski 28 Eric Prindle 29 Cole Conrad 30 Tim Sylvia 31 Eddie Sanchez 33 Sergei Karitonov 34 Jeff Monson 35 Damian Grabowski 36 Shane del Rosario 37 Mark Hunt 38 Ben Rothwell 39 Guram Gugenishvili 40 Mirko Cro Cop. My top 40 HW’S and the way I view the world right now. Mirko would be higher but I had originally left him out due to retirement, but thought due to its recentness and viability of sharing my opinion this is much more believeable scenario to have to swallow.

Jeff Monson is listed as next fight for Gonzaga and Fedor both, even though I heard that neither fight is happening… A lot of this future matchup information is based on rumored fights.

ummm….. why the hell is brock#2….. i thought this is some computer generated unbiased $#!T …… who has he beaten to get him the #2 spot…. i guess cause brock is a #2

cole if you can’t spell the fighters names properly who you are taking about, than its hard to take your post serious.

Could you please post your rankings up to 250 than your allowed to post again.

how is it that you have brok as number 2 when he hasnt fought nor will he be in a long time. and how mir over carwin. and konrad? what about sergei kharitonov, you have him behind konrad who has never been on the big stage. where is matt mittreone? does tim silvia even fight anymore?

yeah i was ranked in ’07 as high as 116. Sherdoog has my record wrong, some of those fights were not pro fights. my record is 11-8 according to mixed martial arts.com and that is right.

Could I request a new feature? Maybe as an option under the “Last Fought In” pulldown menu there could simply be “Zuffa”, covering all Zuffa-owned promotions, in addition to individual listings for the UFC, Strikeforce, and WEC?

I take that back. He was ranked a few years ago, but not now.

I take that back. He was ranked a few years ago, but not now.

should look into brad scholten at heavy weight. has 11-8 record and has fought some tough guys

Only 85 days until LesTARD is dropped due to inactivity. JDS better be above him W,L, or D to Velasquez before that,happens though.

Because he beat Alexander Emelianenko in December 2010 who was ranked at 28 or 29 at that time.

Since Dan holds a pretty high ranking at LHW.. I would likely keep him there unless he decides to campaign at HW.

Frankie, you win the booby prize for the dumbest post of the week.

where is Big Nog?

I to agree Einemo should be in the top 50 at least if not top 100 for sure.

Einemo has to beat a ranked fighter to become ranked.

Is this list for real?????

1. Why is Brock #2… He is a joke. Shouldnt even be top ten. He’s not a fighter, he is a wrestler

2. Why is Cain #1 ! and by so many points???? He hasnt beat anyone good? Who? Brock…. (an aging) Nogeira….. Congo…. REally?

3. Dos Santos is the #1 HW imo…. he has outclassed everyone he has faught. Cain is his next victim… maybe then u will give him #1 spot….. if this list was truly unbiased, then the UFC champ wouldnt be #1 in every weightclass….. Cain is far from being the best HW…

4. I hate Frank Mir…. he is an idiot

I’ve been watching Dave Herman fight for years and he is RAW TO THE BONE
All he needs is some fundamental training and defense work.
HE’s A BEAST

You should move Mike Kyle from heavyweight to light heavyweight. can hold (& has held) his own vs. top heavyweights doesn’t make him one! At 205, I have him top 15. Cheers to the best MMA rankings on the web.

Sherdog has Brian Heden listed with a victory over “Big” John Brown, but he in fact has a victory over John “Doo Doo” Brown.

Both of these guys train at Dixson’s dungeon in Biloxi, but Big John Brown is the Super Heavyweight, and John Doo Doo Brown is the Heavyweight. You can tell by the difference in the color of their skin, Big John has lighter skin than John Doo Doo. Here is a link to the fight

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6998602276318127166#