Fight Matrix

This Past Weekend: Saturday and Sunday

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jonathan

These are the results from this past Saturday and Sunday and how they effected the fighters rankings.

Ultimate Challenge MMA – Lights Out
March 26, 2011
London, England

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Former Worlds Strongest Man competitor Oli Thompson (8 – 2 – 0) defeated Ben Smith (8 – 4 – 0) by rear naked choke in round 2. Thompson goes from #230 to #147, jumping 83 points. Oli Thompson is now on a 4 fight winning streak. Ben Smith falls off the top #250.

Fighters Arena Lodz 2
March 26, 2011
Lodz, Lodzkie Voivodeship, Poland

Catchweight (198 lbs)
UFC veteran Tomasz Drwal (18 – 4 – 1) broke a 2 fight losing streak and defeated Argentinian Leonardo Lucio Nascimento (8 – 8 – 2) by KO due to punches 3:37 into round 2. Drwal goes from #61 to #58, jumping 3 points. Leonardo Lucio Nascimento drops 8 points from #223LHW to #231LHW.

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
Latvian kick boxer Konstantin Gluhov (15 – 6 – 0) defeated Polish Bellator vet Michal Kita (8 – 4 – 0) by TKO due to retirement 5:00 into round 2. Gluhov breaks into the top 100, jumping from #116 to #67, moving up 49 points. Kita drops 11 points from #72 to #83. Kita is now on a 3 fight losing streak.

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This Past Weekend: Late Thursday into Friday

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jonathan

These are the results from this past Thursday and Friday and how they effected the fighters rankings.

Heroes Gate 3
March 24, 2011
Tesla Arena,
Prague, Czech Republic

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
Francis Carmont (14 – 7 – 0) defeated Simon Carlsen (4 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches in the 2nd round. Carmont moves up 23 spots from #82 to #59. Carmont is on a 3 fight win streak, and has won 4 of his last 5. Carlsen drops 50 spots from #101 to #151. Prior to this loss, Carlsen was on a 4 fight win streak.

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)

Attila Vegh (21 – 4 – 2) defeated Baga Agaev (20 – 11 – 0) by TKO due to corner stoppage in the 3rd round. Vegh moves up 63 spots from #115 to #52. Vegh is 3-1-1 in his last 5 fights. Agaev drops weight classes and moves from #50HW to #74LHW. Prior to this loss, Agaev was on a 5 fight win streak.

Lightweight (155 lbs)

Ivan Buchinger (16 – 2 – 0) defeated Maratbek Kalabekov (12 – 4 – 0) by unanimous decision. Buchinger moves up 9 spots from #132 to #123. Buchinger is on a 4 fight win streak. Kalabekov drops off the top 500 list for 155lbs, being previously ranked at #457. Prior to this loss, Kalabekov was on a 3 fight win streak.

Middleweight (185 lbs)
Artur Kadlubek (10 – 8 – 0) defeated Milan Tomes (4 – 5 – 0) by TKO due to punches in the 1st round. Kadlubek goes from being unranked to #273. Tomes remains unranked.

Welterweight (170 lbs)
Matus Laincz (6 – 2 – 0) defeated Jaroslav Poborsky (15 – 25 – 0) by TKO due to punches in the 1st round. Laincz goes from being unranked to #308. Laincz is on a 3 fight win streak. Poborsky remains unranked.

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Featured Upcoming Bouts (Outside of UFC)

Friday, October 16th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Chicago 2: Carmouche vs. Bishop 2

[#6 W125] Liz Carmouche

[#14 W125] Jena Bishop

Last Fight Date: 6/27/2026 [PFL]
Last Opponent: [#15 W125] Viviane Araujo
Last 5: L W W W W

Last Fight Date: 6/27/2026 [PFL]
Last Opponent: [#37 W125] Ariane Lipski da Silva
Last 5: W W L W W

Thursday, December 31st 2026: Rizin FF New Years Eve Event

[#5 FW] Rajabali Shaidullaev

[#16 FW] Kyoma Akimoto

Last Fight Date: 9/10/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation]
Last Opponent: [#7 FW] A.J. McKee
Last 5: W W W W W

Last Fight Date: 8/11/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation]
Last Opponent: [#25 FW] Kleber Koike Erbst
Last 5: W W W W W

Saturday, November 14th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Returns to Dubai: Nemkov vs. Bilostenniy

[#6 HW] Vadim Nemkov

[#16 HW] Sergey Bilostenniy

Last Fight Date: 12/13/2025 [PFL]
Last Opponent: [#20 HW] Renan Ferreira
Last 5: W W W W W

Last Fight Date: 5/02/2026 [PFL]
Last Opponent: [#20 HW] Renan Ferreira
Last 5: W W L W W

Featured Fighters

[#49 LW]	Mikuru Asakura	[#5 FW]	Rajabali Shaidullaev
[#1 WW]	Islam Makhachev	[#1 FW]	Alexander Volkanovski
[#29 FW]	Ren Hiramoto	[#96 FW]	Tommy McMillen
[#33 LW]	Akbar Abdullaev	[#2 LW]	Ilia Topuria
[#7 FW]	A.J. McKee	[#4 FW]	Movsar Evloev

More Database Stats Available

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jason

Added Fights by Division and Fights by Year on the Records & Stats page. We’ll work on prettying those tables up in the near future.

MMA Rankings Updated: 03/28/2011

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Jason

UPDATE: The rankings will be re-posted at approx. 11:15 EDT 3/28.

This Upcoming Weekend: Saturday and Sunday, March 26th and 27th, 2011

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jonathan

Watch out Saturday and Sunday for these ranked fighters.

Ultimate Challenge MMA – Lights Out
March 26, 2011
London, England

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#214] Ben Smith (8 – 3 – 0) vs. [#230] Oli Thompson (7 – 2 – 0)

Fighters Arena Lodz 2
March 26, 2011
Lodz, Lodzkie Voivodeship, Poland

Middleweight? (185 lbs)
[#61MW] Tomasz Drwal (17 – 4 – 1) vs. [#223LHW] Leonardo Lucio Nascimento (8 – 7 – 2)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#72] Michal Kita (10 – 5 – 0) vs. [#116] Konstantin Gluhov (14 – 6 – 0) Keep Reading

This Upcoming Weekend: Bellator Fighting Championships 38

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Jonathan

This saturday on MTV2, the opening round of the Light Heavyweight tournament will kick off. Highest ranked of the bunch is [#29] Raphael Davis, while the lowest ranked is the relatively inactive [#192] Daniel Gracie.

Bellator Fighting Championships 38
March 26, 2011
Tunica, Mississippi, United States

Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinals

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#114] Tim Carpenter (6 – 0 – 0) v.s. [#192] Daniel Gracie (5 – 2 – 0)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#56] Christian M’Pumbu (5 – 2 – 0) v.s. [#89] Chris Davis (10 – 2 – 0)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#29] Raphael Davis (10 – 1 – 0) v.s. [#60HW] D.J. Linderman (8 – 1 – 0)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#54] Richard Hale (15 – 3 – 0) v.s. [#128] Nik Fekete (4 – 0 – 0)

Non-Tournament Bouts

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#115] Blagoi Ivanov (3 – 0 – 0) v.s. [#117] John “Doo Doo” Brown (8 – 4 – 0)

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#385] Austin Lyons (5 – 1 – 0) v.s. [*] Jimmy Van Horn (2 – 0 – 0)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#202] Cody Donovan (5 – 1 – 0) v.s. [*] Brian Albin (7 – 4 – 0)

Featherweight? (145 lbs)
[*] Tim Galluzzi (4 – 0 – 0) v.s. [*] Jake Underwood (0 – 0 – 0)

Middleweight? (185 lbs)
[*] Abe Wilson (2 – 1 – 0) v.s. [*] Amaechi Oselukwue (0 – 1 – 0)

The Week in Rankings

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Oleg

The big story of the week of course is Jon ‘Bones’ Jones taking the UFC light heavyweight title from Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua in a dominating performance. A few other key matchups from UFC 128 caused ranking fluctuations, as well as several smaller MMA events that took place.

Jones captures the title; Division Dominance shifts

In his first title shot, 23-year old Jon Jones laid an impressive beating on Mauricio Rua, dominating the champion on the feet and on the ground until a TKO stoppage due to a body shot in the third round. Jones captures the UFC’s light heavyweight title, the #1 ranking at 205, and #6 in the Division Dominance list. Rua falls 2 spots to #3 LHW, and out of the Division Dominance Top 10, where he was previously ranked at #7.

The shift in the light heavyweight power balance also caused #2 LHW Rashad Evans to lose his #10 ranking in the Division Dominance list.

Notable

At 23, Jon Jones is the youngest UFC champion since the introduction of weight classes. In the early years, Vitor Belfort won the UFC 12 tournament at the age of 19.

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