For those who don’t understand how the rankings work please visit the about the Official Rankings category topic. The Ranking Council has finished deliberating on our 1st draft of the Post-KC40 Rankings. We are now bringing it to this forum for members to debate and discuss.
Please let us know what you think about these rankings.
Bantamweight:
Eoghan Chelmiah (C)
Jesus Lopez,
Gabriel Stankunas
Robbie Lavoie
Maximo Nunez
Ilies Mardhi
Lightweight:
Luiz Rocha (C)
Edgars Skrivers
Gabriel Varga
Bruno Roberto de Assis
Andres Madera
Shazaib Rindh
Welterweight:
Rafael Aghayev (C)
Josh Quayhagen
Fernando Moreno Paz
Kenji Grillon
Dionicio Gustavo
Jorge Perez
Middleweight:
Ross Levine (C)
Shahin Atamov
Igor De Castañeda
Raymond Daniels
Franklin Mina
Adrian Hadribeaj
Men’s P4P:
Rafael Aghayev, 2. Ross Levine, 3. Luiz Rocha, 4. Eoghan Chelmiah, 5. Edgars Skrivers, 6. Josh Quayhagen, 7. Achraf Ouchen, 8. Gabriel Varga, 9. Jesus Lopez, 10. Raymond Daniels
Women’s P4P:
Omaira Molina, 2. Christina Kavakopoulou, 3. Melinda Fábián, 4. Ana Luisa Ferreira, 5. Sthefanie Oliveira, 6. Fabiola Esquivel
Respectfully, I don’t understand how Paz remains at #2 in WW after a major (T)KO loss to a debutant, especially not if that holds him above undefeated Kenji Grillon who just beat the former MW Champ in that same event. Complete that thought with Ross Levine being #2 lb4lb and noting that claiming Atamov’s title for himself is the most important notch in his KC belt. Food for thought!
A Loss at Lightweight doesn’t affect Paz’s ranking at Welterweight (however fighters that have two or more consecutive fights outside of their division are no longer eligible for that divisions rankings). Kenji Grillons win was impressive and his run in general has been impressive. So there’s an argument for ranking him higher but it must be done in comparison to Paz’s body of work at Welterweight.
In my personal ranking proposal I actually had Ross Levine as #1 P4P, the rough consensus we landed on in the council was #2 P4P. But that’s why we are bringing it to the community for them to debate this. I’m sure the debate on who should be #1 is going to be the most controversial one thus far.
Where are the 205lb rankings? When will we see the inaugural women’s championship? I feel having a women’s title would be very beneficial in attracting more women to the league. Same for the HW division.
GTFOH if anyone thinks raymond daniels isn’t ranked way too low and not on both lists of weight classes. first off he’s better than anyone on the p4p list except aghayev, and levine. He has a lifetime of kickboxing, karate and mma experience. secondly is he staying at 185? because if so he needs to be fighting levine or some other big name signing before he gets too old. he looked great in his last fight.
also, quayhagen is better than chelmiah and skrivers, with all due respect