Fightful MMA Weekly Rankings (10/20/21): Corey Anderson Surges In Light Heavyweight Ranks Following Bellator 268
Welcome to Fightful MMA’s weekly fighter rankings (as of 10/20/21).
Bellator’s Light Heavyweight Grand-Prix’s semifinals took place last weekend and perhaps nobody had a better weekend then Corey Anderson, who wasted no-time in dispatching of Bellator’s former 205-pound champion, Ryan Bader and secured his spot in the finals against current champion, Vadim Nemkov, who also found himself advancing when he stopped Julius Anglickas in the night’s main event.
Men’s Pound-For-Pound
- Kamaru Usman (19-1) — UFC Welterweight Champion
- Jon Jones (26-1) — UFC
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Heavyweight Champion
- Alex Volkanovski (22-1) — UFC Featherweight Champion
- Jan Blachowicz (28-8) — UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Middleweight Champion
- Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Lightweight Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
- Max Holloway (22-6) — UFC
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Brandon Moreno (19-5) — UFC Flyweight Champion
- Colby Covington (16-2) — UFC
- Aljamain Sterling (20-3) — UFC Bantamweight Champion
Women’s Pound-For-Pound
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Women’s Featherweight & Bantamweight Champion
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Featherweight Champion
- Rose Namajunas (10-4) — UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion
- Kayla Harrison (11-0) — PFL Women’s Lightweight Champion
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
- Weili Zhang (21-2) — UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) — UFC
- Juliana Velasquez (12-0) — Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC
- Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC
- Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
- Julia Budd (15-3) — PFL
- Marina Rodriguez (15-1) — UFC
Heavyweight
- Francis Ngannou (16-3) — UFC Champion
- Ciryl Gane (10-0) — UFC Interim Champion
- Stipe Miocic (20-4) — UFC
- Derrick Lewis (25-8) — UFC
- Curtis Blaydes (15-3) — UFC
- Alexander Volkov (33-9) — UFC
- Valentin Moldavsky (11-1) — Bellator Champion
- Tom Aspinall (11-2) – UFC
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-3) — UFC
- Marcin Tybura (22-6) — UFC
- Timothy Johnson (15-7) — Bellator
- Cheick Kongo (31-11) — Bellator
- Augusto Sakai (15-3-1) — UFC
- Chris Daukaus (12-3) — UFC
- Fabricio Werdum (24-9) — PFL
Light Heavyweight
- Jan Blachowicz (28-8) — UFC Champion
- Vadim Nemkov (13-2) — Bellator Champion
- Jiri Prochazka (28-3-1) — UFC
- Glover Teixeira (32-7) — UFC
- Corey Anderson (16-5) — Bellator — (+5)
- Ryan Bader (28-7) — Bellator — (-1)
- Phil Davis (22-6) — Bellator — (-1)
- Aleksandar Rakic (14-2) — UFC — (-1)
- Thiago Santos (22-9) — UFC — (-1)
- Dominick Reyes (12-3) — UFC — (-1)
- Anthony Smith (35-16) — UFC
- Anthony Johnson (23-6) — Bellator
- Magomed Ankalaev (15-1) — UFC
- Nikita Krylov (27-8) — UFC
- Volkan Oezdemir (17-5) — UFC
Middleweight
- Israel Adesanya (21-1) — UFC Champion
- Robert Whittaker (23-5) — UFC
- Gegard Mousasi (48-7) — Bellator Champion
- Jared Cannonier (14-5) — UFC
- Derek Brunson (23-7) — UFC
- Paulo Costa (13-1) — UFC
- Marvin Vettori (17-5-1) — UFC
- Sean Strickland (24-3) — UFC
- Jack Hermansson (22-6) — UFC
- Darren Till (18-4-1) — UFC
- Kelvin Gastelum (16-8) — UFC
- Uriah Hall (17-10) — UFC
- Brendan Allen (17-4) — UFC
- Kevin Holland (21-7) — UFC
- Edmen Shahbazyan (11-2) — UFC
Welterweight
- Kamaru Usman (19-1) — UFC Champion
- Colby Covington (16-2) — UFC
- Gilbert Burns (20-4) — UFC
- Leon Edwards (19-3) – UFC
- Vicente Luque (21-7-1) — UFC
- Stephen Thompson (16-5-1) — UFC
- Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) — Bellator Champion
- Michael Chiesa (18-5) — UFC
- Jorge Masvidal (35-15) — UFC
- Michael Page (20-1) — Bellator
- Douglas Lima (32-10) — Bellator
- Belal Muhammad (19-3) — UFC
- Ray Cooper III (23-7-1) — PFL Champion
- Li Jingliang (18-6) — UFC
- Robbie Lawler (29-15) — UFC
Lightweight
- Charles Oliveira (31-8) — UFC Champion
- Dustin Poirier (28-6) — UFC
- Beneil Dariush (21-4-1) — UFC
- Justin Gaethje (22-3) — UFC
- Islam Makhachev (20-1) — UFC
- Conor McGregor (22-6) — UFC
- Michael Chandler (22-6) — UFC
- Rafael Dos Anjos (30-13) — UFC
- Tony Ferguson (25-6) — UFC
- Dan Hooker (21-10) — UFC
- Gregor Gillespie (14-1) — UFC
- Brad Riddell (10-1) — UFC
- Diego Ferreira (14-3) — UFC
- Rafael Fiziev (10-1) — UFC
- Arman Tsarukyan (17-2) — UFC
Featherweight
- Alexander Volkanovski (23-1) — UFC Champion
- Max Holloway (22-6) — UFC
- AJ McKee (18-0) — Bellator Champion
- Brian Ortega (15-2) — UFC
- Patricio Pitbull (32-5) — Bellator
- Giga Chikadze (14-2) — UFC
- Calvin Kattar (22-5) — UFC
- Yair Rodriguez (13-2) — UFC
- Korean Zombie (17-6) — UFC
- Arnold Allen (17-1) — UFC
- Josh Emmett (16-2) — UFC
- Movsar Evloev (14-0) — UFC
- Dan Ige (15-4) — UFC
- Edson Barboza (22-10) — UFC
- Movlid Khaybulaev (18-0-1) — PFL Champion
Bantamweight
- Aljamain Sterling (20-3) — UFC Champion
- Petr Yan (15-2) — UFC
- TJ Dillashaw (17-4) — UFC
- Cory Sandhagen (14-3) — UFC
- Rob Font (19-4) — UFC
- Jose Aldo (30-7) — UFC
- Cody Garbrandt (12-4) — UFC
- Merab Dvalishviili (14-4) — UFC
- Dominick Cruz (23-3) — UFC
- Marlon Moraes (23-9-1) — UFC
- Sergio Pettis (21-5) — Bellator Champion
- Pedro Munhoz (19-6) — UFC
- Kyoji Horiguchi (29-3) — Bellator
- John Lineker (33-9) — ONE Champion
- Frankie Edgar (24-9-1) — UFC
Flyweight
- Brandon Moreno (19-5-2) — UFC Champion
- Deiveson Figueiredo (20-2-1) — UFC
- Adriano Moraes (19-3) — ONE Champion
- Askar Askarov (13-0) — UFC
- Demetrious Johnson (30-4-1) — ONE
- Matheus Nicolau (17-2-1) — UFC
- Alexandre Pantoja (24-5) — UFC
- Alex Perez (24-6) — UFC
- Brandon Royval (12-6) — UFC
- Kai Kara-France (22-9) — UFC
- Rogerio Bontorin (17-3) — UFC
- Manel Kape (16-6) — UFC
- David Dvorak (20-3) — UFC
- Jose Torres (10-1-1) — Brave CF Champion
- Matt Schnell (15-6) — UFC
Women’s Featherweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Champion
- Cris Cyborg (24-2) — Bellator Champion
- Kayla Harrison (11-0) — PFL Champion
- Norma Dumont (7-1) — UFC
- Julia Budd (15-3) — Bellator
- Felicia Spencer (8-3) — UFC
- Megan Anderson (11-5) — UFC
- Pam Sorensen (9-3) — Invicta FC Champion
- Larissa Pacheco (15-4) — PFL
- Cat Zingano (12-4) — Bellator
- Arlene Blancowe (14-8) — Bellator
- Leslie Smith (12-9-1) — Bellator
- Leah McCourt (4-1) — Bellator
- Leah Letson (5-1) — UFC
- Janay Harding (6-5) — Bellator
Women’s Bantamweight
- Amanda Nunes (21-4) — UFC Champion
- Germaine De Randamie (10-4) — UFC
- Holly Holm (14-5) — UFC
- Julianna Peña (10-4) — UFC
- Irene Aldana (13-6) — UFC
- Aspen Ladd (9-2) — UFC
- Yana Kunitskaya (14-6) — UFC
- Ketlen Vieira (11-2) — UFC
- Raquel Pennington (12-8) — UFC
- Meisha Tate (19-7) — UFC
- Macy Chiasson (7-1) — UFC
- Sara McMann (12-6) — UFC
- Josiane Nunes (8-2) — UFC
- Pannie Kianzad (15-6) — UFC
- Karol Rosa (14-3) — UFC
Women’s Flyweight
- Valentina Shevchenko (22-3) — UFC Champion
- Jessica Andrade (22-9) — UFC
- Juliana Velasquez (12-0) — Bellator Champion
- Katlyn Chookagian (16-4) — UFC
- Liz Carmouche (16-7) — UFC
- Lauren Murphy (14-6) — UFC
- Jennifer Maia (19-7-1) — UFC
- Cynthia Calvillo (9-3-1) — UFC
- Joanne Calderwood (15-6) — UFC
- Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (11-1) — Bellator
- Alexa Grasso (13-3) — UFC
- Viviane Araujo (9-3) — UFC
- Taila Santos (18-1) — UFC
- Roxanne Modaferri (25-18) — UFC
- Maycee Barber (9-2) — UFC
Women’s Strawweight
- Rose Namajunas (10-4) — UFC Champion
- Weili Zhang (21-2) — UFC
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) — UFC
- Carla Esparza (18-6) — UFC
- Marina Rodriguez (15-1) — UFC
- MacKenzie Dern (11-2) — UFC
- Yan Xionan (13-2) — UFC
- Tecia Torres (13-5) — UFC
- Claudia Gadelha (18-5) — UFC
- Amanda Lemos (10-1-1) — UFC
- Amanda Ribas (10-2) — UFC
- Michelle Waterson (18-9) — UFC
- Angela Hill (13-10) — UFC
- Nina Nunes (10-7) — UFC
- Virna Jandiroba (17-2) — UFC
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