Shlemenko is in the top ten, Fedor is in the top 20. Rating of MMA fighters for November

Alexander Shlemenko slipped into the fourth ten in the middleweight rankings, Khabib Nurmagomedov holds the first position in lightweight, Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko are in the top 30 of the heavyweight division.

The rating of the fighters is calculated in the same way as the FIFA rating in football. If you defeat a strong opponent, you get more points. You defeat the weak - you get few points or nothing at all. If you don't fight for two years, you drop out of the ranking. This rating considers the points of all fighters in the world, and not just UFC mixfighters.

P.S. If a fighter is last fight changed the weight category, then he will be evaluated in the rating in this division.

Heavy weight

1. Daniel Cormier (USA, 22 wins - 1 loss)
2. Stipe Miocic (USA, 18-3)
3. Derrick Lewis (USA, 21-6)
4. Curtis Blades (USA, 10-1)
5. Ryan Bader (USA, 26-5)
6. Francis Ngannou (France, 11-3)
7. Alistair Overeem (Holland, 43-17)
8. Alexander Volkov (Russia, 30-7)
9. Junior dos Santos (Brazil, 19-5)
10. Alexey Oleinik (Russia, 59-11-1)
…

15. Vitaly Minakov (Russia, 21-0)
18. Sergey Kharitonov (Russia, 29-7)
19. Fedor Emelianenko (Russia, 38-5)
21. Shamil Abdurahimov (Russia, 19-5)
22. Ivan Shtyrkov (Russia, 14-0-1)
26. Alexander Emelianenko (Russia, 28-7-1)
30. Muhumat Vakhaev (Russia, 7-4-1)
32. Denis Goltsov (Russia, 22-5)
33. Sergey Pavlovich (Russia, 12-0)
35. Salimgerei Rasulov (Russia, 17-7)
39. Evgeny Goncharov (Russia, 14-2)
49. Mikhail Mokhnatkin (Russia, 11-2-2)
52. Dmitry Sosnovsky (Russia, 11-0)
58. Evgeny Erokhin (Russia, 19-6)
62. Zelimkhan Umiev (Russia, 11-2)
65. Valentin Moldavsky (Russia, 8-1)
93. Kirill Sidelnikov (Russia, 11-5)
98. Konstantin Andreytsev (Russia, 11-8)
100. Alikhan Vakhaev (Russia, 8-2)

Alexander Volkov

light heavyweight

1. Phil Davis (USA, 19-4)
2. Anthony Smith (USA, 31-13)
3. Corey Anderson (USA, 11-4)
4. Glover Teixeira (Brazil, 27-7)
5. Jan Blachowicz (Poland, 23-7)
6. Volkan Ozdemir (Switzerland, 15-3)
7. Ilir Latifi (Sweden, 14-5)
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil, 23-8)
9. Tomas Narkun (Poland, 15-2)
10. Linton Wassell (Great Britain, 18-7)
…

14. Vadim Nemkov (Russia, 9-2)
19. Nikita Krylov (Russia, 24-6)
22. Maxim Grishin (Russia, 28-7-1)
25. Mikhail Zayats (Russia, 24-8)
31. Rashid Yusupov (Russia, 10-1)
33. Artur Astakhov (Russia, 16-5)
39. Khadis Ibragimov (Russia, 7-0)
40. Magomed Ankalaev (Russia, 10-1)
41. Viktor Nemkov (Russia, 25-7)
49. Batraz Agnaev (Russia, 4-1)
50. Bozigit Ataev (Russia, 20-3)
55. Gadzhimurad Antigulov (Russia, 20-5)
56. Alexey Butorin (Russia, 13-3)
58. Kurban Omarov (Russia, 10-1)
60. Zaurbek Bashaev (Russia, 6-1)
78. Amirkhan Guliyev (Russia, 9-1)
79. Muslim Magomedov (Russia, 3-0)
85. Vitaly Bigdash (Russia, 9-2)
86. Maxim Futin (Russia, 7-6-1)
89. Shamil Akhmedov (Russia, 6-0)
94. Mikhail Tsarev (Russia, 32-7)
96. Mikhail Ragozin (Russia, 11-3)
97. Abdul-Kerim Edilov (Russia, 17-4)
99. Mikhail Kolobegov (Russia, 13-3)
100. Saparbek Safarov (Russia, 8-2)

Vadim Nemkov

Average weight

1. Robert Whittaker (Australia, 20-4)
2. Georges St-Pierre (Canada, 26-2)
3. Yoel Romero (Cuba, 13-3)
4. Gegard Mousasi (Holland, 45-6-2)
5. Kelvin Gastelum (USA, 15-3)
6. Ronaldo Souza (Brazil, 26-6)
7. Luke Rockhold (USA, 16-4)
8. Chris Wideman (USA, 14-4)
9. Israel Adesanya (Nigeria, 15-0)
10. Paulo Enrique Costa (Brazil, 12-0)
…

27. Albert Duraev (Russia, 12-3)
28. Anatoly Tokov (Russia, 27-2)
29. Khalid Murtazaliev (Russia, 14-2)
35. Alexander Shlemenko (Russia, 56-12)
37. Shamil Gamzatov (Russia, 13-0)
48. Vladimir Mineev (Russia, 11-1-1)
49. Artem Frolov (Russia, 11-1)
55. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (Russia, 32-6)
57. Omari Akhmedov (Russia, 17-4-1)
58. Ibragim Chuzhigaev (Russia, 12-5)
63. Salamu Abdurakhmanov (Russia, 10-1)
64. Gamzat Hiramagomedov (Russia, 7-0)
65. Sergey Martynov (Russia, 11-2)
68. Roman Kopylov (Russia, 6-0)
70. Abdul-Rakhman Dzhanaev (Russia, 10-1)
71. Magomed Ismailov (Russia, 14-2-1)
80. Ayub Gimbatov (Russia, 9-1)
91. Gasan Umalatov (Russia, 18-6-2)
96. Shamil Abdulaev (Russia, 10-1)
100. Valery Myasnikov (Russia, 14-1-2)

Albert Duraev

Welterweight

1. Tyron Woodley (USA, 19-3-1)
2. Colby Covington (USA, 14-1)
3. Rafael dos Anjos (Brazil, 28-10)
4. Darren Till (Great Britain, 17-1-1)
5. Stephen Thompson (USA, 14-3-1)
6. Kamaru Usman (USA, 13-1)
7. Robbie Lawler (USA, 28-12)
8. Rory McDonald (Canada, 20-5)
9. Jorge Masvidal (USA, 32-13)
10. Neil Magny (USA, 21-6)

18. Ramazan Emeev (Russia, 18-3)
25. Andrey Koreshkov (Russia, 21-3)
36. Alexey Kunchenko (Russia, 19-0)
39. Albert Tumenov (Russia, 20-4)
47. Nikolai Aleksakhin (Russia, 22-5)
51. Aliaskhab Khizriev (Russia, 11-0)
53. Mukhamed Berkhamov (Russia, 12-1)
57. Magomed Magomedkerimov (Russia, 23-5)
69. Murad Abdulaev (Russia, 18-6)
83. Muslim Salikhov (Russia, 14-2)

Ramazan Emeev

A light weight

1. Khabib Nurmagomedov (Russia, 27-0)
2. Tony Ferguson (USA, 24-3)
3. Dustin Poirier (USA, 24-5)
4. Eddie Alvarez (USA, 29-6)
5. Conor McGregor (Republic of Ireland, 21-4)
6. Kevin Lee (USA, 17-3)
7. Patricky Freire (Brazil, 20-8)
8. Anthony Pettis (USA, 21-8)
9. Justin Gaethje (USA, 19-2)
10. Edson Barbosa (Brazil, 19-6)

18. Rustam Khabilov (Russia, 23-3)
20. Islam Makhachev (Russia, 16-1)
24. Rashid Magomedov (Russia, 22-2-1)
26. Akhmed Aliyev (Russia, 17-4)
27. Mayrbek Taysumov (Russia, 27-5)
29. Ali Bagov (Russia, 27-10)
41. Hussein Khaliev (Russia, 19-1)
42. Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov (Russia, 15-2)
43. Eduard Vartanyan (Russia, 18-4)
50. Shamil Zavurov (Russia, 35-5-1)
58. Islam Mamedov (Russia, 16-2)
59. Yusuf Raisov (Russia, 14-1)
61. Alexander Shabliy (Russia, 18-3)
64. Andrey Koshkin (Russia, 18-6)
65. Amirkhan Adaev (Russia, 14-3)
76. Damir Ismagulov (Russia, 16-2)
87. Alexander Sarnavsky (Russia, 36-7)
88. Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov (Russia, 10-4)
96. Musa Khamanaev (Russia, 18-6)
100. Arman Tsarukyan (Russia, 13-1)

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Feather-weight

1. Max Holloway (USA, 19-3)
2. Brian Ortega (USA, 14-0)
3. Jose Aldo (Brazil, 27-4)
4. Frankie Edgar (USA, 23-6-1)
5. Jeremy Stephens (USA, 28-15)
6. Chad Mendes (USA, 18-4)
7. Patricio Freire (Brazil, 27-4)
8. Renato Carneiro (Brazil, 13-1-1)
9. Alexander Volkanovski (Australia, 18-1)
10. Josh Emment (USA, 13-2)

27. Salaman Zhamaldaev (Russia, 16-1)
30. Zabit Magomedsharipov (Russia, 16-1)
44. Marat Balaev (Russia, 10-1)
51. Timur Valiev (Russia, 14-2)
52. Rasul Mirzaev (Russia, 18-1)
53. Mukhamed Kokov (Russia, 14-3)
59. Murad Machaev (Russia, 22-3)
68. Islam Isaev (Russia, 8-2)
71. Adlan Bataev (Russia, 11-1)
74. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (Russia, 28-8)
78. Kurban Taygibov (Russia, 8-1)
79. Magomed Yunisilau (Russia, 6-0)
86. Magomed Idrisov (Russia, 8-2)
91. Movlid Khaibulaev (Russia, 13-0)
97. Alexey Polpudnikov (Russia, 26-5-1)

Salaman Zhamaldaev

Bantamweight

1. TJ Dillashaw (USA, 16-3)
2. Marlon Moraes (Brazil, 21-5-1)
3. Cody Garbrandt (USA, 11-2)
4. John Lineker (Brazil, 31-8)
5. Rafael Assuncao (Brazil, 27-5)
6. Jimmy Rivera (USA, 22-2)
7. Ajamyan Sterling (USA, 16-3)
8. Kuoji Horiguchi (Japan, 25-2)
9. John Dodson (USA, 20-10)
10. Pedro Munoz (Brazil, 16-3)
…

16. Petr Yan (Russia, 10-1)
28. Movsar Evloev (Russia, 10-0)
31. Rustam Kerimov (Russia, 11-0)
33. Abdul-Rahman Dudayev (Russia, 21-4)
34. Magomed Magomedov (Russia, 15-2)
49. Abdul-Rahman Temirov (Russia, 12-3)
50. Oleg Borisov (Russia, 21-3-1)
55. Denis Lavrentiev (Russia, 6-0)
58. Hussein Askhabov (Russia, 15-0)
66. Murad Kalamov (Russia, 9-2)
74. Mikhail Malyutin (Russia, 35-14)
99. Hussein Shaykhaev (Russia, 7-0)

Petr Yan

Flyweight

1. Henry Cejudo (USA, 13-2)
2. Demetrius Johnson (USA, 27-3-1)
3. Jussier da Silva (Brazil, 22-5)
4. Sergio Pettis (USA, 17-4)
5. Joseph Benavidez (USA, 25-5)
6. Dustin Ortiz (USA, 19-7)
7. Deiveson Figuereiro (Brazil, 15-0)
8. Ray Borg (USA, 11-3)
9. Alexandre Patoia (Brazil, 19-3)
10. Askar Askarov (Russia, 10-0)

14. Said Nurmagomedov (Russia, 12-1)
15. Ali Bagautinov (Russia, 18-6)
23. Yunus Evloev (Russia, 23-8)
25. Azamat Kerefov (Russia, 10-0)
30. Magomed Bibulatov (Russia, 14-1)
33. Velimurad Alkhasov (Russia, 5-0)
40. Tagir Ulanbekov (Russia, 6-1)
46. Rasul Albaskhanov (Russia, 8-3)
52. Murad Magomedov (Russia, 8-0)
62. Goga Shamatava (Russia, 14-5)
63. Valery Khazhirokov (Russia, 4-1)
73. Vartan Asatryan (Russia, 14-8)
81. Mansur Khatuev (Russia, 7-0)
82. Murad Zeynulabidov (Russia, 18-3)
89. Aren Hakobyan (Russia, 9-2-1)
92. Abdulla Aliyev (Russia, 6-1)
95. Kurban Gadzhiev (Russia, 14-3)

Askar Askarov

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The UFC has become very popular. The most ferocious warriors of the planet fight against each other in the hope of finding out whose martial art is better and who is the strongest among them. The best fighters UFC for 2017, according to the Big Rating magazine:

Robert Whittaker

Robert John Whittaker, born in 1990. He is an Australian fighter with New Zealand roots. Known by the nickname "The Reaper".

The fighter competes in middleweight (his own weight is 84 kg).

What we know about Robert is that he was taught sports from early childhood. Robert's father John sent the boy to karate while still a toddler. After eight years of training, Robert changed his qualification to Hapkido, and in 2003 he began to engage in MMA.

Robert started his professional career in 2009 with the Xtreme Fight Championships promotion in Australia.

His first fight took place on March 14, 2009 against Chris Tallowin. A crushing victory in the first round gave Robert an incredible impetus for further studies.
Further, Whittaker signed up for Cage Fighting Championships, in which he won 6 victories.
With a record of 9-2, Whittaker took part in the show The Ultimate Fighter. There the Australian team confronted their opponents from England.

The first fight lasted only 19 seconds. Robert knocked out Luke Newman in the first round. Moreover, for this knockout, he received a bonus of $ 25,000 for the “Knockout of the Season”.

At the moment, the fighter 19 wins and 4 losses.

Jose Aldo

Brazilian fighter, nicknamed "Scarface". He competes in the featherweight division (weight 65 kg), under the auspices of the UFC.

It is noteworthy that Aldo was the fourth and last champion WEC Featherweight Championship and became the first UFC Featherweight Champion, immediately after the unification of the UFC and the WEC.
Surprisingly, until 2015, Aldo was the leader of the list of the most best fighters regardless of weight class.

José Aldom is a two-time featherweight champion and has 26 wins, as well as 2 losses.

Michael Bisping

Fighter from England, with the aristocratic nickname "Count". He performs in the middleweight (own weight 84 kg), in the UFC league. At the moment he is the champion of his weight category. Also on his list is the championship in Cage Rage in the floor heavyweight and Ultimate Fighter 3.

June 4, 2016 was significant for Michael, because he won the UFC championship belt.
At the moment, the athlete has 30 wins and 7 losses.

Dominic Cruz

An American fighter of Mexican origin, who has the formidable nickname "The Dominator". Performs in the lightest weight category (tare weight 61 kg).
In the past, Dominik is a two-time UFC champion and a former WEC champion in his own weight class.

Dominick Cruz currently has 22 wins and 2 defeat.

Tyron Woodley

American mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. Tyrone is nicknamed "The Chosen One" and competes in the welterweight division (77kg bodyweight). Since 2013, he has been competing in the UFC and is the champion in his weight category.

Tyrone's first fight was in 2013 with Jay Heron. The fight lasted exactly 36 seconds and ended with a lightning knockout.

On November 16, 2013, Tyrone had another fight that went in the same vein. Woodley received the "Best Knockout of the Night" award for this fight.

At the moment, the fighter 18 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.

Daniel Cormier

The history of the rise of the fighter with the nickname "DC" is quite fascinating. Initially, he took part in Olympic Games from the USA.

In the UFC, Daniel began his career in heavyweight, but then moved up to light heavyweight. He argued this by saying that he did not want to compete with his friend Cain Velasquez.
Rising to the top of Olympus, Daniel defeated many eminent opponents, which include such fighters as Frank Mir, Josh Barnett and others.

The only fighter who was beyond Cormier's strength was Jon Jones. The first fight ended in a defeat on points, but the second one still cannot take place, because the date has already been postponed twice.

To strengths a fighter can be attributed to Olympic training: a high level of wrestling, pressure and boxing.

It's funny, but outside of the octagon, Daniel is a friendly and nice person, as well as a great friend.

At the moment the fighter has 19 wins and 2 losses.

Cody Garbrandt

American fighter, the lightest weight category (his weight is only 61 kg). Cody's professional career started just four years ago. Of course, then no one knew him yet and the general public did not even suspect about him. However, the finest hour came in 2016. The audience saw 4 lightning wins, 3 of which came by knockout in the first round.

Now he has gone from an unknown upstart to the UFC bantamweight champion.
Cody's strengths include high speed and accuracy, as well as endurance and developed fighting intelligence.

Currently, Cody Garbrand has 11 wins and 0 losses.

Max Holloway

Jerome Max Holloway is an American fighter who competes in the featherweight division. Max's own weight is 65 kg. Nicknamed "The Blessed One", he moved through the UFC featherweight division to the championship in that weight class.

Now he is listed as the fourth best fighter in the world, regardless of the weight category according to Sherdog.

Now Max has 17 wins and 3 losses

Stipe Miocic

American mixed martial artist from Croatia. Now he is in the heavyweight division. Now his weight is 120 kg.

The fighter with the specific nickname "Stone Cold" began his career on October 8, 2011 against Joey Beltran. The victory was awarded unanimously.

At the moment the fighter has 17 wins and 2 losses.

Conor McGregor

A unique fighter in the history of the UFC, because he is the only owner of two championship belts at once, in different weight categories. McGregor's nickname is "The Notorious".

At the moment, he is the reigning lightweight champion and a very extraordinary person in the UFC. Everyone knows McGregor for a very flamboyant manner of fighting, which includes various techniques and styles.

McGregor's unusual temper is combined with a fierce character. He starts the fight long before its official start, because he always provokes his opponent in every possible way.

The cheeky Irishman is just making history. What is the fight of Jose Aldo, in the featherweight division at the UFC 194 tournament. Conor simply smeared the opponent in 13 seconds and received the championship title.

At the moment, the fighter 21 wins and 3 losses.

Demetrius Johnson

The second place in our rating was taken by the famous American Demetrius Hrisna, who performs in the lightest weight category. Surprisingly, the fighter weighs only 56 kg. Now he is reigning champion in his weight class, and he is also recognized as the most stable fighter.

A trained fighter can fight both in the stance and on the ground. Differs in huge speed and excellent reaction. Ideally adapts to any opponent.

Now Demetrius has 26 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.

John Jones

The winner of today's ranking is the famous Jonathan Dwight Jones, nicknamed "Bones". He competes in the light heavyweight category at 93 kg.
This is one of the most talented and technical fighters in the world. What is the light heavyweight championship worth at just 23 years old. He became the youngest UFC champion in the history of the organization.

All his fights end with undeniable victories. The only defeat is not very good story, because he was disqualified for elbow strikes at prohibited angles. To be honest, Jon Jones has no defeats.

However, like any talent, John found himself in an awkward situation when his dark side was revealed. Sad to say, the UFC legend has been in trouble with the law for drug use. This led to the deprivation of belts, as well as the rejection of some contracts with sponsors.

For a quarter of a century of the existence of MMA, which means “mixed martial arts”, the names of the fighters, whom the whole world spoke about, entered the history forever. They have different approaches to fighting, to hitting techniques. Currently, this type of martial arts is rapidly developing and is popular with young people. In the future, the world will see many more fighters whose names are worthy of being immortalized in history. In the meantime, let's remember those whose battles the audience watched with delight, and their rivals were afraid of them.

Randy Couture

Randy Couture performed in Greco-Roman wrestling and in MMA. He became the UFC champion 5 times. On account of his 30 fights, of which in 19 he emerged victorious.

Randy became the first who managed to win the title of champion in the light heavyweight and heavyweight groups.

Couture discovered his passion for boxing while still in the army. From that moment on, the fighter began to take this occupation seriously.

In 2010, the final fight of Randy Couture took place. His opponent is James Tonney. Couture defeated him already in the first round.

Randy's large number of victories and the won champion title immortalized his name in the list of the best MMA fighters of all time.

Chuck LiddellChuck Liddell

His career began in the 90s. It was at that time that he gained his first fame and won his first fights.

In the late 90s, for several years, Chuck Liddell held his title as an invincible fighter. But the meeting in the ring with Randy Couture ended in the defeat of Lidell. In 2005, two great fighters meet again in the ring to fight for the UFC unification championship belt. Chuck Lidell won that meeting. And he began to proudly wear the title of four-time UFC champion.

Chuck decided to end his career in 2010. But despite this, to this day, no one has been able to beat his knockout records for the entire existence of mixed martial arts.

Bas Rutten

The name of Bas Rutten is forever entered into the history of mixed martial arts as a unique and great fighter, whom no one could defeat. He has 22 fights to his credit, all of which ended in victory for Bas. He became the champion in such a sport as MMA three times.

He always went to victory purposefully, using unique methods of attacking the opponent's liver. He craved fame and fame. And he managed to get it.

Royce Gracie

This fighter is one of the MMA leaders who gained popularity and fame.

In his fights, he used Japanese martial arts techniques, which were taught to him by his father when Royce was young.

He also became one of the first participants and champions of the UFC organization.

His career ended due to an embarrassing incident in 2007. During the fight, high levels of steroids were found in his blood.

Despite this, the legendary Royce Gracie has gone down in history forever. .

Matt HughesMatt Hughes

The name of Matt Hughes is famous for the fact that the fighter won the champion title (in the welterweight category), and held it 7 times in a row. It was this fact that became the world record.

In 2005, then already two-time champion, met in the ring with the then legendary fighter Royce Gracie. The meeting of the two titans ended in Matt's victory.

Hughes has long been an undefeated mixed martial arts fighter. That is why he is one of the best fighters in the history of the existence of such a sport as MMA.

Igor Vovchanchyn

On account of Igor Vovchanchin - 87 fights, of which he won in 76. In the middle of his career and popularity, Igor went on an uninterrupted streak of 37 fights.

Until now, Vovchanchyna is considered the most strong fighters throughout the history of MMA.

His career spanned from 1995 to 2005. During these 10 years, he has managed to show and prove the superiority of the striking style of wrestling.

After the end of his career, Igor went into the promotion business. And he headed the company "Honor of the Warrior", on behalf of which tournaments are held. He also trains young fighters and conducts master classes.

Georges St. Pierre

The statistics of his victories is amazing - he won 26 fights out of 28.

In 2007, he received the title after a duel with Matt Hughes.

Georges St-Pierre defended the title of champion about 11 times. This is what makes him a legendary fighter. mixed martial arts.

In the media, he was called the "King of Welterweight" until the end of his career.

Health problems forced him to interrupt his career in 2013. After 4 years, he returns to the ring as a middleweight fighter. In the first fight, he wins the title of champion.

George also acted in films.

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva, nicknamed "Spider", holds the record for the most fights he had as a champion.

Anderson defended the belt ten times. And spent a continuous series of 16 victories.

The UFC has given Silva the Performance of the Night award 14 times.

Many sportswriters call Anderson Silva the best fighter in the history of MMA.

On his account - 45 fights, of which he won 34. He managed to defeat the legendary and serious opponent Fedor Emelianenko.

Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson holds the record for most titles won in various weight divisions. He also became a champion in two of the most famous MMA associations - Pride and UFC.

Dan has a duel with one of the important people of our time - Fedor Emelianenko. This meeting ended for Henderson with a victory, and became the most important in his entire career.

Dan is already 45 years old, but he still continues to enter the MMA rings. For opponents, he chooses young fighters.

Dan Henderson is rightfully named the best of the best MMA athletes.

Fedor Emelianenko

Fedor Emelianenko is the leader of this TOP 10 greatest fighters in the history of MMA. He is the brightest and most legendary fighter in this sport.

Fedor Emelianenko

For 8 years, he proved his nickname - "Terminator", and remained invincible.

Since 2001 and over the next 8 years, he spent 27 fights, of which he emerged as the absolute winner. Fedor chooses the worthy and best as his rivals.

He also won the title of world champion four times.

The first defeat brought him a duel with Tsuyoshi Kosaka in 2000. But the defeat then was controversial. Tsuyoshi inflicted an injury on Fedor with a technique forbidden in MMA.

In 2005, Fedor Emelianenko again met with the Japanese Tsuyoshi Kosaku. Fedor emerges victorious from this battle.

The decisive battle was the duel with Nogueira. They fought for the Pride title. Russian "Terminator" becomes the winner.

In 2012, Fedor leaves the ring due to a serious injury that Pedro Rizzo inflicted on him in a fight. But in the summer of 2015, the fighter is again ready to continue his career and add several awards to his merits.

Expert block

All fighters whose names have been honored to be included in the history of MMA deserve it. Some of them are still pursuing their careers despite age, injury or hardship. I really want to single out Fedor Emelianenko. This is the pride of our country, its honor. I worry a lot before every fight.

MMA sportswriter, Mikhail Potapov

Table

Fighter name	Height (cm)	Weight, kg)	Fights	victories
Randy Couture	185,42	92,08	30	19
Chuck Lidell	187,96	92,99	30	21
Bas Rutten	185,42	92,99	22	22
Royce Gracie	182,88	79,83	20	15
Matt Hughes	175,26	77,11	54	9
Igor Vovchanchin	172,72	92,99	65	54
George St. Pierre	177,8	77,11	28	26
Anderson Silva	187,96	83,91	45	34
Dan Henderson	185,42	83,91	47	32
Fedor Emelianenko	182,88	101,15	45	38

Conclusion

All the names given in this TOP deserve to go down in MMA history as legendary figures. All these people developed their own unique fighting techniques. They look up to them, they are afraid. And young fighters learn how to fight based on their fights.

Modern mixed martial arts are increasingly taking on the form of an entertainment show, which is beginning to dominate the sports component of MMA. The leadership of large organizations is increasingly paying attention to the bright image of a fighter and his charisma, rather than his fighting qualities. If you can speak beautifully, don't get lost in front of the camera, and can easily insult your opponent, then, all other things being equal, your chance of getting a big fight or reaching the title doubles.

It is not surprising that in these realities, one of the important factors for the promotion of a fighter and the development of his career is the number of subscribers in social networks, no matter how funny it may sound. If millions of people follow you on the same Instagram, they see you every day on the screens of their devices, flipping through the feed in the morning, which means they will be aware of when you next fight and at least take an interest in the result of this fight. In fact, in the age of information technology, subscribers are the liveliest audience and its number directly affects the financial success of a fighter. As you may have guessed, today we will talk about the most popular fighters on the Internet.

10 Paige VanZant

Instagram: 1.9 million

Twitter: 300 thousand

Total coverage: 2.2 million

Paige VanZant, cutie from the UFC flyweight division, opens our rating. She doesn't have a lot of followers on Twitter, but her Instagram audience is almost 2 million, which makes sense: most people are more interested in VanZant's sexy photos than her tweets. Two million is not bad for a girl with a UFC 4-3 record. The charismatic 24-year-old rose to prominence when she went on a three-fight streak in the UFC before losing to Rose Namajunas in a bloodbath. However, Page's popularity level hasn't dropped, quite the contrary. The reason for this is that after the first defeat, the athlete took part in the American television project "Dancing with the Stars", and not only took part, but won the final of the 22nd season. After some time, VanZant released an autobiographical book in which she admitted that she was a victim of gang rape at school. Great PR. Since then, Paige's popularity on social media has increased, as has her breast size, after undergoing silicone implant surgery.

9. Daniel Cormier

Instagram: 1.8 million
Twitter: 700 thousand
Total Reach: 2.5M

In ninth place is the greatest UFC fighter regardless of weight class, light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. DC has fewer followers on Instagram than Paige VanZant, however, he surpassed her in the number of followers on Twitter. The two-weight champion and his career, which often appears on Twitter, are followed by a lot of people. Daniel Cormier's Instagram is belts, belts, workouts, workouts and more workouts. Oh yeah, and some family photos. It is worth noting that Cormier gained the lion's share of popularity by winning the heavyweight championship belt in a fight with Stipe Miocic. Up to this point, Cormier was not in the top ten.

8. Jose Aldo

Instagram: 2 million
Twitter: 900 thousand
Total Reach: 2.9M

Jose Aldo has an obscenely large following on Twitter. His tweets are read by more than 900 thousand people, most of whom are probably Brazilians. He gained a significant part of this audience in 2015, during a fierce confrontation with Conor McGregor, which at that time was not heard only by the deaf. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians subscribed to their compatriot out of patriotic convictions, in the hope that he would defend the honor of the country in battle with the impudent Irishman. Didn't stand up. Now the popularity of the Brazilian ex-champion in the social. networks has significantly faded, and in the UFC they no longer pay as much attention to him as before.

7. Nate Diaz

Instagram: 2.6 million
Twitter: 1.1 million
Total Reach: 3.7M

In seventh place is scandalous famous fighter UFC from Stockton Nate Diaz. And again, with the help of Conor McGregor. It's no secret that Diaz got the lion's share of his current popularity (quite deservedly) by strangling Conor McGregor in 2016, inflicting his first defeat in the UFC. Nevertheless, the Diaz brothers were popular in the states before that. The stoned tweets of the younger Diaz are read by more than a million people. Nate, every now and then, soaks up something that the whole MMA world then discusses. Show up at the press conference for an upcoming fight and then tweet "I won't fight on this show. Fuck the UFC!" - it's his style. In almost all the photos on Instagram, Diaz flaunts with his training mates, and Diaz has practically no eye in these photos.

6. Georges St-Pierre

Instagram: 2 million
Twitter: 1.95 million
Total Reach: 3.95M

Georges St-Pierre is a real superstar in Canada. Even those who are not even close to the UFC know him there. St. Pierre is one of the greatest fighters in the history of mixed martial arts, so it would be surprising if he was not in this ranking. Although former champion The UFC welterweight and middleweight is one foot retired, he is still one of the most popular fighters in the world. His kindness, respectfulness and human simplicity appeal to many fans, so it is not surprising that two million people subscribe to his instagram and almost as many follow his twitter. He has a lot of regular training photos on Instagram, but his legendary status also means that on his account you can find other, more interesting photos, with no less legendary people.

5. John Jones

Instagram: 3 million
Twitter: 2.05 million
Total reach: 5.05 million

John "Bones" Jones surpassed Daniel Cormier this time too. The former light heavyweight champion opens the top five. Jones' total following is twice that of Cormier. Jones is a rather controversial figure in the MMA world. On the one hand, this is a phenomenal fighter who destroyed every opponent in the cage he faced and became the youngest champion in UFC history. The other side is overshadowed by Jones' legal troubles, failed drug tests, and an addiction to noisy parties with seas of liquor. Jones' Instagram is full of cool workout videos and motivating quotes, from Gandhi to the Bible, and at the same time is replete with "frank" messages to all his haters.

4. Anderson Silva

Instagram: 2.9 million
Twitter: 7.9 million
Total Reach: 10.8M

And in fourth place in the ranking is the first and only fighter whose audience on Twitter exceeds the audience on Instagram, and exceeds it almost three times. What causes such a gap is not clear. Last year, the Spider failed a drug test for the second time, causing his fight against Kelvin Gastelum to be cancelled. Silva's suspension ends this November, so the legendary ex-middleweight champ is set to return to the octagon this year and aim to take on Conor McGregor in the process. Despite his problems with the anti-doping agency USADA, Anderson Silva is still one of the brightest, most outstanding and memorable fighters in the history of mixed martial arts. According to his Instagram, Spider simply loves to train and play airsoft.

All Russian MMA fans expected that after Khabib Nurmagomedov wins the lightweight title, he will rise significantly in the rankings. Expectations were justified.

Behind him, the Russian left all his competitors, including Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson. It is likely that Khabib will hold his first defense of the belt with one of them. Nurmagomedov is set to return to the octagon in November. Let's see how the UFC matchmakers work.

In the ranking of the best fighters, regardless of weight categories, Khabib rose to eighth place. This is a record for him. He has never climbed into the top 10 of this rating. Above it are located only UFC champions except for McGregor. Why he is higher than Khabib in this ranking is a mystery, probably, even for Conor himself. But this will not really bother our athlete.

Everything is clear with Khabib. What about other Russian fighters?

US Featherweight Zabita Magomedsharipova nicknamed the ninja and kung fu master. The ex-champion of the ACB league has fallen in love with fans abroad: he is very cool and spectacular in his fights.

He spent three fights in the UFC, winning them, and for each of these fights he received bonuses in the amount of 50 thousand dollars from the leaders. This is very cool. But it’s also cool that Zabit has climbed to 14th place in the organization’s lightweight rankings after defeating American Kyle Bochniak at UFC 223. Now it remains to be hoped that the Russian will pick up an opponent from the TOP-10. Or maybe the opponent will be Yair Rodriguez, who is on the 11th line.

One of the favorite fighters of Ramzan Kadyrov, Magomed Bibulatov, is now in full swing preparing for the UFC Fight Night 128 tournament (April 22), where he will fight with the Japanese Yuta Sasaki.

Magomed unexpectedly lost his previous fight to John Moraga, but remained on the 15th line of the flyweight rating. Bibulatov is the favorite in the fight against the Japanese. The victory will definitely move him a few lines higher.

light heavyweight Gadzhimurad Antigulov held two fights in the UFC, winning them victories. This allowed him to rise to 13th place in the rankings.

When the Russian will hold his next fight is still unknown. UFC management considers Gadzhimurad a promising fighter, and there is no point in arguing with this. We are waiting for big fights and increase in the rating.

We have several people in the TOP-15 heavyweights at once. On the 13th line is located Shamil Abdurakhimov, who is now waiting for a decision on his next fight.

Will soon improve its position Alexey Oleinik. On May 13, at UFC 224 in Brazil, he will fight against the 14th number of the heavyweight rating Junior Albini. The Russian, by the way, is higher - in tenth place. The victory will allow Alexei to close the defeat from Curtis Blaydes and climb one or two lines in the ranking. The chances of success are good.

Well, the main hope of Russia in the difficult UFC champion- this is Alexander Volkov, who had a great run and four wins in the UFC. Drago is in third place. Only Alistair Overeem, Francis Ngannou and champion Stipe Miocic are ahead.

It is not yet known where and when, and most importantly, with whom, Volkov will fight next time. Everything depends on him, as well as on the duel between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. However, it is safe to say that Alexander is very close to the title fight.

source: "Soviet Sport"

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