When A.J. McKee and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire end their fight, Adam Borics will be the next challenger for the Bellator featherweight title. Borics defeated Mads Burnell in a unanimous decision at Bellator 276 recently, in what is already billed a Fight of the Year contender.
Borics and Burnell were ranked second and third respectively at Bellator 276. Borics and Burnell put up 25 minutes of labor, with Borics taking the lead on the scoreboard (49-46, 50-45, 49-46). Burnell slipped one position in the revised Bellator rankings for March 15 following the bout. Borics is now the second-best featherweight in the world, trailing only McKee and Freire.
After steamrolling recent title hopeful John Salter and sweeping the scorecards, Johnny Eblen made a solid case to challenge Gegard Mousasi for the Bellator middleweight gold. Eblen has risen two positions in the rankings to become the top challenger in the 185-pound class. Salter fell from first to third place.
There will be constant changes to the rankings as fights continue and you can visit pennbets.com to bet on all the action. The top ten pound-for-pound rankings for both men and women are shown below.
Men’s Pound for Pound
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
1 AJ Mckee 18-0-0
2 Vadim Nemkov 7-0-0
3 Patricio Pitbull 20-5-0
4 Gegard Mousasi 7-1-0
5 Yaroslav Amasov 7-0-0
6 Ryan Bader 7-2-0
7 Sergio Pettis 4-0-0
8 Corey Anderson 3-0-0
9 Michael Page 16-1-0
10 Valentin Moldavsky 6-1-0
Men’s Heavyweight
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
Champion Ryan Bader 7-2-0
1 Valentin Moldavsky 6-1-0
2 Cheick Kongo 13-3-0
3 Fedor Emelianenko 4-2-0
4 Linton Vassell 10-5-0
5 Timothy Johnson 3-4-0
6 Steven Mowry 6-0-0
7 Tyrell Fortune 11-2-0
8 Davion Franklin 5-0-0
9 Said Sowma 2-2-0
Men’s Light Heavyweight
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
Champion Vadim Nemkov 7-0-0
1 Corey Anderson 3-0-0
2 Phil Davis 11-3-0
3 Ryan Bader 7-2-0
4 Anthony Johnson 1-0-0
5 Julius Anglickas 3-2-0
6 Lyoto Machida 2-3-0
7 Alex Polizzi 4-1-0
8 Karl Albrektsson 2-1-0
9 Grant Neal 5-1-0
Men’s Middleweight
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
Champion Gegard Mousasi 7-1-0
1 Johnny Eblen 7-0-0
2 Austin Vanderford 5-1-0
3 John Salter 8-3-0
4 Fabian Edwards 5-2-0
5 Anatoly Tokov 6-0-0
6 Lorenz Larkin 5-2-0
7 Romero Cotton 6-0-0
8 Dalton Rosta 6-0-0
9 Anthony Adams 1-0-0
Women’s Pound for Pound
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
1 Cris Cyborg 4-0-0
2 Juliana Velasquez 7-0-0
3 Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 10-1-0
4 Liz Carmouche 3-0-0
5 Denise Kielholtz 6-2-0
6 Arlene Blencowe 8-4-0
7 Cat Zingano 2-0-0
8 Kana Watanabe 2-1-0
9 Sinead Kavanagh 5-5-0
10 Leslie Smith 2-3-0
Women’s Featherweight
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
Champion Cris Cyborg 4-0-0
1 Arlene Blencowe 8-4-0
2 Cat Zingano 2-0-0
3 Leslie Smith 2-3-0
4 Sinead Kavanagh 5-5-0
5 Leah McCourt 5-1-0
6 Janay Harding 3-3-0
7 Pam Sorenson 1-1-0
8 Talita Nogueira 2-2-0
9 Jessica Borga 1-2-0
Women’s Flyweight
RANK FIGHTER RECORD TREND
Champion Juliana Velasquez 7-0-0
1 Ilima-Lei Macfarlane 10-1-0
2 Liz Carmouche 3-0-0
3 Denise Kielholtz 6-2-0
4 Kana Watanabe 2-1-0
5 Alejandra Lara 3-4-0
6 Veta Arteaga 5-4-0
7 DeAnna Bennett 2-1-0
8 Vanessa Porto 1-1-0
9 Diana Avsaragova 3-0-0
