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Updated Official Bellator Mma™ Fighter Rankings As Of March 15, 2022

LOS ANGELES – Setting the pace for an incredible 2022 with its stacked fourth show of the year, BELLATOR MMA will be hosting a card of world-championship showdowns featuring the best pound-for-pound fighters and a highly anticipated rematch.

Currently unbeaten BELLATOR Featherweight World Titleholder A.J. McKee (18-0) hopes to take the next step toward becoming the sport’s greatest fighter as he battles former top pound-for-pound and two-division champion Patricio Pitbull (32-5) for the second time in less than nine months at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 15, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT live on SHOWTIME.

Supporting the top-tier main-event, current 205-pound BELLATOR MMA World Champion Vadim Nemkov (15-2) will fight in a third title defense and aim to take home the $1 million prize when he puts it all on the line against surging No. 1-ranked contender Corey Anderson (16-5) in the BELLATOR MMA Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix final.

Complete bout listing can be found at www.Bellator.com.

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MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. AJ McKee (18-0) 2. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 3. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 4. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 6. Ryan Bader (29-7) 7. Sergio Pettis (22-5) 8. Corey Anderson (16-5) 9. Michael Page (20-1) 10. Valentin Moldavsky (11-2)	WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC) 2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0) 3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 4. Liz Carmouche (16-7) 5. Denise Kielholtz (6-3) 6. Arlene Blencowe (15-8) 7. Cat Zingano (12-4) 8. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1) 9. Sinead Kavanagh (8-5) 10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)	MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (29-7) 1. Valentin Moldavsky (11-2) 2. Cheick Kongo (31-11-2) 3. Fedor Emelianenko (40-6) 4. Linton Vassell (22-8) 5. Tim Johnson (15-8) 6. Steve Mowry (10-0) 7. Tyrell Fortune (11-2) 8. Davion Franklin (5-0) 9. Said Sowma (8-3) 10. Gokhan Saricam (7-1)
MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 1. Corey Anderson (16-5) 2. Phil Davis (23-6) 3. Ryan Bader (29-7) 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6) ∆1 5. Julius Anglickas (10-3) ∇1 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Alex Polizzi (10-1) ∆1 8. Karl Albrektsson (13-3) ∇1 9. Grant Neal (6-1) 10. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1)	MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (49-7-2) 1. Johnny Eblen (11-0) ∆2 2. Austin Vanderford (11-1) 3. John Salter (18-6) ∇2 4. Fabian Edwards (9-2) 5. Anatoly Tokov (30-2) 6. Lorenz Larkin (23-7) 7. Romero Cotton (6-0) ∆1 8. Dalton Rosta (6-0) ∇1 9. Anthony Adams (9-2) 10. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3)	MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 1. Michael Page (20-1) 2. Douglas Lima (32-10) 3. Jason Jackson (15-4) 4. Logan Storley (13-1) 5. Neiman Gracie (11-3) 6. Andrey Koreshkov (25-4) 7. Derek Anderson (17-4) 8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) 9. Kyle Crutchmer (8-1) 10. Sabah Homasi (16-10)
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricky Pitbull (24-10) 1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4) 2. Brent Primus (11-2) 3. Benson Henderson (29-11) ∆1 4. Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0) ∆1 5. Peter Queally (13-6-1) ∆1 6. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1) ∆1 7. Myles Jury (19-6) ∆1 8. Alexander Shabliy (20-3) ∆1 9. Dan Moret (15-7) 10. Gadzhi Rabadanov (17-4-1) NR	MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. AJ McKee (18-0) 1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 2. Adam Borics (18-1) 3. Mads Burnell (16-4) ∇1 4. Aaron Pico (9-3) 5. Pedro Carvalho (12-5) 6. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-7) 7. Jeremy Kennedy (17-3) 8. Daniel Weichel (41-13) 9. Justin Gonzales (12-1) 10. Cody Law (6-0) NR	MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Sergio Pettis (22-5) 1. Juan Archuleta (25-3) 2. Patchy Mix (15-1) 3. Raufeon Stots (17-1) 4. Magomed Magomedov (18-2) 5. Kyoji Horiguchi (29-4) 6. Leandro Higo (21-5) 7. James Gallagher (11-2) 8. Josh Hill (21-4) 9. Jornel Lugo (8-0) 10. Cass Bell (5-2)
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC) 1. Arlene Blencowe (15-8) 2. Cat Zingano (12-4) 3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) 4. Sinead Kavanagh (8-5) 5. Leah McCourt (6-2) 6. Janay Harding (6-5) 7. Pam Sorenson (9-4) 8. Talita Nogueira (8-2) ∇1 9. Jessica Borga (3-4) 10. Dayana Silva (9-7)	WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT C. Juliana Velasquez (12-0) 1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 2. Liz Carmouche (16-7) 3. Denise Kielholtz (6-3) 4. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1) 5. Alejandra Lara (9-5) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4) 7. DeAnna Bennett (12-7-1) 8. Vanessa Porto (23-9) 9. Diana Avsaragova (5-0) 10. Valerie Loureda (4-1)