Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Finalists Vadim Nemkov And Corey Anderson Climb Pound-For-Pound Rankings After Dominant Bellator 268 Wins While Brent Primus Makes Top-10 Debut

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA makes its Russian debut on Saturday, October 23 with BELLATOR 269: Fedor vs. Johnson, headlined by the highly anticipated return of Russian MMA Legend Fedor Emelianenko (39-6) who clashes with No. 2-ranked heavyweight Tim Johnson (15-7). In the co-main event, former BELLATOR Heavyweight World Champion Vitaly Minakov (22-1) returns after more than two years off to take on No. 8-ranked heavyweight Said Sowma (7-2).

BELLATOR 269: Fedor vs. Johnson takes place within the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia andairs live on SHOWTIME at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT.

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MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. AJ McKee (18-0) 2. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) ∆1 2. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 4. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) ∆1 6. Corey Anderson (16-5) ∆3 7. Sergio Pettis (21-5) 8. Ryan Bader (28-7) ∇3 9. Michael Page (20-1) ∇1 10. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1) WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 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 (14-8) 7. Cat Zingano (12-4) 8. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1) 9. Leah McCourt (6-1) 10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (28-7) IC. Valentin Moldavsky (11-1)  2. Tim Johnson (15-7)  3. Cheick Kongo (31-11-2)  4. Tyrell Fortune (11-1) 5. Linton Vassell (20-8) 6. Steve Mowry (9-0) 7. Davion Franklin (4-0) 8. Said Sowma (7-2) 9. Gokhan Saricam (5-1) 10. Jake Hager (3-0)
MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 1. Corey Anderson (16-5) ∆1 2. Phil Davis (23-6) ∆1 3. Ryan Bader (28-7) ∇2 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6) 4. Julius Anglickas (10-2) ∆1 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Karl Albrektsson (13-3) ∆3 8. Alex Polizzi (9-1) ∇1 9. Grant Neal (6-1) ∇1 10. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1) ∇1MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 1. Austin Vanderford (11-0)  2. John Salter (18-5)  3. Costello van Steenis (13-2)  4. Fabian Edwards (9-2) ∆1 5. Johnny Eblen (9-0) ∇1 6. Charlie Ward (9-4) 7. Mike Shipman (14-3) 8. Romero Cotton (5-0) 9. Dalton Rosta (5-0) 10. Norbert Novenyi Jr. (5-0)MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 1. Michael Page (20-1) 2. Douglas Lima (32-10) 3. Jason Jackson (15-4) 4. Neiman Gracie (11-2) 5. Logan Storley (12-1) 6. Derek Anderson (17-4)  7. Paul Daley (43-18-2)  8. Joey Davis (8-0) ∆1   9. Andrey Koreshkov (24-4) ∇1    10.Oliver Enkamp (10-2)
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 1. Patricky Pitbull (23-10) 2. Sidney Outlaw (16-4)  3. Brent Primus (11-2) NR   4. Peter Queally (13-5-1)  5. Goiti Yamauchi (26-5)  6. Benson Henderson (28-11) ∇3  7. Usman Nurmagomedov (13-0) ∇1   7. Myles Jury (19-6) 9. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1) ∇1     10. Dan Moret (15-6) NR  MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. AJ McKee (18-0) 1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 2. Mads Burnell (16-3) 3. Adam Borics (17-1) 4. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-6) 5. Aaron Pico (8-3) 6. Daniel Weichel (41-12) 7. Pedro Carvalho (11-5) 8. Justin Gonzales (12-0) 9. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5)MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Sergio Pettis (21-5) 1. Juan Archuleta (25-3) 2. Raufeon Stots (17-1) 3. Patchy Mix (14-1) 4. Magomed Magomedov (18-2) 5. Leandro Higo (21-5)  6. James Gallagher (11-1)  7. Josh Hill (20-4) 8. Jornel Lugo (7-0) 9. Cass Bell (5-2) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5) 
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1 NC) 1. Arlene Blencowe (14-8) 2. Cat Zingano (12-4) 3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) 4. Leah McCourt (6-1)  5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4)  6. Janay Harding (6-5)  7. Pam Sorenson (9-3)  8. Talita Nogueira (8-2)   9. Jessy Miele (9-5) 10. Jessica Borga (3-4)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. Kate Jackson (11-5-1) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4) 7. DeAnna Bennett (11-7-1) ∆1 8. Alejandra Lara (9-5) ∇1     9. Vanessa Porto (23-9) 10. Diana Avsaragova (4-0)       
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