Yaroslav Amosov Climbs Pound-For-Pound Rankings After World Title Victory While Justin Gonzales and Aaron Pico Both Move Up In Featherweight Division Rankings With Stellar Victories
LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA returns to action on Friday, June 25 with BELLATOR 261 featuring a heavyweight clash between Timothy Johnson (15-6) and Valentin Moldavsky (10-1) to determine the promotion’s first ever interim champion. In the co-main event, a top-five women’s flyweight bout pits the No. 2 ranked Liz Carmouche (15-7) against the undefeated No. 3 ranked Kana Watanabe (10-0-1). BELLATOR 261 airs live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
| MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (14-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (28-6, 1 NC) 5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) ∆5 6. AJ McKee (17-0) ∇1 7. Sergio Pettis (21-5) 8. Douglas Lima (32-9) ∇3 9. Corey Anderson (15-5) 10. Juan Archuleta (25-3) ∇2 | WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1 NC) 2. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 4. Julia Budd (15-3) 5. Liz Carmouche (15-7) 6. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 7. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) 8. Cat Zingano (12-4) 9. Kana Watanabe (10-0-1) 10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1) | MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT C. Ryan Bader (28-6) 1. Timothy Johnson (15-6) 2. Cheick Kongo (30-11-2) 3. Valentin Moldavsky (10-1) 4. Linton Vassell (20-8) 5. Tyrell Fortune (10-1) 6. Steven Mowry (9-0) 7. Matt Mitrione (13-8) 8. Davion Franklin (3-0) ∆1 9. Gokhan Saricam (5-1) NR 10. Jake Hager (3-0) |
| MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT C. Vadim Nemkov (14-2) 1. Ryan Bader (28-6) 2. Corey Anderson (15-5) 3. Phil Davis (22-6) 4. Anthony Johnson (23-6) 5. Julius Anglickas (10-1) 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Grant Neal (6-0) 8. Tyree Fortune (5-1) ∆1 9. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1) ∇1 10. Karl Albrektsson (11-3) NR | MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 1. John Salter (18-4) 2. Austin Vanderford (11-0) 3. Costello van Steenis (13-2) ∆1 4. Fabian Edwards (9-2) ∆1 5. Johnny Eblen (8-0) ∆1 6. Charlie Ward (9-4) ∆1 7. Romero Cotton (5-0) ∆3 8. Mike Shipman (14-3) 9. Ed Ruth (8-3) 10. Norbert Novenyi Jr. (5-0) NR 10. Dalton Rosta (5-0) NR | MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0) 1. Douglas Lima (32-9) ∇1 2. Michael Page (19-1) 3. Jason Jackson (14-4) 4. Neiman Gracie (10-2) 5. Logan Storley (11-1) 6. Joey Davis (8-0) ∆2 7. Derek Anderson (17-4) 8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) ∇2 9. Sabah Homasi (15-9) 10. Oliver Enkamp (10-2) |
| MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 1. Patricky Pitbull (23-10) ∆1 2. Benson Henderson (28-10) ∆1 3. Goiti Yamauchi (25-5) ∆1 4. Myles Jury (19-5) ∆2 5. Peter Queally (13-5-1) 6. Sidney Outlaw (15-4) ∆1 7. Aviv Gozali (6-0) ∆3 8. Alexander Shabliy (20-3) ∆1 9. Adam Piccolotti (12-4) ∇1 10. Dan Moret (15-6) NR | MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Patricio Pitbull (32-4) 1. AJ McKee (17-0) 2. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) 3. Adam Borics (17-1) 4. Jay-Jay Wilson (8-0) 5. Aaron Pico (8-3) ∆1 6. Daniel Weichel (40-12) ∇1 7. Pedro Carvalho (11-5) 8. Mads Burnell (15-3) 9. Justin Gonzales (12-0) NR 10. Jeremy Kennedy (16-3, 1 NC) | MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT C. Sergio Pettis (21-5) 1. Juan Archuleta (25-3) 2. Patchy Mix (14-1) 3. Magomed Magomedov (18-1) 4. Raufeon Stots (16-1) 5. Leandro Higo (21-5) 6. James Gallagher (11-1) 7. Josh Hill (20-4) 8. Jornel Lugo (6-0) 9. Cass Bell (5-2) 10. Darrion Caldwell (15-5) |
| WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. Cris Cyborg (24-2, 1 NC) 1. Julia Budd (15-3) 2. Arlene Blencowe (13-8) 3. Cat Zingano (12-4) 4. Leslie Smith (12-8-1) 5. Leah McCourt (5-1) 6. Sinead Kavanagh (7-4) 7. Janay Harding (6-5) 8. Jessy Miele (9-5) ∆1 9. Marina Mokhnatkina (5-2) NR 10.Talita Nogueira (8-2) | WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT C. Juliana Velasquez (11-0) 1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1) 2. Liz Carmouche (15-7) 3. Kana Watanabe (10-0-1) 4. Denise Kielholtz (6-2) 5. Alejandra Lara (9-4) 6. Veta Arteaga (6-4) 7. Kate Jackson (11-5-1) 8. Hannah Guy (3-1) ∆1 9. Valerie Loureda (3-1) ∇1 10. Vanessa Porto (22-9) | |
