Updated Official Bellator MMA Fighter Rankings As Of February 22

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR is set for a return to the Irish capital this Friday, Feb. 25 for BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford, which sees one of the most dominant middleweight fighters of all time and current BELLATOR World Champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC)defend his crown against undefeated American Top Team standout Austin Vanderford (11-0). The co-main event sees Ireland’s most-recent title challenger Sinead Kavanagh(7-5) and Northern Ireland’s Leah McCourt (6-1) in what is set to be the biggest Irish female fight ever.

BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford marks the first event to air live on BBC Three in the United Kingdom, while in America it can be viewed on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. A stacked, eight-fight preliminary card will air live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. AJ McKee (18-0) 2. Vadim Nemkov (15-2) 3. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) ∆1 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. Leah McCourt (6-1) 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) ∆1 7. Tyrell Fortune (11-2) ∇1 8. Davion Franklin (5-0) 9. Said Sowma (8-3) 10. Vitaly Minakov (22-2) NR
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. Julius Anglickas (10-2) 5. Anthony Johnson (23-6) 6. Lyoto Machida (26-11) 7. Karl Albrektsson (13-3) 8. Alex Polizzi (9-1) 9. Grant Neal (6-1) 10. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1)	MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT C. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2) 1. Austin Vanderford (11-0) 2. John Salter (18-5) 3. Johnny Eblen (10-0) 4. Fabian Edwards (9-2) 5. Anatoly Tokov (30-2) 6. Lorenz Larkin (23-7) ∆1 7. Romero Cotton (5-0) ∇1 8. Dalton Rosta (6-0) ∇1 9. Anthony Adams (9-2) NR 10. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3)NR	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) ∆1 5. Neiman Gracie (11-3) ∇1 6. Andrey Koreshkov (25-4) ∆3 7. Derek Anderson (17-4) ∇1 8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) ∇1 9. Joey Davis (8-0) ∇1 10. Kyle Crutchmer (8-1)
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT C. Patricky Pitbull (24-10) 1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4 2. Brent Primus (11-2) 3. Goiti Yamauchi (26-5) ∆1 4. Benson Henderson (29-11) ∇1 5. Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0) 6. Peter Queally (13-6-1) 7. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1) 8. Myles Jury (19-6) 9. Alexander Shabliy (20-3)∆1 10. Aviv Gozali (6-1) ∇1	MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT C. AJ McKee (18-0) 1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) 2. Mads Burnell (16-3) 2. Adam Borics (17-1) 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. Darrion Caldwell (15-6)	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) ∆3 6. Leandro Higo (21-5) ∇1 7. James Gallagher (11-2) ∇1 8. Josh Hill (21-4) ∇1 9. Jornel Lugo (7-0) 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. Leah McCourt (6-1) 5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-5) 6. Janay Harding (6-5) 7. Pam Sorenson (9-4) 8. Talita Nogueira (8-2) ∇1 9. Jessica Borga (3-4) ∆1 10. Dayana Silva (9-7) NR	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 (4-0) 10. Valerie Loureda (4-1)

Updated schedule of BELLATOR events

Fri. Feb. 25 // BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs. Vanderford // 3Arena // Dublin, Ireland
Fri. Mar. 12 // BELLATOR 276: Borics vs. Burnell // The Family Arena // St. Louis, Mo.
Fri. Apr. 15 // BELLATOR 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2/Nemkov vs. Anderson // SAP Center // San Jose, Calif.
Fri. May 6 // BELLATOR PARIS: Bader vs. Kongo 2 // Accor Arena // Paris, FRA
Fri. May 13 // BELLATOR LONDON: Amosov vs. MVP // The OVO Arena Wembley // London

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