European Top Ten

Fighter Rankings

By Groundandpound.de

January, 2008

The good folks over at www.groundandpound.de have updated their exclusive European Top Ten fighter

rankings. As stated on their website: "To be considered for this list, European fighters need to be considered

active and must have fought in Europe within the last 12 months, or have a fight scheduled in Europe in the

next 30 days. Non-European fighters will only make the list, when they actually live and fight in Europe

actively.." To view all the fighter information which includes their performance in their last five fights plus their

overall record (not to mention fighters you need to keep your eye on), visit: www.groundandpound.de. Special

Thanks go out to Ulrich Huppertz (Groundandpound.de) for the following rankings:

Featherweight -65kg

1. Danny Batten (England)

2. Robbie Olivier (England)

3. Emmanuel Fernandez (France)

4. Alex Owen (England)

5. Brad Pickett (England)

6. Augusto Frota (Brazil \ Switzerland)

7. Ronnie Mann (England)

8. David Lejenäs (Sweden)

9. Michal Hamrsmid (Czech Republic)

10. Matteus Lahdesmaki (Finalnd)

Lightweight -70kg

1. Per Eklund (Sweden)

2. David Baron (France)

3. Vladimir Zenin (Russia)

4. Abdul Mohamed (England)

5. Dennis Siver (Germany)

6. Samy Schiavo (France)

7. Terry Etim (England)

8. Andre Winner (England)

9. Bendy Casimir (France)

10. Aidan Marron (Ireland)

Welterweight -77kg

1. Paul Daley (England)

2. Dan Hardy (England)

3. Jess Liaudin (France)

4. Fabricio Nascimento (Brazil)

5. Diego Gonzalez (Sweden)

6. David Bielkheden (Sweden)

7. Paul Kelly (England) - In

8. Jim Wallhead (England)

9. Paul Taylor (England) - down two spots

10. Daniel Weichel (Germany) - down one spot

Middleweight -85kg

1. Gegard Mousasi (Armenia)

2. Amar Suloev (Armenia)

3. Arman Gambaryan (Russia)

4. Siyar Bahadurzada (AFG/HOL)

5. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (France)

6. Daniel Tabera (Spain)

7. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania)

8. Petras Markevicius (Lithuania)

9. Sauli Heilimö (Finland)

10. Aleksander Shlemenko (Russia)

Light Heavyweight -93kg

1. Michael Bisping (England)

2. Mikko Rupponen (Finland)

3. Tomasz Drwal (Poland)

4. Moise Rimbon (France)

5. Cyrille Diabate (France)

6. Antonio Mendes (Brazil)

7. Mamed Khalidov (Russia)

8. Michal Materla (Poland)

9. Alessio Sakara (Italy) - In

10. James Zikic (England) - down one spot

Heavyweight +93kg

1. Fedor Emelianenko (Russia)

2. Cheick Kongo (France)

3. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia)

4. Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia)

5. Tengiz Tedoradze (Georgia) - up one spot

6. Alistair Overeem (Holland) - up one spot

7. Roman Zentsov (Russia) - down two spots

8. Gilbert Yvel (Netherlands)

9. Ibragim Magomedov (Russia)

10. Mustafa Al-Turk (England)

(1/26/08)