European Top Ten

Fighter Rankings

By Groundandpound.de

May, 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. Robbie Olivier (England)

2. Emmanuel Fernandez (France)

3. Alex Owen (England)

4. Brad Pickett (England)

5. Ronnie Mann (England)

6. Augusto Frota (Brazil \ Switzerland)

7. Sami Aziz (Sweden)

8. David Lejenäs (Sweden)

9. Michal Hamrsmid (Czech Republic)

10. Paul Reed (SCO)

Lightweight -70kg

1. Per Eklund (Sweden)

2. Bendy Casimir (France) - up five spots

3. Vladimir Zenin (Russia)

4. Abdul Mohamed (England)

5. Dennis Siver (Germany)

6. Samy Schiavo (France)

7. Terry Etim (England) - up one spot

8. Andre Winner (England) - up one spot  

9. Erikas Petraitis (Lithuania) - up one spot

10. Jarkko Latomäki (Finland) - In

Welterweight -77kg

1. David Baron (France) - In

2. Paul Daley (England) - down one spot

3. Dan Hardy (England) - down one spot

4. Jess Liaudin (France) - down one spot

5. Diego Gonzalez (Sweden) - down one spot

6. David Bielkheden (Sweden)

7. Paul Kelly (England)

8. Jim Wallhead (England)

9. Che Mills (England) - In

10. Fabricio Nascimento (Brazil / Italy) - down three spots

Middleweight -85kg

1. Gegard Mousasi (Armenia)

2. Michael Bisping (England) - In

3. Amar Suloev (Armenia) - down one spot

4. Arman Gambaryan (Russia) - down one spot

5. Siyar Bahadurzada (AFG/HOL) - down one spot

6. Jordan Radev (BUL) - In

7. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (France) - down two spots

8. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania) - down two spots

9. Aleksander Shlemenko (Russia)

10. Petras Markevicius (Lithuania) - down three spots

Light Heavyweight -93kg

1. Mikko Rupponen (Finland) - up one spot

2. Tomasz Drwal (Poland) - up one spot

3. Moise Rimbon (France) - up one spot

4. Antonio Mendes (Brazil / Spain) - up two spots

5. Mamed Khalidov (Russia) - up two spots

6. Michal Materla (Poland) - up two spots

7. James Zikic (England) - up two spots

8. Daniel Tabera (Spain) - In

9. Ian Freeman (England) - In

10. Maro Perak (Croatia) - In

Heavyweight +93kg

1. Cheick Kongo (France) - up one spot

2. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia) - up one spot

3. Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia) - up one spot

4. Alistair Overeem (Holland) - up two spots

5. Roman Zentsov (Russia) - up two spots

6. Gilbert Yvel (Netherlands) - up two spots

7. Ibragim Magomedov (Russia) - up two spots

8. Martin Thompson (U.K.) - In

9. Tengiz Tedoradze (Georgia / U.K.) - down four spots

10. Mustafa Al-Turk (England)

(5/16/08)