Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: November 2014

As kickboxing looks to establish itself from both boxing and MMA with GLORY, K-1 and Lion Fight, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the eyes (and rankings) of the media.

Every month, Combat Press will rank each weight class from heavyweight to featherweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings.

The numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from last month.

1. Rico Verhoeven (1)
2. Daniel Ghita (2)
3. Errol Zimmerman (3)
4. Hesdy Gerges (5)
5. Benjamin Adegbuyi (6)
6. Peter Aerts  (7)
7. Anderson Silva (4)
8. Zabit Samedov  (8)
9. Mirko Filipović  (9)
10. Ben Edwards  (10)

Anderson “Braddock” Silva drops three places after suffering a TKO loss to the unranked Sergei Kharitonov at W5 in Russia. Why didn’t the fighters flip spots? Well, watch the fight and you’ll understand.

1. Gokhan Saki (1)
2. Tyrone Spong (2)
3. Danyo Ilunga (3)
4. Nathan Corbett (4)
5. Artem Vakhitov (5)
6. Saulo Cavalari (6)
7. Igor Jurković (7)
8. Mourad Bouzidi (8)
9. Andrei Stoica (9)
10. Michael Duut (10)

1. Artem Levin (1)
2. Joe Schilling (2)
3. Wayne Barrett (3)
4. Simon Marcus (4)
5. Alex Pereira (5)
6. Filip Verlinden (6)
7. Sahak Parparyan (7)
8. Melvin Manhoef (8)
9. Israel Adesanya (9)
10. Jason Wilnis (10)

1. Nieky Holzken (1)
2. Joseph Valtellini (2)
3. Marc de Bonte (3)
4. Karapet Karapetyan (4)
5. Artur Kyshenko (5)
6. Raymond Daniels (6)
7. Alexander Stetsurenko (7)
8. Karim Ghajji (8)
9. L’houcine Ouzgni (9)
10. Jonatan Oliveira (10)

1. Davit Kiria (1)
2. Andy Ristie (2)
3. Giorgio Petrosyan (3)
4. Robin van Roosmalen (4)
5. Murthel Groenhart (6)
6. Buakaw Banchamek (5)
7. Andy Souwer (7)
8. Dzhabar Askerov (8)
9. Ky Hollenbeck (9)
10. Yodsanklai Fairtex (10)

Whenever Buakaw steps into the ring, people want to watch. But lately, it’s the bizarre behavior outside the ring that is garnering more attention. Take the K-1 World Max Final in Thailand. Buakaw was battling Enriko Kehl in a surprisingly competitive contest, and at the end of the third round, the fight was slated for an extension round. However, Buakaw decided he was done for the night and left the ring, handing Kehl the win by forfeit.

1. Mosab Amrani (1)
2. Yuta Kubo (2)
3. Gabriel Varga (3)
4. Masaaki Noiri (4)
5. Sagetdao Petpayathai (5)
6. Shane Oblonsky (6)
7. Liam Harrison (7)
8. Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai (8)
9. Chi-Bin Lim (9)
10. Kevin Ross (10)

1. Artem Levin (1)
2. Gokhan Saki (2)
3. Rico Verhoeven (3)
4. Nieky Holzken (4)
5. Davit Kiria (5)
6. Andy Ristie (6)
7. Giorgio Petrosyan (7)
8. Joseph Valtellini (8)
9. Daniel Ghita (9)
10. Robin van Roosmalen (10)