As kickboxing continues to grow on a global scale with promotions like GLORY, K-1, ONE Championship, and more, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the eyes (and rankings) of the media. Every month, Combat Press will compile kickboxing rankings for each weight class from heavyweight to strawweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings for both men and women.
Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from the previous month.
- Rico Verhoeven (1)
- Levi Rigters (2)
- Bahram Rajabzadeh (3)
- Kevin Tariq Osaro (4)
- Antonio Plazibat (5)
- Roman Kryklia (6)
- Rade Opačić (7)
- Ariel Machado (8)
- Sofian Laidouni (9)
- Iraj Azizpour (10)
No top-10 ranked fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Donegi Abena (1)
- Tarik Khbabez (2)
- Bahram Rajabzadeh (3)
- Sergej Maslobojev (4)
- Cem Cáceres (5)
- Ștefan Lătescu (6)
- Ibrahim El Bouni (7)
- Felipe Micheletti (8)
- Thian de Vries (9)
- Miloš Cvjetićanin (10)
Two light heavyweights were in action in October, and both were victorious, so the rankings remain unchanged. First, on Oct. 5, at Enfusion 140, No. 9 Thian de Vries won a TKO in Round 3 with a jumping knee at the demise of Mimoun Jazouli. A week later, No. 7 Ibrahim El Bouni won a unanimous decision in an extra round against Bogdan Stoica at GLORY 96.
- Donovan Wisse (1)
- Islam Murtazaev (2)
- Sergey Ponomarev (3)
- Michael Boapeah (4)
- Ulric Bokeme (5)
- Serkan Özçağlayan (6)
- Sergej Braun (7)
- Mohamed Touchassie (8)
- Eduard Aleksanyan (9)
- Aleksandar Petrov (10)
On Oct. 12, at GLORY 96, four ranked middleweights were in action. First, No. 4 Michael Boapeah won a unanimous decision over No. 8 Mohamed Touchassie. In the co-main event, divisional king Donovan Wisse won a unanimous decision over No. 7 Sergej Braun to retain the GLORY middleweight title. Four days later, Sergey Ponomarev won a split decision over Jayden Eynaud at Ural FC 8 to win the vacant Ural FC K-1 -85 kg title. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Regian Eersel (2)
- Alexis Nicolas (1)
- Chico Kwasi (3)
- Tyjani Beztati (4)
- Endy Semeleer (5)
- Dmitry Menshikov (6)
- Teodor Hristov (7)
- Jay Overmeer (8)
- Jamie Bates (9)
- “Hamicha” Mohamed Mezouari (10)
On Oct. 5, at ONE Fight Night 25, Regian Eersel regained his ONE 170-pound kickboxing title with a unanimous decision over Alexis Nicolas in their rematch. They swap the top two positions. On Oct 12, at GLORY 96, No. 3 Chico Kwasi defended his GLORY welterweight title with a split draw against No. 4 Tyjani Beztati. That same evening, No. 7 Teodor Hristov won a decision after an extra round against Robin Ciric. Outside of the top two, the rankings remain unchanged.
- Chingiz Allazov (1)
- Superbon Singha Mawynn (2)
- Marat Grigorian (3)
- Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (4)
- Tyjani Beztati (5)
- Giorgio Petrosyan (6)
- Tayfun Özcan (7)
- Jamal Yusupov (8)
- Kaito Ono (9)
- Kacper Muszyński (10)
On Oct. 13, No. 9 Kaito Ono won a unanimous decision over Davit Kiria at SHOOT BOXING 2024 act.5 to keep his position in the rankings.
- Jia Aoqi (1)
- Bobo Sacko (2)
- David Mejia (3)
- Rukiya Anpo (4)
- Ayinta Ali (5)
- Riki Matsuoka (6)
- Han Wenbao (7)
- Zhou Jiaqiang (9)
- Jomthong Chuwattana (8)
- Takumi Sanekata (10)
October saw some action in the ranked super featherweights. No. 2 Bobo Sacko and No. 3 David Mejia scored decision victories at GLORY 96 and Fight 2 One #7, respectively, which were one week apart from each other. On Oct. 25, No. 8 Jomthong suffered a unanimous decision loss to No. 9 Zhou Jiaqiang at Wu Lin Feng 549. The two change spots in the rankings.
- Miguel Trinidade (1)
- Chadd Collins (2)
- Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 (3)
- Wei Rui (4)
- Ilias Ennahachi (5)
- Hiroki Akimoto (6)
- Tetsuya Yamato (7)
- Kento Haraguchi (8)
- Kiamran Nabati (9)
- Taiju Shiratori (10)
No top-10 ranked fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Yuki Yoza (1)
- Zhu Shuai (3)
- Chadd Collins (4)
- Zhao Chongyang (5)
- Jin Ying (6)
- Tatsuya Oiwa (7)
- Kan Nakamura (10)
- Giorgi Malania (-)
- Wei Weiyang (-)
- Kongnapa Weerasakreck (2)
Dropped from the rankings: Kento Ito (8), Yuzuki Satomi (9)
While only one super bantamweight was in action in October, the WLF 63kg B Group Tournament at Wu Lin Feng 549 had a big impact on the divisional rankings. In the semifinals, both No. 2 Kongnapa Weerasakreck and Zhang Lanpei lost unanimous decisions to Wei Weiyang and Giorgi Malania, respectively. Then, in the finals, Malania won another unanimous decision to capture the tournament finals.
No. 8 and Kento Ito and No. 9 Yuzuki Satomi fall out, Kongnapa drops to No. 10, and No. 10 Kan Nakamura jumps to No. 7. Malania enters at No. 8 and Wei at No. 9.
- Superlek Kiatmoo9 (1)
- Takeru Segawa (2)
- Hirotaka Asahisa (3)
- Achraf Aasila (4)
- Rémi Parra (5)
- Leona Pettas (6)
- Taiga Kawabe (7)
- Yuki Kasahara (8)
- Tomoya Yokoyama (9)
- Yuki Egawa (10)
The only bantamweight in action in October was No. 8 Yuki Kasahara who lost a unanimous decision to Sonrak Fairtex at ONE Friday Fights 84. However, as a Muay Thai fight, this does not affect the rankings.
- Takumi Terada (1)
- Taito Gunji (2)
- Kaito Sakaguchi (3)
- Akif Guluzada (4)
- Haruto Yasumoto (5)
- Shoki Kaneda (6)
- Shuhei Kumura (-)
- Wang Junguang (8)
- Tatsuya Tsubakihara (7)
- Ryusei Kumagai (10)
Dropped from the rankings: Keisuke Monguchi (9)
On Oct. 5, No. 6 Shoki Kaneda scored a knockout in Round 1 over Toma Tanabe at the K-1 World GP 2024 in Osaka, but that same evening, No. 7 Tatsuya Tsubakihara lost a split decision to Shuhei Kumura. Two weeks later, No. 5 Haruto Yasumoto won a unanimous decision over No. 9 Keisuke Monguchi at RISE 182 to capture the RISE featherweight title. When it all shook out, Kumura re-entered the rankings at No. 7, Monguchi fell off the rankings, and Tsubakihara falls to No. 9.
Also, in October, No. 2 Taito Gunji got back in the win column with a unanimous decision win over Cristian-Bogdan Lungu at the Japan Martial Arts Expo to capture the vacant ISKA Oriental rules Intercontinental super featherweight (-59kg) title.
- Shiro Matsumoto (1)
- Koki Osaki (2)
- Akihiro Kaneko (3)
- Rui Okubo (4)
- Masashi Kumura (5)
- Masahiko Suzuki (6)
- Kompetch Fairtex (7)
- Prajanchai PK.Saenchai (8)
- Jonathan Di Bella (9)
- Akram Hamidi (10)
No top-10 ranked fighters were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Toki Tamaru (1)
- Kazuki Osaki (2)
- Kumandoi Petchyindee (3)
- Jin Mandokoro (4)
- Ryu Hanaoka (5)
- Kazane Nagai (6)
- Toma Kuroda (7)
- Issei Ishii (8)
- Koji Ikeda (9)
- Rui Okubo (10)
In October, only two ranked fighters were in action, and both were Muay Thai bouts, which do not affect the rankings. No. 3 Kumandoi and No. 8 Issei Ishii both won decisions in their respective bouts at Rajadamnern Stadium in two different events.
- Chingiz Allazov (1)
- Superbon Singha Mawynn (2)
- Marat Grigorian (3)
- Wei Rui (4)
- Rico Verhoeven (5)
- Superlek Kiatmoo9 (6)
- Shiro Matsumoto (7)
- Toki Tamaru (8)
- Kazuki Osaki (9)
- Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 (10)
No. 8 Toki Tamaru was the only ranked fighter in action in October, as he got back to his winning ways. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Tiffany van Soest (1)
- Phetjeeja Or.Meekun (2)
- Jorina Baars (3)
- Sarel de Jong (4)
- Koyuki Miyazaki (5)
- Miyuu Sugawara (6)
- Li Mingrui (7)
- Martine Michieletto (8)
- Arina Kobayashi (9)
- Saho Yoshino (10)
No. 9 Arina Kobayashi was the only ranked female fighter in action in October, and she picked up a unanimous decision win over Bo-Kyeong Byun at RISE 182. The rankings remain unchanged.
Editor’s Note: Fighters are eligible to be ranked if they have competed in the last 18 months. Any fighter that chooses to switch weight classes will be ranked in their previous weight class until they have competed twice in their new division.