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 compiles 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)
- Mory Kromah (2)
- Miloš Cvjetićanin (3)
- Sofian Laidouni (4)
- Levi Rigters (5)
- Kevin Tariq Osaro (6)
- Ariel Machado (7)
- Antonio Plazibat (8)
- Nico Pereira Horta (9)
- Anis Bouzid (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Sergej Maslobojev (1)
- Mohamed Touchassie (2)
- Donovan Wisse (3)
- Tarik Khbabez (4)
- Michael Boapeah (5)
- Thian de Vries (6)
- Cem Cáceres (7)
- Miloš Cvjetićanin (8)
- Ștefan Lătescu (9)
- Lukas Achterberg (10)
No. 6 Thian de Vries was the only ranked light heavyweight in action during July. The unbeaten Dutchman stopped K-Jee in the opening round at K-1 DONTAKU 2026 on July 20. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Chico Kwasi (1)
- Joshua Akingbade (4)
- Ulric Bokeme (2)
- Serkan Özçağlayan (3)
- Sergej Braun (5)
- Bilal Bakhouche-Chareuf (6)
- Anwar Dira (7)
- Max Weekers (8)
- Chahid Hammouti (9)
- Fabian Lorito (10)
Middleweight produced the most consequential results of July, as three ranked fighters competed in the SENSHI 32 Middleweight Grand Prix on July 11 in Varna, Bulgaria. No. 4 Joshua Akingbade had a breakout performance, going 3-0 in one night. After defeating Ali Yuzeir by decision in the opening round, Akingbade knocked out No. 2 Ulric Bokeme in the semifinal. He then stopped tenth-ranked Fabian Lorito in the final to capture the SENSHI Grand Prix championship.
Bokeme went 1-1, defeating Juri de Sousa before suffering the first-round knockout against Akingbade. Lorito actually put together a strong tournament despite losing the final, going 2-1 with victories over David Szabo-Toth and Olivier Langlois-Ross.
Akingbade moves into the No. 2 spot, moving the two above him down one notch.
- Regian Eersel (1)
- Endy Semeleer (2)
- Teodor Hristov (3)
- Chico Kwasi (4)
- Dmitry Menshikov (5)
- “Hamicha” Mohamed Mezouari (6)
- Vedat Hödük (7)
- Diaguely Camara (8)
- Figuereido Landman (9)
- Christian Baya (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Superbon Singha Mawynn (1)
- Marat Grigorian (2)
- Jonas Salsicha (3)
- Ouyang Feng (4)
- Mohammad Siasarani (5)
- Kacper Muszyński (6)
- Kaito Ono (7)
- Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (8)
- Younes Smaili (9)
- Darryl Verdonk (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Mo Abdurahman (1)
- David Mejia (2)
- Zhou Jiaqiang (3)
- Meison Hide Usami (4)
- Yulian Pozdniakov (5)
- Ryoya Inai (6)
- Singpayak Payaklamphong (7)
- Takumi Sanekata (8)
- Kenta (9)
- Riki Matsuoka (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Kento Haraguchi (1)
- Petpanomrung Kiatmoo9 (2)
- Miguel Trindade (3)
- Chadd Collins (4)
- Jonathan Haggerty (5)
- Yuki Yoza (-)
- Ilias Ennahachi (6)
- Hiroki Akimoto (7)
- Bobo Sacko (8)
- Abraham Vidales (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Taio Asahisa (10)
Top-ranked super bantamweight Yuki Yoza was back in action on July 17, when he took on Ben Woolliss under the ONE Championship banner. Yoza controlled the fight over three rounds and walked away with the unanimous-decision victory. The former K-1 standout has now put together back-to-back appearances in ONE’s bantamweight division, including his previous fight with Jonathan Haggerty. With ONE’s hydration-tested bantamweight limit sitting at 145 pounds, Yoza’s recent fights have taken place right around the 66-kilogram mark. With his next fight also taking place in ONE’s 145-pound division, he has been removed from the super bantamweight rankings, and added to featherweight at No. 6, right behind Haggerty. Taio Asahisa falls out of the top 10.
- Giorgi Malania (2)
- Yuzuki Satomi (3)
- Hirotaka Asahisa (4)
- Zhu Shuai (5)
- Chadd Collins (6)
- Zhao Chongyang (7)
- Ji Zhize (-)
- Jin Ying (8)
- Wei Weiyang (9)
- Kiyomitsu Nagasawa (10)
Dropped from the rankings: Yuki Yoza (1)
While no super bantamweights were in action in July, there was a small shake-up. With No. 1 Yuki Yoza moving up a division, those below him move up only down to No. 7. Zhao Chongyang. Ji Zhize recently beat No. 8 Jin Ying at WLF 556, so Ji enters at No. 8.
- Superlek Kiatmoo9 (1)
- Takeru Segawa (2)
- Rodtang Jitmuangnon (3)
- Hirotaka Asahisa (4)
- Rémi Parra (5)
- Tomoya Yokoyama (6)
- Leona Pettas (7)
- Kan Nakamura (8)
- Taito Gunji (9)
- Yuan Pengjie (10)
No. 5 Rémi Parra kept rolling in July. The Frenchman returned to action against Zakaria El Jari at Petit Prince Trophy 5 and picked up another victory, taking the fight by unanimous decision. Parra has been one of the more active names around the 60-kilogram scene, and July added another win to his record. The rankings remain unchanged.
- Haruto Yasumoto (1)
- Takumi Terada (2)
- Koyata Yamada (3)
- Shoki Kaneda (4)
- Kotaro Yamada (5)
- Kaito Sakaguchi (6)
- Shuhei Kumura (7)
- Zhao Zhengdong (8)
- Tatsuki (9)
- Kyo Kawakami (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Koki Osaki (1)
- Shiro Matsumoto (2)
- Rui Okubo (3)
- Akihiro Kaneko (4)
- Toki Oshika (5)
- Jonathan Di Bella (10)
- Ryunosuke Omori (9)
- Masashi Kumura (8)
- Ry Hanaoka (-)
- Riamu Sera (-)
Dropped from the rankings: Futa Hashimoto (6), Koji Ikeda (7)
The flyweights had a busy July, with No. 9 Ryunosuke Omori and No. 10 Jonathan Di Bella both picking up victories in ONE Championship. Omori faced Ali Al-Kinani at ONE Friday Fights 162 on July 17 and took home a unanimous-decision victory. On the same day, Jonathan Di Bella put his ONE strawweight kickboxing title on the line in a rematch with Zhang Peimian. Their first meeting was a close one, but Di Bella once again got the better of the Chinese fighter, earning a unanimous decision and retaining his title.
No. 5 strawweightRyu Hanaoka added some gold to his collection at RISE 200. Hanaoka faced Djillali Kharroubi for the vacant ISKA world bantamweight title and earned a unanimous decision after five rounds.
Finally, at Krush 190, No. 6 Futa Hashimoto lost a unanimous decision to Eito Kurokawa. While all of Kurokawa’s previous fights have been at strawweight, and he is coming off back-to-back losses there, he is definitely a consideration for flyweight.
When all is said and done, Di Bella jumps to No. 6 with Omori falling in right behind him. Masashi Kumura stays at no. 8 and Hashimoto falls off the rankings. No. 7 Koji Ikeda, who is 1-4 in the last year, exits the top 10 as well. Lastly, fifth-ranked strawweight Ryu Hanaoka and tenth-ranked strawweight Riamu Sera needed to be reclassified at flyweight, so Hanaoka will enter at No. 9 and Riamu takes over the No. 10 spot.
- Toki Tamaru (1)
- Kazuki Osaki (2)
- Ryujin Nasukawa (3)
- Kumandoi Petchyindee (4)
- Jin Mandokoro (6)
- Adam Sor.Dechapan (7)
- Toma Kuroda (8)
- Neigo Katono (-)
- Tenshi Matsumoto (-)
- Issei Ishii (9)
Dropped from the rankings: Ryu Hanaoka (5), Riamu Sera (10)
Before getting to the July results, No. 5 Ryu Hanaoka and No. 10 Riamu Sera have been moved up to the flyweight rankings, and he is being removed from strawweight.
No. 3 Ryujin Nasukawa made quite the first impression in ONE Championship. The Japanese standout faced Thongpoon PK Saenchai in his promotional debut and put him away in the second round. Things didn’t go nearly as well for No. 9 Issei Ishii at K-1 DONTAKU.
Ishii entered as the K-1 bantamweight champion and put his belt on the line against Neigo Katono. Katono scored three knockdowns and stopped Ishii at 2:46 of the second round to capture the 53-kilogram title.
Katono takes the No. 8 spot, Ishii falls to No. 10, and entering the gap at No. 9 is Tenshi Matsumoto, who scored the RISE flyweight title in Feb. 2026, and has a title defense coming up next month.
- Superbon Singha Mawynn (1)
- Kento Haraguchi (2)
- Kazuki Osaki (3)
- Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 (4)
- Marat Grigorian (5)
- Haruto Yasumoto (6)
- Koki Osaki (7)
- Mory Kromah (8)
- Chico Kwasi (9)
- Mohamed Touchassie (10)
No top-10 fighters were in action, so the rankings remain unchanged.
- Phetjeeja Or.Meekun (1)
- Koyuki Miyazaki (2)
- Débora Évora (3)
- Martine Michieletto (4)
- Saho Yoshino (5)
- Antonia Prifti (6)
- Tessa de Kom (7)
- Stella Hemetsberger (8)
- Jackie Buntan (9)
- Nina van Dalum (10)
No. 5 Saho Yoshino picked up a huge win in July when she stepped into the ONE Championship ring with decorated French veteran Anissa Meksen. Yoshino entered the fight with plenty of momentum from her run in Japan, but Meksen represented one of the biggest tests of her career. The Japanese fighter was up to the task. Yoshino went the distance with the former GLORY and ISKA champion and walked away with the unanimous-decision victory, adding another major name to her résumé. 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.