After the Season 4 Finale I created an unofficial fan ranking for each division of fighters and a P4P list for both Men’s and Women’s Division. Karate Combat has since moved to a numbered format after KC35. After each event I update these rankings, these are Post-Karate Combat 36 Rankings:
Bantamweight:
Eoghan Chelmiah (C)
Myrza-Bek Tebuev
Jesus Lopez
Abdessalam Ameknassi
Ilies Mardhi
Dimitrii Novikov
Lightweight:
Luiz Rocha (C)
Edgars Skrivers
Gabriel Varga
Bruno Roberto de Assis
Vitalie Certan
Lazar Kukuličić
Welterweight:
Josh Quayhagen (C)
Vasili Antokhii
Rafael Aghayev
Fernando Moreno Paz
Nikita Yanchuck
Kenji Grillon
Middleweight:
Ross Levine (C)
Raymond Daniels
Shahin Atamov
Igor De Castañeda
Franklin Mina
Jorge Perez
Men’s P4P:
Luiz Rocha
Josh Quayhagen
Ross Levine
Edgars Skrivers
Eoghan Chelmiah
Achraf Ouchen
Women's P4P:
Omaira Molina
Christina Kavakopoulou
Sthefanie Oliveira
Fabiola Esquivel
Ana Luiza Ferreira
Explaining the Rank Changes Post-KC36
At Karate Combat 36, we saw Edgars Skrivers and Bruno Souza go the full 5 rounds with an added sudden victory round as a bonus. Edgars Skrivers won the fight with a unanimous decision victory. Securing his ranking right behind the champion.
However, Bruno Souza proved he can hang in there with the best of the division. I wouldn't be surprised if for his next fight, he faces someone else ranked in the top 5 of the division, to potentially crack his way into a future top rankings list.
Igor De Castañeda and Franklin Mina were two of the top Middleweights yet to fight each other in the Pit. It was a technical fight that ended with "The Iberian Bull" finishing Mina with a beautiful right hand knockout, taking the #4 ranking with it.
Abdessalam Ameknassi moves up two ranks in Bantamweight to #4, with a unanimous decision victory over the Olympian Kalvis Kalnins.
The biggest ranking shake up seen this event occurred at Welterweight. In this event we saw multiple time Sport Karate World Champion Kenji Grillon secure a TKO victory (corner stoppage between rounds) over Nikos Gidakos. It was due to damage he caused to Nikos's leg. This secured Grillon's #6 Ranking.
Additionally at Welterweight, Fernando Moreno Paz knocked Diego Avendaño out cold. Paz has always been a dark horse in the division losing only to #2 ranked Vasili Antokhii. With all this taken into account, he takes the the #4 ranking in the division.
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