SA Media MMA Rankings – Edition 3

After the recent EFC 35 event that took place in Cape Town, we now have the third SA Media MMA Rankings contributed by 10 various media organisations. See the final results and info below:

Losing a title and unbeaten streak has cost Gideon Drotschie dearly, not only has he plummeted off the Pound for Pound list completely, he also drops to second on the rankings behind Tumelo Maphutha. With the announced rematch taking place due to the unfortunate unintentional foul he has the opportunity to reclaim what he believes is his. Norman Wessels also has a chance to cement or climb in the rankings if he manages another total dominating victory like this past one, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

The Light Heavyweight division has had the most movement in this ranking iteration, and with there being no Middleweight fights at EFC 35 there is no movement in this division.

Elvis Moyo has had the biggest climb after his win, and moves up three places in the Heavyweight rankings while Peter Queally debuts straight in the rankings after his win over the returning Francious Kabulu.

The panel has full consensus that both Don Madge (FW) and Andrew van Zyl (HW) are the undisputed number one contenders in their respective divisions.

We have seven fighters dropping out of the rankings completely:

Craig Ninow (BW)
Brendon Katz (FW)
Regis Muyambo (LW)
Darren Daniel (MW) – (also his last month for eligibility as he last fought 23November 2012)
Sean Robinson (LHW)
Wesley Hawkey and Gideon Drotschie (Pound for Pound)

The following previously un-ranked fighters have now moved up into the rankings: