Rankings - Top Fighters by Region
World
| Year | Lightweight | Middleweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight |
| 2007 |
1. Vasiliy Khudiakov 2. Roman Uzunyan 3. Kou Tanigawa 4. Yuzo Suzuki 5. Gabor Rózsa |
1. Arsen Hachatryan 2. Shamsudin Abdurashidov 3. Kazuhito Yamada 4. Andrews Nakahara 5. Sulimen Kosumov |
1.
Valeri Dimitrov
2. Roman Nesterenko 3. Alejandro Navarro 4. Darmen Sadvokasov 5. Darius Gudauskas |
1. Ewerton Teixeira
2. Takayuki Tsukakoshi 3. Anzor Shikhabakhov 4. Jan Sokup 5. Donatas Imbras |
| 2006 |
1.
Darren Stringer 2. Emil Bitkash 3. Dimitar Popov 4. Dmitry Startsev 5. Vasiliy Khudiakov |
1. Andrews Nakahara 2. Shamsudin Abdurashidov 3. Chris Odunakan 4. Christian Christiansen 5. Alexei Gorokhov |
1. Valeri Dimitrov
2. Darmen Sadvokasov 3. Roman Nesterenko 4. Alejandro Navarro 5. Krzysztof Habraszka |
1. Anzor Shikhabakhov
2. Norichika Tsukamoto 3. Artur Oganasian 4. Mikhail Kozlov 5. Yoshiaki Uchida |
| 2005 |
1. Lucien Gogonel 2. Roman Uzunyan 3. Kou Tanigawa 4. Osamu Shiojima 5. Igor Dzaganiya |
1. Shamsudin Abdurashidov 2. Valeri Dimitrov 3. Andrews Nakahara 4. Hiroyuki Kidachi 5. Alexei Gorokhov |
1.
Sergey Osipov 2. Kentaro Tanaka 3. Maxim Dedik 4. Fabiano Da Silva 5. Krzysztof Habraszka |
1.
Ewerton Teixeira
2. Lechi Kurbanov 3. Timur Gatashev 4. Takayuki Tsukakoshi 5. Donatas Imbras |
| 2004 |
1. Roman Uzunyan 2. Marcel Murakaev 3. Kou Tanigawa 4. Dimitar Popov 5. Vasily Khudiakov |
1. Alexei Gorokhov 2. Kazuhito Yamada 3. Andrey Noskov 4. Jakoeb Groenhof 5. Nurmamed Mamedov |
1. Kentaro Tanaka 2. Maxim Dedik 3. Anzor Shikhabakhov 4. Krzysztof Habraszka 5. Naohiro Nomoto |
1.
Mikhail Kozlov 2. Ewerton Teixeira 3. Igor Peplov 4. Takayuki Tsukakoshi 5. Hadi Azikhani |
| 2003 |
1. Masafumi Tagahara 2. Osamu Shiojima 3. Dimitar Popov 4. Yuuki Fukuii 5. Daisuke Komiyama |
1. Valeri Dimitrov 2. Muzaffer Bacak 3. Hiroyuki Kidachi 4. Alexei Gorokhov 5. Tsuyoshi Takezawa |
1. Hitoshi Kiyama 2. Sergey Osipov 3. Emil Kostov 4. Francisco Jose Carpena 5. Kentaro Tanaka |
1.
Kunihiro Suzuki
2. Ewerton Teixeira 3. Sergey Plekhanov 4. Yuichiro Osaka 5. Glaube Feitosa |
| 2002 |
1. Konstantin Donstov
2. Jonathan Tineo 3. Vyacheslav Lukjanov 4. Vasily Khudiakov 5. Daisuke Komiyama |
1. Maxim Dedik 2. Emil Kostov 3. Yoshitaka Sato 4. Akbolat Appaev 5. Tsuyoshi Takezawa |
1. Sergey Osipov 2. Tadashi Ishihara 3. Hitoshi Kiyama 4. Anzor Shikhabakhov 5. Artem Pukas |
1.
Ewerton Teixeira
2. Lechi Kurbanov 3. Igor Peplov 4. Hajime Kazumi 5. Kunihiro Suzuki |
| 2001 |
1. Viktor Karasyuk 2. Masafumi Tagahara 3. Takahiro Miyano 4. Yuuki Fukuii 5. Shiro Yaginuma |
1. Emil Kostov
2. Paulius Klapatauskas 3. Vitaliy Kolodyazhniy 4. Hiroyuki Kidachi 5. Maxim Dedik |
1.
Hitoshi Kiyama 2. Sergey Osipov 3. Gediminas Tankevicius 4. Kentaro Tanaka 5. Anzor Shikhabakhov |
1. Hajime Kazumi 2. Denis Grigoriev 3. Kunihiro Suzuki 4. Atsushi Kadoi 5. Sergey Plekhanov |
| 2000 |
1. Maxim Bakushin 2. Piotr Sawicki 3. Marcel Murakaev 4. Diego Beltran 5. Vasily Khudiakov |
1. Hiroyuki Kidachi 2. Sylwester Sypien 3. Tatsuyoshi Miyuki 4. Yoshitaka Sato 5. Emil Kostov |
1. Hitoshi Kiyama 2. Thorsten Domke 3. Kentaro Tanaka 4. Sergey Osipov 5. Bela Haszman |
1. Jakov Zobnin 2. Kunihiro Suzuki 3. Sergio Da Costa 4. Yasuhiro Kimura 5. Sergey Plekhanov |
| 1999 |
1. Ryu Narushima 2. Viktor Karasyuk 3. Kou Tanigawa 4. Masafumi Tagahara 5. Mark Goodwin |
1.
Muzaffer Bacak 2. Simphwe Dlulane 3. Hiroyuki Kidachi 4. Emil Kostov 5. Shinegori Sakamoto |
1.
Toru Okamoto 2. Sotoshi Niiho 3. Tadashi Ishihara 4. Sergey Osipov 5. Osamu Sumitani |
1.
Francisco Filho 2. Hajime Kazumi 3. Alexander Pichkunov 4. Glaube Feitosa 5. Nicholas Pettas |
| 1998 |
1. Kou Tanigawa 2. Piotr Sawicki 3. Oleg Florin 4. Marcel Murakaev 5. Viktor Karasyuk |
1.
Paulius Klapatauskas 2. Tatsuya Fukuda 3. Sergey Osipov 4. Garry O'Neill 5. Fabiano Da Silva |
1. Toru Okamoto 2. Hitoshi Kiyama 3. Tadashi Ishihara 4. Atsushi Kadoi 5. Mateusz Wojick |
1.
Hajime Kazumi 2. Glaube Feitosa 3. Yoshihiro Tamura 4. Kunihiro Suzuki 5. Yasuhiro Kimura |
| 1997 |
1. Piotr
Sawicki 2. Kou Tanigawa 3. Oleg Florin 4. Leszek Zgrzebiniak 5. Antal Bencze |
1. Garry O'Neill 2. Hitoshi Kiyama 3. Tadashi Ishihara 4. Muzaffer Bacak 5. Shinji Adachi |
1. Masayoshi Takaku 2. Toru Okamoto 3. Norihisa Horiike 4. Alim Daduev 5. Igor Shumin |
1. Francisco Filho
2. Norichika Tsukamoto 3. Jakov Zobnin 4. Glaube Feitosa 5. Hajime Kazumi |
|
1996 |
1.
Kou Tanigawa 2. Oleg Florin 3. Ryu Narushima 4. Piotr Sawicki 5. Masafumi Tagahara |
1. Garry O'Neill 2. Hiroyuki Miake 3. Paulius Klapatauskas 4. Tadashi Ishihara 5. Muzaffer Bacak |
1. Norichika Tsukamoto
2. Kunihiro Suzuki 3. Toru Okamoto 4. Hajime Kazumi 5. Tsuyoshi Murase |
|
1995 |
1. Ryu Narushima 2. Antal Bencze 3. Kensaku Yamamoto 4. Piotr Szeligowski 5. Marcel Murakaev |
1. Garry O'Neill 2. Eugenisz Dadziburg 3. Masoto Ikeda 4. Tadashi Ishihara 5. Paulius Klapatauskas |
1. Kenji Yamaki 2. Hajime Kazumi 3. Francisco Filho 4. Nicholas Pettas 5. Hiroki Kurosawa |
|
1994 |
1.
Kou Tanigawa 2. Oleg Florin 3. Ryu Narushima 4. Akbolat Appaev 5. Yevgeniy Krivinozhkin |
1. Ken Fitzpatrick 2. Hiroyuki Miake 3. Andrei Anufriev 4. Yoshinori Ikeda 5. Marcos Costa |
1. Kenji Yamaki 2. Hajime Kazumi 3. Francisco Filho 4. Naoki Ichimura 5. Norichika Tsukamoto |
|
1993 |
1.
David Pickthall 2. Hidenori Aoki 3. Sean Dillon 4. Hans Mars 5. Igor Timofiev |
1. Hajime Kazumi 2. Kenji Yamaki 3. Yoshihiro Tamura 4. Walter Schnaubelt 5. Toru Okamoto |
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1992 |
1. Robert Van Boxtel
2. Eiji Kawamoto 3. Thomasz Najduch 4. Hidenori Aoki 5. Ken Fitzpatrick |
1. Yoshihiro Tamura 2. Hajime Kazumi 3. Francisco Filho 4. Toru Okamoto 5. Yashuri Shichinohe |
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1. Akira Masuda 2. Hiroki Kurosawa 3. Yashuri Shichinohe 4. Jean Riviere 5. Yutaka Ishi |
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