After more than a decade of fighting in the Bellator cage, Patricky Pitbull is a champion. Pitbull knocked out Peter Queally in the second round of their clash at Bellator 270.
Pitbull rebounded from a TKO loss by doctor stoppage against Queally this past May. His brother, Patricio Pitbull, vacated the championship to allow Patricky to fight for the belt in the rematch with Queally and Pitbull made his brother's sacrifice count when he crushed Queally in front of his hometown crowd in Dublin.
Pitbull now sits atop the lightweight rankings in the Bellator MMA Fighter Rankings. Queally dropped one spot to No. 5 in defeat.
Below are the top-10 pound-for-pound rankings for both the men and women. The full top-10 rankings for each division within the promotion can be found here. The rankings are voted on by 17 members of the media.
Editor's note: CBS Sports insider Brian Campbell is a member of the 17-person voting panel. Bellator and CBS Sports are both owned by ViacomCBS.
Bellator Rankings (Nov. 9)
Men's pound-for-pound
| Fighter | Record |
|---|---|
1. AJ McKee | 18-0 |
2. Vadim Nemkov | 15-2 |
3. Patricio Pitbull | 32-5 |
4. Gegard Mousasi | 48-7-2 |
5. Yaroslav Amosov | 26-0 |
6. Sergio Pettis | 21-5 |
7. Corey Anderson | 16-5 |
8. Ryan Bader | 28-7 |
9. Michael Page | 20-1 |
10. Valentin Moldavsky | 11-1 |
Women's pound-for-pound
| Fighter | Record |
|---|---|
1. Cris Cyborg | 24-2 |
2. Juliana Velasquez | 12-0 |
3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | 11-1 |
4. Liz Carmouche | 16-7 |
5. Denise Kielholtz | 6-3 |
6. Arlene Blencowe | 14-8 |
7. Cat Zingano | 12-4 |
8. Kana Watanabe | 10-1-1 |
9. Leah McCourt | 6-1 |
10. Leslie Smith | 12-9-1 |
Other notable results
- Bantamweight: Patchy Mix picked up a third-round submission of James Gallagher. Gallagher remained No. 6 while Mix moved up one spot to No. 2.
- Featherweight: Pedro Carvalho jumped two spots to No. 5 with a unanimous decision victory over Daniel Weichel. Weichel dropped one spot to No. 7.
