There is some shake up in the rankings this time around. Ross reclaims the number one spot he held a few years ago after his current three fight win streak that ended with him winning the Lion Fight Super Lightweight World Title. Former number one ranked Sean Kearney falls to number two and Matt Embree falls from two to three.
The super lightweight division in North America is stacked and any of these top five fighters can have an argument made for them that they deserve to be ranked higher. It will be interesting to see how the divisions sorts out in the next few months.
Ross has been on a tear as of late.
He has now rattled off three consecutive wins, including his latest dominant
decision victory over Australia’s Michael “Tomahawk” Thompson which won him the
Lion Fight Super Lightweight Championship. Ross also evened the score with Matt
Embree by taking a split decision back in February, and in May scored a (T)KO
over up and comer Chris Mauceri. With Ross now the Lion Fight champion there
are a slew of possible match ups so it will be interesting to see who the
promotion chooses for Ross to defend his title against first.
After earning a huge win over Matt
Embree in September of 2013 Kearney headed back to Thailand. He decided to jump
back up to 147 pounds to take on Thai powerhouse Singmanee Kaewsamrit. Kearney
has currently been out of action since the loss to Singmanee in December of
2013. Kearney will be competing on the Max Muay Thai event taking place on
August 3rd against Sanpetch Kiatpetchnoi in Thailand.
Embree has gone 1-2 in his last three bouts, although his
two losses have been narrow and to the two men currently ranked above him. He
dropped a split a split decision to Sean Kearney at PKP “World Stand Off 5” in
September of 2013, then got back on the winning track in October of 2013 by
winning a one sided decision against Zhang Haishun at Foshan Championships in
China. Most recently he dropped a split decision to Kevin Ross at Lion Fight in
February. He is currently set to fight Justin Greskiewicz in September at USKA
Fight Night.
Varga followed up a solid showing at
the Glory 8 featherweight tournament (Super Lightweight) with a win over Jose
Palacios at Glory 11 in Chicago and just recently won the Glory featherweight tournament
at Glory 17 in Los Angeles. He defeated Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai and Shane
Oblonsky by decision. Currently under contract to Glory it is unknown when
Varga will compete again.
Dawodu has run his pro record to 7-0
and most recently defeated Junpei Hiari by (T)KO and and Sam Samut by decision.
Dawodu has started to dabble in MMA, hopefully for Muay Thai and Kickboxing
fans this young talent does not fully transition to MMA because it he is
definitely someone that could be sitting at the top of these rankings in years
to come. His next Muay Thai bout is currently unkown. .
Rankings qualification - Muay Thai
and Kickboxing bouts are all taken into consideration for the rankings. These
rankings are not only based on Muay Thai Fights as many fighters compete in
both full rules Muay Thai and Kickboxing bouts. Fighters are not to be inactive
for any period longer than 12 months or they will be dropped from the rankings
unless a fight is schedule within a month from the date they become ineligible.
Fighters must be born in North America or permanently reside in North America
and be active in the North American fight circuit are eligible for the
rankings.
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