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LOGAN STORLEY LEAPFROGS NEIMAN GRACIE TO BECOME THE NO. 4-RANKED WELTERWEIGHT AFTER A GUTSY, THRILLING FIVE-ROUND AFFAIR

LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR is set for a return to the Irish capital this Friday, Feb. 25 for BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford, which sees one of the most dominant middleweight fighters of all time and current BELLATOR World Champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC) defend his crown against undefeated American Top Team standout Austin Vanderford (11-0). The co-main event sees Ireland’s most-recent title challenger Sinead Kavanagh (7-5) and Northern Ireland’s Leah McCourt (6-1) in what is set to be the biggest Irish female fight ever.

BELLATOR 275: Mousasi vs Vanderford marks the first event to air live on BBC Three in the United Kingdom, while in America it can be viewed on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. GMT/4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. A stacked, eight-fight preliminary card will air live on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and Pluto TV beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.

MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. AJ McKee (18-0)

2. Vadim Nemkov (15-2)

2. Patricio Pitbull (32-5) ∆1

4. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2)

5. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0)

6. Ryan Bader (29-7)

7. Sergio Pettis (22-5)

8. Corey Anderson (16-5)

9. Michael Page (20-1)

10. Valentin Moldavsky (11-2)

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC)

2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0)

3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1)

4. Liz Carmouche (16-7)

5. Denise Kielholtz (6-3)

6. Arlene Blencowe (15-8)

7. Cat Zingano (12-4)

8. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)

9. Leah McCourt (6-1)

10. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)

MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT

C. Ryan Bader (29-7)

1. Valentin Moldavsky (11-2)

2. Cheick Kongo (31-11-2)

3. Fedor Emelianenko (40-6)

4. Linton Vassell (22-8)

5. Tim Johnson (15-8)

6. Steve Mowry (10-0) ∆1

7. Tyrell Fortune (11-2) ∇1

8. Davion Franklin (5-0)

9. Said Sowma (8-3)

10. Vitaly Minakov (22-2) NR

MEN’S LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

C. Vadim Nemkov (15-2)

1. Corey Anderson (16-5)

2. Phil Davis (23-6)

3. Ryan Bader (29-7)

4. Julius Anglickas (10-2)

5. Anthony Johnson (23-6)

6. Lyoto Machida (26-11)

7. Karl Albrektsson (13-3)

8. Alex Polizzi (9-1)

9. Grant Neal (6-1)

10. Melvin Manhoef (32-15-1)

MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT

C. Gegard Mousasi (48-7-2)

1. Austin Vanderford (11-0)

2. John Salter (18-5)

3. Johnny Eblen (10-0)

4. Fabian Edwards (9-2)

5. Anatoly Tokov (30-2)

6. Lorenz Larkin (23-7) ∆1

7. Romero Cotton (5-0) ∇1

8. Dalton Rosta (6-0) ∇1

9. Anthony Adams (9-2) NR

10. Khalid Murtazaliev (15-3)NR

MEN’S WELTERWEIGHT

C. Yaroslav Amosov (26-0)

1. Michael Page (20-1)

2. Douglas Lima (32-10)

3. Jason Jackson (15-4)

4. Logan Storley (13-1) ∆1

5. Neiman Gracie (11-3) ∇1

6. Andrey Koreshkov (25-4) ∆3

7. Derek Anderson (17-4) ∇1

8. Paul Daley (43-18-2) ∇1

9. Joey Davis (8-0) ∇1

10. Kyle Crutchmer (8-1)

MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT

C. Patricky Pitbull (24-10)

1. Sidney Outlaw (16-4)

2. Brent Primus (11-2)

3. Goiti Yamauchi (26-5) ∆1

4. Benson Henderson (29-11) ∇1

5. Usman Nurmagomedov (14-0)

6. Peter Queally (13-6-1)

7. Islam Mamedov (20-1-1)

8. Myles Jury (19-6)

9. Alexander Shabliy (20-3)∆1

10. Aviv Gozali (6-1) ∇1

MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT

C. AJ McKee (18-0)

1. Patricio Pitbull (32-5)

2. Mads Burnell (16-3)

2. Adam Borics (17-1)

4. Aaron Pico (9-3)

5. Pedro Carvalho (12-5)

6. Emmanuel Sanchez (20-7)

7. Jeremy Kennedy (17-3)

8. Daniel Weichel (41-13)

9. Justin Gonzales (12-1)

10. Darrion Caldwell (15-6)

MEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

C. Sergio Pettis (22-5)

1. Juan Archuleta (25-3)

2. Patchy Mix (15-1)

3. Raufeon Stots (17-1)

4. Magomed Magomedov (18-2)

5. Kyoji Horiguchi (29-4) ∆3

6. Leandro Higo (21-5) ∇1

7. James Gallagher (11-2) ∇1

8. Josh Hill (21-4) ∇1

9. Jornel Lugo (7-0)

10. Cass Bell (5-2)

WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT

C. Cris Cyborg (25-2, 1 NC)

1. Arlene Blencowe (15-8)

2. Cat Zingano (12-4)

3. Leslie Smith (12-9-1)

4. Leah McCourt (6-1)

5. Sinead Kavanagh (7-5)

6. Janay Harding (6-5)

7. Pam Sorenson (9-4)

8. Talita Nogueira (8-2) ∇1

9. Jessica Borga (3-4) ∆1

10. Dayana Silva (9-7) NR

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

C. Juliana Velasquez (12-0)

1. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-1)

2. Liz Carmouche (16-7)

3. Denise Kielholtz (6-3)

4. Kana Watanabe (10-1-1)

5. Alejandra Lara (9-5)

6. Veta Arteaga (6-4)

7. DeAnna Bennett (12-7-1)

8. Vanessa Porto (23-9)

9. Diana Avsaragova (4-0)

10. Valerie Loureda (4-1)

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