As kickboxing continues to grow on a global scale with promotions like GLORY, K-1, ONE Championship, and more, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the media's eyes, and rankings. Each month, the Beyond Kickboxing board will publish updated rankings for every weight class, from Heavyweight to Flyweight, along with pound-for-pound rankings for both men and women.
No fighter in the top 10 at Heavyweight (+95 kg), Light Heavyweight (-95 kg), Welterweight (-77 kg), Super Bantamweight (-61 kg), Women's Strawweight (-50 kg) has been active this month.
POUND-FOR-POUND MEN
Yuki Yoza (9) put on another calf-kicking clinic. Nearly stopping Petchtanong in the second round, he earned a hard-fought unanimous decision victory.
MIDDLEWEIGHT (-85 KG)
Ulric Bokeme (3) defeated Fabian Lorito by unanimous decision.
LIGHTWEIGHT (-71 KG)
Kacper Muszyński (6) stopped Chen Yonghui with brutal shots to the body in a 73 kg catchweight bout.
Stoyan Koprivlenski (10) knocked out Kubilay Tarhan in two rounds with a jumping knee.
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (-67.5 KG)
Petchtanong (7 to 9) lost by unanimous decision to Yuki Yoza (NR to 7) after receiving a count in the second round.
FEATHERWEIGHT (-64 KG)
Hirotaka Asahisa (2) knocked out Bryan Lang in the first round with body punches.
Taio Asahisa (5 to NR) leaves the rankings after announcing his intention to move up a division. He recently had his second fight at 65 kg, defeating Danila Kvach by majority decision.
Recent Krush Lightweight Grand Prix winner Yuma Saikyo (NR to 10) makes his entry.
BANTAMWEIGHT (-58 KG)
Takumi Terada (1) knocked out Angelos Kaponis in the first round with punches in a 59kg catchweight bout.
Shoki Kaneda (5 to 4) knocked out Ginji with a high kick in the third round after scoring two knockdowns in the previous round. He overtakes Keisuke Monguchi (4 to 5), who has been winless in the division for twenty months.
Kyo Kawakami (8) defeated Ryota Naito by unanimous decision.
SUPER FLYWEIGHT (-55 KG)
Rui Okubo (6) knocked out Shion with punches in one round at 56 kg.
WOMEN'S OPENWEIGHT (+59 KG)
Nili Block (1 to NR) leaves the rankings after 18 months of inactivity.
Lavinia Aronson (NR to 10) makes her entry.
WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT (-53.5 KG)
SAHO (2) defeated Lara Fernandez by unanimous decision after scoring a knockdown in the second round to defend her K-1 52kg title.
WOMEN'S ATOMWEIGHT (-47.0 KG)
Koto Hiraoka (5) defeated Honoka Tsujii by extension round unanimous decision.
Mako Yamada (6) defeated Minori Kikuchi by unanimous decision.
Aki Suematsu (9) defeated Hiyori Onishi by unanimous decision.
