WWE Battleground will take place in two weeks but it’s never too early to put our predictions out there as to what we think will happen and what should happen. The show is headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins. Lesnar has been out of action since he was suspended for going crazy and attacking…
There are quite a few shakeups in the ATO KY amateur rankings this month due to a lot of guys going pro. We combined the heavyweights and super heavyweights along with the bantamweights and flyweights due to the lack of big and little guys fighting in the state. 135 1. Dusty Gibbs(United Martia Arts)(8-3) 2.…
There haven’t been a whole lot of pro fights since the ATO pro rankings but losses by Chris Wright and Rafaello Oliveira did cause a few shakeups in the Tennessee professional rankings. Next month we will see several of the ranked guys compete at the Gameness show in Nashville. If you aren’t happy with where…
Several guys have gone pro since the last rankings and some guys have got some big wins in East and West Tennessee. With the several ISKA titles declared vacant we could see some new #1s when the new rankings come out. 135 1. Sammy Lua 13-0 Jackson BJJ/Jackson, TN 2. Cage Brawl CHAMP D’Angelo Bynum…
We’ve been doing the amateur rankings in Kentucky for a while and we thought it might fun to release a pound for pound Top Ten list to get people talking. There really is no way to make an accurate list since the fighters will never fight due to weight classes but it’s good to spark…
There are a lot of talented fighters all over the country. We have been ranking the in the Southeast and now we are branching out and ranking the amateurs in Ohio as well. 135 1. Isaiah Chapman 11-1 2. Rob Miller 11-2 3. Eric Moell 7-1 4. Casey Jones 6-2 5. Dusty Gibbs 7-3 6.…
For the first time Around the Octagon presents the top 10 rankings for each weight class for the state of Florida for the month of May. Rankings will be updated regularly and posted on the site. Remember you can comment and complain in the section below. If you don’t like your ranking talk to a…
After some big shows in East and West Tennessee last month the ATO rankings shook up a little bit. Jesse Grissom tasted defeat for the first time in his amateur career and there was a new ISKA champ at 135. Remember bitch and moan below and work with one of the three big promotions (V3,…
After ranking the Tennessee Pro and Amateur fighters for two months ATO ventured in to Kentucky and ranked the amateurs last month with the help of a few friends in the Commonwealth. As we head into September we would like to offer up our initial Kentucky pro rankings. Now with Tennessee and Kentucky both online…
Last month ATO set out to rank the amateur fighters in Tennessee and after reaching out to all of the gyms in Tennessee we got a consensus for the best fighters in the Vounteer State were and created our own Top Ten. This month we decided to tackle Kentucky. The Commonwealth is home of a…
A few weeks ago I got a text from one of the writer’s for ATO, Rod Galvan. He and Tim Loy, another writer put their heads together and came up with a brilliant idea. An ATO Ranking system for amateur and pro fighters in the state. Tim is based in East TN and has a…
A 10-point descending system will be in trial mode for this inaugural AroundTheOctagon.com World MMA Rankings post. Writers and staff submit their top ten lists for the five major weight classes, with the top ranked fighter receiving ten points, second receiving nine, third receiving eight, and so on. In the event of a tie in…