Anatoly Malykhin re-enters Russia's top-15 MMA rankings before retirement takes effect

Islam Makhachev leads the latest monthly ranking of Russia's top 15 MMA fighters, compiled by 32 journalists, bloggers, and experts, with Petr Yan second and Hamzat Chimaev third. Anatoly Malykhin returned to the list at number 14 after knocking out Umar Khan in their rematch, but will be excluded from future editions following his retirement announcement. Alexander Volkov and Vadim Nemkov share fourth and fifth place, while Arman Tsarukyan, Magomed Ankalaev, Movsar Evloev, Usman Nurmagomedov, and Umar Nurmagomedov round out the top ten.