ONE Championship Rankings: Gasanov Enters Standings; Andrade Passes Lineker

ONE Championship witnessed another shakeup in their rankings as October is coming to a close, and a couple of changes could have combat sports fans watching each fighter's next move intently.

In the featherweight division, ONE Championship deemed that Shamil Gasanov's outstanding performance against Kim Jae Woong was worthy of a spot in the rankings.

The pair were cautious to throw their shots once the opening bell rang, but "The Fighting God" started landing leg kicks and prompted "The Cobra" to turn on his wrestling brain and shoot for the double leg takedown.

After some work, Gasanov was able to finesse his way to the back of the South Korean and eventually locked in a rear-naked choke that forced Kim to tap, allowing the ONE Championship debutant to take the victory after just about two minutes of action.

The updated featherweight rankings is as follows:

• Champion: Tang Kai
• No. 1: Thanh Le
• No. 2: Garry Tonon
• No. 3: Ilya Freymanov
• No. 4: Martin Nguyen
• No. 5: Shamil Gasanov (previously unranked)

Another division that experienced some changes is the heavily-contested bantamweight bracket.

Previous No. 2-ranked bantamweight Fabricio Andrade now finds himself ranked atop the division after putting on a strong performance that ended in disappointment against the former bantamweight king John Lineker.

In the main event of ONE on Prime Video 3 last October 22, Andrade had an opportunity to become the new ONE bantamweight champion with little to no risk on his end as Lineker had been stripped of the title prior to the fight and was declared unable to retain the title had he won because he missed weight.

Both fighters were trading shots for the majority of the fight, but Lineker appeared to have absorbed more of the damage and was close to potentially being stopped by "Wonder Boy," but an errant knee to the groin had the title tiff ending in a no-contest as Lineker was unable to continue.

Despite the unfortunate ending, Andrade's efforts were recognized by ONE Championship and fans are still waiting as to whether there will be a rematch or not.

The updated bantamweight rankings is as follows:

• Champion: Vacant
• No. 1: Fabricio Andrade
• No. 2: John Lineker
• No. 3: Bibiano Fernandes
• No. 4: Kwon Won Il
• No. 5: Stephen Loman

The featherweight kickboxing rankings also saw some changes following Thai star Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong's win over Moroccan star Mohammed Boutasaa, which allowed "Killer Kid" to get one step closer to a possible title shot in the future.

The updated featherweight kickboxing rankings is as follows:

• Champion: Superbon Singha Mawynn
• No. 1: Chingiz Allazov
• No. 2: Marat Grigorian
• No. 3: Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong
• No. 4: Giorgio Petrosyan
• No. 5: Tayfun Ozcan