Karimov holds World No. 1 on 635 points — the anatomy of a ranking
How Aleksei Karimov's verified record adds up to the top of the professional men's kickboxing welterweight table — bout by bout, multiplier by multiplier.
KBNNews
Tuesday 29 September 2026Verified results, rankings and stories from the KBN World Federation
#points explained
6 stories tagged “points explained”.
How ranking points work — the KBN point framework on one page
Participation, wins, finishes, placings and title defences — then the event multiplier and the time value.
Events
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Dubai, 18 October: what a KBN world title is worth at ×3.0
The KBN World Championship 2026 is the only event of the year at the full world multiplier. Here is the arithmetic every fighter on the card is thinking about.
Rankings explained: why a win in Dubai is worth three wins at home
National ×1.0, International Open ×1.5, Continental ×2.0, World Cup ×2.5, World Championship ×3.0 — what the multipliers mean in practice.
The KBN World Ranking is live: how every point is earned
One fighter, one ID, one verified record. A plain-language guide to the base points, event multipliers and time value behind every table in the KBN World Ranking.
Results
🇧🇷 Brazil
Santos submits Magomedov — and why that bonus exists only in MMA
Lucas Santos' submission of Ruslan Magomedov in London earned an extra five points. The same finish in kickboxing would not.