Fight Matrix » Historical Ranks http://www.fightmatrix.com Mixed Martial Arts Rankings, Records, and Statistics Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:14:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 All-Time MMA Rankings Updated: 2/3/2012 http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/02/03/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-232012/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/02/03/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-232012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:31 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6801 Notable Info

  • With Jose Aldo’s latest victory, he takes a big leap from #21 to #16 in the Absolute rankings.  He is also much closer to taking the #1 spot at Featherweight.
  • Chael Sonnen’s latest victory inches him past Paulo Filho to enter the Top 5 All-Time Middleweight list.
  • Ben Henderson finally breaks into the Top 25 at Lightweight, filling the last position on the list.
  • Megumi Fujii moves past Tara LaRosa and Yuka Tsuji, to claim the #1 Women’s position.  Fujii’s continued elite position coupled with LaRosa’s lack of tough opposition caused this shift, though the three are still very close.
]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/02/03/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-232012/feed/ 0 All-Time MMA Rankings Updated http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/01/02/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-2/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/01/02/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-2/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:17:46 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6690 http://www.fightmatrix.com/2012/01/02/all-time-mma-rankings-updated-2/feed/ 0 All-Time Rankings: Dan Henderson reaches a milestone http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/11/07/all-time-rankings-dan-henderson-reaches-a-milestone/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/11/07/all-time-rankings-dan-henderson-reaches-a-milestone/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:48:40 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6465 Dan Henderson has recently become the first fighter to reach the Top 50 in three divisions: Heavyweight (#46), Light Heavyweight (#8), and Middleweight (#4).  There are 46 fighters (including Dan) who are on two divisional Top 50s.

Norifumi Yamamoto is his closest, active competitor as he is in three Top 55s.  A good streak at Bantamweight would see him join Dan.  However Yamamoto is not in any Top 25 (or 30).  Evan Tanner also shares Yamamoto’s feat, but is in a Top 25 @ Middleweight (#20).

When expanding to Top 60 as the qualifier, Jeremy Horn and Akihiro Gono make the cut.   Expanding to Top 75 adds four more fighters (Vitor Belfort, Jeff Curran, BJ Penn, Anderson Silva).

In case you are unfamiliar with our All-Time Rankings, check them out here.

]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/11/07/all-time-rankings-dan-henderson-reaches-a-milestone/feed/ 2 FightMatrix: Bellator 55 (10-22-2010) http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/22/fightmatrix-bellator-55-10-22-2010/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/22/fightmatrix-bellator-55-10-22-2010/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:00:11 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6371 Bantamweight (135)
[#22] Eduardo Dantas (11-2-0) vs. [#39] Ed West (17-5-0)
Eduardo Dantas is the All-Time #22 ranked Bantamweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Eduardo Dantas (3-0-0)
2011-09-24: W vs. [#32BW] Wilson Reis (12-4-0) via KO (Flying Knee and Punches) in 1:02 of round 2
2010-12-11: W vs. [NA] Samuel de Souza (1-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:20 of round 1
2010-05-30: W vs. [#122BW] Hiromasa Ogikubo (8-2-2) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:21 of round 3

Last 3 Fights: Ed West (2-1-0)
2011-09-24: W vs. [#80BW] Luis Alberto Nogueira (12-2-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
2011-03-18: W vs. [NA] Sam Rodriguez (4-3-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 1:22 of round 1
2010-10-14: L vs. [#7BW] Zach Makovsky (14-2-0) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Bantamweight (135)
[#6] Alexis Vila (10-0-0) vs. [#21] Marcos Galvao (10-4-1)
Marcos Galvao is the All-Time #25 ranked Bantamweight fighter.

Last 3 Fights: Alexis Vila (3-0-0)
2011-09-24: W vs. [#10BW] Joe Warren (7-2-0) via KO (Punch) in 1:04 of round 1
2011-02-12: W vs. [#31FLY] Lewis McKenzie (12-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:26 of round 2
2010-06-25: W vs. [*] Omar Choudhury (13-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:50 of round 3

Last 3 Fights: Marcos Galvao (2-1-0)
2011-09-24: W vs. [#23BW] Chase Beebe (18-8-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
2011-04-16: L vs. [#10BW] Joe Warren (7-2-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-12-03: W vs. [NA] Ryan Vaccaro (4-3-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Alexis Vila leads 1-0
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Light Heavyweight (205)
[#28] Christian MPumbu (18-3-1) vs. [#44HW+] Travis Wiuff (64-14-0)

Last 3 Fights: Christian MPumbu (3-0-0)
2011-05-21: W vs. [#55LHW] Richard Hale (17-4-1) via TKO (Punches) in 4:17 of round 3
2011-04-23: W vs. [#100LHW] Tim Carpenter (8-1-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:08 of round 1
2011-03-26: W vs. [#138LHW] Chris Davis (10-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:34 of round 3

Last 3 Fights: Travis Wiuff (2-1-0)
2011-05-14: W vs. [NA] Nick Baker (1-4-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:11 of round 1
2010-12-11: W vs. [#341HW+] Richard White (15-10-0) via Submission (Punches) in 3:20 of round 1
2010-10-01: L vs. [#40HW+] Tim Hague (13-5-0) via KO (Punch) in 1:50 of round 1

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Lightweight (155)
[#167] Ricardo Tirloni (13-1-0) vs. [#720] Steve Gable (5-1-0)

Last 3 Fights: Ricardo Tirloni (3-0-0)
2011-07-09: W vs. [#1024LW] Mauro Chalet (2-2-0) via KO (Head Kick) in 1:57 of round 1
2011-05-14: W vs. [NA] Taedas Mendonca (0-2-0) via UD ()
2010-11-20: W vs. [NA] Alexandre Pedroso (1-5-0) via Submission (Brabo Choke) in 1:46 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Steve Gable (2-1-0)
2010-08-06: W vs. [#1516LW] Kris Kyle (4-2-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:37 of round 1
2010-05-01: W vs. [NA] Clay Lewis Jr (1-1-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:59 of round 1
2009-07-25: L vs. [#305WW] Preston Scharf (14-14-0) via UD ()

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Light Heavyweight (205)
[#55] Richard Hale (17-4-1) vs. [#122HW+] Carlos Flores (5-0-0)

Last 3 Fights: Richard Hale (2-1-0)
2011-05-21: L vs. [#28LHW] Christian MPumbu (18-3-1) via TKO (Punches) in 4:17 of round 3
2011-04-23: W vs. [#38LHW] D.J. Linderman (10-2-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
2011-03-26: W vs. [#125LHW] Nik Fekete (5-1-0) via Technical Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke) in 1:55 of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Carlos Flores (3-0-0)
2011-04-16: W vs. [NA] Rudy Aguilar (0-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:19 of round 1
2010-12-09: W vs. [#352LHW] Jason Walraven (2-1-0) via Submission (Kimura) in 0:50 of round 2
2009-11-07: W vs. [*] Wade Shipp (10-5-0) via UD ()

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Middleweight (185)
[#114LHW] Edgar Garcia (10-2-0) vs. [#287] Jacob Ortiz (10-2-0)

Last 3 Fights: Edgar Garcia (3-0-0)
2011-03-18: W vs. [NA] Jason Anderson (9-25-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:58 of round 1
2011-02-18: W vs. [#622MW] Mike Moreno (5-4-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 1:47 of round 1
2010-12-11: W vs. [NA] Alejandro Velasquez (0-1-0) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 2:16 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Jacob Ortiz (2-1-0)
2011-07-15: W vs. [NA] Victor Ortiz (0-1-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:00 of round 1
2010-09-18: W vs. [#290HW+] Mike Crisman (15-24-1) via TKO (Punches) in 2:00 of round 3
2010-06-19: L vs. [#290WW] Sean Spencer (6-1-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Middleweight (185)
[#121LHW] Steve Steinbeiss (8-4-0) vs. [#811] Dano Moore (5-5-0)

Last 3 Fights: Steve Steinbeiss (3-0-0)
2011-09-09: W vs. [NA] Rudy Aguilar (0-7-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:23 of round 1
2011-08-13: W vs. [NA] Travis McCullough (19-31-0) via Submission (Punches) in 3:20 of round 1
2011-04-29: W vs. [#497MW] Terence Joseph Medrud (11-8-0) via Submission (Kick to the Body) in 2:57 of round 2

Last 3 Fights: Dano Moore (1-2-0)
2011-04-16: L vs. [#663WW] Brendan Tierney (7-3-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:49 of round 1
2010-12-11: W vs. [NA] Daniel Acuna (2-1-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:09 of round 1
2010-03-27: L vs. [NA] Carlos Arias (4-0-0) via UD ()

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Featherweight (145)
[#483LW] Jade Porter (7-2-0) vs. [#547LW] Nick Piedmont (5-2-0)

Last 3 Fights: Jade Porter (3-0-0)
2011-03-19: W vs. [#1406LW] Damaso Pereira (2-5-0) via UD ()
2011-01-29: W vs. [NA] Ruben S Gonzales (1-6-0) via UD ()
2009-08-15: W vs. [#416FW] Chanti Johnson (7-4-0) via UD ()

Last 3 Fights: Nick Piedmont (2-1-0)
2011-06-25: L vs. [#518LW] Nick Rhoads (7-4-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:28 of round 3
2011-04-16: W vs. [#300FW] Michael Parker (7-4-0) via SD (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
2011-03-18: W vs. [#763FW] Ruben Salazar (4-4-0) via TKO (Corner Stoppage) in 4:11 of round 1

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Lightweight (155)
[#1489] Erin Beach (2-1-0) vs. [NA] Roscoe Jackson (1-4-0)

Last 3 Fights: Erin Beach (2-1-0)
2011-02-03: L vs. [NA] Chris Camacho (1-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:09 of round 3
2010-08-14: W vs. [#1490LW] Joao Silva (3-3-0) via UD (30-25, 29-28, 29-28)
2008-10-02: W vs. [NA] David Reeder (0-1-0) via KO (Punch) in ? of round 1

Last 3 Fights: Roscoe Jackson (0-3-0)
2010-11-19: L vs. [#196LW] Shannon Gugerty (14-6-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:30 of round 1
2010-04-24: L vs. [*] Cody Blades (2-1-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:23 of round 2
2009-11-07: L vs. [#349WW] Herman Terrado (6-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:58 of round 1

Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition.
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Notes about the Fight Card
- Highest-rated fighter always listed first.
- A ‘*’ ranking suggests a fighter is inactive.
- An ‘NA’ ranking suggests the fighter is too low for a ranking or we do not have division info for them.

Fight Card Statistics

Highest Pre-Bout Raw Rating: Alexis Vila (153)
Highest Stored DD Rating: Alexis Vila
Highest Pre-Bout Fight Raw Rating: Alexis Vila vs. Marcos Galvao (242)
Highest Stored Fight DD Rating: Alexis Vila vs. Marcos Galvao (156)
Average Pre-Bout Fight Raw Rating: 56
Event Matchmaking Competitiveness Rating (of 5*): Very Good [***½]
Average Per Fight MMA Rankings Impact (of 5*): Low [**]
Total Event MMA Rankings Impact (of 5*): Fair [**½]

]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/22/fightmatrix-bellator-55-10-22-2010/feed/ 0 Highest ranking now displayed in Historical Ranking search http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/03/highest-ranking-now-displayed-in-historical-ranking-search/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/03/highest-ranking-now-displayed-in-historical-ranking-search/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:26:14 +0000 oleg http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6294 We’re on a roll with new features today – thanks forum member kedbecker for this suggestion!

In our fighter search, you can now quickly look up the highest a fighter has been ever ranked in our generated historical ranking sets. For example, if you search for ‘Sakuraba’ you can quickly see the highest ranking for one of MMA’s pioneers: Kazushi Sakuraba was ranked #1 Middleweight in October of 1998 (in case of ties, the heaviest weight class and the most recent ranking set are shown).

]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/10/03/highest-ranking-now-displayed-in-historical-ranking-search/feed/ 1 Lineal Championship History: Heavyweights http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-heavyweights/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-heavyweights/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:28:00 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6139 First, a run-down of the particulars:

  • Inception of the championship occured on 10/14/1993, the first “top contender” match-up that took place within this division.
  • Vacancies after inactivity periods were fulfilled by the next “top contender” match.  Absence of such, was not a problem at Heavyweight.

Your current lineal Heavyweight champion is Alistair Overeem

The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Heavyweight Lineal Championship History

Date Champion Outcome Challenger Notes
1993-10-14 Ken Shamrock WIN Kazuo Takahashi
1993-11-08 Ken Shamrock WIN Takaku Fuke
1993-11-12 Ken Shamrock WIN Patrick Smith
1993-11-12 Royce Gracie WIN Ken Shamrock
1993-11-12 Royce Gracie WIN Gerard Gordeau
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Minoki Ichihara
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Jason DeLucia
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Remco Pardoel
1994-03-11 Royce Gracie WIN Patrick Smith
1994-09-09 Royce Gracie WIN Kimo Leopoldo
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Ron van Clief
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Keith Hackney
1994-12-16 Royce Gracie WIN Dan Severn
1995-04-07 Royce Gracie DRAW Ken Shamrock Gracie went inactive
1996-05-16 Bas Rutten WIN Frank Shamrock Vacant title. Top contenders.
1996-06-25 Bas Rutten WIN Jason DeLucia
1996-09-07 Bas Rutten WIN Masakatsu Funaki
1996-10-08 Bas Rutten WIN Manabu Yamada
1997-03-22 Bas Rutten WIN Osami Shibuya
1997-04-27 Bas Rutten WIN Kiuma Kunioku
1997-06-30 Bas Rutten WIN Takaku Fuke
1997-09-06 Bas Rutten WIN Osami Shibuya
1997-12-20 Bas Rutten WIN Keiichiro Yamamiya
1998-09-14 Bas Rutten WIN Kengo Watanabe
1999-01-08 Bas Rutten WIN Tsuyoshi Kosaka
1999-05-07 Bas Rutten WIN Kevin Randleman Rutten went inactive
2001-09-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Mark Coleman Vacant title. Top contenders.
2001-11-03 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Heath Herring
2002-02-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Enson Inoue
2002-08-08 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Sanae Kikuta
2002-11-24 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Semmy Schilt
2002-12-23 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira WIN Dan Henderson
2003-03-16 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2003-04-05 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Egidijus Valavicius
2003-06-08 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Kazuyuki Fujita
2003-08-10 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Gary Goodridge
2004-08-15 Fedor Emelianenko NC Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2004-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
2005-04-03 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Tsuyoshi Kosaka
2005-08-28 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mirko Filipovic
2005-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Zuluzinho
2006-10-21 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mark Coleman
2006-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Mark Hunt
2007-04-14 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Matt Lindland
2007-12-31 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Hong Man Choi
2008-07-19 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Tim Sylvia
2009-01-24 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Andrei Arlovski
2009-11-07 Fedor Emelianenko WIN Brett Rogers 14th defense
2010-06-26 Fabricio Werdum WIN Fedor Emelianenko
2011-06-18 Alistair Overeem WIN Fabricio Werdum
]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-heavyweights/feed/ 1 Lineal Championship History: Light Heavyweights http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-light-heavyweights/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-light-heavyweights/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:51:34 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6125 First, a run-down of the particulars:
  • Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 206 pounds is observed for this list.
  • Inception of the championship occurred on 12/21/1997.  The late start was due to the lack of guidance by an organization, with no semblance of matchmaking.  Before the UFC, the Light Heavyweight division was used a “stop gap” between Middleweight and Heavyweight.
  • Only one period of inactivity was seen in this lineage.
Your current lineal Light Heavyweight champion is Jon Jones

The full history is below.  Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Light Heavyweight Lineal Championship History

Date Champion Outcome Challenger Notes
1997-12-21 Frank Shamrock WIN Kevin Jackson
1998-03-13 Frank Shamrock WIN Igor Zinoviev
1998-05-15 Frank Shamrock WIN Jeremy Horn
1998-10-16 Frank Shamrock WIN John Lober
1999-04-23 Frank Shamrock DRAW Kiyoshi Tamura
1999-09-24 Frank Shamrock WIN Tito Ortiz
2000-12-10 Frank Shamrock WIN Elvis Sinosic Shamrock went inactive.
2003-09-26 Randy Couture WIN Tito Ortiz Top contender match
2004-01-31 Vitor Belfort WIN Randy Couture
2004-08-21 Randy Couture WIN Vitor Belfort
2005-04-16 Chuck Liddell WIN Randy Couture
2005-08-20 Chuck Liddell WIN Jeremy Horn
2006-02-04 Chuck Liddell WIN Randy Couture
2006-08-26 Chuck Liddell WIN Renato Sobral
2006-12-30 Chuck Liddell WIN Tito Ortiz
2007-05-26 Quinton Jackson WIN Chuck Liddell
2007-09-08 Quinton Jackson WIN Dan Henderson
2008-07-05 Forrest Griffin WIN Quinton Jackson
2008-12-27 Rashad Evans WIN Forrest Griffin
2009-05-23 Lyoto Machida WIN Rashad Evans
2009-10-24 Lyoto Machida WIN Mauricio Rua
2010-05-08 Mauricio Rua WIN Lyoto Machida
2011-03-19 Jon Jones WIN Mauricio Rua
2011-09-24 Jon Jones WIN Quinton Jackson
]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-light-heavyweights/feed/ 0 Lineal Championship History: Middleweights http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-middleweights/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-middleweights/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:24:05 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6113 First, a run-down of the particulars:
  • Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 187 pounds is observed for this list.
  • Inception of the championship occured on 5/18/1989, the first fight in the division.
  • Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first half of the lineage.  Clear “top contender” matches took place to determine the next champion.
Your current lineal Middleweight champion is Anderson Silva

The full history is below.  Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Middleweight Lineal Championship History

Date Champion Outcome Challenger Notes
1989-05-18 Kenji Kawaguchi W Tadashi Yokoyama
1989-07-29 Kenji Kawaguchi D Yuji Ito
1989-10-19 Kenji Kawaguchi W Mitsuo Fujikura
1990-01-13 Kenji Kawaguchi W Naoki Sakurada
1991-05-31 Kenji Kawaguchi W Manabu Yamada
1991-08-25 Kenji Kawaguchi D Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
1991-10-17 Kenji Kawaguchi W Satoshi Honma
1992-07-23 Kenji Kawaguchi W Manabu Yamada
1992-11-27 Kenji Kawaguchi D Satoshi Honma
1994-07-29 Jan Lomulder W Kenji Kawaguchi
1995-09-03 Naoyuki Taira W Jan Lomulder
1995-12-01 Naoyuki Taira W Maurice Travis Taira goes inactive.
1997-03-16 Johil de Oliveira W Jose Landi Jons
1997-12-10 Wallid Ismail W Johil de Oliveira Ismail left division.
2000-09-24 Nate Marquardt W Shonie Carter Vacant Title. Top contender match.
2000-12-04 Nate Marquardt D Kiuma Kunioku
2001-03-31 Nate Marquardt W Hikaru Sato
2001-05-13 Nate Marquardt W Masaya Kojima
2001-10-30 Nate Marquardt W Yuji Hoshino
2001-12-01 Kiuma Kunioku W Nate Marquardt
2002-12-21 Nate Marquardt W Kiuma Kunioku Marquardt’s 2nd reign.
2003-03-08 Nate Marquardt W Izuru Takeuchi
2003-09-06 Nate Marquardt W Steve Gomm
2003-10-04 Nate Marquardt W Yuji Hisamatsu
2003-11-30 Ricardo Almeida W Nate Marquardt
2004-05-23 Ricardo Almeida W Ryo Chonan Almeida goes inactive.
2007-10-20 Anderson Silva W Rich Franklin Vacant Title. Top contender match.
2008-03-01 Anderson Silva W Dan Henderson
2008-10-25 Anderson Silva W Patrick Cote
2009-04-18 Anderson Silva W Thales Leites
2010-04-10 Anderson Silva W Demian Maia
2010-08-07 Anderson Silva W Chael Sonnen
2011-02-05 Anderson Silva W Vitor Belfort
2011-08-27 Anderson Silva W Yushin Okami
]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-middleweights/feed/ 0 Lineal Championship History: Welterweights http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-welterweights/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-welterweights/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:38:35 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6107 First, a run-down of the particulars:

  • Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 172 pounds is observed for this list.
  • Inception of the championship occured on 1/13/1990, the first fight between two top fighters that resulted in a clear #1.
  • Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first half of the lineage.  Clear “top contender” matches took place to determine the next champion.

Your current lineal Welterweight champion is Georges St. Pierre

The full history is below.  Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Welterweight Lineal Championship History

Date Champion Outcome Challenger Notes
1990-01-13 Yasuto Sekishima W Yoshimasa Ishikawa The first top-contender match-up.
1990-03-17 Yasuto Sekishima D Kenji Kawaguchi
1990-05-12 Yasuto Sekishima W Yoshimasa Ishikawa
1990-07-07 Yasuto Sekishima W Naoki Sakurada
1990-11-28 Yasuto Sekishima D Naoki Sakurada
1991-01-13 Yasuto Sekishima W Manabu Yamada
1991-03-29 Yasuto Sekishima W Takashi Tojo
1991-08-03 Yoshimasa Ishikawa W Yasuto Sekishima Ishikawa leaves division.
1991-10-17 Naoki Sakurada W Yasuto Sekishima Vacant title.
1991-12-23 Naoki Sakurada W Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
1992-05-29 Yuichi Watanabe W Naoki Sakurada Watanabe retires.
1992-09-25 Naoki Sakurada W Kazuhiro Kusayanagi Vacant title.
1994-07-29 Naoki Sakurada D Yasushi Warita
1995-01-21 Naoki Sakurada W Maurice Roumimper Sakurada leaves division.
2001-11-02 Matt Hughes W Carlos Newton Vacant title.
2002-03-22 Matt Hughes W Hayato Sakurai
2002-07-13 Matt Hughes W Carlos Newton
2002-11-22 Matt Hughes W Gil Castillo
2003-04-25 Matt Hughes W Sean Sherk
2003-11-21 Matt Hughes W Frank Trigg
2004-01-31 B.J. Penn W Matt Hughes
2004-05-22 B.J. Penn W Duane Ludwig
2006-03-04 Georges St. Pierre W B.J. Penn
2006-11-18 Georges St. Pierre W Matt Hughes
2007-04-07 Matt Serra W Georges St. Pierre
2008-04-19 Georges St. Pierre W Matt Serra
2008-08-09 Georges St. Pierre W Jon Fitch
2009-01-31 Georges St. Pierre W B.J. Penn
2009-07-11 Georges St. Pierre W Thiago Alves
2010-03-27 Georges St. Pierre W Dan Hardy
2010-12-11 Georges St. Pierre W Josh Koscheck
2011-04-30 Georges St. Pierre W Jake Shields
]]> http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-welterweights/feed/ 0 Lineal Championship History: Lightweights http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-lightweights/ http://www.fightmatrix.com/2011/09/22/lineal-lightweights/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:49:15 +0000 jcs http://www.fightmatrix.com/?p=6098 First, a run-down of the particulars:

  • Due to potential metric conversion issues and weight class changes, a limit of 161 pounds is observed for this list.
  • Inception of the championship occured on 1/13/1990, the first fight between two top fighters that resulted in a clear #1.
  • Sporadic periods of inactivity were observed throughout the first half of the lineage.  Clear “top contender” matches took place to determine the next champion.

Your current lineal Lightweight champion is Shinya Aoki

The full history is below.  Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.

MMA Lightweight Lineal Championship History


Date Champion Outcome Challenger Notes
1990-01-13 Yuichi Watanabe WIN Kazuhiro Sakamoto
1990-05-12 Yuji Ito WIN Yuichi Watanabe
1992-03-27 Tomohiro Tanaka WIN Yuji Ito
1992-07-23 Naoki Sakurada WIN Tomohiro Tanaka Sakurada leaves division.
1994-05-06 Yuki Nakai WIN Kyuhei Ueno Vacant title. Top-contender matchup.
1994-11-07 Yuki Nakai WIN Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
1995-01-21 Yuki Nakai WIN Hiroaki Matsutani Nakai leaves division.
1995-07-05 Wander Braga WIN Luiz Fraga Vacant title. Top-contender matchup.
1995-09-12 Wander Braga WIN Leandro Heck Gembo
1996-11-01 Wander Braga WIN Johnny Eduardo
1996-11-01 Wander Braga WIN Ailton dos Santos
1998-06-12 Wander Braga WIN Euclide Ourico
1998-06-12 Wander Braga WIN Marco Antonio
1998-06-12 Wander Braga WIN Milton de Castro Braga goes inactive.
2002-01-11 Jens Pulver WIN B.J. Penn Vacant title. Top-contender matchup.
2002-06-29 Jens Pulver WIN Robert Emerson
2003-01-25 Duane Ludwig WIN Jens Pulver
2003-04-25 Duane Ludwig WIN Genki Sudo Ludwig leaves Lightweight.
2005-09-25 Takanori Gomi WIN Tatsuya Kawajiri Vacant title. Top-contender matchup.
2005-12-31 Takanori Gomi WIN Hayato Sakurai
2006-04-02 Marcus Aurelio WIN Takanori Gomi
2006-06-04 Mitsuhiro Ishida WIN Marcus Aurelio
2006-08-26 Mitsuhiro Ishida WIN Cristiano Marcello
2006-11-05 Mitsuhiro Ishida WIN David Bielkheden
2006-12-31 Takanori Gomi WIN Mitsuhiro Ishida Gomi’s 2nd reign.
2007-02-24 Takanori Gomi NC Nick Diaz
2008-03-05 Takanori Gomi WIN Duane Ludwig
2008-08-24 Takanori Gomi WIN Seung Hwan Bang
2008-11-01 Sergey Golyaev WIN Takanori Gomi
2009-01-04 Eiji Mitsuoka WIN Sergey Golyaev
2009-08-02 Eiji Mitsuoka WIN Clay French
2009-11-07 Kazunori Yokota WIN Eiji Mitsuoka
2009-12-31 Tatsuya Kawajiri WIN Kazunori Yokota
2010-07-10 Shinya Aoki WIN Tatsuya Kawajiri
2010-09-25 Shinya Aoki WIN Marcus Aurelio
2010-10-24 Shinya Aoki WIN Yokthai Sithoar
2011-04-09 Shinya Aoki WIN Lyle Beerbohm
2011-05-29 Shinya Aoki WIN Rich Clementi
2011-09-24 Shinya Aoki WIN Rob McCullough
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