Five long-time ranked fighters who need to step it up.

Sep 2, 2010
Jason

The following list consists of non-top 10 male fighters who have been ranked, have won at least 5 fights, and have went undefeated for the past two years, but have not moved their rank position more than 25 positions.

1. Nick Penner (Current Rank: #77 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #72 | [5-0-0 2yr])

Talk about a stasis.  In this span, his rating went DOWN.  Penner has fought two debuting fighters and a 0-1 fighter.  In his last two, he’s taken a small jump in quality, but it’s time to move away from Canada and take an increase in competition.

2. Delson Heleno (Current Rank: #43 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #60 | [6-0-0 2yr])

Heleno has made a career out of bouncing around the minor circuits on a global scale.  His losses are pretty respectable, but he has no very good wins.  Maybe he’s simply peaked as a fighter.

3. Brent Weedman (Current Rank: #39 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #57 | [7-0-0 2yr])

On a positive note, he’s gotten noticed and moved onto Bellator from the southeastern US circuit.  Time will tell if he can rise up the rankings.

4. Hector Lombard (Current Rank: #24 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #45 | [10-0-0 2yr])

The most prolific thrasher of mid-level competition in professional mixed martial arts.  Shlemenko will be his highest ranked competition (at the time of the bout) since his loss to Akihiro Gono in June 2006.  In fact, Shlemenko is ranked higher than Lombard thanks to the Bellator Middleweight tournament.  It should be interesting, because Lombard’s two losses, and draw, were to the only three higher ranked fighters (at the time of the bout) that Lombard has faced outside of his pro debut against a 1-0 fighter.

5. Joe Doerksen (Current Rank: #25 vs. 9/1/08 Rank: #58 | [6-0-0 2yr])

After nearly 60 professional fights, I think we know what we’re getting with Doerksen.

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