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Bantamweight

Issue Date: 5/19/2013 (Official Release: #307)

Bantamweight (130-138 lbs) fighter ranks

The rankings presented are computerized and provided by the FightMatrix ranking system, which utilizes a comprehensive MMA fight database to provide objective rankings. Please note, that these rankings ONLY contain fighters who have had at least one professional fight some time in the 450 days prior to the ranking date.

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Fighter (Age)

Record

Points

Roland Delorme (29)	8-1-0	65
Last Fight: 7/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#42 BW] Francisco Rivera
Next Fight: 6/15/2013 [UFC] vs [#92 BW] Edwin Figueroa

Mitch Gagnon (28)	9-2-0	64
Last Fight: 9/22/2012 [UFC] vs [#136 BW] Walel Watson

Masakatsu Ueda (35)	17-2-2	64
Last Fight: 4/05/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#248 BW] Jens Pulver
Next Fight: 5/31/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#24 BW] Kevin Belingon

James Brum (26)	12-2-0	63
Last Fight: 5/11/2013 [CageWarriors] vs [#108 BW] Olivier Pastor

Kyung Ho Kang (25)	11-6-0	63
Last Fight: 3/03/2013 [UFC] vs [#37 BW] Alex Caceres

Johnny Bedford	19-10-1	62
Last Fight: 4/27/2013 [UFC] vs [#12 BW] Bryan Caraway

Zeilton Rodrigues	12-3-0	62
Last Fight: 5/17/2013 [Shooto Americas] vs [#147 BW] Claudio Rocha

Sirwan Kakai (23)	9-1-0	61
Last Fight: 3/09/2013 [Internation Ring Fight Arena] vs [#201 BW] Jose Luis Zapater

Johnny Eduardo (34)	26-9-0	61
Last Fight: 5/15/2012 [UFC] vs [#78 BW] Jeff Curran

Ivan Menjivar (30)	25-10-0	61
Last Fight: 2/23/2013 [UFC] vs [#3 BW] Urijah Faber

Bryan Goldsby (31)	18-15-0	61
Last Fight: 3/30/2013 [NAAFS] vs [NR] Isaiah Chapman

Motonobu Tezuka (25)	20-6-4	60
Last Fight: 5/19/2013 [Pancrase] vs [#133 BW] Taichi Nakajima

L.C. Davis (32)	19-5-0	60
Last Fight: 3/30/2013 [Victory FC] vs [NR] Dominic Blanco

Rolando Velasco	8-2-1	59
Last Fight: 11/15/2012 [Tachi Palace Fights] vs [#115 BW] Carson Beebe

Yusup Saadulaev (28)	9-3-1	57
Last Fight: 4/05/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#25 BW] Leandro Issa
Next Fight: 5/31/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [NR] Ryan Diaz

Vaughan Lee (30)	13-8-1	57
Last Fight: 2/16/2013 [UFC] vs [#62 BW] Motonobu Tezuka
Next Fight: 6/08/2013 [UFC] vs [#8 BW] Raphael Assuncao

Hideo Tokoro (35)	31-25-2	56
Last Fight: 12/24/2012 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs [NR] Rumina Sato

Russell Doane	9-1-0	55
Last Fight: 1/19/2013 [Destiny MMA] vs [NR] Omar Avelar

Aljamain Sterling (23)	7-0-0	55
Last Fight: 8/24/2012 [Cage Fury FC] vs [#214 BW] Sidemar Honorio

Takeshi Inoue (33)	21-7-0	55
Last Fight: 12/24/2012 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs [#22 BW] Kenji Osawa

Anthony Birchak (27)	10-1-0	52
Last Fight: 5/10/2013 [MaximumFC] vs [#207 BW] Ryan Benoit

Jason Sampson (31)	10-1-0	51
Last Fight: 1/24/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [NR] Chris Pham
Next Fight: 6/19/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#135 BW] Mike Maldonado

Nazareno Malegarie (27)	26-3-0	50
Last Fight: 5/03/2013 [Smash Fight] vs [NR] Andre Luis

Nick Mamalis (26)	24-9-0	50
Last Fight: 2/23/2013 [Sparta Combat League] vs [#61 FLW] Nick Honstein

Hugo Viana	7-1-0	50
Last Fight: 4/20/2013 [UFC] vs [#19 BW] T.J. Dillashaw

Jesse Brock	14-7-0	50
Last Fight: 12/07/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#14 BW] Jimmie Rivera

Richie Vaculik (29)	9-1-0	50
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [AustralianFC] vs [NR] Matt Jaggers

Jeff Curran (35)	35-15-1	50
Last Fight: 5/03/2013 [Extreme Chal.] vs [NR] Joshua Killion
Next Fight: 6/21/2013 [Resurrection Fight Alliance] vs [#24 FLW] Sergio Pettis

Patrick Holohan (25)	9-0-1	50
Last Fight: 7/21/2012 [Cage Contender] vs [NR] Artemij Sitenkov

Pablo Alfonso (30)	8-5-0	50
Last Fight: 1/19/2013 [Championship Fighting Alliance] vs [#278 FW] Shah Bobonis

Brandon Hempleman	9-1-0	49
Last Fight: 12/08/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#53 FLW] Paul McVeigh

Cody Gibson	8-3-0	49
Last Fight: 1/25/2013 [The Warriors Cage] vs [NR] Junior Villanueva

Chico Camus (28)	12-4-0	48
Last Fight: 2/02/2013 [UFC] vs [#56 FW] Dustin Kimura

Marcio Cesar (28)	17-7-3	48
Last Fight: 4/19/2013 [Shooto Americas] vs Unranked Opponent

Jeff Hougland (34)	10-6-0	48
Last Fight: 11/10/2012 [UFC] vs [#11 BW] Takeya Mizugaki

Iliarde Santos (32)	27-7-1	48
Last Fight: 5/18/2013 [UFC] vs [#7 BW] Iuri Alcantara

Matt Hobar	7-1-0	47
Last Fight: 4/12/2013 [Legacy Promotions] vs [NR] Nelson Salas
Next Fight: 7/19/2013 [Legacy Promotions] vs [NR] Angel Huerta

Hiromasa Ogikubo (26)	10-3-2	47
Last Fight: 3/16/2013 [Shooto] vs [#17 BW] Kyoji Horiguchi

Martin McDonough	11-4-0	47
Last Fight: 5/04/2013 [CageWarriors] vs [NR] Mark Platts

Cory Tait	7-2-0	47
Last Fight: 4/06/2013 [Ultimate Chal. UK] vs [NR] Spencer Hewitt

Taiyo Nakahara (30)	13-7-0	46
Last Fight: 6/16/2012 [Legend Fighting Championship] vs [#145 BW] Nam Jin Jo

Edwin Figueroa (28)	9-2-0	45
Last Fight: 2/02/2013 [UFC] vs [#42 BW] Francisco Rivera
Next Fight: 6/15/2013 [UFC] vs [#51 BW] Roland Delorme

Joel Roberts (30)	8-4-0	45
Last Fight: 3/16/2013 [Cage Fury FC] vs [#217 BW] Jason McLean

David Haggstrom (27)	7-1-1	45
Last Fight: 12/01/2012 [Vision Fighting Championship] vs [NR] Artemij Sitenkov

Masato Sannai (31)	9-3-1	45
Last Fight: 11/18/2012 [HEAT] vs Unranked Opponent

Ken Stone (30)	11-4-0	44
Last Fight: 8/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#33 BW] Erik Perez

Toshiaki Kitada (32)	14-6-4	44
Last Fight: 2/16/2013 [DEEP] vs [#16 BW] Daiki Hata

Leandro Higo (24)	12-2-0	44
Last Fight: 1/18/2013 [Arena Fight] vs Unranked Opponent

Ronnie Mann (26)	21-6-1	44
Last Fight: 3/28/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#40 BW] Rodrigo Lima

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Rob Menigoz	7-1-0	44
Last Fight: 8/18/2012 [Hoosier Fight Club] vs Unranked Opponent

Issue Date: 5/19/2013 (Official Release: #307)

Previous Official Release: 5/12/2013

Fighters who have dropped out: [#199] Patrick Reeves+, [#246] Alex Soto!, [#248] Diego DAvila!, [#250] Yuta Nezu!

Drop out symbols: * = Inactive (450d), + = Moved Divisions (Up), - = Moved Divisions (Down), % = Forced, ! = Results/Other

Comments (170)

170 Comments

Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on Fox 5 (12-08-2012) says:

May 18, 2013 at 8:56 pm

[...] (135) [#24] Scott Jorgensen (13-6-0) vs. [#190] John Albert (7-3-0) Scott Jorgensen is the All-Time #15 ranked Bantamweight [...]

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Fight Matrix | Fight Matrix Program: UFC on Fox 8 (05-18-2013) says:

May 15, 2013 at 11:28 am

[...] (135) [#9] Iuri Alcantara (27-4-0, -517) vs. [#65] Iliarde Santos (27-6-1, [...]

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Chromium says:

April 29, 2013 at 4:10 pm

Erik Perez should be listed as Mexican. He was born and raised there and is technically still a Mexican citizen, even though he trains out of Jackson’s. He is identified as Mexican on Sherdog too.

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Fight Matrix | Fightmatrix Program: UFC 159 (04-27-2013) says:

April 23, 2013 at 3:15 pm

[...] (135) [#29] Johnny Bedford (19-9-1, +112) vs. [#36] Erik Perez (13-4-0, [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: TUF 17 Finale (04-12-2013) says:

April 11, 2013 at 12:54 pm

[...] (135) [#4] Urijah Faber (27-6-0, -458) vs. [#27] Scott Jorgensen (14-6-0, +354) Urijah Faber is the All-Time #11 ranked [...]

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Fight Matrix | Fightmatrix Program: UFC 158 (03-16-20103) says:

March 11, 2013 at 10:52 am

[...] No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition. . Bantamweight (135) [#51] T.J. Dillashaw (6-1-0) vs. [#158] Issei Tamura [...]

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Fight Matrix | Fightmatrix Program: UFC on Fuel TV 8 (03-03-2013) says:

February 28, 2013 at 10:03 am

[...] (135) [#33] Alex Caceres (8-5-0) vs. [#53] Kyung Ho Kang [...]

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jcs says:

February 24, 2013 at 1:56 pm

Last I heard, he was way ahead of schedule and is expected to come back summer/fall.

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oleg says:

February 24, 2013 at 1:35 pm

Does Dominc Cruz really exist? Will he ever fight again?

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