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.


Ranked Fighters: 1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250

Last Fought InCountry
Next Fight In Age From    To
Team Affiliation Show Undefeated Fighters Only
   
Rank ↑ ↓ Fighter  (Age) Record Points
1
 
Renan Barao  (26) 30-1-0
318
Last Fight: 2/16/2013 [UFC] vs  [#10 BW] Michael McDonald
 
2
 
Bibiano Fernandes  (33) 13-3-0
262
Last Fight: 12/31/2012 [DREAM] vs  [#43 BW] Yoshiro Maeda
Next Fight: 5/31/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#175 BW] Koetsu Okazaki
3
 
Urijah Faber  (34) 28-6-0
206
Last Fight: 4/13/2013 [UFC] vs  [#30 BW] Scott Jorgensen
 
4
 
Eduardo Dantas  (24) 15-3-0
199
Last Fight: 2/14/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#9 BW] Marcos Galvao
 
5
 
Marlon Moraes  (25) 10-4-1
143
Last Fight: 3/23/2013 [World Series of Fighting] vs  [#15 BW] Tyson Nam
 
6
 
Eddie Wineland  (28) 20-8-1
138
Last Fight: 12/29/2012 [UFC] vs  [#13 BW] Brad Pickett
 
7
2
Iuri Alcantara  (32) 28-4-0
138
Last Fight: 5/18/2013 [UFC] vs  [#86 BW] Iliarde Santos
 
8
1
Raphael Assuncao  (30) 19-4-0
138
Last Fight: 12/08/2012 [UFC] vs  [#41 BW] Mike Easton
Next Fight: 6/08/2013 [UFC] vs [#66 BW] Vaughan Lee
9
1
Marcos Galvao  (31) 13-6-1
135
Last Fight: 2/14/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#4 BW] Eduardo Dantas
 
10
 
Michael McDonald  (22) 15-2-0
129
Last Fight: 2/16/2013 [UFC] vs  [#1 BW] Renan Barao
 
11
 
Takeya Mizugaki  (29) 17-7-2
119
Last Fight: 3/03/2013 [UFC] vs  [#12 BW] Bryan Caraway
 
12
 
Bryan Caraway  (28) 18-6-0
119
Last Fight: 4/27/2013 [UFC] vs  [#56 BW] Johnny Bedford
 
13
 
Brad Pickett  (34) 23-7-0
113
Last Fight: 4/06/2013 [UFC] vs  [#41 BW] Mike Easton
 
14
 
Jimmie Rivera   12-1-0
112
Last Fight: 4/04/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#207 FW] Brian Kelleher
 
15
 
Tyson Nam  (29) 12-5-0
109
Last Fight: 3/23/2013 [World Series of Fighting] vs  [#5 BW] Marlon Moraes
 
16
 
Daiki Hata  (30) 16-9-7
107
Last Fight: 4/26/2013 [DEEP] vs  [#43 BW] Yoshiro Maeda
 
17
 
Kyoji Horiguchi  (22) 10-1-0
102
Last Fight: 3/16/2013 [Shooto] vs  [#88 BW] Hiromasa Ogikubo
Next Fight: 6/22/2013 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs [#32 BW] Shintaro Ishiwatari
18
 
Travis Marx  (35) 20-4-0
102
Last Fight: 2/21/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#109 FW] Chase Beebe
 
19
 
T.J. Dillashaw  (27) 8-1-0
101
Last Fight: 4/20/2013 [UFC] vs  [#75 BW] Hugo Viana
 
20
 
Joe Warren  (36) 8-3-0
100
Last Fight: 11/09/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [NR] Owen Evinger
 
21
 
Anthony Leone  (25) 12-5-0
95
Last Fight: 12/07/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#4 FLW] Zach Makovsky
 
22
 
Kenji Osawa  (36) 19-10-2
93
Last Fight: 12/24/2012 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs  [#70 BW] Takeshi Inoue
 
23
 
George Roop  (31) 13-9-1
87
Last Fight: 3/16/2013 [UFC] vs  [#181 BW] Reuben Duran
Next Fight: 5/25/2013 [UFC] vs [NR] Brian Bowles
24
 
Kevin Belingon  (25) 11-2-0
87
Last Fight: 4/05/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs Unranked Opponent
Next Fight: 5/31/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#53 BW] Masakatsu Ueda
25
 
Leandro Issa  (29) 11-3-0
85
Last Fight: 4/05/2013 [One Fighting Championship] vs  [#65 BW] Yusup Saadulaev
 
26
15
Shunichi Shimizu  (28) 28-8-10
84
Last Fight: 5/19/2013 [Pancrase] vs  [#143 BW] Yuki Baba
 
27
1
Josh Hill  (26) 9-0-0
83
Last Fight: 8/25/2012 [Score Fighting Series] vs  [#103 FW] John Fraser
 
28
1
Ian Loveland  (29) 16-10-0
83
Last Fight: 12/24/2012 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs  [#17 BW] Kyoji Horiguchi
 
29
1
Soo Chul Kim  (21) 7-4-0
82
Last Fight: 10/06/2012 [One Fighting Championship] vs  [#25 BW] Leandro Issa
Next Fight: 6/22/2013 [Road Fighting Championship] vs [#49 BW] Takafumi Otsuka
30
1
Scott Jorgensen  (30) 14-7-0
81
Last Fight: 4/13/2013 [UFC] vs  [#3 BW] Urijah Faber
 
31
1
Yves Jabouin  (33) 18-8-0
81
Last Fight: 9/29/2012 [UFC] vs  [#13 BW] Brad Pickett
Next Fight: 6/15/2013 [UFC] vs [#112 BW] Dustin Pague
32
1
Shintaro Ishiwatari  (28) 15-4-4
81
Last Fight: 3/17/2013 [Pancrase] vs  [#202 BW] Nobuhiro Yoshitake
Next Fight: 6/22/2013 [Vale Tudo Japan] vs [#17 BW] Kyoji Horiguchi
33
1
Erik Perez  (23) 13-4-0
80
Last Fight: 12/29/2012 [UFC] vs  [NR] Byron Bloodworth
 
34
1
Fabio Mello  (37) 11-6-0
79
Last Fight: 5/25/2012 [Titan Fighting] vs  [NR] Angelo Duarte
 
35
 
Hiroshi Nakamura  (32) 15-6-4
79
Last Fight: 5/25/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#77 FW] Luis Alberto Nogueira
 
36
2
Joe Soto  (26) 11-2-0
79
Last Fight: 5/10/2012 [Tachi Palace Fights] vs  [#153 BW] Chad George
 
37
1
Alex Caceres  (24) 8-5-0
78
Last Fight: 3/03/2013 [UFC] vs  [#55 BW] Kyung Ho Kang
 
38
1
Masakazu Imanari  (37) 27-11-2
77
Last Fight: 2/16/2013 [DEEP] vs  [#233 BW] Kenichi Ito
 
39
7
Michinori Tanaka  (22) 8-0-0
77
Last Fight: 5/18/2013 [PacificXC] vs  [#137 BW] Crisanto Pitpitunge
 
40
2
Rodrigo Lima  (22) 11-1-0
76
Last Fight: 3/28/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#99 BW] Ronnie Mann
 
41
2
Mike Easton  (29) 13-3-0
75
Last Fight: 4/06/2013 [UFC] vs  [#13 BW] Brad Pickett
 
42
2
Francisco Rivera  (31) 9-2-0
75
Last Fight: 2/02/2013 [UFC] vs  [#92 BW] Edwin Figueroa
 
43
1
Yoshiro Maeda  (31) 30-13-4
74
Last Fight: 4/26/2013 [DEEP] vs  [#16 BW] Daiki Hata
 
44
1
Miguel Torres  (32) 40-6-0
71
Last Fight: 11/03/2012 [World Series of Fighting] vs  [#5 BW] Marlon Moraes
 
45
1
Ed West  (29) 18-7-0
69
Last Fight: 2/28/2013 [BellatorFC] vs  [#146 BW] Joshua Montoya
 
46
1
Rodolfo Marques Diniz  (29) 14-2-1
68
Last Fight: 8/25/2012 [Shooto Americas] vs  [#19 FLW] Pedro Nobre
 
47
 
Gustavo Falciroli  (30) 13-4-2
68
Last Fight: 8/31/2012 [One Fighting Championship] vs  [#2 BW] Bibiano Fernandes
 
48
 
Masanori Kanehara  (30) 22-10-5
68
Last Fight: 4/26/2013 [DEEP] vs  [NR] Wade Choate
 
49
 
Takafumi Otsuka  (26) 15-11-1
66
Last Fight: 4/26/2013 [DEEP] vs  [#168 BW] Makoto Kamaya
Next Fight: 6/22/2013 [Road Fighting Championship] vs [#29 BW] Soo Chul Kim
50
 
David Aranda  (36) 9-0-0
66
Last Fight: 10/06/2012 [On Top Promotions] vs  [#108 BW] Olivier Pastor
 

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


Ranked Fighters: 1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250


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Comments (170)



170 Comments

  • jcs says:

    Tokoro’s rating is more established and lost a split. Bowles was coming off a loss to Cruz, year of inactivity, win over relatively poor opposition (Page), good win over Mizugaki, but got KO’d. That’s one quality performance since fall 2009 — over 2 years. The rating you see are primary ratings, there are other metrics we utilize. If you don’t like the site, don’t bother visiting. The only way in which you can reference direct head-to-head results in this system is if the fight was both fighters’ most recent fight, otherwise, it can’t be the major portion of your argument.

  • TLC says:

    Looking back, Banhuevos literally had 66 points before beating Tokoro, yet Tokoro losing had around the same, possibly even smaller effect of losing to Banhuevos than Bowles did to Faber. Nice.

  • TLC says:

    Consistent, fair? The ranking system is an abomination at this point.

    So let me get this straight, Bowles drops an immense 8 spots, and over 30 points for losing to Faber who’s ranked 3. But Tokoro barely drops losing to Antonio ****ing Banuelos? Who btw skyrockets all the way up to 8 to outrank a guy in Torres who has just crushed him a fight prior. AWESOME.

  • [...] (135) [#5] Alexis Vila (11-0-0) vs. [#21] Eduardo Dantas (12-2-0) Eduardo Dantas is the All-Time #18 ranked Bantamweight [...]

  • jcs says:

    I see no issue with the current ranking of Bowles, given the positions of Torres, Mizugaki, and his recent performance against Faber. If you want to argue that Banuelos and Tokoro are too high, than that is something entirely different. Warren and Fernandes are comparable situations as they recently moved downward in division. These rankings aren’t division-specific.. fighters take their points with them when they move divisions. If you want to make your own rankings, please feel free — the Internet is large enough for the both of us. BTW, you are aware that software generates these rankings right? The software isn’t perfect, but it’s consistent and fair.

  • air rider 4 says:

    bowles should have only been dropped one spot, two the most. He lost to faber who was rated above him and he drops 8 spots but guys like vila makovsky fernandes tokoro and banuelos and warren are all in the top 10? not to be rude, but sometimes these rankings really confuse me especially when especially fernandes hasnt beaten anybody of relevance. hansen was not that relevant when they fought. torres jorgensen bowles and johnson should be in the top 10. but tbh i should make my own rankings based on guys who beat worthy oppenents rather than guys who crush cans in japan and even in bellator, though makaovsky could be at 11 the most

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  • TLC says:

    Just as I start to get the feeling that the divisons are going to sort themselves out and actually look like a ranking that isn’t utterly ridiculous, Antonio Buenuelos manages to sneak past fighters like Torres, Johnson and Jorgensen.

    Not to mention, a fighter in Torres who completely embarrased Buenelos and booted his scrub ass out of the UFC. Sad.

  • jcs says:

    When a fighter moves divisions, they take their points with them. When they move down, they get a slight boost. Feather is stronger than Bantam and it is why Bibiano is so highly rated.


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