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.

Last Fought In	- All - - Outside of UFC - UFCBellatorFCDEEPPancraseOne Fighting ChampionshipCageWarriorsShooto / Shooto AmericasWorld Series of FightingVale Tudo JapanTachi Palace FightsK-1 / DREAMPacificXCCage Fury FCKOTCJungle FightLegacy PromotionsLegend Fighting ChampionshipRoad Fighting ChampionshipInternation Ring Fight ArenaSparta Combat LeagueScore Fighting SeriesMaximumFCTitan FightingECCResurrection Fight AllianceHEATAggression Fighting ChampionshipRanik Ultimate Fighting FederationOn Top PromotionsUWC (Mexico)Bitetti Combat NordesteNAAFSVictory FCDestiny MMAAustralianFCCage ContenderChampionship Fighting AllianceExtreme Chal.Smash FightThe Warriors CageUltimate Chal. UKVision Fighting ChampionshipArena FightHoosier Fight ClubG. ChallengeMMA AttackCoalition of CombatFight Club OCOlympian MMA Championships 1Disorderly ConductMade 4 The CageNAFCUnknownRingsShock n AweGrachanWar SportsXPlode Fight SeriesEternal MMAImpact FC (US)Sharkbite Fighting ChampionshipsSteelFist Fight NightIron Fight CombatRumble on the RidgeBXC FightsDakotaFCRebel FightsHeroes Fighting Championship (Sweden)Battle of MoscowChallenge MMA (Canada)Masters Fighting ChampionshipMEZ SportsThe CageUltimate Victory ChallengeWorld Cup of Mixed Martial ArtsAtlas FightsHavoc Fighting ChampionshipKombat ZoneUltimate Cage ChampionshipsFair FightSuper Fight LeagueUltimate Cage Fighting ChampionshipsDetonic FightNew England FightsNitrix Show FightAlash PrideDriller PromotionsFivestar Fight LeagueGround & Pound (Poland)K-StyleMMA XplosionPeru Fighting ChampionshipRespect Fighting ChampionshipThrowdownETCURCCZST1st Team Nogueira Circuit24/7 EntertainmentCageSportReal FCReality FightingXtreme Combat ProductionsSuper Fight Sal		Country	- All - United States Brazil Japan United Kingdom Canada South KoreaMexico Australia Philippines Sweden China Spain Ireland France Guam Poland El Salvador Argentina Chile Finland South Africa Germany Kazakhstan Peru
Next Fight In	- All - - All Scheduled - - Not Scheduled - UFCOne Fighting ChampionshipRoad Fighting ChampionshipVale Tudo JapanResurrection Fight AllianceBellatorFCWorld Series of FightingLegacy PromotionsDEEPShootoBattle of MoscowCageWarriors		Age From	-All- 19202122232425262728293031323334353637384044   To -All- 19202122232425262728293031323334353637384044
Team Affiliation	- All - 519 Fight Factory765 Combat Club808 Top TeamAACCAcademy of Mixed Martial ArtsAchille Boxing Style TeamAkimoto Dojo Jungle JunctionAlchemy BJJAlliance MMAAlliance-SquareAMA Fight ClubAMC PankrationAmerican Jiu-Jitsu AcademyAmerican Revolution MMAAmerican Top TeamApex MMAArashi-Do Martial ArtsAscension Mixed Martial ArtsAtaque DuploAVT Fight TeamBanks MMABlack HouseBrightness Monma DojoBulldog TeamBusan Team M.A.D.CaveCFC MMAChampion TeamChina Top TeamChris Rees AcademyChute BoxeCobra Kai MMA DojoCombat FitnessCombat Sport and FitnessCombat Workout DiamondsConstrictor TeamCountershot MMACrispim BJJ Barra BrothersDaddis Fight CampsDinky NinjasDisciple MMADragon Warrior Mixed Martial ArtsDuneland Vale TudoElite MMAEntram GymEurope Top TeamEvolve MMAFamilia FuracaoFighting Arts AcademyFightman BochniaFinnfighters GymFit NHBFitness Fight FactoryFoleys MMAFrankiko TeamFreelanceFrontier MMAGBG MMAGilbert GrapplingGintas CSDGodoi Jiu-JitsuGold Dragon MMAGracie Barra LodzGround Zero MMAGutsmanGym01Highland Fight SystemsHoney TrapHouse of ChampionsImpact MMA (Aus)Imperial AthleticsInfinite MMAInsideIron Mann MMAJacksons Mixed Martial ArtsJanjira Muay ThaiJoe Stevensons Cobra KaiJuvaldo MMAKamikaze DojoKrazy BeeLakay MMALast Stand Fight TeamLiverpool MMA AcademyLouisville MMAMach DojoMarc Laimons Cobra KaiMash Fight TeamMax Jiu-Jitsu AcademyMMA Barcelona TeamMMA Inc.MMA MastersMN MilitiaMohler MMAMT Team Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & MMANakanoshima MMA AcademyNex SportsNext Generation Northern IrelandNor-Cal Fighting AllianceNorth Dallas MMANorthwest EliteNova UniaoNova Uniao JapanNova%20UniaoOctagon MMAOutlaw MMAPancrase InagakigumiPancrase Team Fight SunsParaestra ChibaParaestra HachiojiParaestra KashiwaParaestra MatsudoParaestra OkinawaParaestra TokyoPedro Vianna Jiu JitsuPejorPhuket Top TeamPinnacle Fighting SystemsPitbull TeamPKGPremier Combat CenterRat Pack Fighting SystemsRen-Yi Fight CampRenovacao Fight TeamReversal GymReversal Gym Yokohama Ground SlamRocha Top TeamRodeo StyleRoufusportRude Effex Fight TeamSBG IrelandSeldef MMAShooting Gym HakkeiShooting Gym YokohamaShooto Gym TokyoSpartans Fight AcademySpike 22Sports LabSpringfield Fight ClubStraight Blast GymStrikers HouseTap StarTeam Alpha MaleTeam BombsquadTeam CurranTeam ExtremeTeam ForceTeam Hurricane AwesomeTeam Jorge GurgelTeam MaxTeam NogueiraTeam PosseTeam PythagoreTeam QuestTeam RokenTeam ShredderTeam SklavosTeam Tiger SchulmannTeam UndisputedTeam%20Tiger%20SchulmannThe AcademyThe ArmoryThe PitTillery Combat MMA AcademyTitan Martial ArtsTokyo Yellow MansTop Life AmazonasToushin MMATP Fight TeamTristar GymTwisted GenetiksU.W.F. Snakepit JapanUflacker AcademyUlisses Pereira TeamUltimate Training CentreUnderworld ExtremeUnited Mixed Martial ArtsUniversidade da LutaUruno DojoVictory AthleticsWajutsu Keishukai GodsWajutsu Keishukai HeartsWajutsu Keishukai Naked ManWajutsu Keishukai SurugaWajutsu Keishukai TokyoWinnipeg Academy of MMAXian Sports UniversityYoshida DojoYoung Tigers Foundation			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 Next Fight: 6/15/2013 [UFC] vs [#6 BW] Eddie Wineland
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 Next Fight: 6/15/2013 [UFC] vs [#1 BW] Renan Barao
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

Comments (170)

170 Comments

• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on FOX 3 (2012-05-02) says:

  May 3, 2012 at 11:42 am

  [...] (125) [#56BW] John Lineker (19-5-0) vs. [#227BW] Louis Gaudinot [...]

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• ThonolansGhost says:

  April 17, 2012 at 6:22 pm

  Nice to see that you’ve expanded the rankings for flyweight and bantamweight- keep up the good work.

  Reply
• jcs says:

  March 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm

  Sunday most likely.

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• shane howell says:

  March 27, 2012 at 3:18 pm

  That’s cool.when is the next update?

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• jcs says:

  March 27, 2012 at 3:09 pm

  Because good info is hard to find. We’ll shift you back on next update.

  Reply
• shane howell says:

  March 27, 2012 at 1:41 pm

  How Come I’m ranked at 14 5lbs now?I weighed in at 137 and Jimmy van horn weighed in at 138.we fought at a catch weight at 138.

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• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: Bellator 60 (03-10-2012) says:

  March 8, 2012 at 2:46 pm

  [...] (145) [#4] Pat Curran (16-4-0) vs. [#9BW] Joe Warren (7-2-0) Pat Curran is the All-Time #23 ranked Featherweight [...]

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• Fight Matrix | Fightmatrix Program – UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann (2012-03-03) says:

  February 28, 2012 at 9:27 am

  [...] (125) [#3BW] Joseph Benavidez (15-2-0) vs. [#3] Yasuhiro Urushitani (19-4-6) Yasuhiro Urushitani is the All-Time #2 ranked [...]

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• Norman says:

  February 26, 2012 at 2:33 pm

  That Mizugaki decision was such BS

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• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC 144 (02-25-2012) says:

  February 22, 2012 at 12:32 pm

  [...] (135) [#14] Takeya Mizugaki (15-6-2) vs. [#57] Chris Cariaso (12-4-0) Takeya Mizugaki is the All-Time #15 ranked Bantamweight [...]

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