Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Bantamweight (131-138 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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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
1		Dominick Cruz 19-1-0 338 Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [UFC] vs  [#2 FLW] Demetrious Johnson
2		Bibiano Fernandes 11-3-0 244 Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#7 BW] Antonio Banuelos
3		Urijah Faber 26-5-0 234 Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC] vs  [#8 BW] Brian Bowles
4		Eduardo Dantas 14-2-0 196 Last Fight: 4/13/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#12 BW] Zach Makovsky
5		Renan Barao 28-1-0 182 Last Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs  [#15 BW] Scott Jorgensen Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#40 BW] Ivan Menjivar
6		Michael McDonald 15-1-0 151 Last Fight: 4/21/2012 [UFC] vs  [#23 BW] Miguel Torres
7		Antonio Banuelos 20-8-0 122 Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#2 BW] Bibiano Fernandes
8		Brian Bowles 10-2-0 120 Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC] vs  [#3 BW] Urijah Faber
9		Marcos Galvao 12-5-1 117 Last Fight: 5/11/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#49 BW] Travis Marx
10		Luis Alberto Nogueira 13-2-0 114 Last Fight: 4/13/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#14 BW] Alexis Vila
11		Yusup Saadulaev 9-1-1 111 Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#24 BW] Hideo Tokoro
12		Zach Makovsky 14-3-0 108 Last Fight: 4/13/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#4 BW] Eduardo Dantas
13	7	Yves Jabouin 18-7-0 106 Last Fight: 5/15/2012 [UFC] vs  [#61 BW] Jeff Hougland
14	1	Alexis Vila 11-2-0 106 Last Fight: 4/13/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#10 BW] Luis Alberto Nogueira
15	1	Scott Jorgensen 13-5-0 105 Last Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs  [#5 BW] Renan Barao Next Fight: 6/08/2012 [UFC] vs [#25 BW] Eddie Wineland
16	1	Chris Cariaso 13-4-0 103 Last Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs  [#20 BW] Takeya Mizugaki
17	1	Yoshiro Maeda 29-11-4 102 Last Fight: 2/18/2012 [DEEP] vs  [#34 BW] Takafumi Otsuka
18	1	Masakazu Imanari 25-10-2 102 Last Fight: 3/31/2012 [One Fighting Championship] vs  [#143 BW] Kevin Belingon Next Fight: 6/23/2012 [One Fighting Championship] vs [#110 BW] Leandro Issa
19	1	Raphael Assuncao 17-4-0 100 Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC] vs  [#48 BW] Johnny Eduardo
20	1	Takeya Mizugaki 15-7-2 96 Last Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs  [#16 BW] Chris Cariaso
21		Ian Loveland 15-9-0 91 Last Fight: 5/10/2012 [Tachi Palace Fights] vs  [#163 BW] Alexander Crispim
22		Hiroshi Nakamura 15-5-4 90 Last Fight: 4/06/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#171 BW] Rodrigo Lima
23		Miguel Torres 40-5-0 86 Last Fight: 4/21/2012 [UFC] vs  [#6 BW] Michael McDonald
24	1	Hideo Tokoro 30-25-2 82 Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#11 BW] Yusup Saadulaev
25	1	Eddie Wineland 18-8-1 82 Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC] vs  [#1 FLW] Joseph Benavidez Next Fight: 6/08/2012 [UFC] vs [#15 BW] Scott Jorgensen
26		Motonobu Tezuka 19-4-4 81 Last Fight: 4/28/2012 [Pancrase] vs  [#67 BW] Shunichi Shimizu
27		Fabio Mello 10-6-0 80 Last Fight: 3/02/2012 [Titan Fighting] vs  [#318 FW] Josh Huber Next Fight: 5/25/2012 [Titan Fighting] vs [#66 BW] Nick Mamalis
28		Joe Soto 11-2-0 80 Last Fight: 5/10/2012 [Tachi Palace Fights] vs  [#141 BW] Chad George
29		John Fraser 10-3-0 77 Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [Score Fighting Series] vs  [#124 BW] Travis Reddinger
30		Rodolfo Marques Diniz 14-2-0 77 Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#2 BW] Bibiano Fernandes
31		Tatsumitsu Wada 8-6-1 74 Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [DEEP] vs  [#34 BW] Takafumi Otsuka
32		Ryan Roberts 16-10-1 74 Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [BellatorFC] vs  [#12 BW] Zach Makovsky
33		Mitch Gagnon 8-1-0 73 Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Ring Side] vs  [#112 BW] David Harris Next Fight: 7/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#76 FW] Bryan Caraway
34		Takafumi Otsuka 12-11-1 72 Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [DEEP] vs  [#31 BW] Tatsumitsu Wada
35		Atsushi Yamamoto 15-7-3 72 Last Fight: 5/29/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#24 BW] Hideo Tokoro
36		Wilson Reis 13-4-0 72 Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Win Fight] vs  [#235 BW] Bruno Menezes
37		Shintaro Ishiwatari 12-4-4 70 Last Fight: 3/11/2012 [Pancrase] vs  [#96 BW] Tashiro Nishiuchi
38		Gustavo Falciroli 12-3-2 69 Last Fight: 2/11/2012 [One Fighting Championship] vs  [NR] Soo Chul Kim
39		Brad Pickett 21-6-0 69 Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs  [#166 BW] Damacio Page
40		Ivan Menjivar 24-8-0 69 Last Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs  [#148 BW] John Albert Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#5 BW] Renan Barao
41		Kenji Osawa 18-10-2 67 Last Fight: 7/16/2011 [DREAM] vs  [#104 BW] Keisuke Fujiwara
42		Darren Uyenoyama 7-3-0 67 Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [UFC] vs  [#151 BW] Norifumi Yamamoto
43		Roland Delorme 8-1-0 65 Last Fight: 5/05/2012 [UFC] vs  [#80 BW] Nick Denis
44		Johnny Bedford 18-9-1 65 Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [UFC] vs  [#8 FLW] Louis Gaudinot
45		Mike Easton 12-1-0 64 Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC] vs  [#56 BW] Jared Papazian
46		Edwin Figueroa 9-1-0 64 Last Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs  [#47 BW] Alex Caceres Next Fight: 6/22/2012 [UFC] vs [#81 BW] Ken Stone
47	1	Alex Caceres 6-5-0 62 Last Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs  [#46 BW] Edwin Figueroa
48	114	Johnny Eduardo 26-9-0 61 Last Fight: 5/15/2012 [UFC] vs  [#71 BW] Jeff Curran
49		Travis Marx 19-4-0 61 Last Fight: 5/11/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#9 BW] Marcos Galvao
50		Ed West 17-7-0 59 Last Fight: 4/13/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#9 BW] Marcos Galvao

Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Previous Official Release: 5/12/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#149] Warren Stewart+, [#203] Angel Huerta!, [#219] Joseph Sandoval-

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

Comments (121)

121 Comments

• air rider 4 says:

  November 7, 2011 at 7:58 pm

  my apologies, it just caught me off guard. but may you please answer my questions though on how they are ranked how they currently are? i didnt mean to get all complainish, it just caught me off guard. apologies man.

  Reply
• JCS says:

  November 7, 2011 at 9:14 am

  I will always reply thoughtfully and comprehensively when someone questions A fighter’s ranking… but when someone complains about the entirety.. all I have to say is, make your own system =).

  Reply
• air rider 4 says:

  November 6, 2011 at 4:24 pm

  how the hell is bibiano fernandes number 3 above faber and bowles and same for villa who is top ten while torres jorgensen and johnson are not in the top ten? even tokoro and banuelos and makavsky and warren are too high but i would put makovsky at ten.

  Reply
• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC 138 (11-05-2011) says:

  November 3, 2011 at 3:52 pm

  [...] (135) [#12] Renan Barao (26-1-0) vs. [#35] Brad Pickett [...]

  Reply
• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: Ring-Side MMA 12 (10-21-2011) says:

  October 21, 2011 at 1:51 pm

  [...] (136) [#76FW] Mitch Gagnon (7-1-0, 136.0lb) vs. [#102] David Harris (6-2-1, [...]

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• ThonolansGhost says:

  September 26, 2011 at 1:27 pm

  Looks like the bantamweight division’s top ten got quite a shake-up this week.

  Reply
• Fight Matrix - Mixed Martial Arts Rankings » Blog Archive » The Ultimate Fighter 14, Episode 1 Review - Page 22 says:

  September 22, 2011 at 12:40 pm

  [...] TJ Dillashaw: defeated [NR] Matt Jaggers via TKO in the first [...]

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• Rodrigo says:

  September 18, 2011 at 6:08 am

  Andrew Leone beat Soo Chul Kim #140 in 28 seconds, before Leanrdo Issa #76 beat him by decision. Why isnt Andrew Leone ranked?

  http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Andrew-Leone-67172

  Reply
• Fight Matrix - Mixed Martial Arts Rankings » Blog Archive » Ranking ‘The Ultimate Fighter 14′ Contestants - Page 23 says:

  August 23, 2011 at 10:36 pm

  [...] BW] Jimmie Rivera[#67] Bryan [...]

  Reply
• QUIZ: Which top 10 fighter has lost more than he has finished? - Page 3 - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums says:

  August 17, 2011 at 2:02 am

  [...] [...]

  Reply

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