Issue Date: 1/29/2012 (Official Release: #236)

Featherweight (139-149 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
1		Jose Aldo Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	21-1-0	505
2		Tatsuya Kawajiri Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM]	30-7-2	255
3		Kenny Florian Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]	14-6-0	251
4		Pat Curran Last Fight: 8/20/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/09/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#10 BW] Joe Warren	16-4-0	246
5		Chad Mendes Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	11-1-0	199
6		Hiroyuki Takaya Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM]	17-9-1	182
7		Patricio Freire Last Fight: 5/21/2011 [BellatorFC]	17-1-0	175
8		Hatsu Hioki Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#9 FW] Bart Palaszewski	25-4-2	171
9		Bart Palaszewski Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#8 FW] Hatsu Hioki	36-14-0	169
10		Diego Nunes Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#18 LW] Dennis Siver	17-2-0	167
11		Yuri Alcantara Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	27-3-0	166
12		Robert Peralta Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#65 FW] Mackens Semerzier	15-3-0	158
13		Erik Koch Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]	13-1-0	142
14		Ross Pearson Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	13-5-0	140
15		Dustin Poirier Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#277 LW] Max Holloway	11-1-0	139
16		Ricardo Lamas Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [UFC]	11-2-0	133
17		Marlon Sandro Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/09/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#62 FW] Roberto Vargas	20-3-0	131
18		Tyson Griffin Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]	15-6-0	130
19		Chan Sung Jung Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]	12-3-0	130
20		Manny Gamburyan Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	11-7-0	129
21		Joachim Hansen Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM]	22-11-1	121
22		Takeshi Inoue Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM]	21-6-0	117
23	NR	Charles Oliveira Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	15-2-0	114
24	1	Javier Vazquez Last Fight: 6/26/2011 [UFC]	16-5-0	112
25	1	Deividas Taurosevicius Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [RoC]  Next Fight: 2/10/2012 [RoC] vs [#200 LW] Jeff Lentz	14-5-0	110
26	1	Doo Ho Choi Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [DEEP]  Next Fight: 2/18/2012 [DEEP] vs [#33 FW] Kazunori Yokota	8-1-0	109
27	1	Mark Hominick Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#77 FW] Eddie Yagin	20-10-0	109
28	1	Darren Elkins Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]	13-2-0	106
29	1	Kazuyuki Miyata Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM]	11-9-0	103
30	1	Rani Yahya Last Fight: 8/06/2011 [UFC]	16-7-0	100
31	1	Mike Thomas Brown Last Fight: 8/06/2011 [UFC]	25-8-0	99
32	34	Cub Swanson Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	16-5-0	98
33	2	Kazunori Yokota Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [DEEP]  Next Fight: 2/18/2012 [DEEP] vs [#26 FW] Doo Ho Choi	14-5-3	97
34		Daniel Pineda Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC]	16-7-0	89
35		Junior Assuncao Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	13-5-0	88
36		Michihiro Omigawa Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	13-11-1	87
37		Jeremy Spoon Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/09/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#72 LW] Daniel Straus	12-0-0	87
38		Ronnie Mann Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/09/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#27 BW] Wagnney Fabiano	21-4-1	87
39		Jim Hettes Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	10-0-0	85
40		Micah Miller Last Fight: 12/02/2010 [Tachi Palace Fights]  Next Fight: 3/09/2012 [Tachi Palace Fights] vs [#61 FW] Georgi Karakhanyan	16-4-0	83
41	9	George Roop Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	12-9-1	81
42	1	Waylon Lowe Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Instinct MMA]	12-4-0	79
43	1	Caol Uno Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM]	26-15-5	78
44		Tom Niinimaki Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [The Cage]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [The Cage] vs [#99 FW] Paul Reed	16-5-1	78
45	2	Joe Stevenson Last Fight: 6/26/2011 [UFC]	33-14-0	78
46	1	Ramiro Hernandez Last Fight: 6/11/2011 [Bricktown Brawl]	11-4-0	76
47	1	Roli Delgado Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [BellatorFC]	11-5-1	74
48	1	Masayuki Okude Last Fight: 11/23/2011 [ZST]	14-11-8	74
49	1	Chase Beebe Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [United Combat Sports]	18-8-1	72
50	17	Eric Wisely Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	19-7-0	72

Issue Date: 1/29/2012 (Official Release: #236)

Previous Official Release: 1/22/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#208] Danny Martinez-, [#267] Sami Aziz*, [#300] Daniel Hauenstein!

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

Comments (123)

123 Comments

• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC 143 (02-04-2012) says:

  February 3, 2012 at 10:14 pm

  [...] (145) [#15] Dustin Poirier (11-1-0) vs. [#277LW] Max Holloway [...]

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• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on FOX 2 (01-28-2012) says:

  January 27, 2012 at 7:46 am

  [...] (145) [#32] George Roop (12-8-1) vs. [#66] Cub Swanson [...]

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• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on FX (01-20-2011) says:

  January 18, 2012 at 9:02 am

  [...] (145) [#40] Daniel Pineda (14-7-0) vs. [#227] Pat Schilling [...]

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