Issue Date: 5/19/2013 (Official Release: #307)
Featherweight (139-149 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 |
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Pat Curran (25)
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19-4-0 |
299
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Last Fight: 4/04/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#25 FW] Shahbulat Shamhalaev
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| 4 |
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Clay Guida (31)
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30-13-0 |
264
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Last Fight: 1/26/2013 [UFC] vs [#14 FW] Hatsu Hioki
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| 5 |
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Chad Mendes (28)
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14-1-0 |
241
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Last Fight: 4/20/2013 [UFC] vs [#21 FW] Darren Elkins
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| 6 |
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| 9 |
1 |
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Nik Lentz (28)
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24-5-2 |
218
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Last Fight: 5/18/2013 [UFC] vs [#28 FW] Hacran Dias
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| 10 |
1 |
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| 11 |
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Daniel Straus (28)
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21-4-0 |
189
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Last Fight: 10/26/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#219 FW] Alvin Robinson
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| 12 |
1 |
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1 |
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| 18 |
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Rani Yahya (28)
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18-7-0 |
144
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Last Fight: 3/03/2013 [UFC] vs [#62 FW] Mizuto Hirota
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| 19 |
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| 21 |
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| 22 |
1 |
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| 23 |
1 |
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| 24 |
1 |
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Cole Miller (29)
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19-7-0 |
124
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Last Fight: 4/13/2013 [UFC] vs [#43 FW] Bart Palaszewski
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| 25 |
1 |
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| 26 |
1 |
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| 27 |
1 |
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| 28 |
6 |
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| 29 |
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Joachim Hansen (33)
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23-11-1 |
116
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Last Fight: 4/13/2013 [Road Fighting Championship] vs [#193 FW] Doo Won Seo
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| 30 |
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| 31 |
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| 32 |
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| 33 |
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| 34 |
1 |
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| 35 |
1 |
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| 36 |
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| 37 |
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Mike Richman (27)
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15-3-0 |
100
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Last Fight: 4/04/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#12 FW] Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
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| 38 |
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| 39 |
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| 40 |
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| 41 |
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Waylon Lowe (32)
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14-4-0 |
96
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Last Fight: 3/23/2013 [World Series of Fighting] vs [#162 FW] Cameron Dollar
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| 42 |
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Wilson Reis (28)
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16-4-0 |
96
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Last Fight: 12/08/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#140 BW] Owen Roddy
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| 43 |
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| 44 |
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Marlon Sandro (36)
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24-5-0 |
95
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Last Fight: 3/07/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#12 FW] Magomedrasul Khasbulaev
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| 45 |
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| 46 |
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Rad Martinez (26)
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14-3-0 |
88
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Last Fight: 2/21/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#25 FW] Shahbulat Shamhalaev
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| 47 |
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Rick Glenn (24)
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13-2-1 |
88
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Last Fight: 3/23/2013 [World Series of Fighting] vs [#214 FW] Alexandre Pimentel
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| 48 |
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Joe Taimanglo (28)
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18-4-1 |
86
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Last Fight: 3/28/2013 [BellatorFC] vs [#141 FW] Ronnie Rogers
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| 49 |
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Andre Fili (22)
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12-1-0 |
85
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Last Fight: 5/03/2013 [West Coast Fighting Championships] vs [#321 FW] Adrian Diaz
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| 50 |
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Erik Koch (24)
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13-2-0 |
84
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Last Fight: 1/26/2013 [UFC] vs [#8 FW] Ricardo Lamas
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Issue Date: 5/19/2013 (Official Release: #307)Previous Official Release: 5/12/2013
Fighters who have dropped out: [#172] Chris Tickle+, [#182] Micah Miller+, [#307] Mike Gahan!, [#337] Kohei Tokeshi!, [#399] Marcio Andrade!, [#400] Jeremy Czarnecki!
Drop out symbols: * = Inactive (450d), + = Moved Divisions (Up), - = Moved Divisions (Down), % = Forced, ! = Results/Other
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[...] Steven Siler: defeated [#30] Micah Miller by guillotine choke in the third (overtime) [...]
But you were right about Maeda.
No, Takaya was 0-2 in the WEC. He lost to Leonard Garcia and Cub Swanson. As for the Omigawa fight, it was close and could have went either way.
@TholonansGhost
Takaya is 0-1, and to be fair Omigawa’s last fight was a total robbery. Also Maeda was never ranked in the Top 10 on Sherdog and was only ranked in the Top 10 in Fight Matrix after knocking out Charlie Valencia, which was fairly appropriate at the time.
I’ll agree Japanese fighters have historically underperformed in the UFC, that much is obvious.
[...] [#30] Micah Miller [...]
1-2 Maeda
3-4 Mizugaki
0-2 Takaya
0-2 Omigawa
1-3 Akiyama
0-1 Sakurai
1-2 Kondo
3-5-2 Uno
All of these guys were generally considered top ten in their divisions when they came to the UFC or WEC and they had a total record of 9-21-2 with UFC/WEC.
Tom, here’s a few names for you…
Yoshiro Maeda, Takeya Mizugaki, Hiroyuki Takaya,
Yoshihiro Akiyama and Michihiro Omigawa were all top ten when they came to Zuffa, and they’ve all flopped.
And let’s not forget Yuki Kondo, Hayato Sakurai and Caol Uno as three more overrated, underachieving japanese fighters.
Actually, Yushin Okami is the only Japanese fighter to ever have much success with Zuffa.
Asian fighters are underrated on this site, not overrated. Hioki should be #2. So there’s going to be a special “asia modifier” where beating an asian opponent garners less points? LOL
Don’t forget all the asian fighters who got ROBBED when they come to the US.
Can you give some examples? Most of those fighters were NOT highly ranked by the time they came over
” Also, look at all of these japanese fighters with pretty records and high rankings who come to the USA and get totally outclassed (often by lower ranked fighters).”