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Issue Date: 8/29/2010 (Official Release: #156)

Lightweight (150-162 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   Frankie Edgar
Last Fight: 8/28/2010 [UFC] 		13-1-0
585
2 1 Shinya Aoki
Last Fight: 7/10/2010 [DREAM] 		22-5-0
378
3 1 Gilbert Melendez
Last Fight: 4/17/2010 [Strike Force] 		17-2-0
341
4 2 B.J. Penn
Last Fight: 8/28/2010 [UFC] 		15-7-1
341
5 3 Gray Maynard
Last Fight: 8/28/2010 [UFC] 		10-0-0
316
6   Eddie Alvarez
Last Fight: 5/06/2010 [BellatorFC] 		20-2-0
251
7 2 Kenny Florian
Last Fight: 8/28/2010 [UFC] 		13-5-0
243
8 1 George Sotiropoulos
Last Fight: 7/03/2010 [UFC] 		13-2-0
225
9   Mizuto Hirota
Last Fight: 12/31/2009 [K-1] 		12-4-1
211
10   Takanori Gomi
Last Fight: 8/01/2010 [UFC] 		32-6-0
207
11   Tatsuya Kawajiri
Last Fight: 7/10/2010 [DREAM] 		26-6-2
194
12   Jim Miller
Last Fight: 3/27/2010 [UFC] 		17-2-0
180
13   Ben Henderson
Last Fight: 4/24/2010 [WEC] 		12-2-0
171
14   Jadamba Narantungalag
Last Fight: 8/22/2010 [WVR] 		3-2-0
170
15   Clay Guida
Last Fight: 8/07/2010 [UFC] 		27-10-0
170
16   Gleison Tibau
Last Fight: 3/31/2010 [UFC] 		21-6-0
164
17   Jorge Masvidal
Last Fight: 4/25/2010 [J-Rock Promotions] 		20-5-0
161
18   Kazunori Yokota
Last Fight: 12/31/2009 [K-1] 		11-3-3
159
19   Joe Stevenson
Last Fight: 2/20/2010 [UFC] 		33-11-0
157
20   Yves Edwards
Last Fight: 8/12/2010 [BellatorFC] 		38-16-1
157
21   Akihiro Gono
Last Fight: 8/22/2010 [WVR] 		32-16-7
155
22   Evan Dunham
Last Fight: 6/12/2010 [UFC] 		11-0-0
148
23 1 Gesias Cavalcante
Last Fight: 7/10/2010 [DREAM] 		15-3-1
146
24 1 Eiji Mitsuoka
Last Fight: 11/07/2009 [WVR] 		16-7-2
146
25   Katsunori Kikuno
Last Fight: 7/10/2010 [DREAM] 		13-3-2
145
26   Satoru Kitaoka
Last Fight: 6/05/2010 [Pancrase] 		26-10-9
143
27   Antonio McKee
Last Fight: 3/20/2010 [College Cage Series] 		24-3-2
137
28   Kurt Pellegrino
Last Fight: 7/03/2010 [UFC] 		17-5-0
132
29   Luis Palomino
Last Fight: 8/12/2010 [BellatorFC] 		13-6-0
129
30   Pat Curran
Last Fight: 6/10/2010 [BellatorFC] 		13-3-0
124
31   Josh Thomson
Last Fight: 6/26/2010 [Strike Force] 		16-3-0
124
32   Sergey Golyaev
Last Fight: 5/22/2010 [Azerbaijan Pankration Federation] 		17-7-0
123
33   Toby Imada
Last Fight: 6/10/2010 [BellatorFC] 		25-14-0
121
34 2 Anthony Pettis
Last Fight: 8/18/2010 [WEC] 		12-1-0
118
35   Tyson Griffin
Last Fight: 8/01/2010 [UFC] 		13-4-0
118
36 2 Maximo Blanco
Last Fight: 6/20/2010 [WVR] 		6-2-1
118
37   Lyle Beerbohm
Last Fight: 5/15/2010 [Strike Force] 		14-0-0
116
38   Mike Campbell
Last Fight: 5/21/2010 [Moosin] 		8-2-0
115
39   Jeremy Stephens
Last Fight: 5/08/2010 [UFC] 		17-5-0
114
40   Sam Stout
Last Fight: 5/08/2010 [UFC] 		15-6-1
113
41   Ricardo Lamas
Last Fight: 8/18/2010 [WEC] 		9-1-0
110
42   KJ Noons
Last Fight: 8/21/2010 [Strike Force] 		10-2-0
109
43 20 Nik Lentz
Last Fight: 8/28/2010 [UFC] 		19-3-2
108
44 1 Marcus Aurelio
Last Fight: 3/13/2010 [Fight Festival] 		20-8-0
108
45 1 Jacob Volkmann
Last Fight: 8/01/2010 [UFC] 		11-2-0
104
46 1 Caol Uno
Last Fight: 3/31/2010 [UFC] 		25-13-5
103
47   Dennis Siver
Last Fight: 6/19/2010 [UFC] 		16-7-0
102
48   Melvin Guillard
Last Fight: 5/29/2010 [UFC] 		24-9-2
101
49   Ross Pearson
Last Fight: 3/31/2010 [UFC] 		11-3-0
99
50 4 Vitor Ribeiro
Last Fight: 5/15/2010 [Strike Force] 		20-4-0
97

Previous Official Release: 8/22/2010

Fighters who have dropped out: [#214] Marshall Martin!, [#241] Jonathan Knutson!, [#247] Steve Lopez!, [#248] Alberto Crane!

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


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Comments (61)

61 Responses to “Lightweight”

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  1. Neo Says:
    August 30th, 2010 at 11:18 am

    Matt, the problem with your ideas is something of an algorithmic issue.

    Here’s a simple example of why your idea doesn’t necessarily work, in a hypothetical situation.

    Start of the scenario.
    3 fighters: a, b, c
    a ranked #15
    b ranked #20
    c ranked #100

    c beats b, c raised to #34, b falls to #35.

    Then, b beats a, say 2 months later…
    b raises to #19, a falls to #20. How you’d suggest it, c should then raise to #18.

    What happens if another 2 months later, a beats c?
    You would have in 4 months one fighter beats another, who beats the first. A mess of a circle.

    That’s the problem with what you suggest, unfortunately.

  2. jcs Says:
    August 30th, 2010 at 9:11 am

    I could counter that by saying it was a bad style matchup for Aoki, and he’s recently the better, and more proven fighter outside of that one match.

    We rank based on points.. that’s really the end-all.

  3. Matt Says:
    August 29th, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Well if it was a year or two back, then I could see that. Were the fighters have changed, gotten better and worse. But since it was only what 4 months ago, I don’t believe that he should get the nod to be ranked higher.

  4. Deaco Says:
    August 25th, 2010 at 7:06 am

    Joseph Duffy of tuf 12 is Irish, not British!

  5. RK Says:
    August 23rd, 2010 at 10:27 am

    why arnt varner or cerrone on hear

  6. jcs Says:
    August 23rd, 2010 at 7:45 am

    Then Matt, how far back would you go to make such an adjustment to keep Melendez over Aoki? If the fight was 1 year back, would that be OK? How about 2? This is very subjective. What if Aoki reeled off three wins against Top 10 competition and Melendez still hasn’t had another fight?

    We rank on points and the points that Aoki earned in his win over Kawajiri put him back over Melendez.

  7. Matt509 Says:
    August 23rd, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Will the Florian-Maynard winner fight the Penn-Edgar winner for the title? Cause that would be sick. They should do a 1 day tourny :)

  8. Matt Says:
    August 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 am

    I ahve to agree with everyone on how is Aoki ranked higher than Melendez? This whole ranking is all bs. You guys say that since someone beat someone else that they will be higher than them. So going by your rules why the hell is Aoki higher than Melendez when Melendez beat Aoki?

    So are we now going by if someone is ranked 100 and beats a guy ranked 20th, they go up to like 34, while the other guy goes to 35. Then that guy 35 guy wins and is now higher than the guy he lost to? If your gonna move the 35 guy up, then the 34 guy should also go up. Meaning that the 35 ranked guy’s win should also help the 34th ranked guy.

    You guys need to fix something on your ranking system because this is getting rediculous.

  9. Matt509 Says:
    August 23rd, 2010 at 12:39 am

    KJ Noons looked reall good in his win.

  10. Mike T Says:
    August 21st, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    I don’t see why Melendez is not #3. Is it because of his suspension? Did Aoki’s recent win catapult him above Melendez really?

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