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

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
451	2	Blake Singley 5-0-0 26 Last Fight: 1/21/2012 [No Love Entertainment] vs  [NR] JC Pennington
452	2	Ido Pariente 12-5-0 26 Last Fight: 4/23/2011 [Gladiator Cage Fights] vs  [#463 LW] Chad Hinton
453	1	Tomoyoshi Iwamiya 6-12-3 26 Last Fight: 10/03/2011 [Road Fighting Championship] vs  [#125 LW] Yui Chul Nam
454		Takahiro Kajita 17-16-5 26 Last Fight: 3/25/2012 [DEEP] vs  [#205 FW] Yusuke Kagiyama
455		Hiroshi Shiba 9-8-2 26 Last Fight: 6/05/2011 [Shooto] vs  [#454 LW] Takahiro Kajita
456		Makwan Amirkhani 5-1-0 26 Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [Lappeenranta Fight Night] vs  [NR] Kari Paivinen
457		Tim Newman 8-3-0 26 Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [BAoMMA] vs  [#239 WW] Curt Warburton
458		Robert Goodridge 5-1-0 26 Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Renaissance MMA] vs  [NR] JC Pennington
459	1	Lenny Wheeler 5-2-0 26 Last Fight: 5/05/2012 [Elite #1 Fighting] vs  [NR] Justin Bourgeois
460	6	Daniel Thomas 18-8-1 26 Last Fight: 2/26/2012 [Supremacy Fight Challenge] vs  [#423 LW] Andrew Fisher
461	1	Tatsunori Tanaka 6-4-0 26 Last Fight: 11/27/2011 [Pancrase] vs  [NR] Takatoshi Matsumoto
462	1	Christian Squeti 15-5-1 26 Last Fight: 12/18/2011 [Londrina Fight] vs Unranked Opponent
463	4	Chad Hinton 9-4-0 26 Last Fight: 4/23/2011 [Gladiator Cage Fights] vs  [#452 LW] Ido Pariente
464	1	Guilherme Mattos Rodrigues 14-8-0 26 Last Fight: 12/15/2011 [Fort MMA Championships] vs  [NR] Anderson Barbosa Salustino
465	1	Cole Presley 4-2-0 26 Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [Shogun Fights] vs  [NR] Vaja Iormaghvili
466	1	John Benoit 11-3-0 26 Last Fight: 4/15/2011 [Global Fight League] vs  [#197 LW] Matt Bessette
467		Chabane Chaibeddra 6-2-0 26 Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [Les Contenders] vs Unranked Opponent
468		Jake Lindsey 4-0-0 26 Last Fight: 2/11/2012 [Victory FC] vs  [NR] Willian de Souza
469		Dean Amasinger 9-6-0 26 Last Fight: 2/25/2012 [KSW] vs  [#187 LW] Maciej Jewtuszko
470		Kleber Koike Erbst 7-3-1 26 Last Fight: 9/18/2011 [DEEP] vs  [NR] Hidenobu Koike
471		Frank Watts 6-2-0 25 Last Fight: 12/14/2011 [AlaskaFC] vs Unranked Opponent
472		Alan Brown 3-0-0 25 Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [AlaskaFC] vs Unranked Opponent
473		Iraj Hadin 6-4-0 25 Last Fight: 3/16/2012 [Score Fighting Series] vs  [#211 LW] Alex Ricci
474		Derek Gauthier 7-4-0 25 Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Instinct MMA] vs  [NR] Ricky Goodall
475	NR	Aaron Armstrong 4-1-0 25 Last Fight: 5/11/2012 [Pure Fighting Championships] vs  [NR] Tim Tamaki
476	1	Yasuhiro Kawasaki 7-3-1 25 Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [DEEP] vs  [#359 LW] Juri Ohara
477	1	Nicholas Compton 4-2-0 25 Last Fight: 3/17/2012 [KOTC] vs Unranked Opponent
478	1	David Webber 5-2-0 25 Last Fight: 7/30/2011 [Respect in the Cage] vs  [#95 FW] Roberto Vargas
479	NR	Pete Martin 4-3-0 25 Last Fight: 5/12/2012 [Pure MMA LLC] vs  [NR] Mike Byrnes
480	2	Shinji Sasaki 10-6-2 25 Last Fight: 3/10/2012 [Shooto] vs  [NR] Daisuke Hoshino
481	2	Lucas Gwaltney 18-16-2 25 Last Fight: 1/13/2012 [Fight Me MMA] vs  [NR] Dustin Center
482	2	Steve Walser 5-5-0 25 Last Fight: 5/04/2012 [ThrowdownETC] vs  [#121 LW] Clay Collard
483	2	Fernando Almeida 5-0-0 25 Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Win Fight] vs  [NR] Erick Barbosa
484	2	Joe Degroff 9-9-0 25 Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [AlaskaFC] vs Unranked Opponent
485	2	Jason Williams 4-4-0 25 Last Fight: 12/01/2011 [Fight Club OC] vs Unranked Opponent
486	2	Eden Newton 5-4-0 25 Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Ultimate Cage Championships] vs  [NR] Lloyd Harrop
487	2	Deivison Ribeiro 20-7-0 25 Last Fight: 4/28/2012 [Jungle Fight] vs  [NR] Diogo Cavalcanti
488	2	Adenir Araujo 6-2-0 25 Last Fight: 11/13/2011 [Cage Fighters] vs  [NR] Diego Marlon
489	2	Jack Magee 7-4-0 25 Last Fight: 3/10/2012 [Shock n Awe] vs  [NR] Charlie Leary
490	1	Goiti Yamauchi 7-0-0 25 Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [Nitrix Show Fight] vs Unranked Opponent
491	1	Chris Hoban 8-4-0 25 Last Fight: 4/27/2012 [Ultimate Cage Championships] vs Unranked Opponent
492	1	Gert Kocani 5-3-0 25 Last Fight: 2/24/2012 [Championship Fighting Alliance] vs  [#493 WW] Alan Arzeno
493	NR	Ray Blodgett 6-1-0 25 Last Fight: 5/11/2012 [Legacy Promotions] vs  [NR] Cris Rucker
494	2	Darrell Horcher 4-0-0 25 Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [Pennsylvania Fighting Championship] vs  [NR] Jon Washington
495	2	Juliano Wandalen 7-2-0 25 Last Fight: 2/11/2012 [Nitrix Show Fight] vs  [NR] Ken Jackson
496	8	Jose Santibanez 10-3-0 25 Last Fight: 4/09/2011 [Quality Entertainment] vs  [NR] Rocky Long
497	3	Yosdenis Cedeno 5-2-0 25 Last Fight: 10/09/2011 [Championship Fighting Alliance] vs  [NR] Jayson Jones
498	2	Uriel Gonzalez 2-2-0 25 Last Fight: 1/27/2012 [SteelFist Fight Night] vs  [#290 LW] Scott Casey
499	2	Daniel Hooker 6-4-0 25 Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [AustralianFC] vs  [NR] Rusty McBride
500	5	Edward Matsuura 2-1-0 25 Last Fight: 4/15/2011 [808 Battleground] vs  [NR] Kaleo Kwan

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

Previous Official Release: 5/12/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#272] Bryan Travers*, [#295] Cristiano Marcello*, [#332] Tim Tamaki!, [#364] Mike Byrnes!, [#498] Cengiz Dana!, [#499] Felipe Froes!, [#500] Akhad Mamedov!

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

Comments (192)

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• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on Fuel TV 3 (05-15-2012) says:

  May 14, 2012 at 6:47 pm

  [...] No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition. . Lightweight (155) [#23] TJ Grant (17-5-0, 155.0lb) vs. [#42WW] Carlo Prater (30-10-1, [...]

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

  May 2, 2012 at 2:28 pm

  [...] (155) [#7] Nate Diaz (15-7-0) vs. [#8] Jim Miller (21-3-0) Jim Miller is the All-Time #22 ranked Lightweight [...]

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