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

Middleweight (176-190 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
51		Nate James Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	13-8-1	104
52		Danillo Villefort Last Fight: 8/12/2011 [Strike Force]	13-4-0	104
53		David Branch Last Fight: 1/22/2012 [Pure MMA LLC]	10-2-0	104
54		Jorge Rivera Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC]	20-9-0	103
55		Adlan Amagov Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	9-2-1	101
56		Anthony Smith Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	14-8-0	99
57		Riki Fukuda Last Fight: 2/27/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#197 MW] Steve Cantwell	17-5-0	96
58		Shungo Oyama Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [Road Fighting Championship]	11-13-0	95
59		Mario Miranda Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	13-3-0	94
60		Vyacheslav Vasilevsky Last Fight: 6/04/2011 [Pro Fight]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#159 MW] Victor ODonnell	15-1-0	94
61		Tor Troeng Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [Gladiator Championship Fighting]	14-4-1	92
62		Norman Paraisy Last Fight: 7/09/2011 [CageWarriors]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#104 MW] Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves	10-1-1	92
63		Jason Miller Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [UFC]	24-8-0	91
64		Yoshihiro Akiyama Last Fight: 8/06/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#4 WW] Jake Shields	13-4-0	90
65	1	Ryuta Sakurai Last Fight: 8/26/2011 [DEEP]	22-16-6	88
66	1	Melvin Manhoef Last Fight: 3/05/2011 [Strike Force]	24-9-1	88
67		Falaniko Vitale Last Fight: 5/14/2011 [BellatorFC]	29-10-0	88
68		Frank Trigg Last Fight: 9/10/2011 [BAoMMA]	21-9-0	88
69		Rodney Wallace Last Fight: 4/15/2011 [Scrap Live]	11-4-0	86
70		Patrick Cote Last Fight: 10/07/2011 [Instinct MMA]	16-7-0	85
71		Jason MacDonald Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]	25-15-0	85
72		Rafael Natal Last Fight: 8/06/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#287 MW] Michael Kuiper	13-3-1	84
73		Kazuhiro Nakamura Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM]	15-11-0	83
74		Tomasz Drwal Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [MMA Attack]	19-4-1	83
75		Eric Schambari Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Fight Game]	15-5-0	82
76		Kazuo Misaki Last Fight: 4/22/2011 [DEEP]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#22 WW] Paul Daley	24-11-2	81
77		Matt Lindland Last Fight: 5/21/2011 [KSW]	22-9-0	81
78		Bristol Marunde Last Fight: 11/04/2011 [Superior Cage Combat]	15-6-0	80
79		Bruno Santos Last Fight: 9/16/2011 [Win Fight]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#39 MW] Giva Santana	12-0-0	80
80		David Loiseau Last Fight: 2/18/2011 [Tachi Palace Fights]	20-10-0	79
81		Kenny Robertson Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [Fight Festival]	11-1-0	79
82		CB Dollaway Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC]	11-4-0	78
83		Antonio Braga Neto Last Fight: 9/14/2011 [Amazon Forest Combat]	7-1-0	78
84		Herbert Goodman Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC]	19-11-0	78
85	1	Kyle Noke Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#41 MW] Andrew Craig	19-5-1	77
86	1	Denis Kang Last Fight: 12/03/2011 [Road Fighting Championship]	34-15-2	77
87		Assan Njie Last Fight: 4/30/2011 [Superior Chal.]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [The Cage] vs [#148 WW] Ville Rasanen	14-2-0	77
88		Joe Doerksen Last Fight: 10/14/2011 [Score Fighting Series]	47-16-0	76
89		Jared Hamman Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]	13-4-0	76
90		Claudio Henrique Da Silva Last Fight: 7/09/2011 [World FC (England)]	8-1-0	76
91		Cung Le Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC]	7-2-0	75
92		Tom Lawlor Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC]	7-4-0	75
93		Clifford Starks Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#30 MW] Ed Herman	8-0-0	72
94	25	Chris Camozzi Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	17-5-0	71
95	1	Elvis Mutapcic Last Fight: 8/20/2011 [Superior Cage Combat]	9-2-0	70
96	1	Sam Alvey Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Madtown]	17-3-0	70
97	1	Dave Menne Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Ultimate Warrior Fighting]	45-16-2	68
98		Isaiah Larson Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	14-6-0	67
99	2	Rikuhei Fujii Last Fight: 12/05/2010 [Pancrase]	11-3-0	67
100		James Head Last Fight: 6/11/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#125 WW] Papy Abedi	7-2-0	66

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

Previous Official Release: 1/22/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#241] Yuki Kondo-, [#312] Danilo Pereira+, [#344] Eder Jones!, [#349] Mike Wiatko!, [#350] Eun Soo Kim!

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

Comments (163)

163 Comments

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

  February 1, 2012 at 10:38 am

  [...] (185) [#30] Ed Herman (17-8-0) vs. [#93] Clifford Starks [...]

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• Dj Linderman says:

  January 31, 2012 at 5:07 pm

  On your middle weight ranks Gerald Harris is fighting me (Dj Linderman I’m ranked 35 in the LHW

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

  January 26, 2012 at 11:08 am

  [...] No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition. . Middleweight (185) [#2] Chael Sonnen (26-11-1) vs. [#9] Michael Bisping (22-3-0) Chael Sonnen is the All-Time #6 ranked Middleweight [...]

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