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

Middleweight (176-190 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
151	1	Jacob Ortiz Last Fight: 10/22/2011 [BellatorFC]	11-2-0	49
152	1	Terry Martin Last Fight: 10/07/2011 [MaximumFC]	22-9-0	49
153	1	Zelg Galesic Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [BellatorFC]	10-6-0	48
154	1	Artenas Young Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [Shark Fight]  Next Fight: 2/24/2012 [Legacy Promotions] vs [#48 MW] Gerald Harris	7-4-0	48
155		Rumen Dimitrov Last Fight: 5/27/2011 [Bulgarian MMA]	12-0-2	48
156		Carlos Mikey Gomez Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [X-treme FC]  Next Fight: 2/10/2012 [X-treme FC] vs [#294 MW] Josh Samman	12-8-0	48
157		Martin Zawada Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Superior Fighting Championship]	24-10-1	48
158		Ryan Machan Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [Hard Knocks FC]	15-8-0	48
159		Victor ODonnell Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#60 MW] Vyacheslav Vasilevsky	10-3-0	47
160	6	Joey Gorczynski Last Fight: 11/27/2010 [South Texas Fight League]	18-10-0	47
161	1	Trey Houston Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [ExtremeFL]	8-0-0	47
162	1	Steve Steinbeiss Last Fight: 10/22/2011 [BellatorFC]	9-4-0	46
163	1	Ryan Jensen Last Fight: 4/30/2011 [UFC]	15-8-0	46
164	1	Mikkel Parlo Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [Cage Fight Live]	6-0-0	46
165	1	Chris Fields Last Fight: 7/23/2011 [Cage Contender]  Next Fight: 2/18/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#260 MW] Jack Mason	8-3-0	46
166	1	Gustavo Machado Last Fight: 11/27/2011 [MMA Against Dengue]	22-8-1	45
167	1	Pedro Galiza Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Spartan]	5-2-0	45
168	1	Gregory Babene Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	14-10-0	45
169	1	Nobutatsu Suzuki Last Fight: 11/23/2011 [ZST]	9-0-2	45
170		Uriah Hall Last Fight: 4/08/2011 [RoC]	5-2-0	44
171		Maurilio de Souza Last Fight: 1/12/2012 [Iron Man Championship]	10-4-0	44
172		John Michael Sheil Last Fight: 10/22/2011 [Man of War Fighting Championship]	5-0-0	44
173	3	Petras Markevicius Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [Bushido Lithuania]	29-8-5	43
174	1	Eric Schafer Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC]	12-7-2	43
175		Edilberto de Oliveira Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Minotauro Fights]	20-8-2	43
176	1	Tim Ruberg Last Fight: 5/21/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 2/16/2012 [Superior Cage Combat] vs [NR] Jeremy Hamilton	8-0-0	43
177	1	Murilo Rua Last Fight: 5/21/2011 [BAoMMA]	20-12-1	42
178	3	Alexandre Moreno Last Fight: 2/26/2011 [Reality Fighting]	11-2-0	42
179	3	Tyson Jeffries Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	9-6-0	42
180	3	David Castillo Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [ThrowdownETC]  Next Fight: 2/24/2012 [ThrowdownETC] vs [#225 LW] Jordan Clements	12-4-0	42
181	2	Bastien Huveneers Last Fight: 12/10/2010 [Fight Club]	9-3-1	42
182	2	Alavutdin Gadjiev Last Fight: 12/04/2010 [WAFC]	18-12-0	42
183	1	Hae Jun Yang Last Fight: 7/16/2011 [Legend Fighting Championship]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [Legend Fighting Championship] vs [#237 MW] Hideto Tatsumi	6-2-0	42
184	1	Andreas Spang Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	7-1-0	42
185	1	Antwain Britt Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	11-6-0	41
186	2	Henrique Shigemoto Last Fight: 12/17/2011 [HEAT]	4-0-0	41
187		Leandro Silva Last Fight: 12/11/2010 [Shooto Americas]	16-6-0	41
188	1	Billy Horne Last Fight: 9/04/2011 [Annihilation Productions]	10-4-0	41
189	1	Jack Hermansson Last Fight: 9/08/2011 [CageWarriors]	4-0-0	41
190	1	Dmitry Samoilov Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	12-6-1	41
191	1	Mike Pitz Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [Chicago Cagefighting]	8-0-0	40
192	1	Ryan Thomas Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [X-treme FC]	14-7-0	40
193	1	Robert Jocz Last Fight: 6/04/2011 [Pro Fight]	19-8-0	40
194	1	Fernando Bettega Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Samurai Pro Sports]	7-5-0	40
195	NR	Perry Filkins Last Fight: 1/27/2012 [Combat Zone (Mass.)]	6-1-0	40
196		Gareth Joseph Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Samurai Pro Sports]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#234 MW] Faycal Hucin	9-4-0	39
197		Steve Cantwell Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#57 MW] Riki Fukuda	7-5-0	39
198	1	Young Choi Last Fight: 9/04/2011 [DEEP]	14-8-2	39
199	2	Joe Cronin Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [KOTC (Canada)]	17-15-0	39
200	2	Sidiah Parker Last Fight: 1/21/2012 [KOTC]	7-3-0	39

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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