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

Welterweight (163-175 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
1		Georges St Pierre Last Fight: 4/30/2011 [UFC]	22-2-0	966
2		Nick Diaz Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#8 WW] Carlos Condit	26-7-0	488
3		Jake Ellenberger Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs [#10 WW] Diego Sanchez	25-5-0	443
4		Jake Shields Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#64 MW] Yoshihiro Akiyama	26-6-1	376
5		Josh Koscheck Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#25 WW] Mike Pierce	16-5-0	363
6		BJ Penn Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]	16-8-2	342
7		Johny Hendricks Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	12-1-0	342
8		Carlos Condit Last Fight: 7/02/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#2 WW] Nick Diaz	27-5-0	336
9		Jon Fitch Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	23-4-1	283
10		Diego Sanchez Last Fight: 3/03/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs [#3 WW] Jake Ellenberger	23-4-0	266
11		Martin Kampmann Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#20 WW] Thiago Alves	18-5-0	249
12		Rory MacDonald Last Fight: 8/06/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#67 WW] Che Mills	12-1-0	237
13		Douglas Lima Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [BellatorFC]	21-4-0	234
14		Siyar Bahadurzada Last Fight: 5/28/2011 [Ultimate Glory]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#30 WW] Paulo Thiago	20-4-1	232
15		Tyron Woodley Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	10-0-0	228
16		Brian Ebersole Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]	49-14-1	222
17		Ben Askren Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [BellatorFC]	9-0-0	222
18		Jay Hieron Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [BellatorFC]	22-5-0	220
19		Chris Lytle Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC]	31-18-5	211
20		Thiago Alves Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#11 WW] Martin Kampmann	19-8-0	206
21		Jordan Mein Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	23-8-0	196
22		Paul Daley Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Ring Side]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#76 MW] Kazuo Misaki	29-11-2	191
23		Rick Story Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC]	13-5-0	182
24		Mike Pyle Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	22-8-1	178
25		Mike Pierce Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#5 WW] Josh Koscheck	13-4-0	171
26		Charlie Brenneman Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC]	15-3-0	167
27		Matt Hughes Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [UFC]	45-9-0	166
28		Dong Hyun Kim Last Fight: 12/30/2011 [UFC]	15-1-1	164
29		Josh Neer Last Fight: 1/20/2012 [UFC]	33-10-1	160
30		Paulo Thiago Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#14 WW] Siyar Bahadurzada	14-3-0	159
31		Ricardo Almeida Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [UFC]	13-5-0	151
32		Marius Zaromskis Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Rumble of the Kings]	16-6-0	149
33		Jason High Last Fight: 9/23/2011 [Strike Force]	15-3-0	143
34		Tarec Saffiedine Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	12-3-0	138
35		Jim Wallhead Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [BAoMMA]	23-6-0	135
36		Claude Patrick Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]	14-2-0	126
37		Brian Foster Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [CCCW]	18-5-0	123
38		John Hathaway Last Fight: 3/26/2011 [UFC]	15-1-0	118
39		Tyler Stinson Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	24-8-0	118
40		Rick Hawn Last Fight: 5/07/2011 [BellatorFC]	11-1-0	118
41		Quinn Mulhern Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	17-2-0	112
42		Yasubey Enomoto Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	9-3-0	111
43		Ben Saunders Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [BellatorFC]	12-4-2	111
44		Dan Hardy Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC]	23-10-0	108
45		Jake Hecht Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#73 WW] TJ Waldburger	12-2-0	105
46		Cassiano Ricardo Castanho de Freitas Last Fight: 9/09/2011 [Coliseu Extreme Fight]	22-10-0	105
47		John Maguire Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#68 WW] DaMarques Johnson	17-3-0	104
48		Jung Hwan Cha Last Fight: 4/16/2011 [Road Fighting Championship]	8-5-1	102
49		Marcus Aurelio Last Fight: 5/19/2011 [Jones Entertainment Group]	21-9-0	102
50		Chris Lozano Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [BellatorFC]	9-2-0	101

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

Previous Official Release: 1/22/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#424] Takuya Wada*, [#446] Paul Sizemore*, [#495] Dan Keefe!, [#496] Jesse Lawrence!, [#497] Robert Clayton Hantz!, [#498] Keon Caldwell!, [#499] Gilmar Dutra Lima!, [#500] Lincon Rodrigues!

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

Comments (171)

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

  February 1, 2012 at 10:38 am

  [...] Championship (170) [#2] Nick Diaz (26-7-0) vs. [#8] Carlos Condit (27-5-0) Nick Diaz is the All-Time #10 ranked Welterweight fighter. [...]

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