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

Welterweight (163-175 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
101		Drew Fickett Last Fight: 9/14/2011 [Amazon Forest Combat]	41-16-0	70
102		Carlo Prater Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	30-10-1	70
103		Erick Silva Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	13-2-0	70
104		Jorge Patino Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Legacy Promotions]	26-13-1	70
105		Tom Speer Last Fight: 7/23/2011 [Extreme Chal.]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#147 MW] Mats Nilsson	19-5-0	70
106		Akihiro Murayama Last Fight: 9/23/2011 [Shooto]	12-5-6	70
107		Karl Amoussou Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [BellatorFC]	13-5-1	68
108		Wendel Oliveira Last Fight: 12/17/2011 [Watch Out]	16-6-0	68
109		Gil de Freitas Last Fight: 8/20/2011 [Jungle Fight]	13-4-0	68
110		Lance Benoist Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]	6-0-0	67
111		Joey Villasenor Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [BAoMMA]	28-10-0	67
112		Jake Paul Last Fight: 10/28/2011 [SteelFist Fight Night]	20-15-0	67
113		Gael Grimaud Last Fight: 9/08/2011 [CageWarriors]	14-5-0	67
114		Keith Wisniewski Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#71 WW] Chris Clements	28-13-1	65
115		Pete Spratt Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Instinct MMA]	24-21-0	65
116	76	Nathan Coy Last Fight: 1/27/2012 [MaximumFC]	10-4-0	64
117	1	Ramico Blackmon Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Resurrection Fight Alliance]	7-1-0	64
118	1	Justin Edwards Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]	7-2-0	64
119	1	Taisuke Okuno Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [DEEP]	11-6-2	63
120	1	Kyle Baker Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [NAAFS]	10-5-0	63
121	1	Greg Soto Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [Cage Fury FC]	9-2-0	63
122	1	War Machine Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Ultimate Warrior Fighting]	12-4-0	63
123	1	Eddy Ellis Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [United Combat Sports]	17-12-1	62
124	1	Jess Liaudin Last Fight: 3/13/2011 [Tenth Legion]	19-11-0	61
125	1	Papy Abedi Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#100 MW] James Head	8-1-0	61
126	1	Hoon Kim Last Fight: 10/30/2011 [Legend Fighting Championship]	9-8-1	60
127	1	Roan Carneiro Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [Ultimate Glory]	14-9-0	60
128	1	Vener Galiev Last Fight: 11/09/2011 [ProFC]	26-7-0	60
129	12	Keiichiro Yamamiya Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [Pancrase]	42-27-10	59
130	2	Keita Nakamura Last Fight: 1/08/2012 [Shooto]	22-5-2	59
131	2	Aslambek Saidov Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW]	11-2-0	59
132	2	James Krause Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Resurrection Fight Alliance]	15-4-0	59
133	1	Dakota Cochrane Last Fight: 12/16/2011 [Resurrection Fight Alliance]	11-2-0	59
134	1	Nah Shon Burrell Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	8-1-0	58
135	4	Michael Guymon Last Fight: 1/22/2011 [UFC]	12-5-1	58
136	2	Rob Kimmons Last Fight: 9/10/2011 [Shark Fight]	24-8-0	58
137	2	James Terry Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	11-4-0	58
138	2	Michael Madrid Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Samurai Pro Sports]	9-8-0	58
139	2	Yoshiyuki Yoshida Last Fight: 9/03/2011 [One Fighting Championship]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [BAoMMA] vs [#9 MW] Nate Marquardt	13-6-0	58
140	1	Igor Araujo Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [World Ultimate Full Contact]	22-6-0	57
141	3	Pascal Krauss Last Fight: 11/13/2010 [UFC]	10-0-0	57
142	2	Sojiro Orui Last Fight: 10/02/2011 [Pancrase]	11-5-6	56
143	1	Nordine Taleb Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [RoC]	6-1-0	56
144	1	Kris McCray Last Fight: 11/25/2011 [Northeast MMA]	7-3-0	56
145		Donnie Liles Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [Bring the Thunder MMA]	15-5-0	55
146		Matt Riddle Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#85 WW] Jorge Lopez	5-3-0	55
147		Yan Cabral Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM]	10-0-0	55
148	2	Ville Rasanen Last Fight: 9/03/2011 [Carelia Fight]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [The Cage] vs [#87 MW] Assan Njie	12-3-1	55
149		David Mitchell Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC]	11-2-0	54
150	1	Ryo Chonan Last Fight: 12/31/2011 [DREAM]	20-13-0	54

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

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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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