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

Welterweight (163-175 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
201		Nicholas Musoke Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [The Cage]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [The Cage] vs [#356 WW] Kai Puolakka	7-2-0	45
202		Erik Oganov Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC]	11-11-0	45
203		Simeon Thoresen Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UWC (England)]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#489 WW] Besam Yousef	16-2-1	44
204	112	Preston Scharf Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [Fight for Wrestling]	14-13-0	44
205	1	Alex Garcia Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [Ring Side]	7-1-0	44
206	1	Kevin Burns Last Fight: 11/23/2011 [Midwest Cage]	10-5-0	44
207	2	Christopher Curtis Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [Turf Wars Extreme Fighting]	7-2-0	44
208	2	Andrew Trace Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Madtown]	6-1-0	44
209	1	Hyun Gyu Lim Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [PacificXC]	8-3-1	44
210	1	Phil Dace Last Fight: 11/04/2011 [Superior Cage Combat]	8-2-0	44
211	1	Alberto Crane Last Fight: 7/17/2011 [Fighting Marcou Challenge]	15-5-0	43
212	1	Manuel Rodriguez Last Fight: 8/26/2011 [CageFC (Aus)]  Next Fight: 2/24/2012 [Proud Warrior Promotions] vs [NR] Regan Wilson	8-2-0	43
213		Robert Whittaker Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [CageFC (Aus)]	8-1-0	43
214		Rodney MacSwain Last Fight: 10/30/2011 [Legend Fighting Championship]	13-4-0	43
215		Patrick Vallee Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Instinct MMA]	7-2-1	43
216		Jory Erickson Last Fight: 7/29/2011 [Square Ring Promotions]	8-3-0	43
217	5	Nick Osipczak Last Fight: 11/13/2010 [UFC]	5-3-0	43
218	1	Sheldon Westcott Last Fight: 6/10/2011 [MaximumFC]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [Aggression MMA] vs [NR] Dave Lehr Cochran	5-1-1	42
219	1	Isaac Vallie Flagg Last Fight: 6/18/2011 [Strike Force]	12-3-1	42
220	1	Yuki Sasaki Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [Grabaka]	23-19-1	42
221	1	Flavio Alvaro Last Fight: 11/29/2011 [Thai Fight]	37-9-0	42
222	1	Matt Delanoit Last Fight: 11/04/2011 [Disorderly Conduct]	23-12-0	42
223	1	Brian Warren Last Fight: 12/15/2011 [KOTC]	16-15-1	42
224		Bill Albrecht Last Fight: 1/21/2012 [KOTC]	21-13-0	42
225	2	Oleg Bagov Last Fight: 12/22/2011 [League S-70]	7-1-0	42
226	1	Alberto Mina Last Fight: 8/07/2011 [Ultimate Fighting Greece]	8-0-0	42
227	NR	Chris Davis Last Fight: 1/22/2012 [Pure MMA LLC]	7-0-0	41
228	1	Nathan Gunn Last Fight: 10/28/2011 [Wreck MMA]	9-2-0	41
229	1	Sean Spencer Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Fight Game]	7-1-0	41
230	1	Kiichi Kunimoto Last Fight: 11/27/2011 [Pancrase]	11-4-2	41
231	1	Derek Medler Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [Armageddon FC]	7-0-0	41
232	1	Jose Landi Jons Last Fight: 10/28/2011 [Kumite MMA Combate]	27-14-0	41
233	89	Dhiego Lima Last Fight: 1/27/2012 [MaximumFC]	6-1-0	41
234	2	James Warfield Last Fight: 7/30/2011 [Victory FC]	22-9-0	41
235	2	Tetsuya Yamada Last Fight: 11/23/2011 [ZST]	8-2-2	41
236	2	Shigetoshi Iwase Last Fight: 6/24/2011 [DEEP]	11-14-3	40
237	37	Ben Alloway Last Fight: 1/13/2012 [Fight Me MMA]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#259 WW] Mauro Chimento Jr	10-3-0	40
238	2	Danny Mitchell Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [BAoMMA]	10-3-1	40
239	2	Cole Williams Last Fight: 9/10/2011 [Pinnacle Combat MMA]	6-1-0	40
240	2	Ivan Jorge Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [Bitetti Combat Nordeste]	18-3-0	40
241	6	Andy Branson Last Fight: 11/24/2010 [Midwest Cage]	6-0-0	40
242	2	Andrew Chappelle Last Fight: 10/22/2011 [SportFight]	10-7-0	40
243	2	Ricardo Funch Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	8-3-0	40
244	2	Steven Ray Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [On Top Promotions]	8-2-0	40
245	2	Islam Mamedov Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [ProFC]	5-1-0	40
246	2	Zorobabel Moreira Last Fight: 9/03/2011 [One Fighting Championship]	6-1-0	40
247	2	Nicolae Cury Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [X-treme FC]  Next Fight: 2/10/2012 [X-treme FC] vs [#260 WW] Corey Hill	6-2-0	40
248	9	Nick Thompson Last Fight: 4/09/2011 [BellatorFC]	38-14-1	39
249	3	Shamar Bailey Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Colosseum Combat]	13-5-0	39
250	3	Pete Sell Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [RoC]  Next Fight: 2/10/2012 [RoC] vs [#349 MW] Mitch Whitesel	9-6-0	39

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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