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Welterweight

Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Welterweight (163-175 lbs) fighter ranks

The rankings presented are computerized and provided by the FightMatrix ranking system, which utilizes a comprehensive MMA fight database to provide objective rankings. Please note, that these rankings ONLY contain fighters who have had at least one professional fight some time in the 450 days prior to the ranking date.

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Fighter

Record

Points

401

Jay Coleman	7-4-0	29
Last Fight: 5/20/2011 [Cage Fury FC] vs [NR] Sam Jackson

402

Michel Richard dos Prazeres	10-0-0	28
Last Fight: 3/31/2012 [Jungle Fight] vs Unranked Opponent

403

Kenny Ento	13-7-0	28
Last Fight: 9/10/2011 [JW Events] vs [#187 WW] Jeremiah Metcalf

404

Henrique Santana	7-5-0	28
Last Fight: 5/07/2011 [World FC (England)] vs [#225 WW] Danny Mitchell

405

Cody Krahn	11-4-0	28
Last Fight: 10/07/2011 [MaximumFC] vs [NR] Ryan Chiappe

406

Carlos Alberto Bazan Rojas	1-0-0	28
Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [Jungle Fight] vs [NR] Lucas Rota

407

Leonardo Mafra Texeira	5-0-0	28
Last Fight: 8/20/2011 [K.O. Fight GZero] vs Unranked Opponent

408

Rob Mills	7-2-0	28
Last Fight: 7/16/2011 [Goshin Ryu] vs [NR] Kyle Redfern

409

Luke Newman	5-0-0	28
Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [Ultimate Chal. UK] vs [NR] Lee Caers

410

Kazushi Sakuraba	26-16-1	28
Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM] vs [#144 WW] Yan Cabral

411

Damion Douglas	4-1-0	28
Last Fight: 4/01/2011 [Strike Force] vs [NR] Wayne Phillips

412

Eduardo Telles	5-2-0	28
Last Fight: 9/09/2011 [RoC] vs Unranked Opponent

413

Samuel Quito	10-4-0	28
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [Fight Club OC] vs [NR] Wayne Phillips

414

David Hachatryan	5-2-0	28
Last Fight: 5/06/2011 [ProFC] vs [#175 WW] Magomed Saadulaev

415

Adam Smith	4-0-0	28
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [Aggression Fighting Championship] vs [NR] Karel Bergen

416

Gota Yamashita	4-1-0	28
Last Fight: 4/28/2012 [Pancrase] vs [NR] Kosei Kubota

417

Arsen Temirkhanov	9-2-0	28
Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [M-1 Mix-FC] vs [#500 WW] Christian Eckerlin

418

Dave Knight	6-7-1	27
Last Fight: 5/04/2012 [Fitetime Entertainment] vs [NR] Collin Reuter

419

Ian Williams	5-0-0	27
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [Rumble on the Ridge] vs [NR] Jerome Jones

420

Godofredo Castro	8-0-0	27
Last Fight: 7/08/2011 [Combat Fighters Championship] vs [#356 LW] Kellis Santos

421

Hirosumi Sugiura	6-6-2	27
Last Fight: 9/23/2011 [Shooto] vs [NR] Tetsuo Seto

422

Ludwing Salazar	13-13-0	27
Last Fight: 2/03/2012 [Panama Fight League] vs [NR] Muhsin Corbbrey

423

Arnaud Lepont	8-1-0	27
Last Fight: 3/17/2012 [Dare Championship] vs [NR] Krzysztof Hajtalowicz

424

Shamkhal Kerimov	4-1-0	27
Last Fight: 3/08/2012 [Battle of Moscow] vs [NR] Matej Truhan

425

Olavo Belo	4-1-0	27
Last Fight: 4/30/2011 [Strength & Honor Championship] vs [#382 WW] Greg Loughran

426

Dave Terrel	7-6-0	27
Last Fight: 11/04/2011 [Superior Cage Combat] vs [#216 WW] Phil Dace

427

Nick Duell	9-3-0	27
Last Fight: 2/18/2012 [NAAFS] vs [#343 WW] Brandon Saling

428

Nabil Khatib	11-8-0	27
Last Fight: 4/20/2012 [Wreck MMA] vs [#266 WW] Brandt Dewsberry

429

Seiki Ryo	9-9-3	27
Last Fight: 3/11/2012 [Pancrase] vs [NR] Junya Nishikawa

430

Cristiano Souza	5-0-0	27
Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [BellatorFC] vs [NR] John Kelly

431

Dwayne Hinds	6-0-0	27
Last Fight: 8/20/2011 [Caribbean Ultimate Fist Fighting] vs [NR] Gideon Ray

432

Ivanildo Nunes Santos	17-9-0	27
Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [Real Fight] vs [NR] Gilmar Dutra Lima

433

James Vainikolo	4-4-0	27
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [FightWorld Cup] vs [#163 WW] Dan Pauling

434

Danny Ruiz	12-6-0	27
Last Fight: 2/11/2012 [Atlas Fights] vs [#376 WW] Eric Scallan

435

Lanny Dardar	8-3-0	27
Last Fight: 1/21/2012 [No Love Entertainment] vs [NR] Kyle Bradley

436

Sasa Mitrovic	7-3-0	27
Last Fight: 5/07/2011 [MMA Leskovac] vs [NR] Srdjan Sekulic

437

David Michaud	3-0-0	27
Last Fight: 6/25/2011 [Crowbar MMA] vs [NR] Derek Abram

438

Kenta Takagi	7-5-0	27
Last Fight: 3/11/2012 [Pancrase] vs [#199 WW] Shingo Suzuki

439

Terry Montgomery	3-0-0	27
Last Fight: 7/02/2011 [UWC (England)] vs Unranked Opponent

440

Nuri Shakir	17-19-0	27
Last Fight: 3/05/2011 [Raging Wolf] vs [NR] Tom Egan

441

Jingliang Li	6-2-0	27
Last Fight: 2/11/2012 [Legend Fighting Championship] vs [#86 WW] Myung Ho Bae

442

Oleg Bagov	7-2-0	27
Last Fight: 3/09/2012 [Revolution Fighting Champion] vs [#273 LW] Jose Fabiano de Melo

443

Evan Vasquez Matus	5-4-0	26
Last Fight: 4/28/2012 [Coco Beach Brawl] vs [NR] LaVerne Clark

444

Tom Gallicchio	16-8-0	26
Last Fight: 12/15/2011 [KOTC] vs [#248 WW] David Gomez

445

Len Bentley	10-6-0	26
Last Fight: 2/25/2012 [CageSport] vs [#67 WW] David Hulett

446

Jevgenij Mahtenko	7-4-0	26
Last Fight: 4/22/2012 [World Free Fight] vs [#122 WW] Ivica Truscek

447

Franklin Jensen	11-2-0	26
Last Fight: 5/05/2012 [Nitrix Show Fight] vs Unranked Opponent

448

Yusaku Inoue	8-0-0	26
Last Fight: 10/01/2011 [Shooto] vs [NR] Takahiro Suzuki

449

Aleksey Shapovalov	8-1-0	26
Last Fight: 8/05/2011 [League S-70] vs [NR] Zach Light

450

James Wood	4-1-0	26
Last Fight: 10/21/2011 [CageFX] vs [#151 WW] Adam McDonough

Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Previous Official Release: 5/12/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#42] Carlo Prater-, [#99] Jorge Patino-, [#240] Brad Blackburn*, [#277] Rustam Khabilov-, [#450] Clay Hantz-, [#453] Jay Estrada*

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

Comments (189)

189 Comments

Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: Bellator (05-11-2012) says:

May 11, 2012 at 8:39 am

[...] common opposition. . Welterweight (170) [#31] Marius Zaromskis (16-6-0, 169.8lb) vs. [#165] Waachiim Spiritwolf (9-9-1, [...]

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Why the T-Wood hate? - Page 5 - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums says:

May 8, 2012 at 1:47 pm

[...] Posted by IMDIYM Is that a joke dude? Fightmatrix top 100 Fight Matrix | Current MMA Rankings &raquo Welterweight Lima- 20 Hieron -17 Thompson NR Good- 56 Hornbuckle- 68 Woodley Coy- 97 Galvao NR Saffiedine- 33 [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on FOX 3 (2012-05-02) says:

May 3, 2012 at 11:42 am

[...] (170) [#6] Josh Koscheck (17-5-0) vs. [#7] Johny Hendricks (12-1-0) Josh Koscheck is the All-Time #4 ranked Welterweight [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC 145 (04-21-2012) says:

April 19, 2012 at 8:02 am

[...] (170) [#84] Matt Brown (13-11-0) vs. [#240] Stephen Thompson [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on Fuel TV 2 (04-14-2012) says:

April 11, 2012 at 11:10 am

[...] No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition. . Welterweight (170) [#49] John Maguire (17-3-0) vs. [#71] DaMarques Johnson [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: Bellator 61 (03-16-2012) says:

March 16, 2012 at 6:33 pm

[...] (170) [#201] Eric Scallan (10-3-0, 170.4lb) vs. [#567] Derrick Krantz (10-4-0, [...]

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Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: Bellator 60 (03-10-2012) says:

March 8, 2012 at 2:46 pm

[...] (165) [#180LW] Josh Shockley (8-1-0) vs. [#242] Shamar Bailey [...]

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Historical rankings - MMA News Forums says:

March 2, 2012 at 4:01 pm

[...] Diaz Hey smart guy. The rankings were last done Jan 1st. Nick and Condit fought in February. http://www.fightmatrix.com/mma-ranks/welterweight/ Must be hard having your brain. __________________ I would fight anyone of the UFC light [...]

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Fight Matrix | UFC on FX: Alves vs. Kampmann (2012-03-03) says:

February 28, 2012 at 9:22 am

[...] (170) [#11] Martin Kampmann (18-5-0) vs. [#20] Thiago Alves (19-8-0) Thiago Alves is the All-Time #6 ranked Welterweight [...]

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