Criteria
- Fighters have a nationality belonging to a country in North America.
- Never fought in a “big league” organization.
- This is a manually managed list, which currently contains 37 organizations (some defunct).
- Wins+(Draws*0.5) / Losses+(Draws*0.5) >= 5
- Fighters must have at least 5 times as many wins as losses, with draws adding a half-point each to both sides of the equation.
- Minimum of 5 wins.
- Fought in the last 450 days.
- Less than 30 years old.
- We do not have birth dates for all fighters.
- Fighters are ranked by their cumulative rank positions of R (standard rating), P4P rating, DD rating, WHR rating, and the above equation.
Note: The full list is dominated by fighters from Russia and neighboring Eastern European countries. There are a few reasons for this, and a need to tweak the “big league” organization list could be partially to blame. If this becomes a regular post/feature, we will take a closer look.
Men
Imanol Rodriguez (25)* [5-0-0, 125] (#3 P4P, #4 WHR) (Next Fight: 10-07-2025)- Christian Torres (25) [9-0-0, 125] (#1 P4P, #5 DD)
- Ramiro Jimenez (26)* [11-0-0, 145] (#1 WHR, #5 R)
Cody Chovancek (27)* [9-0-0, 135] (#3 WHR, #4 R)
Tommy Morrisson (26) [9-0-0, 125] (#1 DD)- Eduardo Penha [7-0-0, 135] (#3 R)
- Mehdi Zeidvand [7-0-0, 145] (#7 R)
- Bilal Hasan (24) [7-0-0, 125] (#6 DD)
- Austin Hall (22) [6-0-0, 125] (#5 DD, #9 P4P)
- Micah Haas [8-0-0, 125] (#2 P4P, #7 DD)
* = Fought in Dana White’s Contender Series and/or TUF
Ranks in parentheses are the fighters’ rankings within the full set of qualifying fighters. Top 10s are displayed.
Women
- Regina Tarin (20) [6-0-0, 135]
Yes, only one woman qualified to make the list..