Notable Info

• Bantamweight expanded to Top 150.

Heavyweight
[#7] Frank Mir vs. [#15] Mirko Filipovic

Light Heavyweight
[#8] Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. [#15] Ryan Bader

Welterweight
[#9] Matt Serra vs. [#19] Chris Lytle

Lightweight
[#21] Evan Dunham vs. [*] Sean Sherk

Lightweight
[#38] Jeremy Stephens vs. [#49] Melvin Guillard

Middleweight
[#35] Joe Doerksen vs. [#56] C.B. Dollaway

Heavyweight
[#34] Joey Beltran vs. [#88] Matt Mitrione

Lightweight
[#101] Thiago Tavares vs. [#239] Pat Audinwood

Lightweight
[#255] Waylon Lowe vs. [#266] Steve Lopez

Welterweight
[#48] T.J. Grant vs. [#61] Julio Paulino

Heavyweight
[*] Mark Hunt vs. [#128] Sean McCorkle

Notable Info

• Women’s bout data improved.
• Women’s divisions from 115-145+ expanded to Top 15.

The prior list was not ordered by the appropriate, standardized rating for Lightweight. Here is the corrected list:

1. Michael Johnson
2. Jonathan Brookins
3. Cody McKenzie
4. Marc Stevens
5. Dane Sayers
6. Nam Phan
7. Jeff Lentz
8. Kyle Watson
9. Spencer Paige
10. Sevak Magakian
11. Aaron Wilkinson
12. Alex Caceres
13. Sako Chivitchyan
14. Andy Main

Notable Info

• Pardon our frequent updates, but this should be the last until the upcoming weekend.  We are simply trying to get the women’s data straightened out.

Notable Info

• Rank set originally posted on Saturday was re-run.
• Women’s rankings are now available via the Women link.  These are still in the early stages and subject to changes.

Here’s a preliminary ranking of The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 contestants. 

Grey represents an approximate ranking.  * means a fighter was not active in the past 450 days, or ranked too low for approximation.

In the House

Michael Johnson [#95 LW]

Nam Phan[#98 FW]

Jonathan Brookins [#117 LW]

Jeffrey Lentz [#120 FW]

Cody McKenzie [#175 LW]

Marc Stevens [#230 WW]

Alex Caceres [#279 FW]

Dane Sayers [#292 WW]

Spencer Paige [#352 LW]

Sevak Magakian [#362 LW]

Aaron Wilkinson [#400 LW]

Kyle Watson [*]

Sako Chivitchiyan [*]

Andy Main [*]

On the Outside, Looking in

The following fighters lost their elimination bouts on Episode 1.  However, at least one will make it into the house via a wild-card spot.  Keep in mind that sometimes additional fighters who were eliminated return to the house to substitute for a fighter who is injured or otherwise unable to compete.

Pablo Garza [#116 FW]

T.J O’Brien [#122 LW]

Jason Ambrose [#145 LW]

Joseph Duffy [#166 LW]

Ran Weathers [#176 FW]

Mike Budnik [#240 LW]

Michael Richman [#247 LW]

Daniel Head [#420 LW]

Toby Grear [#504 LW]

Steve Magdalino [#587 LW]

Ariel Sexton [#616 LW]

Jason Brenton [#700 LW]

Amir Khillah [#720 LW]

Paul Barrow [*]

Notable Info

• We may be releasing a few more sets than usual in the near future as we are attempting to put the pieces together to post the women’s divisional rankings.  Please bare with us if there are some technical difficulties.

We are in the process of expanding our women’s rankings into division-based rankings.  To start, they will likely be top 10 lists encompassing six divisions (or so) plus a division dominance list.  We’re still pinning down the fine details, but in the meantime, you may notice some odd rating fluctuations and page changes.

Notable Info

• In (what I’m sure will be) a celebratory release, Ray Mercer has fallen out of the rankings due to inactivity.  We decided to make a special early ranking release for this occasion.

Women’s (115 lbs) Tournament

[#3] Megumi Fujii vs. [#14]Lisa Ward

[#19]Jessica Aguilar vs. [#13] Zoila Frausto

Heavyweight Tournament

[#31] Neil Grove vs. [#36] Alexey Oleinik

[#21] Damian Grabowski vs. [#44] Cole Konrad

Bantamweight Tournament

[#35] Jose Vega vs. [#25] Ed West

[#10] Zach Makovsky vs. [#60] Ulysses Gomez