Middleweight
[#11] Michael Bisping vs. [#29] Yoshihiro Akiyama

Welterweight
[#6] Dan Hardy vs. [#12] Carlos Condit

Welterweight
[#16] John Hathway vs. [#28] Mike Pyle

Heavyweight
[#16] Cheick Kongo vs. [#55] Travis Browne

Welterweight
[#66] Claude Patrick vs. [#256] James Wilks

Light Heavyweight
[#23] Cyrille Diabate vs. [#63] Alexander Gustafsson

Heavyweight
[#52] Rob Broughton vs. [#204] Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz

Light Heavyweight
[#39] Stanislov Nedkov vs. [#70] Steve Cantwell

Lightweight
[#73] Paul Sass vs. [#328] Mark Holst

Lightweight
[#67] Spencer Fisher vs. [#454] Curt Warburton

Light Heavyweight
[#60 HW] Fabio Maldonado vs. [#152 HW] James McSweeney

Effective the next update, our women’s division weight ranges will be changing.

• Featherweight+ = 140+ (from 141+)
• Bantamweight = 129-139 (from 131-140)
• Super Flyweight = 119-128 (from 121-130)
• Flyweight = 111-118 (from 111-120)
• Strawweight = 110 and under (Unchanged)

This is being changed to better handle division processing for catchweight fights, which are plentiful in Womens MMA.  We will also make a more assertive effort to place female fighters in their usual divisions, as opposed to their most recent catchweight agreements.

Of course, all this is subjective to change but expect a re-alignment of some kind on our next update.

2. Tara LaRosa
Although having recently lost a narrow division to Roxanne Modafferi (who is now in the 135lb division) at a catchweight , LaRosa is probably one of the two or three very best fighters in the history of Womens MMA.  Like Santos, LaRosa also benefits by fighting in an extremely weak division (even more so), going undefeated between 2004 through mid-2010, although she also spent some of this time beating quality opponents at 135.
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Welterweight Championship
[#4] Nick Diaz vs. [#45 LW] Karl James Noons

Women’s Welterweight Championship (135 lbs)
[#1] Sarah Kaufman vs. [#4 FW] Marloes Coenen

Lightweight
[#30] Josh Thomson vs. [#23] Gesias Cavalcante

Welterweight
[#82] Tyron Woodley vs. [#47] André Galvão

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 [*]