This year, we are going to provide rankings on a post-by-post basis that include the TUF 11 results throughout the season.  Please note, these fights will NOT be included in our standard rankings.

New Rankings After Episode 1 Results (Remaining Fighters Only)

1. Kyle Noke

2. Chris Camozzi

3. Court McGee

4. Joe Henle

5. Brad Tavares

6. Kyacey Uscola

7. Josh Bryant

8. Nick Ring

9. Charles Blanchard

10. Jim Hammortree

11. Kris McCray

12. Rich Attonito

13. Clayton McKinney

14. Jamie Yager

The biggest jumps between the initial posting and this one were made by Brad Tavares (+22) and Joe Henle (+16).  Henle was able to secure victory from the hands of defeat with an arm-bar, and Tavares backed up his professional undefeated record by beating another undefeated fighter in Jordan Smith, who has been a ranked fighter at FightMatrix for quite a while.

The TUF 11 participants have been listed based on their projected Middleweight rating and tiered appropriately.  Often times, records for TUF participants are incomplete and will fill in soon after the season debuts.

The A-Team

1. Kyle Noke

2. Constantinos Phillippou

3. Jordan Smith

The Next Best Thing

4. Victor O’Donnell

5. Court McGee

6. Kyacey Uscola

7. Chris Camozzi

8. Josh Bryant

9. Nick Ring

Worth Keeping an Eye On

10. Charles Blanchard

11. Seth Baczynski

12. Charley Lynch

Lost In The Crowd

13. Rich Attonio

14. Jim Hammortree

15. Kris McCray

16. Norman Paraisy

Long-Shots

17. Greg Rebello

18. Cleburn Walker

19. Brent Cooper

20. Joe Henle

The Rest

21. Woody Weatherby

22. Jacen Flynn

23. Warren Thompson

24. Lyle Steffens

25. Jamie Yager

26. Clayton McKinney

27. Brad Tavares

28. Ben Stark

Lightweight
[#3] Kenny Florian  vs. [#10] Takanori Gomi

Heavyweight
[#36] Roy Nelson vs. [#32] Stefan Struve

Middleweight
[#25] Nate Quarry vs. [#57] Jorge Rivera

Lightweight
[#65] Ross Pearson vs. [#73] Dennis Siver

Lightweight
[#191] Rob Emerson vs. [#71] Nik Lentz

Lightweight
[#29] Gleison Tibau vs. [#33] Caol Uno

Lightweight
[#64] Rafaello Oliveira vs. [#172] Andre Winner

Lightweight
[#121] Ronys Torres vs. [#79 WW] Jacob Volkmann

Middleweight
[#18] Yushin Okami vs. [#88] Lucio Linhares

Middleweight
[#58] Gerald Harris vs. [#58 LHW] Mario Miranda

Welterweight
[#107] Charlie Brenneman vs. [#57] Jason High

UFC Welterweight Championship
[#1] Georges St. Pierre vs. [#6] Dan Hardy

UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship
[#5] Frank Mir vs. [#10] Shane Carwin

Lightweight
[#29] Kurt Pellegrino vs. [#43] Fabricio Camoes

Welterweight
[#2] Jon Fitch vs. [#28] Ben Saunders

Lightweight
[#14] Jim Miller vs. [#44] Mark Bocek

Welterweight
[#25 LW] Nate Diaz vs. [#88] Rory Markham

Welterweight
[#21 MW] Ricardo Almeida vs. [#52] Matt Brown

Light Heavyweight
[#44] Rodney Wallace vs. [#78] Jared Hamman

Middleweight
[#24] Rousimar Palhares vs. [#28] Tomasz Drwal

Welterweight
[#111] Greg Soto vs. [#188] Matt Riddle

We’re still testing our new changes, so an intermediate update was just posted for 3/15/2010.

Notable Info

• We decided to make a release this week as we’re debuting some changes.  This change (so far) is undetectable on the surface, but we’re actually starting to move parts of our database online, so the ranking pages you see now are dynamically constructed.  This will open up a ton of possibilities for us to post more data onto our web site

John Eric Marriott has amassed a 17-2 professional record while applying his craft in minor organizations around the midwest of the USA.

Having previously fought at Lightweight, and even at Welterweight, Marriott has most recently settled down in the Featherweight division where he is ranked #23 by FightMatrix and has won 9 bouts in a row, all in the last 11 months.

Marriott has recently been signed by Bellator and will take part in their Featherweight tournament.

Fighter Focus is our way of aiming the spotlight onto rising fighters that are still in relative obscurity.

Heavyweight
[#3] Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. [#8] Cain Velasquez

Middleweight
[#13 LHW] Wanderlei Silva vs. [#10] Michael Bisping

Lightweight
[#10] Joe Stevenson vs. [#63] George Sotiropoulos

Light Heavyweight
[#14] Keith Jardine vs. [#26] Ryan Bader

Heavyweight
[#18] Mirko Filipovic vs. [#169 LHW] Anthony Perosh

Light Heavyweight
[#36] Krzysztof Soszynski vs. [#72] Stephan Bonnar

Welterweight
[#31] Chris Lytle vs. [#32] Brian Foster

Middleweight
[*] Goran Reljic vs. [#76] CB Dollaway

Light Heavyweight
[#68] James Te Huna vs. [#110] Igor Pokrajac

Ranking Notes: Dark green font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

The database has come a long way since we started, and unfortunately, our available time has dwindled.  Currently, we are approaching 100,000 bouts and now rank nearly 2,000 fighters each week.  Most of this process is automated, but there is a lot of footwork involved!  Ancillary data must be researched and entered.  This data includes:

• Weight limits
• Pro/Am status
• Scorecards

When you add corrections to the list, this can become quite an endeavor!  Therefore, we are looking for a few good volunteers to help us in moving forward.  Can you help us?  Do you meet ALL of the following minimum requirements we are looking for?

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel (and 2003/2007 installed on your PC).
• Great online researching ability.
• Good knowledge of MMA web sites and MMA history.
• Ability to handle basic conversions (kilograms to pounds).
• Three hours of time, per week.

In addition to helping us, this can serve as a great time-killer!

If you are interested, please reply to the “Research Project” global thread in our forum.