Notable Info
- Some shows were inadvertently missed in the past few weeks, so this intermediate release acts as a catchup. It also includes an important DEEP show that took place on Sunday, which caused some notable movement in the Flyweight rankings.
The Ultimate Fighter 15: Episode 3 Results
In Episode 3, the season of upsets continued and Team Cruz pulled further ahead as Justin Lawrence stopped Cristiano Marcello with a second-round knockout.
Team Cruz is now ahead 2-0.
All rankings are approximate as-of Episode 1.
[#148 WW] Daron Cruickshank
Episode 1: defeated [#175 LW] Drew Dober by unanimous decision
Episode 2: lost to [NR] James Vick by first-round knockout
[#134 LW] John Cofer
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
[#217 LW] Mike Rio
Episode 1: defeated [#177 LW] Ali Maclean by submission
[#231 LW] Cristiano Marcello
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
Episode 2: lost to [NR] Justin Lawrence by knockout
[#245 LW] Sam Sicilia
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Erin Beach by knockout
[#248LW] Chris Saunders
Episode 1: defeated [#354 LW] Chase Hackett by unanimous decision
[NR] Myles Jury
Episode 1: defeated [#194 LW] Akbarh Arreola by unanimous decision
[#268 LW] Vinc Pichel
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Cody Pfister by submission
[#307 MW] Mike Chiesa
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Johnavan Vistante by submission
[#137 FW] Andy Ogle
Episode 1: defeated [#378 LW] Brendan Weafer by unanmious decision
[#279 LW] Chris Tickle
Episode 1: defeated [#188 LW] Austin Lyons by knockout
[#287 LW] Joey Proctor
Episode 1: defeated [#168 LW] Jordan Rinaldi by sumbission
[#411 LW] Jeremy Larsen
Episode 1: defeated [#167 LW] Jeff Smith by unanimous decision
[NR] James Vick
Episode 1: defeated [#131 WW] Dakota Cochrane by split decision
Episode 2: defeated [#148 WW] Daron Cruickshank by first round knockout
[NR] Al Iaquinta
Episode 1: defeated [#193 LW] Jon Tuck by unanimous decision
[NR] Justin Lawrence
Episode 1: defeated [#164 WW] James Krause by knockout
Episode 3: defeated [#231 LW] Cristiano Marcello by knockout
MMA Rankings Updated: 3/17/2012
Notable Info
- Due to the slow weekend, we updated the rankings a day earlier than usual.
The Ultimate Fighter 15: Episode 2 Results
In Episode 2, coaches Dominic Cruz and Urijah Faber picked their teams and the first tournament bout took place. The top ranked fighter in the house, Daron Cruickshank was upset with a quick knee to the face knockout courtesy of James Vick. Team Cruz takes the lead, 1-0.
[#148 WW] Daron Cruickshank
Episode 1: defeated [#175 LW] Drew Dober by unanimous decision
Episode 2: lost to [NR] James Vick by first-round knockout
[#134 LW] John Cofer
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
[#217 LW] Mike Rio
Episode 1: defeated [#177 LW] Ali Maclean by submission
[#231 LW] Cristiano Marcello
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
[#245 LW] Sam Sicilia
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Erin Beach by knockout
[#248LW] Chris Saunders
Episode 1: defeated [#354 LW] Chase Hackett by unanimous decision
[NR] Myles Jury
Episode 1: defeated [#194 LW] Akbarh Arreola by unanimous decision
[#268 LW] Vinc Pichel
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Cody Pfister by submission
[#307 MW] Mike Chiesa
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Johnavan Vistante by submission
[#137 FW] Andy Ogle
Episode 1: defeated [#378 LW] Brendan Weafer by unanmious decision
[#279 LW] Chris Tickle
Episode 1: defeated [#188 LW] Austin Lyons by knockout
[#287 LW] Joey Proctor
Episode 1: defeated [#168 LW] Jordan Rinaldi by sumbission
[#411 LW] Jeremy Larsen
Episode 1: defeated [#167 LW] Jeff Smith by unanimous decision
[NR] James Vick
Episode 1: defeated [#131 WW] Dakota Cochrane by split decision
Episode 2: defeated [#148 WW] Daron Cruickshank by first round knockout
[NR] Al Iaquinta
Episode 1: defeated [#193 LW] Jon Tuck by unanimous decision
[NR] Justin Lawrence
Episode 1: defeated [#164 WW] James Krause by knockout
The Ultimate Fighter 15: How They Stack Up (Updated)
After fourteen seasons on Spike TV, ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality show has a new home and a new format. Season 15 features lightweight fighters, and each fight in the tournament is televised live on FX every Friday night.
In another twist, thrity two fighters had to compete in a series of single-round exhibition bouts to make it into the ‘TUF house’.
Here’s how the sixteen fighters who made it are currently ranked:
[#148 WW] Daron Cruickshank
Episode 1: defeated [#175 LW] Drew Dober by unanimous decision
[#134 LW] John Cofer
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
[#217 LW] Mike Rio
Episode 1: defeated [#177 LW] Ali Maclean by submission
[#231 LW] Cristiano Marcello
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Mark Glover by unanimous decision
[#245 LW] Sam Sicilia
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Erin Beach by knockout
[#248LW] Chris Saunders
Episode 1: defeated [#354 LW] Chase Hackett by unanimous decision
[NR] Myles Jury
Episode 1: defeated [#194 LW] Akbarh Arreola by unanimous decision
[#268 LW] Vinc Pichel
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Cody Pfister by submission
[#307 MW] Mike Chiesa
Episode 1: defeated [NR] Johnavan Vistante by submission
[#137 FW] Andy Ogle
Episode 1: defeated [#378 LW] Brendan Weafer by unanmious decision
[#279 LW] Chris Tickle
Episode 1: defeated [#188 LW] Austin Lyons by knockout
[#287 LW] Joey Proctor
Episode 1: defeated [#168 LW] Jordan Rinaldi by sumbission
[#411 LW] Jeremy Larsen
Episode 1: defeated [#167 LW] Jeff Smith by unanimous decision
[NR] James Vick
Episode 1: defeated [#131 WW] Dakota Cochrane by split decision
[NR] Al Iaquinta
Episode 1: defeated [#193 LW] Jon Tuck by unanimous decision
[NR] Justin Lawrence
Episode 1: defeated [#164 WW] James Krause by knockout.
New Ranking Features
Introducing a couple of new enhancements to our ranking pages:
The most recent opponent’s name and current ranking (where available) is now listed for each ranked fighter.
Also, you can now filter our rankings by the Next Fight organization, including all fighters with a scheduled fight.
For example, here are all the ranked heavyweights scheduled to make their UFC debut in the next fight.
Or, all ranked American lightweights with a scheduled bout.
Thanks to Richard Wade of Bloody Elbow for the suggestion.
More cool stuff coming in near future!
Prepare for Flyweight Craziness
Forever the Japanese recluse division of men’s MMA, the UFC has decided to open the Flyweight division up to the world. This will likely result in many top Bantamweights moving down into the Flyweight division and the exodus begins this Friday.
The above graphical representation portrays the issue that will soon be confronting the FightMatrix Flyweight rankings. As Bantamweight is a much, much more established division, contending Bantamweights are already so much more proven than even the very top Flyweights that they will hold a distinct rating advantage.
Barring any weight cut issues and/or anomalous performances, based on the point level differences, Demetrious Johnson SHOULD easily beat Ian McCall and Joseph Benavidez SHOULD trounce Yasuhiro Urushitani. In fact, Benavidez holds such an incredibly high Bantamweight rating, if he should win this Friday, he will likely have more than triple the rating points of any other Flyweight — outside of Johnson, who himself will be an amazing strongly #2 Flyweight, should he win this Friday.
As you may, or may not know, our ratings are division-adjusted, not division-specific. In this case, that’s not really up for debate, as Johnson and Benavidez will be taking on the #1 and #3 Flyweights, respectively. Should they win, they will deserve to be ranked #1 and #2, but with an incredible amount of rating points in comparison to the rest of the division.
Current Top 5 Prospects by Division (Issue #3)
BloodyElbow analyzes and follows prospects around the sport. They don’t use criteria quite as strict as ours, but it is interesting to see which fighters crossover on both lists. This is issue #3 and will show changes from the second issue of our rankings (Summer 2011).
The listed prospects fulfilled the following criteria:
- Have not fought in any of the “Big 15” organizations. Please see the FAQ for more info.
- Have no more than one defeat.
- Have five wins or more.
- Have fought in the last 450 days.
Sorted by current rating [2011+2012 BloodyElbow ranking in brackets]
Heavyweight+
- (NEW) Magomed Malikov (6-1-0) [BE 2012 #1 HW]
- (=) Guram Gughenishvili (11-0-0) [BE 2011 #1 HW]
- (=) Chris Barnett (7-1-0)
- (NEW) Ben Reiter (5-0-0)
- (NEW) Beau Tribolet (7-1-0)
Dropped out: (#1) Shamil Abdurahimov [2nd Loss], (#4) Stipe Miocic [Fought in “Big 15”], (#5) Edinaldo Oliveira [Fought in “Big 15”]
FightMatrix Program: UFC on Fuel TV (02-15-2012)
Welterweight (170)
[#3] Jake Ellenberger (25-5-0) vs. [#10] Diego Sanchez (23-4-0)
Diego Sanchez is the All-Time #7 ranked Welterweight fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Jake Ellenberger (3-0-0)
2011-09-17: W vs. [#5WW] Jake Shields (26-6-1) via TKO (Knee and Punches) in 0:53 of round 1
2011-04-30: W vs. [#102WW] Sean Pierson (11-6-0) via KO (Punch) in 2:42 of round 1
2011-02-05: W vs. [#72WW] Carlos Eduardo Rocha (9-1-0) via SD (29-28, 29-28, 27-30)
Last 3 Fights: Diego Sanchez (2-1-0)
2011-03-03: W vs. [#11WW] Martin Kampmann (18-5-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-10-23: W vs. [#30WW] Paulo Thiago (14-3-0) via UD (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-05-29: L vs. [#40WW] John Hathaway (15-1-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Jake Ellenberger 151, Diego Sanchez 349
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Heavyweight (265)
[#24] Dave Herman (22-2-0) vs. [#30] Stefan Struve (22-5-0)
Last 3 Fights: Dave Herman (3-0-0)
2011-06-11: W vs. [#391HW+] John Olav Einemo (6-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:19 of round 2
2010-12-30: W vs. [#94HW+] Yoshihiro Nakao (9-3-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-28)
2010-09-30: W vs. [#60HW+] Michal Kita (11-6-0) via Submission (Omoplata) in 3:16 of round 1
Last 3 Fights: Stefan Struve (2-1-0)
2011-10-01: W vs. [#48HW+] Pat Barry (7-4-0) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 3:22 of round 2
2011-05-28: L vs. [#18HW+] Travis Browne (12-0-1) via KO (Punch) in 4:11 of round 1
2010-12-11: W vs. [#124HW+] Sean McCorkle (15-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:55 of round 1
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Dave Herman 249, Stefan Struve 137
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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Middleweight (185)
[#36] Aaron Simpson (11-2-0) vs. [#42LHW] Ronny Markes (12-1-0)
Last 3 Fights: Aaron Simpson (3-0-0)
2011-10-08: W vs. [#175MW] Eric Schafer (12-7-2) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2011-07-02: W vs. [#220MW] Brad Tavares (7-1-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2011-03-26: W vs. [#59MW] Mario Miranda (13-3-0) via UD (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Last 3 Fights: Ronny Markes (3-0-0)
2011-08-14: W vs. [#121LHW] Karlos Vemola (8-2-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2011-04-29: W vs. [#63LHW] Paulo Filho (22-4-2) via UD ()
2011-04-01: W vs. [#671LHW] Diogo Osama (3-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:45 of round 1
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Aaron Simpson 130, Ronny Markes 185
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition.
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