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Ryan van Niekerk

  Ryan van Niekerk's profile at Sherdog 
Association: N/A
Pro Debut Date: 2009-01-25
Pro Record: 9-4-0
Win Finish %: 77.7%
Quality Perf. %: 61.5%
Last Ranked: 1/01/2012

#696 Lightweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2010

#362 Welterweight
Last Loss Date: 9/16/2010
Last Loss: [NR] Leon Mynhardt

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
W Markus Taljaard
#985 Lightweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Friday, March 2nd 2012
W Amos Hlatshwayo Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Fight Force 13 - Fight for Glory
Thursday, May 5th 2011
W Johan van Staden Decision (Split)
Round 3
  Fight Force 11 - Aftermath
Sunday, January 30th 2011
W Wesley Hawkey
#895 Lightweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
  Fight Force 10 - Night of the Champions
Thursday, November 11th 2010
L Leon Mynhardt KO (Spinning Back Kick)
Round 1
  Fight Force 9 - Born and Bred
Thursday, September 16th 2010
W Brandin Fourie TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Fight Force 8 - Cage Rage
Thursday, August 19th 2010
L William Bentley
#585 Middleweight 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
  Fight Force 6 - Redemption
Sunday, May 30th 2010
W Ian Swart TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  Fight Force 4 - Pride and Honour
Thursday, February 11th 2010
W William Bentley
#377 Middleweight 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
  Fight Force 2 - MMA Mania
Sunday, October 4th 2009
W Ronald Dlamini TKO (Punches)
Round 3
  Fight Force 1 - Armageddon
Sunday, July 26th 2009
W Johan van Staden TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  XFC Africa - Fight Club
Saturday, May 30th 2009
L Chris Bright TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Fight Club - Resurrection
Sunday, April 26th 2009
L William Bentley TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1
  XFC Africa - Fight Club
Sunday, January 25th 2009
  Opponent Event Outcome
W Markus Taljaard
#985 Lightweight 		  EFC Africa - Extreme Fighting Championship...
Friday, March 2nd 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Amos Hlatshwayo   Fight Force 13 - Fight for Glory
Thursday, May 5th 2011 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
W Johan van Staden   Fight Force 11 - Aftermath
Sunday, January 30th 2011 		Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Wesley Hawkey
#895 Lightweight 		  Fight Force 10 - Night of the Champions
Thursday, November 11th 2010 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 2
L Leon Mynhardt   Fight Force 9 - Born and Bred
Thursday, September 16th 2010 		KO (Spinning Back Kick)
Round 1
W Brandin Fourie   Fight Force 8 - Cage Rage
Thursday, August 19th 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L William Bentley
#585 Middleweight 		  Fight Force 6 - Redemption
Sunday, May 30th 2010 		Submission (Armbar)
Round 2
W Ian Swart   Fight Force 4 - Pride and Honour
Thursday, February 11th 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W William Bentley
#377 Middleweight 		  Fight Force 2 - MMA Mania
Sunday, October 4th 2009 		Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Ronald Dlamini   Fight Force 1 - Armageddon
Sunday, July 26th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Johan van Staden   XFC Africa - Fight Club
Saturday, May 30th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Chris Bright   Fight Club - Resurrection
Sunday, April 26th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L William Bentley   XFC Africa - Fight Club
Sunday, January 25th 2009 		TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2012 21 #696 Lightweight 8-4-0
20
10/01/2011 17 #717 Lightweight 8-4-0
20
07/01/2011 19 #700 Lightweight 8-4-0
20
04/01/2011 18 #681 Lightweight 7-4-0
20
01/01/2011 NR #663 Lightweight 6-4-0
19
07/01/2010 NR #527 Middleweight 4-3-0
18
04/01/2010 34 #362 Welterweight 4-2-0
25
01/01/2010 342 #396 Welterweight 3-2-0
23
10/01/2009 NR #738 Welterweight 2-2-0
15


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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