On the latest episode of the Uncut Sports Show: Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox, Team Lloyd Irvin Drama, and TUF Episode 7 Recap.
The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 7 Review
Another episode, another upset. Jimmy Quinlan, relentless with his takedown attempts, took out Clint Hester with a rear naked choke in the second round.
Current win tally is Team Sonnen 4, Team Jones 2.
Next week is the remaining opening-round matchup: Zak Cummings vs Dylan Andrews.
Here’s who remains:
Featured Upcoming Bouts (Outside of UFC)
| Monday, May 4th 2026: Deep 131 Impact: 25th Anniversary | |||
 [#2 SW] Sora Sugiyama | [#14 SW] Sukai China | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 12/14/2025 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#6 SW] Haruo Ochi Last 5: - - W W W | Last Fight Date: 3/08/2026 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [NR] Musashi Musashi Last 5: W W W W W | ||
| Sunday, April 12th 2026: RIZIN LANDMARK 13 in FUKUOKA | |||
 [#24 W115] Natalia Kuziutina | [#6 W105] Ayaka Hamasaki | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 8/16/2025 [Ural Fighting Championship] Last Opponent: [#77 W115] Rose Conceicao Last 5: W W W W W | Last Fight Date: 11/23/2025 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#13 W105] Ye Ji Lee Last 5: W L W L W | ||
| Saturday, March 28th 2026: WOW 28 - Barcelona | |||
 [#18 W105] Andrea Meneses (-200) |  [#20 W105] Claire Lopez (+140) | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 9/13/2025 [The Way of Warrior] Last Opponent: [NR] Hayley Valentine Last 5: W L L W W | Last Fight Date: 11/08/2025 [Dynamite MMA] Last Opponent: [#75 W115] Andressa Romero Last 5: W L L L L | ||
Featured Fighters
| [#259 WW] |  Rustambek Nurzhanov | [#830 LW] |  Daniel Holt | |
| [#2 FW] | Movsar Evloev | [#25 FW] | Nathaniel Wood | |
| [#33 FW] |  Losene Keita | [#49 LW] | Mason Jones | |
| [#685 LW] |  Hussein Fakher | [#100 LW] | Axel Sola | |
| [NR] |  Guy Mezger | [#5 MW] |  Israel Adesanya |
The Uncut Sport Show: UFC on Fuel TV 8 Recap
Hector Lombard showed about 50 seconds of greatness in round 3, but it was too late. The former Bellator fighter let Yushin Okami dictate the pace the majority of the fight, and in the end the judges had Yushin Okami defeating Hector Lombard via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
Mark Hunt ‘s losses in his MMA career had almost all come from being submitted. Stefan Struve took advantage of that quickly and took Hunt out of his element and to the ground. However, to much surprise, Hunt showed a much improved ground game. Hunt managed to weasel his way out of submission attempts by Struve, and his improved conditioning allowed him to throw some devastating punches that eventually earned him a victory over Struve. Mark Hunt def. Stefan Struve via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 1:44.
Diego Sanchez always puts on a show, and has multiple FOTN honors. However, this Diego didn’t seem like the Sanchez of old. He missed weight which caused him to forfeit part of his winnings, and he didn’t seem in shape or as aggressive as usual. In a uneventful fight, the judges had Diego Sanchez defeating Takanori Gomi via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). Many, including Dana White did not agree with that outcome.
In one of the most epic battles we’ve seen in the Octagon as of late. Silva and Stann put on a show, and gave a blueprint to other fighters how to keep a job in the UFC. These two stood toe to toe and let it all hang out in a back and forth battle that saw both fighters connect and hit the canvass a few times. Eventually Silva landed a nasty 1-2 combo that dropped Captain America.
Silva KO’s Stann in round 2
Current & All-Time MMA Rankings Updated (03-03-2013)
Notable Info
- Strawweight expanded to Top 15 (from 10).
UFC on Fuel TV 8 / Odds vs. Ratings (03-02-2013)
This is not an attempt to suggest the rating system is more accurate than gambling odds. Gamblers can analyze each fight individually, while the rating system uses a variety of mathematical routines to supply a primary fighter rating that is focused on ranking recent achievement, with a secondary priority of gauging future expectation.
With that said, there are some caveats to using the rating vs. odds comparison straight-up — the “Gotcha” list:
- System inability to project the exact effects of a recent divisional change.
- System inability to project the exact effects of recent inactivity.
- Poor matchmaking / limited careers / “changing of the guard”.
- Notable home advantage.
- System inability to project style differences.
- System inability to factor in bad judging decisions.
But this stuff (especially #5) is pretty much common sense. We try to partially factor in #1-#3 when we compute the ratings, but #5 and #6 is something that the human can factor in, that the system can’t. For the sake of these articles, we’ll attempt to factor in #4 when relevant. Home advantage can have a slight effect, but likely not enough to sway the “I’d bet on” decision.
Experienced gamblers know that it’s not about being right the most, it’s about making the most money. So in the usual table, I’ll add the “I’d bet on” column and analyze the rating/odds gap plus points #1-4 that I listed above.I’ll leave #5 and #6 to the fully subjective analyses (except for when Leonard Garcia is involved for #6) — of which I’m sure there will be plenty.
The gotchas aren’t necessarily comprehensive, but I have noted them as I come across them and when they are considered in the decision.
Having said all that, let’s get started:
Ratings vs. Odds
| Fight | Odds Favorite | Rating Favorite | I’d bet on | “Gotchas” |
| Guimaraes vs. Gyu Lim | Gyu Lim (-325 / Large) | Guimaraes (1.22x / Very Small) | Guimaraes | #3, #4 |
| Caceres vs. Ho Kang | Caceres (-151 / Small) | Caceres (1.25x / Very Small) | PASS | #4 |
| Marcello vs. Tokudome | Marcello (-156 / Small) | Marcello (1.66x / Moderate) | Marcello | #4 |
| Mizugaki vs. Caraway | Mizugaki (-231 / Moderate) | Mizugaki (1.08x / Pick ‘Em) | Caraway | #4 |
| Fukuda vs. Tavares | Fukuda (-118 / Pick ‘Em) | Fukuda (1.02x / Pick ‘Em) | PASS | #4 |
| Yahya vs. Hirota | Hirota (-117 / Pick ‘Em) | Hirota (1.28x / Small) | PASS | #1 |
| Bahadurzada vs. Hyun Kim | Hyun Kim (-295 / Moderate) | Bahadurzada (1.54x / Moderate) | Bahadurzada | #4 |
| Lombard vs. Okami | Lombard (-204 / Moderate) | Lombard (1.05x / Pick ‘Em) | Okami | #4 |
| Sanchez vs. Gomi | Sanchez (-294 / Moderate) | Sanchez (1.82x / Moderate) | PASS | #4 |
| Struve vs. Hunt | Struve (-175 / Small) | Struve (1.25x / Very Small) | Hunt | |
| Silva vs. Stann | Stann (-253 / Moderate) | Stann (1.48x / Moderate) | PASS | #1 |
Now, to the results — given the odds above:
The PASS suggests that the odds and ratings difference are nearly identical and/or there are too many gotchas, so neither fighter is a good bet. This particular card has a ton of question marks.
Favorites to consider: Marcello. I almost went with a PASS here, due to the home advantage — but Marcello projects to a slightly larger favorite than the odds suggest. Narrow bet here.
Underdogs to consider:
Hunt over Struve – Very nearly a pass. I am banking on Hunt’s relative home advantage, given his career in Japan and familiarity with east Asia to make him just barely worth a bet.
Caraway over Mizugaki – See above, but basically in reverse. Mizugaki seems like the guy to go with, but I cannot ignore the rating vs. odds difference.
Okami over Lombard – Okami and our rating system have had their tough times, but we like him here, especially given the location.
Guimaraes over Gyu Lim – Guimaraes projects as one of the strongest underdog bets in this series, so far– if you ignore the fact that his last fight could have went either way. Still, this seems like a 50/50.
Badhadurzada over Hyun Kim – The system has been big on Siyar for a long time now. Come and ride the train.
Fightmatrix Program: UFC on Fuel TV 8 (03-03-2013)
Light Heavyweight (205)
[#18MW] Brian Stann (12-5-0) vs. [#25MW] Wanderlei Silva (34-12-1)
Wanderlei Silva is the All-Time #1 ranked Light Heavyweight and #10 ranked Absolute fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Brian Stann (1-2-0)
2012-09-22: L vs. [#12MW] Michael Bisping (23-5-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2012-04-14: W vs. [#82MW] Alessio Sakara (15-10-0) via KO (Punches) in 2:26 of round 1
2011-10-08: L vs. [#2MW] Chael Sonnen (27-12-1) via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 3:51 of round 2
Last 3 Fights: Wanderlei Silva (1-2-0)
2012-06-23: L vs. [#21MW] Rich Franklin (29-7-0) via UD (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
2011-11-19: W vs. [#17MW] Cung Le (9-2-0) via TKO (Knees and Punches) in 4:49 of round 2
2011-07-02: L vs. [#30MW] Chris Leben (22-9-0) via KO (Punches) in 0:27 of round 1
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Brian Stann 162, Wanderlei Silva 253
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 1 win(s) against common opposition.
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Heavyweight (265)
[#10] Stefan Struve (25-5-0) vs. [#12] Mark Hunt (8-7-0)
Mark Hunt is the All-Time #22 ranked Heavyweight fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Stefan Struve (3-0-0)
2012-09-29: W vs. [#22HW+] Stipe Miocic (9-1-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:50 of round 2
2012-05-26: W vs. [#39HW+] Lavar Johnson (17-7-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 1:05 of round 1
2012-02-15: W vs. [#52HW+] Dave Herman (21-5-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:52 of round 2
Last 3 Fights: Mark Hunt (3-0-0)
2012-02-26: W vs. [#16HW+] Cheick Kongo (18-7-2) via TKO (Punches) in 2:11 of round 1
2011-09-24: W vs. [#25HW+] Ben Rothwell (32-9-0) via UD (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
2011-02-27: W vs. [*] Chris Tuchscherer (21-4-0) via KO (Punch) in 1:41 of round 2
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Stefan Struve 155, Mark Hunt 371
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Stefan Struve leads 1-0
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Lightweight (155)
[#23WW] Diego Sanchez (23-5-0) vs. [#28] Takanori Gomi (34-8-0)
Takanori Gomi is the All-Time #1 ranked Lightweight and #15 ranked Absolute fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Diego Sanchez (2-1-0)
2012-02-15: L vs. [#6WW] Jake Ellenberger (28-6-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2011-03-03: W vs. [#5WW] Martin Kampmann (20-6-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-10-23: W vs. [#64WW] Paulo Thiago (14-5-0) via UD (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)
Last 3 Fights: Takanori Gomi (2-1-0)
2012-11-10: W vs. [#43LW] Mac Danzig (21-10-1) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
2012-02-26: W vs. [#241FW] Eiji Mitsuoka (18-9-2) via TKO (Punches) in 2:21 of round 2
2011-09-24: L vs. [#6LW] Nate Diaz (16-8-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 4:27 of round 1
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Diego Sanchez 382, Takanori Gomi 113
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Diego Sanchez leads 2-0
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The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 6 Review
Another big upset in Episode 6, and our top ranked seed bites the dust as Josh Samman puts Tor Troeng to sleep with a beatiful punch combination. Team Jones gets another win and regains control of the matchups.
Current win tally is Team Sonnen 3, Team Jones 2.
Next week: Jimmy Quinlan vs Clint Hester.
Here’s who remains:
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The Uncut Sports Show: UFC 157 Recap
Check out all of the event coverage from UFC 157, including UFC history with Ronda Rousey defeating Liz Carmouche in UFC’s first Women’s bout!
Average Current Ranking of Ranked Fighters by Organization
For this statistic, we used the organization that fighters last fought in, unless a fight is scheduled (that we have in our DB). The one thing I did do, is separate the 18 fighters who the UFC recently cut (Fitch group + Nunes and Vieira), into their own category. We left out the StrikeForce fighters who do not have a fight scheduled in the UFC yet.
Minimum of 15 ranked fighters necessary for an organization to be listed — Strawweights and Women excluded:
| Avg Rank | % in Top 25 | Organization |
| 74.8 | 35.7% | UFC (excluding recent 18 cuts) |
| 79.3 | 17.4% | World Series of Fighting |
| 122.2 | 11.8% | Recent 18 UFC Cuts (17 are ranked) |
| 144 | 11.8% | Bellator MMA |
| 155.1 | 13.6% | KSW |
| 158.6 | 5.6% | Legacy Fighting Championship (Texas) |
| 172.3 | 0.0% | Resurrection Fighting Alliance |
| 173.2 | 0.0% | Tachi Palace Fights |
| 173.3 | 0.0% | Shooto Americas |
| 177.8 | 0.0% | Maximum Fighting Championship |
| 178.4 | 2.4% | M-1 Global |
| 183.8 | 8.8% | Shooto |
| 187.7 | 5.3% | Ring of Combat |
| 190 | 0.0% | Showdown Fights |
| 191.1 | 6.9% | One Fighting Championship |
| 192.9 | 7.4% | Championship Fighting Alliance |
| 195.4 | 4.8% | Cage Fury Fighting Championships |
| 201.3 | 0.0% | Road Fighting Championship |
| 201.9 | 0.0% | Deep |
| 208.5 | 2.2% | King of the Cage |
| 209.5 | 2.3% | Pancrase |
| 210.3 | 4.8% | Score Fighting Series |
| 212.6 | 0.0% | British Association of Mixed Martial Arts |
| 216 | 0.0% | Jungle Fight |
| 218.8 | 5.6% | Strength and Honor Championship |
| 220.6 | 0.0% | Cage Warriors Fighting Championship |
| 229.8 | 0.0% | Classic Entertainment and Sports |
| 233.5 | 0.0% | ProFC |
| 234 | 5.3% | Legend Fighting Championship |
| 243.2 | 0.0% | Xtreme Fighting Championships (Florida) |
| 247.1 | 0.0% | Aggression Fighting Championship |
UFC on 157 / Odds vs. Ratings (02-23-2013)
This is not an attempt to suggest the rating system is more accurate than gambling odds. Gamblers can analyze each fight individually, while the rating system uses a variety of mathematical routines to supply a primary fighter rating that is focused on ranking recent achievement, with a secondary priority of gauging future expectation.
With that said, there are some caveats to using the rating vs. odds comparison straight-up — the “Gotcha” list:
- System inability to project the exact effects of a recent divisional change.
- System inability to project the exact effects of recent inactivity.
- Poor matchmaking / limited careers / “changing of the guard”.
- Notable home advantage.
- System inability to project style differences.
- System inability to factor in bad judging decisions.
But this stuff (especially #5) is pretty much common sense. We try to partially factor in #1-#3 when we compute the ratings, but #5 and #6 is something that the human can factor in, that the system can’t. For the sake of these articles, we’ll attempt to factor in #4 when relevant. Home advantage can have a slight effect, but likely not enough to sway the “I’d bet on” decision.
Experienced gamblers know that it’s not about being right the most, it’s about making the most money. So in the usual table, I’ll add the “I’d bet on” column and analyze the rating/odds gap plus points #1-4 that I listed above.I’ll leave #5 and #6 to the fully subjective analyses (except for when Leonard Garcia is involved for #6) — of which I’m sure there will be plenty.
The gotchas aren’t necessarily comprehensive, but I have noted them as I come across them and when they are considered in the decision.
Having said all that, let’s get started:
Ratings vs. Odds
| Fight | Odds Favorite | Rating Favorite | I’d bet on | “Gotchas” |
| Magny vs. Manley | Magny (-161 / Small) | Magny (1.46x / Moderate) | PASS | #3 |
| Robertson vs. Jardine | Jardine (-160 / Small) | Robertson (1.48x / Moderate) | Robertson | |
| Bermudez vs. Grice | Bermudez (-412 / Large) | Grice (1.06x / Pick ‘Em) | Grice | |
| Stout vs. Fodor | Fodor (-154 / Small) | Stout (1.02x / Pick ‘Em) | Stout | |
| McGee vs. Neer | McGee (-293 / Moderate) | McGee (1.01x / EVEN) | PASS | #1 |
| Chiesa vs. Kuivanen | Chiesa (-206 / Moderate) | Kuivanen (2.20x / Large) | PASS | #3, #4 |
| Schaub vs. Johnson | Schaub (-145 / Small) | Schaub (1.24x / Very Small) | PASS | |
| Koscheck vs. Lawler | Koscheck (-461 / Large) | Koscheck (1.76x / Moderate) | PASS | #1 |
| Faber vs. Menjivar | Faber (-376 / Large) | Faber (3.02x / Very Large) | Faber | |
| Machida vs. Henderson | Machida (-240 / Moderate) | Machida (1.21x / Very Small) | PASS | #2 |
| Rousey vs. Carmouche | Rousey (-1149 / Massive) | Rousey (3.03x / Very Large) | PASS | #3 |
Now, to the results — given the odds above:
The PASS suggests that the odds and ratings difference are nearly identical and/or there are too many gotchas, so neither fighter is a good bet. This particular card has a ton of question marks.
Favorites to consider: Faber is the only favorite worth a bet and a small one at that.
Underdogs to consider:
Stout over Fodor – 50/50 per the odds, so Stout serves as a minimally good value.
Robertson over Jardine – A fairly strong disagreement between ratings and odds. Fairly good value on Robertson.
Grice over Bermudez – A huge divide between the rating difference and the odds. It is quite rare to see this without any major “gotchas”.
The Uncut Sports Show: UFC Cuts Fighters, TUF Recap, and Anderson Silva at 170?
Well Episode 5 of TUF 17 did not disappoint. Jon Jones training partner Bubba McDaniel was going up against Kelvin Gastelum. McDaniels who is probably the most experienced fighter and talker in the house, had in many people’s minds the easy task of taking on the far less experienced Gastelum. Gastelum had a little extra motivation when Ronda Rousey told him that she would come out to Vegas to teach a lesson if he defeated McDaniel, and that’s exactly what he did. In a back and forth match, McDaniels snagged a rear naked choke and submitted McDaniels for the upset. This episode showed that this seasons TUF is full of entertaining twists, and also is appealing to the mainstream eye by including Ronda Rousey, and Mickey Rourke who showed up to chat with the fighters.
In other MMA News, several fighters were cut from the UFC this week, including Jon Fitch and Vladimir Matyushenko.
In addition, almost every fighter that was a loser at UFC on Fuel TV 7 was let go. Guess they need to make way for the lighter weight classes, and female fighters that will soon be a part of the crop. Anderson Silva has stated that he would be willing to drop to 170 lbs to have a superfight with GSP, and he said making the weight would be no problem. I’m sure Georges St-Pierre is happier than shit about this, yeah right.
Remember Josh Barnett rejected the offer the UFC made him. Well he’s finally come out and said why he rejected the contract, and why he will no longer be facing JDS at UFC 160. Barnett said it had to do with the legal battle between Bellator (Alvarez’ former employer) and the UFC over Eddie Alvarez services, which became public record. The UFC was offering a $250,000 signing bonus and a percentage of pay-per-view earnings if Alvarez fought for the UFC title or captured the belt.
Barnett, speaking via MMAJunkie, said:
“I was excited to fight Junior. I thought he was a favorable match up for me, but Zuffa was unwilling to give me something that they gave Eddie Alvarez. No disrespect to Eddie, but I felt it was fair to give it to me as well. Although things seem to be working out well for me, I feel bad for the fans. They wanted me to fight certain guys in the UFC and I really wanted to give them those fights. Once we get the deal we are working on done, the fight the fans scream for will be lost forever.”
The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 5 Review
In Episode 5, a huge upset took place as the least experienced fighter of the cast, twenty-one year old Kevin Gastelum defeated the second-ranked contender Robert ‘Bubba’ McDaniel. Gastelum forced a tapout with a rear naked choke late in the second round, after a back-and-forth ground fight for positioning.
Current win tally is Team Sonnen 3, Team Jones 1.
Next week: top ranked contender Tor Troeng takes on Josh Samman. According to Coach Sonnen, there were not many takers to fight either of these guys. Which means that the winner of this fight may be the guy that Dana White said no one in the house wants to fight.
Then again, Dana White once said that Phil Nover is the next Anderson Silva, so take it with a grain of salt… or the whole shaker.
Here’s who remains:
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FightMatrix Program: UFC 157 (02-23-2013)
Women Bantamweight Championship (135)
[#1/#1DD] Ronda Rousey (6-0-0) vs. [#8] Liz Carmouche (7-2-0)
Last 3 Fights: Ronda Rousey (3-0-0)
2012-08-18: W vs. [#3BW] Sarah Kaufman (15-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:54 of round 1
2012-03-03: W vs. [#2BW] Miesha Tate (13-3-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 4:27 of round 1
2011-11-18: W vs. [#6FW] Julia Budd (4-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:39 of round 1
Last 3 Fights: Liz Carmouche (2-1-0)
2012-07-28: W vs. [#19BW] Kaitlin Young (7-7-1) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:34 of round 2
2012-04-28: W vs. [NA] Ashleigh Curry (1-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:58 of round 1
2011-07-22: L vs. [#3BW] Sarah Kaufman (15-2-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Ronda Rousey 189, Liz Carmouche 210
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Ronda Rousey leads 1-0
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Light Heavyweight (205)
[#2] Lyoto Machida (18-3-0) vs. [*] Dan Henderson (29-8-0)
Lyoto Machida is the All-Time #7 ranked Light Heavyweight and #18 ranked Absolute fighter.
Dan Henderson is the All-Time #6 ranked Light Heavyweight and #7 ranked Absolute fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Lyoto Machida (2-1-0)
2012-08-04: W vs. [#7LHW] Ryan Bader (15-3-0) via KO (Punches) in 1:32 of round 2
2011-12-10: L vs. [#1LHW/#3DD] Jon Jones (17-1-0) via Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 4:26 of round 2
2011-04-30: W vs. [*] Randy Couture (19-11-0) via KO (Front Kick) in 1:05 of round 2
Last 3 Fights: Dan Henderson (3-0-0)
2011-11-19: W vs. [#6LHW] Mauricio Rua (21-7-0) via UD (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
2011-07-30: W vs. [*] Fedor Emelianenko (34-4-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:12 of round 1
2011-03-05: W vs. [#18LHW] Rafael Cavalcante (11-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:50 of round 3
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Lyoto Machida 203, Dan Henderson 462
Previous Match-up Record: No previous match-ups.
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 3 win(s) against common opposition.
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Bantamweight (135)
[#4] Urijah Faber (26-6-0) vs. [#52] Ivan Menjivar (25-9-0)
Urijah Faber is the All-Time #21 ranked Bantamweight and #9 ranked Absolute fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Urijah Faber (1-2-0)
2012-07-21: L vs. [#1BW/#10DD] Renan Barao (30-1-0) via UD (50-45, 49-46, 49-46)
2011-11-19: W vs. [*] Brian Bowles (10-2-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 1:27 of round 2
2011-07-02: L vs. [*] Dominick Cruz (19-1-0) via UD (50-45, 49-46, 48-47)
Last 3 Fights: Ivan Menjivar (2-1-0)
2012-11-17: W vs. [#585BW] Azamat Gashimov (9-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 2:44 of round 1
2012-07-07: L vs. [#35BW] Mike Easton (13-2-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
2012-02-15: W vs. [#199BW] John Albert (7-4-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 3:45 of round 1
Days Since Last Pro Fight: Urijah Faber 217, Ivan Menjivar 98
Previous Match-up Record: Urijah Faber leads 1-0-0
Wins Against Common Opposition: Even: Both have 2 win(s) against common opposition.
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Stat of the Day: Average ranked height at each weight division (Updated)
We did a post back in September, on the Average ranked height at each weight division.
It’s probably “too soon” to start tracking trends, but I thought I would give it a shot, to see if the UFC’s involvement of smaller divisions is causing them to get “bigger”. We will also add in the new Strawweight division.
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| Division | Height | Top 50 | Diff | Top 50 Diff from 9/12 |
Tallest/Shortest |
| Heavyweight+ | 6’2.0″ | 6’3.0″ | +1.0″ | +0.2″ | 7’0″ – [#10] Stefan Struve 5’9″ – 5 Tied (Monson, Komkin, Brents, Leniu, O. Sanchez) |
| Light Heavyweight | 6’1.1″ | 6’1.1″ | = | -0.4″ | 6’7″ – [#170] Malik Merad 5’8″ – 4 Tied (Filho, DeAnda, Latifi, Kim) |
| Middleweight | 6’0.0″ | 6’0.4″ | +0.4″ | -0.2″ | 6’6″ – 3 Tied (Grove, Barnatt, Ling) 5’7″ – 5 Tied (Howard, Hernandez, Tapusoa, Martin, Graceffo |
| Welterweight | 5’10.8″ | 5’11.2″ | +0.4″ | +0.3″ | 6’4″ – [#344] Corey Hill 5’5″ – [#390] Lukasz Chlewicki |
| Lightweight | 5’9.4″ | 5’9.3″ | -0.1″ | = | 6’3″ – [#160] Zorobabel Moreira, [#227] Jose Figueora 5’0″ – [#494] Gilberto Aguilar |
| Featherweight | 5’8.1″ | 5’7.5″ | -0.6″ | -0.3″ | 6’4″ – [#182] Will Chope 5’1″ – [#366] Pablo Veloquio |
| Bantamweight | 5’6.9″ | 5’6.8″ | -0.1″ | +0.1″ | 6’1″ – [#155] Daniel Aguirre, [#187] Patrick Reeves 5’3″ – 3 Tied (Killon, Cavalcante de Oliveira, Ogikubo) |
| Flyweight | 5’5.2″ | 5’4.8″ | -0.4″ | -0.2″ | 5’9″ – [#14] Will Campuzano, [#93] Ricky Calatayud 5’1″ – [#27] Nate Williams |
| Strawweight* | 5’4.7″ | 5’4.7″ | NA | NA | 5’8″ – [#1] Mitsuhisa Sunabe, [#5] Mikihito Yamagami 5’2″ – [#2] Rambaa Somdet, [#7] Noboru Tahara |
So, it may have been too soon to take a second look at this. Since September, we don’t see much consistent movement either way between the average top 50 height. The most interesting thing in this table is that there is a 5’0″ Lightweight out there!