FIGHTBOMB.COM BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS (59.9kg - 62.6kg)
SHOOTO calls this their featherweight division at 132lbs (59.9kg)
WEC has their division set at 135lbs (61.2kg)
PANCRASE has their division set at 135lbs (61.2kg)
DEEP has their division set at 137lbs (62.1kg)
DREAM has their division set at 138lbs (62.6kg)
*Next Fight May be Official or Rumors
Updated: 2009-12-20 | | FIGHTERS | ORGANIZATION | NEXT FIGHT | | 1 | Brian Bowles | WEC | 3/6 vs Dominick Cruz | | 2 | Miguel Torres | WEC | 3/6 vs Antonio Banuelos | | 3 | Masakatsu Ueda | SHOOTO | 1/? vs Koetsu Okazaki | | 4 | Bibiano Fernandes | DREAM | | | 5 | Dominick Cruz | WEC | 3/6 vs Brian Bowles | | 6 | Joe Warren | FREE AGENT | | | 7 | Norifumi Yamamoto | K-1/DREAM | 12/31 vs Masanori Kanehara | | 8 | Scott Jorgensen | WEC | | | 9 | Takeya Mizugaki | WEC | | | 10 | Masakazu Imanari | DEEP | | | 11 | Joseph Benavidez | WEC | | | 12 | Akitoshi Tamura | WEC | 1/10 vs Charlie Valencia | | 13 | Rani Yahya | WEC | | | 14 | Hiroyuki Takaya | DREAM | 12/31 vs Michihiro Omigawa | | 15 | Eduardo Dantas | SHOOTO | | | 16 | Damacio Page | WEC | | | 17 | Antonio Banuelos | WEC | 3/6 vs Miguel Torres | | 18 | Yoshiro Maeda | DREAM | | | 19 | Kenji Osawa | WEC | | | 20 | Koetsu Okazaki | SHOOTO | 1/? vs Masakatsu Ueda |
HONORABLE MENTION
UFC
*Will Ribeiro - Hasn't fought since getting choked out by Bowles at WEC 37.
Manny Tapia - On a 3 fight losing skid after 9 fight winning streak. Future is uncertain.
Charlie Valencia - Too inconsistent on the big stage to make top 20. Next vs Tamura at WEC 46.
Marcos Galvao – Wins over Paixao, Uematsu, and Osawa get close to top 20.
Eddie Wineland – Hard to stomach losses to Yahya and Beebe. Still in WEC.
Ivan Lopez – Perfect record is no more after losing a decision to Dominick Cruz in WEC.
Coty Wheeler - Had a 4 fight win streak snapped by Charlie Valencia at WEC 43.
DREAM/SENGOKU
Kazuyuki Miyata - Defeated Hata in DREAM debut. On 3 fight win streak.
Hideo Tokoro – Lost to Hiroyuki Takaya in the DREAM featherweight tournament.
Daiki Hata - Big win over Hideo Tokoro but more recently lost to Miyata.
SHOOTO
Hiromasa Ogikubo – This Shooto fighter lost in a title fight after five straight wins.
Shuichiro Katsumura - 2 fight win streak by submissions: twister and brabo choke.
So Tazawa – Lost to Masakatsu Ueda by unanimous decision & Katsumura by Brabo Choke.
Teriyuki Matsumoto - Lost to Suzuki at Shooto on 9/22 by guillotine choke.
PANCRASE
Manabu Inoue - Bantamweight King of Pancrase. Needs stiffer competition.
Seiya Kawahara - Pancrase fighter should be getting a title fight soon.
DEEP
Atsushi Yamamoto - Close loses to Imanari and Ueda but has found new life in DEEP.
FREE AGENTS
Jeff Curran - Four losses in a row have kicked his ass. Hard fights. Needs a win, bad.
Joe Coca - Nicknamed Bazookka, he's only 20 years old and is already 7-0.
Abel Cullum – Lost in DREAM's FW Grand Prix but won KOTC title against Montano.
Mike Easton - UWC Champ on 5 fight win streak after controversial win over Beebe.
Chase Beebe – recent loss to Joe Warren and Yoshiro MAeda drop him from the top 20.
Yusup Saadulaev - Undefeated after 7 fights - will be in the big show soon.
Jared McMahan - Former C3 Champion handed first loss by Yusup Saadulaev.
Chad Robichaux - Undefeated Gracie Barra fighter. All wins by submission, never seeing 3rd round.
Clint Godfrey – Looking to get picked up by a big promotion. He will soon.
Tomohiko Hori – On a 3 fight skid [last to Jeff Curran], previously was on a 3 fight win streak in DEEP.
Jeff Bedard – Win over Antonio Banuelos, but more recent loss to Miguel Torres.
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Comments
also robichaux is not a free agent... he is on a 3 fight deal with shine. i'm not sure about otsuka but i do know him and robichaux are fighting in shine III at 135lbs.
Otsuka is normally 145 but i guess he will be 135 in the USA... chad robichaux is a beast at 135 and has sick subs and hvy hands so this should be a good one but i think otsuka may pull off a decision. otsuka has been thru some wars and big wins.
Just heard he will be fighting Dream vet,Takafumi Otsuka from Japan... a STUD! He just pulled a win over Mishima and took the DEEP Title Belt.
that sounds like a great fight
Shine has been pulling some big free agents
and good fight cards
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