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: 2010-07-05 | | FIGHTERS | ORGANIZATION | NEXT FIGHT | | 1 | Dominick Cruz | WEC | 8/18 vs Joseph Benavidez | | 2 | Brian Bowles | WEC | | | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | WEC | 8/18 vs Dominick Cruz | | 4 | Miguel Torres | WEC | | | 5 | Urijah Faber | WEC | 8/18 vs Takeya Mizugaki | | 6 | Norifumi Yamamoto | DREAM | | | 7 | Scott Jorgensen | WEC | 8/18 vs Brad Pickett | | 8 | Takeya Mizugaki | WEC | 8/18 vs Urijah Faber | | 9 | Wagnney Fabiano | WEC | | | 10 | Rani Yahya | WEC | | | 11 | Damacio Page | WEC | | | 12 | Masakatsu Ueda | SHOOTO | | | 13 | Charlie Valencia | WEC | | | 14 | Eddie Wineland | WEC | | | 15 | Masakazu Imanari | DEEP | | | 16 | Antonio Banuelos | WEC | | | 17 | Cole Escovedo | DREAM | | | 18 | Brad Pickett | WEC | 8/18 vs Scott Jorgensen | | 19 | Shuichiro Katsumura | SHOOTO | | | 20 | Koetsu Okazaki | SHOOTO | 7/19 vs Tetsu Suzuki |
HONORABLE MENTION
WEC
Renan Barao (23-1, 1-0 WEC) Next big lil thing coming out of brazil!
Frank Gomez (8-2, 2-2 WEC) Wins over Dikun and Thomas. Just lost to Fabiano.
Chris Cariaso (10-1, 1-0 WEC) Just took out Rebello in promotional debut.
Clint Godfrey (11-2, 0-1 WEC) Ridiculous luck debuting vs Fabiano, lost by decision.
Demetrious Johnson (5-1, 0-1 WEC) Close debut loss to Pickett.
DREAM/SENGOKU
Kenji Osawa - Returned to Japan from the WEC, and edged Maeda at DREAM 14.
Yoshiro Maeda - 2-fight losing streak to Osawa and Escovedo at DREAM 13 & 14.
Kazuyuki Miyata - Defeated Hata & Otsuka in DREAM. On 4-fight win streak.
Hideo Tokoro – Showing inconsistency. Won 2 of last 7, all in DREAM.
Daiki Hata - Big win over Hideo Tokoro but more recently lost to Miyata.
SHOOTO
Akitoshi Tamura - Won 2 of last 6 while going (1-2) in the WEC.
Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas (9-2) Just beat Ogikubo! but hey, so did Okazaki.
Hiromasa Ogikubo - Lost 2 straight, including title shot, after 5 stright wins.
So Tazawa - Hasn't won a fight since June 2008. But owns submission win over Kojima.
Teriyuki Matsumoto - Lost to Suzuki on 9/22/09 by guillotine, rebounds over Tazawa 6/6/10.
PANCRASE
Manabu Inoue - Bantamweight King of Pancrase. Just beat Tatsuya So.
Seiya Kawahara - Should be getting a title fight soon, just beat Nishiuchi.
DEEP
Atsushi Yamamoto - Close loses to Imanari and Ueda but has found new life in DEEP.
FREE AGENTS
Will Ribeiro (10-2) Hasn't fought since getting choked out by Bowles at WEC 37 on 12/3/2008.
Abel Cullum (18-3) Lost in DREAM's FW Grand Prix but won KOTC title on 3-fight win streak.
Jeff Curran (31-13) Lost to Bryan Goldsby in Bellator debut. Won 2 of last 7.
Ian Loveland (13-7) 6-fight winning streak, including UFC veteran Douglas Evans.
Chase Beebe (12-6) Hello 5-fight losing streak: Torres, Ribeiro, Warren, Easton, Maeda.
Marcos Galvao (7-3) Wins over Paixao, Uematsu, and Osawa get close to top 20.
Ivan Lopez (8-1) Perfect record is no more after losing a decision to Dominick Cruz in WEC.
Joe Coca (7-1) Only 20 years old, lost to Cullum at KOTC last time out.
Michael McDonald (9-1) Last fought for Tachi & beat former WEC #1 contender Manny Tapia.
Mike Easton (9-1) UWC Champ on 5 fight win streak with controversial win over Beebe.
Yusup Saadulaev (8-0) Undefeated after 8 fights - will be in the big show soon.
Chad Robichaux (8-0) Undefeated Gracie Barra fighter. All wins by submission, never seeing 3rd round.
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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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