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MMA Lightweight Rankings

        
FIGHTBOMB.COM's MMA LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS
*Next Fight May be Official or Rumors
*Updated: 2010-07-23

   RANKED FIGHTER W-LORGANIZATION NEXT FIGHT DATE 
1Frank Edgar12-1 UFC 8/28 vs B.J. Penn 
2B.J. Penn15-6UFC 8/28 vs Frankie Edgar 
3Gilbert Melendez18-2 STRIKEFORCE  
4Kenny Florian 13-4 UFC 8/28 vs Gray Maynard
5 Shinya Aoki 24-5 DREAM 9/25 vs TBA 
6 Eddie Alvarez20-2 BELLATOR TBA vs Pat Curran 
7 Gray Maynard9-0 UFC 8/28 vs Kenny Florian 
8 Sean Sherk32-4 UFC 9/25 vs Evan Dunham
9 Jim Miller 17-2 UFC 8/1 vs Gleison Tibau 
10 George Sotiropoulos 13-2 UFC 
11 Takanori Gomi 31-6 UFC 8/1 vs Tyson Griffin 
12 Tatsuya Kawajiri 26-6 DREAM  
13 Evan Dunham 11-0 UFC 9/25 vs Sean Sherk 
14 Tyson Griffin 14-3 UFC 8/1 vs Takanori Gomi 
15 Clay Guida 26-11 UFC 8/7 vs Rafael Dos Anjos 
16 Josh Thomson17-3 STRIKEFORCE  
17 Ben Henderson 12-1 WEC  
18Joe Stevenson 31-11 UFC  
19 Gesias Cavalcante15-3 DREAM/STRIK  
20 Melvin Guillard 25-8 UFC 9/25 vs Jeremy Stephens 
21 Akihiro Gono 32-15SENGOKU8/22 vs Jadamba Narantung
22 Gleison Tibau21-6 UFC 8/1 vs Jim Miller 
23 Kazunori Yokota11-3 SENGOKU  
24 Mizuto Hirota 12-4 SENGOKU  
25 Satoru Kitaoka26-10 SENGOKU  
26 Renzo Gracie13-7UFC  
27 Efrain Escudero13-1 UFC 9/15 vs John Gunderson
28 Ross Pearson 11-3 UFC 9/15 vs Cole Miller 
29 Antonio McKee 24-3FREE AGENT 9/10 vs Luciano Azevedo
30 Roger Huerta 21-4 BELLATOR  
31 Dennis Siver16-7 UFC 11/13 vs TBA 
32 Hermes Franca 19-9 FREE AGENT  
33 Spencer Fisher23-6 UFC 10/16 vs Curt Warburton 
34 Jamie Varner16-3 WEC 9/30 vs Donald Cerrone
35 Willamy Freire17-3 UFC  
36 Lyle Beerbohm 14-0 STRIKEFORCE  
37 Marcus Aurelio 20-8 FREE AGENT 
38 Joe Lauzon18-6 UFC 8/28 vs Terry Etim 
39 Rich Clementi 36-16 BELLATOR 9/9 vs Carey Vanier 
40 Jeremy Stephens 17-5 UFC 9/25 vs Melvin Guillard 

HONORABLE MENTION
UFC
Cole Miller (16-4) // Rafael Dos Anjos (14-4) // Kurt Pellegrino (16-5) // Josh Neer (27-10)
Terry Etim (14-3) // Matt Wiman (12-5) // Mac Danzig (19-8) // Sam Stout (15-6)
Paul Kelly (10-2) // Jacob Volkmann (10-2) // Andre Winner (11-3) // Nik Lentz (18-3)
Thiago Tavares (14-3) // Paul Sass (10-0) // Darren Elkins (11-1) // Mark Bocek (8-3)
Paul Taylor (10-5) // Charles Oliveira (12-0) // Aaron Riley (29-12) // John Gunderson (23-7)
Duane Ludwig (19-11) // Curt Warburton (6-1) // Steve Lopez (12-2) // Pat Audinwood (9-0)
Mark Holst (8-2) // Waylon Lowe (8-3)
WEC
Donald Cerrone (11-3) // Shane Roller (8-2) // Kamal Shalorus (6-0) // Anthony Njokuani (12-3)
Dave Jansen (14-1) // Danny Castillo (8-3) // Ricardo Lamas (8-1) // Bart Palaszewski (34-13)
Anthony Pettis (11-1) // Chris Horodecki (15-2) // Will Kerr (9-2) // Karen Darabedyan (9-3)
Maciej Jewtuszko (7-0) // Zack Micklewright (7-0) // Ed Ratcliff (7-2) // Dustin Poirier (7-0)
STRIKEFORCE
K.J. Noons (9-2) // Vitor Ribeiro (20-4) // Bryan Travers (13-2) // Billy Evangelista (10-0)
Jorge Gurgel (13-6) // Conor Heun (8-4) // Ben Holscher (4-0)
SENGOKU/DREAM
Katsunori Kikuno (13-3) // Eiji Mitsuoka (16-7) // Maximo Blanco (6-2) // Rodrigo Damm (9-4)
BELLATOR
Pat Curran (13-3) // Yves Edwards (37-16) // Luis Palomino (13-5) // Toby Imada (25-14)
FREE AGENTS
Ronys Torres (14-3) // Katsuya Inoue (19-7) // Koji Oishi (20-8) // Matt Veach (12-2)
Rafaello Oliveira (10-3) // Mike Campbell (8-2) // Kyle Jensen (39-11) // Rob McCullough (18-6)
Rich Crunkilton Jr (16-3) // Carlo Prater (24-7) // Ui Cheol Nam (9-2) // Kyle Bradley (14-7)
Hacran Dias (15-1) // Alexander Sarnavskiy (10-0) // Lukasz Sajewski (8-0) // Luciano Azevedo (16-8)
Per Eklund (15-4) // Koichiro Matsumoto (11-2) // Shane Nelson (12-5) // Shannon Gugerty (12-5)
 

Comments  

 
#3 Chris Flores 2010-07-23 19:37
Quoting Cedric Tovar:
I'd like to see Ben Henderson ranked right around #10. and the UFC should bring over guys like Guida and Stevenson to contend for the WEC championship.


I 2nd this.. unless rumors are true and the flyweights get added to the WEC.. so then the LWs get sent packing to the UFC.
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#2 Cedric Tovar 2010-07-23 18:51
I'd like to see Ben Henderson ranked right around #10. and the UFC should bring over guys like Guida and Stevenson to contend for the WEC championship.
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#1 Ti 2009-12-04 17:38
Great rankings but just wish I see Jorge Masvidal in the top 20 due to beating Satoru Kitaoka recently in sengoku.
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