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*Next Fight May be Official or Rumors
Updated:  2009-12-20

	FIGHTERS	ORGANIZATION	NEXT FIGHT
1	Anderson Silva	UFC	4/10 vs Vitor Belfort
2	Dan Henderson	STRIKEFORCE	4/? vs Jake Shields
3	Nate Marquardt	UFC	2/6 vs Chael Sonnen
4	Vitor Belfort	UFC	4/10 vs Anderson Silva
5	Demian Maia	UFC	2/6 vs Dan Miller
6	Jake Shields	STRIKEFORCE	4/? vs Dan Henderson
7	Chael Sonnen	UFC	2/6 vs Nate Marquardt
8	Wanderlei Silva	UFC	2/21 vs Michael Bisping
9	Michael Bisping	UFC	2/21 vs Wanderlei Silva
10	Yushin Okami	UFC
11	Yoshihiro Akiyama	UFC	2/21 vs Wanderlei Silva
12	Robbie Lawler	STRIKEFORCE
13	Ronaldo Souza	STRIKEFORCE
14	Mamed Khalidov	SENGOKU
15	Alan Belcher	UFC
16	Hector Lombard	BELLATOR
17	Dan Miller	UFC	2/6 vs Demian Maia
18	Jason Miller	STRIKEFORCE
19	Nate Quarry	UFC
20	Kazuo Misaki	DREAM/SENG	12/31 vs Melvin Manhoef

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HONORABLE MENTION

UFC
Patrick Cote - Been out too long to be ranked high.  Next vs Rich Franklin?  5/1
Johny Hendricks - Undefeated wrestler looking to crack the top 20.
Chris Leben - Most recently lost to Jake Rosholt after return from steroid suspension.
Goran Reljic - Undefeated and next fight is highly anticipated for UFC 110.
Rousimar Palhares – Taking on Lucio Lunhares at UFC 107 on 12/12.
Alessio Sakara - Big win against Thales Leites brings him back to relevancy.
Tom Lawlor - Undefeated in the UFC at 2-0.  Plus, cool guy.
Wilson Gouveia - Taken out by Alan Belcher at UFC 107 on 12/12.
James Irvin – Moving down from LHW but is now injured again.  Poor guy.
CB Dollaway - 3-2 in the UFC next vs Reljic at UFC 110.
Amir Sadollah - Young career but the former TUF 7 champ has looked great.

STRIKEFORCE
Cung Le – On layoff from movie career, gets stunned by Scott Smith.
Scott Smith - Call him Hands of Steel or Comeback Kid.  finally becomes relevant.
Trevor Prangley - South African had to pull out of his last bout but will debut in 2010.
Frank Shamrock – Took a beating at the hands of Nick Diaz. Due back in Jan 2010.
Tim Kennedy - Just took out Nick the Goat Thompson to gain notice.
Benji Radach - Had to pull out of his fight vs Robbie Lawler but will get more chances.

DREAM/SENGOKU
Melvin Manhoef – Rebounds from loss with a win over Zelg Galesic at DREAM 12.
Kazushi Sakuraba - 2 fight win streak has built back up a legend. Next?
Ikuhisa Minowa - 2 fight win streak over larger men - Hong Man Choi and Bob Sapp.

FREE AGENT
Travis Lutter - Just got a much needed win over Jason Macdonald at MFC 22.
Paulo Filho - Mishap in WEC was odd.  Then screws over DREAM.  Hello Bitetti.
Jason MacDonald - Back into the win column after a 3 fight skid over tough competition.
Thales Leites - Humiliated Dean Lister at MFC on 12/4.
Denis Kang – Lost to Michael Bisping at UFC 105, getting cut (1-2 in UFC)
Jorge Santiago - Was signed to Sengoku but lost to Khalidov, losing his title
Joey Villasenor - Trains at a great camp and has put nice string of wins together.