| Welterweight Rankings |
![]() FIGHTBOMB.COM WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS *Next Fight May be Official or Rumors Updated: 2009-12-20
HONORABLE MENTION UFC Renzo Gracie - Will fight Matt Hughes in UFC debut on 4/10 in Abu Dhabi Mike Pierce - Close loss against Jon Fitch but was impressive and took out Larson. Ricardo Almeida - Pull out vs Jon Fitch, now scheduled vs Thiago Alves at UFC 111. Brad Blackburn – 3-0 UFC start plus owns a win over Hieron. Mike Pyle – Rebounds from loss to Brock Larson with win over Chris Wilson. Chris Lytle - Rebounds from Marcus Davis loss, with a win over Kevin Burns Frank Trigg - Lost to Josh Koscheck, taking on Matt Serra at UFC 109. STRIKEFORCE Jake Shields - Just beat Mayhem at 185lbs. Ranked at 185.. Next vs Dan Henderson? Jay Hieron - Getting no love from Strikeforce, pulled from title shot. Tyron Woodley - Undefeated prospect that Strikeforce has big plans for. DREAM/SENGOKU Hayato Sakurai - Beaten by top ranked Marius Zaromskis in DREAM WW Grand Prix. Katsunori Kikuno - DEEP Champion lost to Eddie Alvarez at DREAM 12. Akihiro Gono - Has had some recent ugly KO loses but a win over Sakurai would do a lot to repair. BELLATOR Lyman Good - Undefeated Welterweight Tournament Champion for Bellator (10-0). Ben Askren - 3-0 Highly touted wrestling prospect that could dominate the tournament. FREE AGENTS Karo Parisyan - Was a top 10 fighter, but addiction to pain killers kicked him out the UFC. Yoshiyuki Yoshida - Got knocked out again. First Koscheck. Now Anthony Johnson Brock Larson - 5 fight win streak broken by Mike Pierce. Then another loss to Brian Foster. |