WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

(January 2011 – 125-135lbs)
by shanoknowsmma

WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Dominick Cruz 17-1
135lbs 5′8″ (Tucson Boxing Inc)

UFC CHAMP: Dominick Cruz
BFC CHAMP: Zach Makovsky
SVS CHAMP: -vacant-
FEG CHAMP (136.7lbs): -vacant-
WVR CHAMP: -vacant-
ISC CHAMP (132lbs): Shuichiro Katsumura
GCM CHAMP: Takeya Mizugaki
KOP CHAMP: Manabu Inoue
DEEP CHAMP (136.7lbs): Masakazu Imanari

TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Brian Bowles 8-1
135lbs 5′7″ (Hardcore Gym)

2. Joseph Benavidez 14-2
135lbs 5′4″ (Team Alpha Male)

3. Miguel Torres 50-3 (Record)
135lbs 5′9″ (Torres Martial Arts)

4. Demetrious Johnson 11-1
135lbs 5′11” (AMC Pankration)

5. Scott Jorgensen 11-4
135lbs 5′6″ (Combat Fitness/Twisted Genetiks)

6. Urijah Faber 24-4
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Alpha Male)

7. Damacio Page 15-5
135lbs 5′6″ (Jackson’s MMA)

8. Brad Pickett 20-5
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Titan)

9. Travis Marx 15-3 (1 NC)
135lbs 5′6″ (Elite Performance)
(Undefeated at 135)

10. Antonio Banuelos 19-6
135lbs 5′3″ (The Pit)

TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Renan “Barao” do Nascimento Mota Pegado 25-1 (1 NC)
135lbs 5′6″ (Nova Uniao Kimura)

Takeya Mizugaki 13-5-2
132lbs 5′7″ (Shooting Gym Hakkei)

Zach Makovsky 12-2
135lbs 5′8″ (Fight Factory/Team Extreme)

Chris Cariaso 10-2
134lbs 5′3″ (Fight and Fitness)

Jesse Brock 12-5
135lbs 5′4″ (Combat Fitness/Twisted Genetiks)

Chris “Dark Lotus” David 13-9-2
135lbs 5′ 8″ (Sickness)
(Loss to Crispim was at 142lbs)

Nick Mamalis 15-6 (1 NC)
135lbs 5′7″ (Grudge Training Center)

Mark Oshiro 12-3
135lbs 5′8″ (Bulls Pen)

Rolando Velasco
5-2-1
135lbs 5′7″ (Oakdale MMA)

Masakazu Imanari 21-7-2
135lbs 5′5″ (Team Roken)

Darren Uyenoyama
6-3
135lbs 5′6″ (Faito Tamashii Combat Club).

Shuichiro Katsumura 11-8-3
132lbs 5′8″ (Reversal Gym Yokohama Ground Slam)

Masakazu Ueda 11-1-2
132lbs 5′8″ (Paraestra Tokyo)

Ivan Menjivar 31-10 (Record)
135lbs 5′5″ (Tristar Gym)

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto 18-3 (1 NC)
132lbs 5′4″ (Krazy Bee)

Koetsu Okazaki 7-1-1
132lbs (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)

Atsushi Yamamoto 14-6-1
134lbs (Purebred Tokyo/Killer Bee)

Kenji Osawa 16-9-2
135lbs 5′6″ (Wajutsu Keishukai A3)

Tomoya Miyashita
17-9-7
135lbs 5′7″ (Power of Dream)

Joe Jesser 5-1
135lbs (Team Infinite)

Rani Yahya 15-6
135lbs 5′6″ (Rickson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)

Wagnney Fabiano 14-3
135lbs 5′6″ (Nova Uniao)

Michael MacDonald 11-1
135lbs 5′8″ (Oakdale MMA)

Cole Escovedo 16-6
135lbs 5′7″ (Victory MMA)

Marcos Galvao 8-3-1
132lbs 5′7″ (Nova Uniao)

Yoshiro Maeda 28-9-2
135-141lbs 5′7″ (Pancrase Inagakigumi)

Daniel Lima 8-4-2
132lbs 5′2″ (Five Rings Dojo)

Mike Easton 10-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Lloyd Irvin)

Chase Beebe 15-7
135lbs 5′7″ (Midwest training Center)

Eddie Wineland 18-6-1
135lbs 5′7″ (Duneland Vale Tudo)

Sidemar “Sedico” Honorio 6-1
135lbs 5′5″ (Daddis MMA)

Tommy Vargas 8-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Vargas Brothers MMA)

Reuben Duran 7-2-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Pinnacle Jiu Jitsu & MMA)

Marco Beltran (Mexico?) 4-0
135lbs (???)

Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas 10-2
132lbs 5′10″ (Nova Uniao)

Hiromasa Ogikubo 7-2-2
132lbs 5′3″ (Paraestra Matsudo)

Nick Denis 9-2
135lbs 5′6″ (Ronin MMA)

Frankhad Sharipov 12-3
135-145lbs 5′7″ (Gracie Barra Orlando)

Jeff Bedard 12-3
135lbs 5′6″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

Manny Tapia 10-4-1
135lbs (Millenia Jiu-Jitsu)

Charlie Valencia 12-6
135lbs 5′3″ (Millennia MMA)

Akitoshi Tamura 15-10-2
135lbs 5′9″ (Tsudanuma Dojo)

Tulio Quintanilla 4-2
135lbs (Freestyle Fighting Academy)

Brian Eckstein 5-1-1
135lbs 5′6″ (ATT Orlando)

Jimmie “El Terror” Rivera 7-1
135lbs 5′4″ (Team Tiger Schulmann’s)

Abel Cullum 18-4 (1 NC)
135lbs 5′7″ (Cullum Ground Fighting)

Clint Godfrey 11-3
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Scorpion)

Ian McCall 7-2
134lbs 5′5″ (Next Generation)

Buck Bisbey 11-2
135lbs 5′9″ (Charlie’s Combat Club)

Nick Pace 6-1
135lbs 5′7″ (Team Tiger Schulmann)

Will Campuzano 8-3
135lbs 5′9″ (Team Campuzano)

Ed West
15-5
135lbs 5′9″ (Team Tompkins)

Jose Vega 9-4
135lbs 5′6″ (First Blood MMA)

Bryan Goldsby 12-13
135lbs 5′9″ (Rush MMA)

Jeff Curran 31-13-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Pedro Sauer Team)

Nat McIntyre 7-2
132lbs 5′9″ (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)

Kevin Dunsmoor 9-2
135lbs 5′9″ (Und1sputed Team Hurricane Awesome)

David Espinosa 7-2-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Alpha Male)

Luiz Alberto “Betao” Nogueira 10-1
132lbs (Renovacao Fight Team)

Frank Gomez 8-2
135lbs 5′10″ (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)

Ivan Lopez 9-1
135lbs 5′11″ (Kung Do Llama)

David Aranda 6-0
135lbs 5′5″ (MMA Barcelona Team)

Mathias Klockars 6-1
132lbs 5′5″ (Vaasan Kamppailukeskus Gym)

Pedro “Pedrinho” Munoz 3-0
135lbs 5′8″ (Gibi Thai/Barbosa MMA)

Pablo Alfonso 6-4
135lbs 5′8″ (MMA Masters)

Rob Menigoz 4-1
135lbs 5′7″ (Olympic Arena)

Rafael Primo 3-2
135lbs 5′6″ (Team Nogueira)

Bill Boland 5-0
135lbs (Franco Behring)

Rodolfo Marques 9-1
132lbs (Nova Uniao)

Rafael Rebello 6-4
135lbs 5′5″ (American Top Team)

Janne Elonen-Kulmala 3-1
132lbs 5′7″ (Espoon Kehahait)

Chad Robichaux 9-0
135lbs 5′4″ (Elite MMA – Houston/Gracie Barra Woodlands)

Albert Rios 12-5
135lbs 5′8″ (228th Gym/Subfighter MMA)

Seth Dikun 7-4
135lbs 5′10″ (Team Wildman Vale Tudo)

Edwin “El Feroz” Figueroa 7-0
135lbs 5′7″ (Jan Jira Muay Thai)
(5 KO/TKO’s 2 SUBS – Last Fight: KO’d rising prospect Johnny Bedford, 17 sec. of the 2nd rd!)

Van Oscar Penovaroff 3-1
135lbs (King’s Boxing)

Jared Papazian 11-5-1
135lbs 5?9? (Team Dojo)

Kana Hyatt 7-8
135lbs (Team MMAD)

Russell Doane 5-1 (Record)
135lbs (808 Fightfactory)

Bryson Hansen 5-1
135lbs (Team MMAD)

Keola Silva 2-0 (1 NC)
135lbs 5′6″ (HMC)

Tyson Nam 8-3
135lbs 5′7″ (Team Quest)

Zach Lari 5-2
135lbs 5′8″ (Lion’s Den Idaho)

Alan Lima 3-0
135lbs (???)

Mark Tajon 4-2
135lbs (BJ Penn’s MMAA/Bulls Pen)

Jason Reinhardt 20-1
135lbs 5′6″ (Pro Gym)

Roland Delorme
6-0
135lbs (Winnipeg Academy of Mixed Martial Arts)

Jared Downing 4-0
135lbs 5′5″ (Team Hard Drive)

Kevin Belingon 8-0
135lbs 5′5″ (Lakay Wushu)