WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS

(January 2011 – 145-155lbs)
by shanoknowsmma

WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Shinya Aoki 26-5 (1 NC)
155-167lbs 5′11″ (Paraestra Tokyo)

UFC CHAMP: Frankie Edgar

SVS CHAMP: Gilbert Melendez

FEG CHAMP (154lbs): Shinya Aoki
BFC CHAMP: Eddie Alvarez
SRC CHAMP: Mizuto Hirota
ISC CHAMP (154lbs): Willamy Freire
KOP CHAMP: Maximo Blanco
GCM CHAMP: Kuniyoshi Hironaka
DEEP CHAMP (154.3lbs): Katsunori Kikuno

TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Frankie Edgar 13-1-1
155lbs 5′6″ (Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu/MMA Elite)

2. Gray Maynard 11-0-1  (1 NC) (RECORD)

155lbs 5′8″ (Xtreme Couture)


3. BJ Penn 16-7-1
155lbs 5′9″ (BJ Penn’s MMA)

4. Gilbert Melendez 18-2
155lbs 5′9″ (Cesar Gracie/Fairtex GYM/Skrap Pack)



5. Eddie Alvarez 21-2
154lbs 5′10″ (Philadelphia Fight Factory)

6. Anthony Pettis 13-1
155lbs 5′9″ (Roufusport)
(The next “GSP”?)

7. Benson Henderson 12-2
155lbs 5′9″ (MMA Lab)

8. Kenny Florian 13-5
155lbs 5′10″ (Gracie Barra Boston)

9. Sean Sherk 34-4-1
155lbs 5′6″ (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)

10.
Evan Dunham 11-1
155lbs 5′10″ (Xtreme Couture/Elite MMA)

       

TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Tatsuya Kawajiri 27-6-2
154lbs 5′7″ (T-Blood)


Josh Thomson 18-4 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′10″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante 15-4-1 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′8″ (American Top Team)

Donald Cerrone 13-3 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′11″ (Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts)

Mizuto Hirota 12-4-1
154lbs 5′7″ (Gutsman Shooto Dojo)

Diego Sanchez 21-4
155/170lbs 5′10″ (University of Jiu Jitsu)

George Sotiropoulos 14-2
155lbs 5′10″ (Fisticuffs Gym/Purebred Omiya)

Michael Pastou 7-1 (1 NC)
155lbs (Team Titan)


Yves Edwards 39-16-1
155lbs 5′10″ (American Top Team)

Kyle “Alley Cat” Baker
9-4
155lbs 5′11″ (MMA Institute)




James Warfield 21-7
155lbs 5′8″ (Chosen Few)




Nik Lentz 20-3-2
155lbs 5′8″ (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)

Daniel Straus
14-3
152lbs 5′8″ (Vision MMA)

Lloyd Woodard 10-0
155lbs 5′11″ (Dogpound)




Travis Perzynski 15-8
155-170lbs 6′0″ (Team Crazy)

Ashkan Morvari 9-3
155lbs 5′7″ (American School of Martial Arts)

Pat Curran 13-3
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Curran)

Roger Huerta 21-5-1 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Extreme)

Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire 17-3
155lbs 5′8″ (Completa/Nova Uniao)




Katsunori Kikuno 14-3-2
154lbs 5′7″ (Alliance-Square)

Kamal Shalorus 7-0-2
155lbs 5′8″ (American Combat Association)

Clay Guida 29-11
154lbs 5′7″ (Midwest Training Center)

Takanori Gomi 32-7 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′8″ (Kiguchi Dojo)

Tyson Griffin 14-5
155lbs 5′6″ (Xtreme Couture)

Jacob Volkmann 12-2
155lbs 5′9″ (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)

Shane Roller 9-3
155lbs 5′10″ (Team Takedown)

Jamie Varner 16-4-1 (2 NC)
155lbs 5′8″ (Arizona Combat Sports)



Maciej Jewtuszko 8-0
155lbs 6′0″ (Berserkers Team)

Anthony Njokuani 13-4 (1 NC)
155lbs 6′0″ (Janjira Muay Thai)

Danny Castillo 10-3
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Alpha Male)

Yuri “Marajo” Alcantara 24-3
155lbs (Pattaya Fight)
(11 Sub’s 8 KO/TKO’s!)





Ricardo Lamas 9-2
155lbs 5′8″ (Top Notch Fitness)

Jim Miller 19-2
155lbs 5′8″ (AMA Fight Club)

Chris Horodecki 16-3
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Tompkins)

Bart Palaszewski 35-14
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Curran)

Will Kerr 9-3
155lbs 5′10″ (Strike Zone MMA)

Toby Imada 28-15
155lbs 5′8″ (Dawg Pound)

Luis “Baboon” Palomino 13-6
154lbs 5′6″ (MMA Masters)

Jorge Masvidal 20-6
155-170lbs 5′10″ (American Top Team)

Satoru Kitaoka 27-10-9
155lbs 5′6″ (PANCRASEism)

Sergey Golyaev 17-8
155lbs 6′0″ (Action-Force Fight Team)

Maximo Blanco 8-2-1 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′8″ (Yoshida Dojo)

Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira da Silva 14-1
155lbs (Bronx’s Gold Team)



Katsuya Inoue 19-7-4
154lbs 5′9″ (Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW)

Rodrigo Damm 9-4
154lbs 5′7″ (Alliance Jiu-Jitsu)




Lyle Beerbohm 15-0
155lbs 5′10″ (Fancy Pants Fight Team)

Justin “The Silverback” Wilcox 10-3
155lbs 5′6″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro 20-5
155lbs 5′8″ (Nova Uniao)

Dave Jansen 14-2
155lbs 5′9″ (Team Quest)

Do Hyung Kim 19-7
154lbs 5′7″ (Sunhu Gym)

KwangHee “Crazy” Lee 5-2
154lbs 5′9″ (Tuhon Jeongsim Gym)

Ui Cheol Nam 10-2-1
154lbs 5′9″ (MD MMA/Team Posse)

Bernardo “Trekko” Magalhaes 10-1
155lbs 5′7″ (TP Gym)

Hacran “Barnabe” Dias 16-1-1
155lbs 5′8″ (Nova Uniao)




Alexandre “Pulga” Pimentel 9-0
154lbs 5′9″ (Nova Geracao Combate)


Manuelo “Etoube” Morales 6-2
155lbs 5′9″ (World Fight Center)

Jose Luis “Andrezinho” Nogueira 9-3
154lbs 5′11″ (Fighter Sport)

Yusuke Endo 13-4-2
154lbs 5′8″ (Gokita Gym)

Koji Oishi 20-8-7
155lbs 5′8″ (PANCRASEism)

Janne Tulirinta 12-3
154lbs (Riihimaen Heracles)

Daisuke Hanazawa 15-12-5
154lbs 5′7″ (Tenkaichi Dojo)

SeungHwan “Macho” Bang 15-7
155lbs 5′8″ (CMA Korea)

Ricardo Tirloni 10-1
155lbs 5′10″ (Ataque Duplo)

Eiji Mitsuoka 16-7-2
154lbs 5′7″ (Wajyutsu Keisyukai RJW)

Israel “El Rojo” Giron 14-2
155lbs 5′8″ (Renzo Gracie Mexico)

Kotetsu Boku 17-6-2
154lbs 5′9″ (Killer Bee)




Karen Darabedyan 9-4
155lbs 5′7″ (Main Event Sports Club)




Takashi Nakakura 11-3-1
154lbs 5′7″ (Shooting Gym Osaka)

Drew Fickett
40-13
155lbs 5′10″ (Southwest MMA)




KJ Noons 10-2
155lbs 5′11″ (City Boxing)

Ferrid Kheder
18-5 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′7″ (Team Tompkins)

Antonio McKee 25-3-2
155-170lbs 5′8″ (Bodyshop Fitness Team)

Rob McCullough 19-6
155lbs 5′8″ (Team Oyama)

Ivan “Pitbull” Iberico 14-2
155lbs (Clube da Luta/American Top Team)

Alessandro Zoio
2-1 (1 NC)
155lbs (Chute Boxe Bauru)



Thiago Michel Pereira Silva 7-2
155lbs 6′0″ (Ely Kickboxing MMA/Gracie Fusion/BH/Ely Team)




Rich Crunkilton 19-3
155lbs 5′7″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

Patricky “Pitbull” Freire 7-1
154lbs 5′7″ (Kioto RN)

Paul Sass 11-0
154lbs 6′1″ (Next Generation-UK)

Billy Evangelista 11-0 (1 NC)
155lbs 5′8″ (Team Buhawe)

Koichiro Matsumoto 11-2
145-152lbs 5′7″ (Imada Dojo)

Shukhrat Minovarov 1-0
155lbs 5′9″ (???)

Alexander “Tiger” Sarnavskiy 12-0
155lbs 5′11″ (RusFighters Sport Club)

Edson Mendes Barboza Jr. 7-0
155lbs 5′11″ (The Armory)

Spencer Fisher 24-6
155lbs 5′11″ (Miletich Martial Arts)

Jeremy Stephens 19-6
155lbs 5′9″ (Victory MMA)

Lukasz “Wookie” Sajewski 8-0
155lbs 5′8″ (Akademia Sarmatia)




Jon Tuck 5-0
155lbs 5′10″ (Guahan Top Team)

Roy Luxton 6-0
154lbs 5′8″ (Five Rings Dojo)

Jerome Griego 4-0
155lbs 5′7″ (Team Four Corners)

Jerry Kvarnstrom 8-1
154lbs 5′7″ (NHB Gym Turku) 

Felipe Olivieri
9-3 (1 NC)
155lbs (Nova Uniao)

Thiago “Minu” Meller 17-3
155lbs 5′10″ (Boxer Garra Team/Boxer Rider)




Maratbek Kalabekov 12-3
155lbs 5′11″ (Peresvet FT)


Magomed Arapkhanov 1-0
155lbs 5′6″ (Sahabah Fight Club)



Francisco “Massaranduba ” Drinaldo 7-1
155lbs (Aecio Sula)

Efrain Escudero 14-2
155lbs 5′9″ (Southwest MMA)

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