WORLD STRAWWEIGHT RANKINGS

January 2011 – 115lbs & Under)
by shanoknowsmma

WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Rambaa Somdet 8-2
114-125lbs 5′2″ (M16 Gym)

ISC CHAMP (114lbs): Rambaa Somdet
SHOOTO BRAZIL CHAMP (114lbs): Lincon De Sa

TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Hiroyuki Abe 6-3
114lbs 5′3″ (K’z Factory)

2. Junji Ito 8-2
114lbs 5′8″ (Shooting Gym Yokohama)

3. Atsushi Takeuchi 7-6-3
114lbs 5′1″ (Paraestra Hakodate)

4. Noboru Tahara 9-5-1
114lbs 5′2″ (STF MMA Dojo)

5. Katsuya Murofushi 5-4
114lbs 5′6″ (Roots)

6. Yusei Shimokawa
6-6
114-123lbs 5′6″ (K’z Factory)

7. Yusuke “Tenkaze” Sato 4-2-1
114lbs 5′5″ (Philoctetes Niigata)

8. Takehiro Ishii 8-9-2
114-125lbs 5′4″ (Crosspoint Gym)

9. Mikihito Yamagami 5-2
114lbs 5′7″ (STF MMA Dojo)

10. Lincon de Sa 5-1
114lbs (Art Combat)

TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Michael “Maicon” Willian Costa 7-3
114lbs 5′5″ (Nocaute Fight)

Masayoshi Kato 4-0-1
114lbs 5′6″ (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)

Takeshi Sato 8-9-1

114lbs 5′9″ (Wajyutsu Keisyukai Chiba)

Junji Ikoma
13-12-5
114lbs 5′7″ (Chokushinkai)

Jesse Taitano 8-8-2
114-123lbs 5′4″ (Ground Fu/Spike22Yona)

Shinya Murofushi 6-3-1
114lbs 5′7″ (Submit Shizuoka)

Takehiro Harusaki 5-7-1
114lbs 5′1″ (Chokushin Kai)

Tatsuya Yamamoto 5-2
114lbs 5′2″ (North Kings Gym)

Tadaaki Yamamoto 4-1-1
114lbs (Gonzui’s Gym)

Tomokazu Sato 3-2
114lbs 5′6″ (Wajutsu Keishukai/RJW G2)

Teppei “Bull” Masuda 5-4-1
114-123lbs 5′4″ (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)