TOP TEN WELTERWEIGHTS - UNITED STATES
TOP TEN WELTERWEIGHTS - UNITED STATES
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15-1 170lbs 5'10" (Team Takedown)
28-7170lbs 6'1" (Fit NHB)
29-7 170lbs 6'0" (Reign Training Center/Premier Combat Center)
26-9 (1 NC) 170lbs 6'1" (Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)
Matt "The Immortal" Brown 20-11 (Record) 170lbs 5'7" (AMC Pankration)
25-9-1 170lbs 6'1" (Xtreme Couture/Syndicate MMA)
Josh Burkman 26-9170lbs 5'10" (Team Quest)
28-6-1 (1 NC) 170-185lbs 6'0" (Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)
24-6-1 (1 NC) 170lbs 6'0" (American Kickboxing Academy)
15-7 170lbs 5'10" (Braveheart MMA/Brave Legion)
OTHER HIGHLY RATED FIGHTERS & PROSPECTS
24-5 155-170lbs 5'10" (University of Jiu Jitsu/Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts)
(Competes at both WW & LW.)
21-9 (1 NC) 170lbs 5'11" (Finney's HIT Squad)
17-7 170lbs 5'10" (AKA/Dethrone Base Camp)
18-5 170lbs 5'10" (AMA Fight Club)
35-12-2 (Record) 170lbs 6'0" (Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts/Grudge Training Center/High Altitude Martial Arts)
13-2 (Record) 170lbs 5'9" (American Top Team Evolution)
9-3 170lbs 6'2" (Lovato's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/R-1 MMA)
50-15-1 (1 NC) 169lbs 6'0" (Kimekai/ESS Performance/Tiger Muay Thai)
(Moving down to 155? Retired?)
Siyar Bahadurzada 21-5-1 170lbs 5'11" (Golden Glory/Blackzilians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)
12-0 170lbs 5'11" (American Top Team/The Den/Roufusport)
17-5 170lbs 5'8" (Brave Legion/Sports Lab)
16-4 170lbs 5'9" (Bodyshop Fitness Team/American Top Team/HD MMA)
8-3 170lbs 6'0" (American Kickboxing Academy)
12-4 170lbs 5'10" (Team Quest/American Top Team)
Bryan Baker 18-5 170lbs 6'3" (Team Wildman Vale Tudo)
Ben Saunders 16-5-2 170lbs 6'2" (American Top Team Orlando)
18-3 170lbs 6'3" (Santa Fe Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
21-10170lbs 5'10" (Throwdown)
23-7 170lbs 5'11" (Xtreme Couture)
10-3 170lbs 6'1" (Strong Style Fight Team/Evolve MMA)
Brent Weedman 21-8-1 170lbs 6'0" (Team Haycraft)
Dan Hornbuckle 24-5 170lbs 6'2" (McVicker's Martial Arts Academy/American Top Team)
Pete Spratt 25-22 170lbs 5'9" (Team Spratt/RPBJJ)
Raul "Smash Mode" Amaya 11-2169lbs 5'10" (Champions MMA - Bradenton)
(Says he planning to drop to LW.)
Gerald Harris 21-5170lbs 5'11" (Ghost Dog)
20-12 170lbs 5'9" (Bighead MMA)
37-7 170-185lbs 5'11" (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy/Get Sum Athletic Compound)
(Loss to Neto was at 205. Currently competing at MW.)
51-14-2 (1 NC) 166-170lbs 5'9" (Victory Athletics)
(Staying at 155? Retired?)
Eric Dahlberg 8-1170lbs 6'0" (USCAA)
Lyman Good 15-3 170lbs 6'0" (Team Tiger Schulmann)
22-9 (1 NC) 170lbs 5'8" (Team Sityodtong/Team Irish)
Sean Pierson 14-6170lbs 6'1" (Tap Star)
Brian Melancon 7-2170lbs 5'8" (Paradigm Training Center)
Seth Baczynski 18-10170lbs 6'3" (Power MMA Team)
Lance Benoist 6-2170lbs 5'11" (St. Charles MMA/Rodrigo Vaghi Jiu-Jitsu)
Matt Riddle 7-3 (2 NC)155lbs 6'1" (Throwdown)
20-3 170lbs 6'0" (Hard Drive MMA)
25-9 170lbs 6'3" (Team Punisher/Team KayO/Grudge Training Center)
Adam McDonough 8-0170lbs 5'10" (Warriors Alliance/Get Sum Compound)
Koffi Adzitso 19-10170lbs 5'10" (Ultimate Combat Training Center)
Kevin "The Fire" Burns 12-6170lbs 6'0" (Grudge Training Center)
38-14-1170lbs 6'1" (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)
(Retired?)
T.J. Waldburger 16-7170lbs 5'11" (Grapplers Lair Fight Team)
David Mitchell 12-3170lbs 6'0" (Nor-Cal Fighting Alliance)
15-5 170lbs 6'1" (American Kickboxing Academy)
Jacob McClintock 8-2 170lbs 6'2" (Arizona Combat Sports)
24-10 170lbs 6'0" (Finney's MMA)
12-5 170lbs 6'0" (Power MMA Team)
Giedrius Karavackas 6-1 169lbs 6'0" (International Karate Academy/Loggi International MMA)
Amir Sadollah 6-4 170lbs 5'11" (Throwdown/Syndicate MMA)
George Sullivan 13-3 (1 NC) 169lbs 6'0" (Pellegrino MMA)
Andrew Trace 7-2170lbs 6'1" (Ruff Dawg MMA)
Neil Magny 8-2170lbs 6'2" (Torres MMA)
Jon Manley 8-2170lbs 6'0" (Team Link)
Mike "The Myth" Winters 7-3170lbs 5'11" (Team Bombsquad)
Mike "Tailor-Made" Wade 4-3170lbs 5'11" (MMA Institute)
Dhiego Lima 8-1170lbs 6'0" (Ascension Mixed Martial Arts)
Jesse Juarez 19-8 169lbs 6'1" (Bodyshop Fitness Team)
Ryan LaFlare 8-0170lbs 6'1" (Bellmore Kickboxing Academy)
Justin Edwards 8-2 170lbs 5'10" (Team Jorge Gurgel)
Court McGee 15-3170lbs 5'11" (The Pit Elevated Fight Team)
Josh Neer 33-13-1 170lbs 5'11" (Cesar Gracie Fight Team)
11-3 170lbs 5'10" (Wand Fight Team)
Sam Oropeza 8-2 170lbs 6'2" (Philadelphia Fight Factory)
Kyle "Alley Cat" Baker 12-7 (1 NC)170lbs 5'11" (MMA Institute)
Aung La Nsang 13-8 (1 NC) 170lbs 6'1" (Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
22-10 (1 NC) 170lbs 5'10" (Legends MMA/10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu)
Lewis "Lethal" Gonzales 8-0165lbs 5'10" (Team Voodoo USA)
Max Griffin 6-1170lbs 6'0" (Marinoble's Martial Arts)
Kito Andrews 10-3170lbs 5'11" (Team Alpha Male)
Justin Baesman 14-4 (Record)170lbs 5'10" (FightKore MMA)
14-5 170lbs 5'10" (Cesar Gracie Fight Team)
Marcelo "Grilo" Alfaya 15-6 (1 NC)170lbs 5'11" (American Top Team/Team Nogueira)
Valdir Araujo 13-4 170lbs 5'8" (MMA Masters)
Jamie "The Ghost" Toney 17-7 (1 NC)168lbs 6'0" (Bas Rutten's Elite MMA)
Nicolae Cury 7-4 170lbs 6'1" (Blackzilians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)
Elijah Harshbarger 6-4 169lbs 5'9" (Gold Medal Grappling)
9-3 170lbs 5'11" (Pellegrino MMA)
Ricky Legere Jr. 17-4170lbs 5'8" (Millennia MMA)
12-2-1 170-185lbs 6'2" (AE Team/KDojo MMA/Jackson's Mixed Martial Arts)
Chris Spang 5-2170lbs 6'2" (J-Sect MMA/One Kick's Gym)
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson 7-1170lbs 6'0" (Tristar Gym)
Nah-Shon Burrell 9-3170-176lbs 6'1" (Fight Firm)
(Win over Villefort was at 176lbs)
11-2170lbs 5'9" (Und1sputed Purebred)
4-1155-170lbs 5'10" (Black House MMA/UFC Gym Rosemead)
(Loss was at 155lbs. Did he drop to LW permanently?)
Joshua Aveles 12-9-1170lbs 5'11" (Team Diamond)
David Gomez 15-5170lbs 6'0" (Shark Tank)
Brandon Thatch 9-1170lbs 6'2" (Grudge Training Center)
8-5170-185lbs 6'0" (Iron Army)
(Loss to Villefort was at 185)
Inactive Fighters (3 years or more)
11-7 170lbs 5'6" (Serra Jiu-Jitsu)
11-0 169lbs 5'8" (U.C.T.C.)
7-0 170lbs 5'11" (NorCal Fighting Alliance)
Moved to Another Weight Class
18-5 185lbs 5'9" (Hit Squad/Fiore MMA)
(Currently fighting at 185)
18-7 185lbs 5'7" (Wai Kru MMA)
Matt Hughes 45-9 170lbs 5'9" (HIT Squad)
(Retired)
31-18-5 170lbs 5'11" (Integrated Fighting Academy)
(Retired)
13-5 170lbs 5'11" (Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)
(Retired)
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