WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS (135-145lbs)
WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS (June 2017)
(135-145lbs)
MMA Fight Council WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):
-Currently Vacant-
UFC CHAMP: Max Holloway
BFC CHAMP: Patrício Freire
WSF CHAMP: Andre Harrison
OFC CHAMP: Marat Gafurov
ISC CHAMP (143lbs): Yutaka Saito
KOP CHAMP: Nazareno Malegarie
DEEP CHAMP (143lbs): Masakazu Imanari
TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Max Holloway 18-3145lbs 5'11" (Gracie Technics / Hawaii Elite MMA)
2. Jose Aldo
26-3145lbs 5'7" (Nova União)
3. Frankie Edgar 22-5-1145-155lbs 5'6" (Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu/MMA Elite/Renzo Gracie Fight Camp)
4. Chad Mendes
17-4145lbs 5'6" (Team Alpha Male)
17-5145lbs 5'8" (MMA Masters / Top Notch Fitness)
6. Cub Swanson
25-7145lbs 5'7" (CSW / Jackson-Wink MMA)
19-6145-155lbs 5'10" (Roufusport)
(Also Ranked at LW.)
11-0-1
135-145lbs 5'11" (Grupo Thai / Constrictor Team)
26-4145-155lbs 5'5" (Team Nogueira/Pitbull Brothers)
(Loss to Henderson was at 155lbs.)
10. Jeremy Stephens 25-14145-155lbs 5'9" (Victory MMA / Alliance MMA)
100 TOP-RATED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
Daniel Weichel 39-9145lbs 5'10" (Team MMA Spirit)
Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira da Silva 22-7 (1 NC)145-155lbs 5'10" (Bronx's Gold Team / Macaco Gold Team)
(Currently competing at 155lbs)
8. Nik Lentz
29-8-2 (1 NC) (Record)145-155lbs 5'8" (American Top Team / Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)
(Currently competing at 155lbs)
22-7145lbs 5'9" (Team Curran / Team Takedown)
24-6 (1 NC)145-151lbs 5'8" (Vision MMA / American Top Team)
23-4-1145lbs 5'8" (Nova União)
Darren Elkins 20-5145lbs 5'10" (Duneland Vale Tudo)
(Loss to "Do Bronx" was at 155)
10-0
145lbs 5'8" (Relenteless MMA Team / American Top Team)
(9-0 am.)
15-2145lbs 5'11" (Fitness Fight Factory / Team Takedown)
16-5 (Record)145lbs 5'6" (Blackman MMA / Long Island MMA)
19-0 (1 NC) (Record)135-145lbs 5'9" (Black House / Black Belt Surfing Team)
14-2143lbs 5'9" (Gumi MMA)
20-7-1145-155lbs 5'7" (Ataque Duplo / Team Tavares)
32-17145lbs 5'7" (Jackson-Wink MMA / Midwest Training Center)
20-1-2 (Record)145lbs 5'7" (Nova União / Squadron Orlando Jr.)
15-5145lbs 5'9" (Pariah MMA)
20-10 (1 NC)145-148lbs 5'7" (Daddis Fight Camps)
(7-0 am.)
Ray "All Business" Wood 7-2145-155lbs 5'7" (Young's MMA / Revolution MMA)
(4-1 am. Loss to Piccolotti was at LW.)
15-0145lbs 5'7" (Sambo-70 / Fight Nights Teams / Phuket Top Team)
(Will he still fight in Bellator?)
17-7 (Record)
135-145lbs 5'11" (Hulett House MMA / Luttrell's MMA & Fitness)
(8-1 am. Loss to Mirzaev was at FW.)
Lenny Wheeler 9-4 (1 NC)145lbs 6'0" (Wulfrun MMA / Phuket Top Team)
18-7
145lbs 5'10" (Underdog Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
35-9-2143lbs 5'7" (T-Blood)
22-11 (1 NC)145lbs 5'7" (OC Fight Team / Kiboju)
24-6145-155lbs 5'7" (Champion / RusFighters Sport Club)
(Visa issues are keeping him from fighting abroad. Loss to Vartanyan was at LW.)
14-7 (1 NC)145-155lbs 5'6" (American Kickboxing Academy)
(Moved back up to 155.
20-4-1145-148lbs 5'10" (Ronildo Nobre Judo Club)
12-3-1145lbs 5'8" (Gorets / Team Bombsquad / Red Fury Fight Team)
("Guerreiro" weighed 148lbs.)
Hot FW Prospect!!!
12-0
144lbs 5'8" (Bellmore Kickboxing MMA)
(4-0 am.)
Desmond Green 16-5145lbs 5'10" (Team Bombsquad)
(Holobaugh doesn't move up because of the close DEC, and his loss to Siler.)
10-3-1
145-151lbs 5'9" (Team Balance / Martinez BJJ)
Bubba Jenkins 11-2145lbs 5'7" (American Top Team / Team Bodyshop)
19-3145lbs 5'10" (Yamauchi Team)
25-5-3145-154lbs 5'8" (Grabaka / Freelance)
18-3-4145-154lbs 5'8" (Sakaguchi Dojo)
Yoon Jun Lee 11-2135-144lbs 5'8" (Korean Zombie MMA / Team One)
(Most recent win was at 144lbs.)
7-4
145lbs 5'10" (MMA Story)
25-7-2145lbs 5'8" (Nova União)
16-5145lbs 5'9" (Ascension MMA / Hardcore Gym)
Shah Bobonis 17-12 (Record)139-154lbs 5'8" (Freestyle Fighting Academy / Homestead Combat Sports)
(Loss to Zhumabekuly was at 154lbs.)
12-4
145-155lbs 5'10" (Team ROC/One Kick's Gym/Sergio Penha Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
(Fights at both FW & LW.)
Diego Saraiva 22-19-1145-150lbs 5'7" (Team Octopus / Saraiva MMA)
(Loss to Enoch Wilson was at 150lbs.)
16-7-1145lbs 5'5" (Kong Submission Academy/Grappling Unlimited/Alliance MMA)
20-11145lbs 5'7" (Jackson-Wink MMA)
11-3145lbs 5'9" (Swoyersville MMA/Gracie NEPA/Northeast Jiu-Jitsu/World Class Boxing)
Lucas "Mineiro" Martins 16-3145-155lbs 5'9" (Chute Boxe / Macaco Gold Team)
Robert Whiteford 12-4145lbs 5'10" (Dinky Ninjas / American Top Team)
18-7 (1 NC)135-145lbs (Team Kadillac / Team Xplode MMA)
(Loss to Sheymon Moraes was at BW.)
18-5
145lbs 5'1" (Syndicate MMA / Orion Fight Camp)
10-2145lbs 5'6" (Team Alpha Male)
17-3-1145lbs 6'0" (Roufusport)
24-6-1145lbs 5'8" (Millenia MMA)
HOT FW PROSPECT!!!
6-0
145lbs 5'9" (Evolve MMA)
HOT PROSPECT!!!
13-0145-155lbs 5'8" (Champion / Legion Fight Team / Fighting Eagle)
(Currently competing at FW)
11-3
145lbs 5'8" (Saigon Sports Club / Aukland MMA)
12-2145lbs 5'7" (Pinoy Top Team)
Hiroshige "Hanzo" Tanaka 10-3143lbs 5'7" (Shooting Gym Yokohama)
(6 KO's - all in the 1sr round!)
12-1-2
143lbs 5'8" (Paraestra Koiwa)
Edimilson "Kevin" Souza 17-5 (Record)145-155lbs 6'0" (Team Tavares / DS Team)
(Loss to Freire was at LW.)
12-3145lbs 5'11" (Marcio Cupim Team / MG Pepey / Evolução Thai)
8-1 (Record)
145lbs 5'11" (Ragnarok MMA)
Andre Fili 15-4145lbs 5'10" (Team Alpha Male)
14-9141lbs 5'7" (Brave)
13-2 (1 NC)145lbs 5'9" (MMA Masters)
13-2
145-149lbs 5'9" (Roufusport)
21-12145lbs 5'7" (4oz Fight Club)
13-4143lbs 5'9" (Korean Top Team / Korean Zombie Team)
(Assigned to Military Duty, Out of Action for 2 Years...til 2016.)
19-13-1 (Record)145lbs 5'9" (Jackson-Wink MMA)
(Officially retired?)
Kevin "The Angel of Death" Aguilar 10-1145lbs 5'7" (Longview MMA / Team 515 / Athletic Performance of Texas)
(12-3 am.)
16-5 (1 NC) (Record)145lbs 5'7" (Pitbull Brothers / Combate Real / Team Nogueira)
(TKO'd Dileno Lopes at TUF Brazil)
Damon Jackson 9-1-1 (1 NC)145lbs 5'11" (Octagon MMA)
7-0
145lbs 5'8" (Okinawa Dojo)
9-2145-155lbs 5'8" (American Kickboxing Academy / Checkmat)
28-15145-164lbs 5'11" (Victory MMA / The Pit Elevated Fight Team)
(Most recent win was at LW. Choked-out Micah Miller on TUF 14)
Kurt Holobaugh 14-4145lbs 5'11" (Gracie Barra Northshore / Gracie United)
Cole Miller 21-9 (1 NC)145lbs 6'1" (American Top Team)
10-8
145lbs 5'9" (Freelance)
19-6145lbs 5'6" (Nova União / Black House/X-Gym)
23-14-1143-154lbs 5'10" (357 MMA / Team Wodan Norway / Hellboy Hansen MMA)
(Loss to Kimura was at LW.)
5-2-1 (Record)140-155lbs 5'10" (Akhmat Fight Club)
(Losses were at LW.)
Marcos "Babuino" Rodrigues dos Santos 24-12-1 (2 NC)145lbs (Chute Boxe / Macaco Gold Team)
25-10-1145lbs 5'8" (Fighter Sport / Guerreiro Team)
13-1-1145-155lbs 5'8" (Next Generation MMA Liverpool)
4-2
145-155lbs (CMA Korea / Team MAD)
(Loss to Kwang Hee Lee was at 155.)
31-9145-159lbs 6'4" (Phuket Top Team/Team Buffet/Juggernaut Fight Club)
(Fights at both FW & LW.)
Andy Main 11-2-1 (1 NC)145-155lbs 5'11" (AMA Fight Club / Pure MMA)
(Currently competing at 145lbs.)
21-16135-145lbs 5'6" (Ma Du Academy)
(Fights at both FW & BW.)
11-4145-154lbs 5'7" (Team Asashoryu / Team Tungaa)
25-10-10145lbs 5'8" (PANCRASEism)
13-3-1145lbs 5'9" (Team Curran)
15-3145lbs 5'6" (Victory MMA)
30-4 (Record)139-155lbs 5'8" (Ataque Duplo / Team Tavares)
(Loss to Silva was at LW.)
9-1
145lbs 5'8" (Team Nogueira Porto Alegre / Rizzo RVT)
OTHER HIGHLY RATED FIGHTERS & PROSPECTS
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