WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS (185-205LBS)

WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS (November 2016)

(205lbs)

MMA Fight Council WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

22-1205lbs 6'4" (Jackson-Wink MMA)

UFC CHAMP: Daniel Cormier

BFC CHAMP: Phil Davis

WSF CHAMP: David Branch

KSW CHAMP: Tomasz Narkun

TOP TEN CONTENDERS

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1. Daniel Cormier 18-1205-249lbs 5'11" (American Kickboxing Academy)

2. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson 22-5204-230lbs 6'2" (Blackzilians / Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

(Stated he will move back down to LHW)

17-4205lbs 6'5" (Alliance MMA / Stockholm Shooters)

4. Phil "Mr.Wonderful" Davis 17-3 (1 NC)205lbs 6'2" (Alliance MMA)

5. Glover Teixeira 25-5205lbs 5'10" (Nova União / Ruas Vale Tudo / The Pit)

6. Ryan Bader 22-5205lbs 6'2" (Lions Den Scottsdale/Power MMA Team)

24-5-1 (Record)205lbs 5'11" (Imperial Athletics/Blackzilians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

16-2205lbs 6'0" (Semtex Gym / Keddles Gym / Nova Forca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)

8. Ovince St. Preux 19-9205lbs 6'3" (Knoxville MMA)

9. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua 24-10201lbs 6'1" (Universidade da Luta)

(May move down to 185.)

22-8205lbs 6'2" (Team Nogueira / Black House)

100 TOP-RATED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS

19-3185-205lbs 6'1" (Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)

10-0

205lbs 6'2" (Tataev Team / Russia Top Team)

Teddy Holder 9-3204lbs 6'2" (MMA Monster Factory)

Nikita Krylov 20-4205-250lbs 6'3" (YK Promotion / Vale Tudo MMA Akademija)

(Competing at both HW & LHW.)

8-0205lbs 5'10" (MMA Clinic)

Francimar "Bodao" Barroso 18-6205lbs 6'1" (Nova União)

Elvis Mutapcic 15-4-1185-205lbs 6'0" (Roundkick Gym/Spartan Strength/Des Moines MMA/New Beginnings MMA)

(Last two fights were at LHW.)

7-1

185-208lbs 6'0" (United Martial Sciences)

(Also listed at MW.)

16-10

205-287lbs 6'2" (Disorderly Conduct / Jackson-Wink MMA)

Thiago Silva 17-5 (2 NC)204-208lbs 6'1" (American Top Team/Blackzilians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

37-11205lbs 6'1" (Wolfslair Academy / Juanito Ibarra)

Patrick Cummins 8-4205lbs 6'2" (Reign MMA / Kings MMA)

12-7 (1 NC)205lbs 6'1" (Team Nogueira / X-Gym)

13-3185-205lbs 5'10" (Arizona Combat Sports)

(Fights at both MW & LHW.)

21-14-1 (2 NC)205-234lbs 6'3" (American Kickboxing Academy)

(Fights at both LHW & HW. Win over Wiuff was at HW. Loss to Erokhin was at HW.)

10-6 (1 NC)

185-203lbs 6'0" (The Jungle MMA)

Gian Villante 14-7205lbs 6'2" (Bellmore Kickboxing Academy)

8-2205-235lbs 6'3" (The Kennel Fight Club)

22-10205-240lbs 6'1" (Team Nogueira / X-Gym / Fabio Maldonado Team)

Jan Błachowicz 19-6205lbs 6'2" (S4 Fight Club/PJ Promotion/Octagon Rybnik/KSW Team/Nastula Team/Ankos Zapasy Poznan)

12-5 (1 NC)205lbs 5'8" (Pancrase Gym Sweden)

22-7-3205lbs 6'2" (Team Super Pro / Blackzilians / Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

12-2185-202lbs 6'0" (BTT Canada / Tristar Gym)

(Dropped down to MW.)

Ryan Jimmo 19-5203lbs 6'2" (Hayabusa Training Center/Blackzilians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

17-8

205lbs 6'1" (Pablo Marquez MMA)

15-10204lbs 6'3" (Sinosic / Perosh Martial Arts)

(Apparently retired.)

14-7 (1 NC)204lbs 6'3" (Xtreme Couture / Syndicate MMA)

HOT LHW ON THE RISE!

11-1205lbs 6'6" (Team Renzo Gracie / Pellegrino MMA)

16-5 (1 NC)205lbs 6'4" (Total Dojo / Immortal MMA)

26-10-1204lbs 6'1" (Reign MMA / Kings MMA)

12-2195-202lbs 6'2" (Berserkers Team)

19-5 (1 NC)205-217lbs 6'0" (Reign MMA/Kings MMA/AKA/Mayweather Boxing Club)

(Competes at both LHW & HW.)

17-3-1

205-220lbs 6'4" (Jetsaam Gym Brno)

(Recent loss was at HW.)

5-0

205lbs 6'2" (Pancrase Gym Sweden)

Vadim Nemkov 6-2 (Record)205-220lbs (Alexander Nevsky MMA / OEMK Stary Oskol)

(Recent loss was at HW.)

Goran Reljic 15-7205-220lbs 6'3" (Ultra Fight Club / Croatian Combat Academy / University of Fighting)

29-7-2200-205lbs 6'2" (Ultra Fight Club / Octagon Fighting Academy)

Karol Celiński 12-6-1205lbs 6'2" (Arrachion MMA Olsztyn)

24-6205-220lbs 6'4" (Alliance Porvoo/Fight Factory Porvoo/HardKnocks Helsinki)

(Recent loss was at HW.)

Maxim Grishin 23-6203-212lbs 6'3" (Strong Style Fight Team / Akhmat Fight Team)

Joachim Christensen 13-3204lbs 6'3" (Arte Suave Kampsport i København / Brasa i København)

7-3 (Record)202lbs 6'1" (Gorets Fight Team)

Viktor Nemkov 23-6205lbs 6'1" (Red Devil Sport Club)

Stephan Pütz 14-2205-229lbs 6'6" (Team MMA Spirit)

(Sherdog has his name misspelled.)

Abdul-Kerim Edilov 16-4205-210lbs 6'3" (Academy MMA)

26-14-1205lbs 5'11" (Team Hardcore/Team Zawada/University of Fighting)

Kurban Omarov 5-0205lbs (MMA Academy)

3-3

185-203lbs (DagFighter Team)

(Loss to Martynov was at MW.)

Sergey Kalinin 3-2205lbs (Ratiborets)

Ramazan Mukailov 7-4203-265lbs 6'0" (Far Eastern Federation of Modern Pankration)

20-1 (Record)185-205lbs 6'3" (Dagfighter)

(Currently competing at MW.)

Gadzhimurad Antigulov 18-4205lbs (Legion Fight Team / Gorets)

9-4

205-238lbs 6'0" (GŁD Team Pila)

15-6-1205lbs 5'11" (Berserkers Team)

Hracho Darpinyan 15-8-1

200-204lbs 5'10" (Team Schrijber)

Mateusz Ostrowski 6-5-1195-204lbs 6'2" (Gracie Barra Łódź)

Michał Gutowski 8-8 (1 NC)205lbs 6'2" (PS Fight Club)

11-6

205lbs 6'0" (Gameness Team Poznan / Ankos Zapasy Poznan)

23-4

205lbs 6'0" (Mike's Gym)

Łukasz Klinger 7-2205lbs 6'2" (BST Northampton)

Adam Okniński 4-2200lbs (Okniński MMA Warszawa)

Rafał Zawidzki 6-3205lbs (Rio Grappling Wroclaw)

19-3

205-209lbs 5'9" (Oplot)

6-3-1 (Record)

205lbs 5'9" (Fightspirit Team)

Marcin Zontek 16-10 (2 NC)205lbs 6'1" (Contender Klub Sportowy / Paweł Krażewski Martial Arts Academy)

14-5

205lbs 5'10" (Asgard / Sapsan SC)

(Also spelled, "Polejay".)

Maciej Browarski 12-8 (1 NC)205lbs 6'2" (AKS Chorzow)

34-11-2185-205lbs 6'0" (American Kickboxing Academy)

(Retiring soon?)

73-20 (1 NC)205-262lbs 6'3" (Elite Performance)

(Fights at both LHW & HW. Loss to Kyle was at HW.)

Emil Zahariev 22-6-1205-258lbs 5'10" (CBS Respect)

(Recent losses were at HW. Currently competing at HW.)

6-0 (1 NC)204lbs 6'3" (Drysdale Jiu-Jitsu)

Moise Rimbon 22-10-3

185-211lbs 5'10" (Phuket Top Team)

(Fights at MW, LHW & HW. Loss to Jae-Young Kim was at 185.)

19-11205-250lbs 6'2" (Team Do Somethin' / Brave Legion)

(Fights at both LHW and HW.)

22-6-1204lbs 5'11" (Elite Performance)

14-7 (1 NC)205-248lbs 6'2" (Alliance MMA / City Boxing)

(Officially retired? Fights at both HW & LHW.)

19-4205lbs 5'11" (Legion Fight Team / Gorets)

Marcos Rogerio "Pezao" de Lima 14-4-1185-205lbs 6'2" (011 MMA Team)

28-13 (1 NC)205lbs 6'0" (Croatian Top Team)

17-13 (1 NC)185-237lbs 6'1" (Blackline / Alliance MMA)

17-14204-221lbs 5'10" (Team Quest)

(Loss to Erokhin was at HW.)

12-2

205lbs 6'3" (Tap Star / Xtreme Couture)

12-2 (1 NC)205lbs 6'1" (Nova União / RETZ / Team Nogueira)

Nicolai Salchow 6-0

203lbs 6'0" (University of Fighting)

Aleksandar Rakić 7-1203lbs 6'5" (Gym 23 / Iron Fist Gym)

Marcin Prachnio 11-2185-205lbs 6'2" (Tatsujin Dojo)

(Fights at both MW & LHW.)

Matej Batinic 14-3

205lbs 6'3" (Olimp Ban Team)

Stjepan "Stipe" Bekavac 17-6

200-205lbs 6'2" (Opatija Fight Club)

15-3205lbs 6'1" (Combat Dobro)

10-3205-214lbs 6'0" (Torres Martial Arts Academy)

(Fights at both HW & LHW.)

9-3205-238lbs 6'3" (FinnFighter's Gym / Team MMA Finland)

(Loss to Asker was at HW.)

Baga Agaev 27-18202-250lbs 5'10'' (Rusfighters)

(Loss to Kudin was at HW. Fights at both LHW & HW.)

7-4205-232lbs 6'3" (Imperial Athletics / Jaco Hybrid Training Center)

(Loss to Derrick Lewis was at HW.)

18-11 (2 NC)

204lbs 6'0" (American Top Team)

12-9185-205lbs 5'11" (factoryX Muay Thai / Strong Style Fight Team)

(Fights at both MW & LHW.)

Virgil Zwicker 14-5-1205lbs 6'2" (Team Quest)

13-8185-205lbs 5'11" (Mash Fight Team)

Joe Doerksen 51-16

185-205lbs 6'0" (Canadian Fighting Center)

Tony "Kryptonite" Lopez 43-23205-223lbs 6'5" (Team Oyama / Team Kryptonite)

(Fights at both HW & LHW.)

OTHER HIGHLY RATED FIGHTERS & PROSPECTS

7-2

205lbs 6'4" (Glover Teixeira Training Center / Ruas Vale Tudo)

6-5 (Record)

205-212lbs 6'4" (ATF Militia & Jefferson MMA Gym)

16-14-1 (2 NC)202lbs 6'0" (Grudge Training Center / Hit Squad)

(Dennis Reed? ...thought he retired.)

7-6205-228lbs 6′4″ (Stevenson Cobra Kai)

(Fights at both HW & LHW.)

Kelly Anundson 9-3205lbs 5'11" (American Top Team)

Jake Butler 7-1205lbs 6'2" (Evolve MMA)

Norman “Chef” Wessels 8-2 (Record)205lbs 6'2" (FightFit Militia)

Dalcha Lungiambula 6-1 (Record)204lbs 5'11" (Dragon Power / Charlie Papa MMA)

Gideon Drotschie 6-2205lbs 6'1" (Rico Hattingh's MMA Academy / Reps MMA)

Tumelo Maphutha 7-7-1185-205lbs 6'2" (Team CIT)

(Win over Potts was at LHW.)

Fraser Opie 11-7205lbs 6'1" (BST Northhampton)

Kristijan Perak 8-3-1

185-205lbs 6'0" (Gladiator Team)

(Loss to Vasilevsky was at MW.)

Ion Cutelaba 11-2 (1 NC)205-257lbs 6'1" (Crossfight / CSA Moldova)

Malik Merad 21-15

205-22?lbs 6'5" (Mad Jok’s Fight Team)

(Loss to Cisse was at HW.)

Ramis Teregulov 10-3 (1 NC)205lbs 5'11" (???)

Mohamed "Felix" Ali 10-10

185-205lbs 5'11" (Egyptian Top Team)

(Last 2 fights were at MW.)

7-0

203lbs 5'10" (MMA Clinic)

James Hurrell 7-5205lbs 6'7" (Hardknocks MMA)

7-8-1 (Record)

184-205lbs 6'2" (Combat Sports Academy/Medway Submissions/Pound for Pound Gym)

19-9-1205lbs 5'11" (London Shootfighters)

10-4-1

205-250lbs 5'10" (Spike 22)

(Fights at both LHW & HW.)

Doo Hwan "Rhino Jongno" Kim 8-3

205lbs 6'2" (Korean Top Team)

Brandon Ropati 7-1

205lbs 6'1" (Oliver MMA)

5-3

205lbs 6'3" (Fight Science)

(Record confirmed w. fighter.)

"Big" Ben Smith 12-9205lbs 5'11" (Team Titan / London Shootfighters)

Josh Stansbury 8-2205lbs 6'2" (Team Impact)

7-2

185-230lbs 6'0" (Wai Kru MMA)

(Loss to Kelly was at MW.)

11-7204-250lbs 6'1" (Strong Style Fight Team)

(Competes at both LHW & HW.)

Petr Ondruš 7-6185-198lbs 6'1" (Hanuman Gym Prague)

14-4

185-205lbs 6'1" (MaxFight)

(Apparently fighting at MW.)

19-8-1199lbs 6'0" (Red Devil Sport Club / Alexander Nevsky (Stary Oskol))

(Apparently fighting at MW.)

8-0

205lbs 6'4" (Scottish Hit Squad)

Karl Moore 6-1

204lbs (Fight Academy Ireland)

Rab Truesdale 8-6-1

205lbs 6'1" (Assassins)

(Taylor is a HW.)

Dariusz Zimolag 6-4 (Record)205-265lbs (Shogun Team Myslowice)

(Loss to Kowalkowski was at HW.)

HOT LHW PROSPECT!

9-0

194-202lbs 5'11" (Fight Or Die)

13-5205lbs 6'2" (Academy MMA)

12-4

185-202lbs 6'0" (Elite Thai MMA Team / Team Hulk MMA)

(Fights at both MW & LHW.)

Magomed Ankalayev 6-0205lbs 6'2" (Highlander MMA)

8-4 (Record)

205-222lbs 6'0" (Legion Fight Team / Fighting Eagle)

Isa Umarov 4-1205lbs 6'0" (Team Nogueira Recreio / Fight Club Berkut)

11-7203lbs 6'0" (Igor Prokhvatilov / SC MMA Center)

15-2205lbs 6'0" (Legion Fight Team)

Marcin Lazarz 8-3205-215lbs (Team Titan)

8-1-2

205-209lbs 6'3" (Fight Nights Team)

14-3-1 (1 NC)205-235lbs 6'7" (Nordeste / Champion Team)

8-0

205lbs 6'1" (Legion Fight Team)

Rodney "Sho Nuff the Master" Wallace 25-12-1183-215lbs 5'9" (Team R.O.C. Charlotte / Fight Legion / Chute Boxe)

(Fights at both LHW & HW.)

Dan "Dragon" Spohn 13-5204-226lbs 6'3" (Cambridge Martial Arts)

(5-2 am.)

Kalib Starnes 18-10-1185-218lbs 6'3" (Aegis Athletics / Revolution Martial Arts)

(Fights at both LHW & HW.)

Egidijus Valavicius 29-12

205lbs 6'0" (Flawless MMA)

13-4205lbs 6'2" (Dragon Fight / Nova União)

12-1205-225lbs 6'1" (Team Tavares / Fight Move Academy)

(All by stoppage!)

Mikhail Tyuterev 6-1205-209lbs 6'2" (???)

18-12-1205lbs 6'2" (Team Punishment)

(Zuffa had him listed with 19 wins.)

10-1185-205lbs 6'1" (Tiger Muay Thai / Action-Force Fight Team / Rusfighters)

(Fights at both MW & LHW.)

9-1205lbs 6'2" (Nova União Kimura)

(This kid has the strength of a bull! Loss to Anundson was by freak knee injury.)

15-14205-240lbs 6'4" (Drysdale Jiu-Jitsu / Grudge Training Center)

(Fights at both LHW & HW.)

Dion Staring 34-12

204-240lbs 6'1" (Mike's Gym / Combat Sports Academy Holland / Blackzilians)

(Fights at both LHW & HW.)

53-23 (1 NC)205-250lbs 6'4" (American Fight Club)

(Fights at both HW & LHW.)

Leonardo "Leleco" Augusto Guimaraes 11-2 (1 NC)185-205lbs 6'0" (Gracie Barra Bahia)

(Loss to Smith was at MW.)

HOT LHW PROSPECT!!!

11-0

205lbs 6'4" (Hard Fight / Elite Combat)

(All wins by KO/TKO!!!)

7-1

205lbs 6'2" (Millennia MMA / ICON MMA)

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