OTHER HIGHLY RATED FIGHTERS & PROSPECTS
Ramazan Esenbaev 10-1-1154-170lbs 5'8" (Sambo Piter / Fightspirit Team)
(Dropped down to 155lbs)
17-5155lbs 5'9" (Lakay MMA / Lakay Wushu Team)
39-7 (1 NC)
155lbs 5'11" (Paraestra Tokyo / Evolve MMA)
5-2
155lbs (Fight Point/G13 Jiu-Jitsu/Toiken/Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu/Soneca)
(Vieira is a WW.)
Joao Luiz "Andrezinho" Nogueira 22-6145-154lbs 5'7" (Team Nogueira)
(Currently competing at 145)
LW To Keep An Eye On!
Lowen Tynanes 9-0155lbs 5'9" (Team Tynanes / Hawaii Elite MMA)
(4-0 am.)
Koji Ando 12-5-2155lbs 5'10" (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo)
22-8-2154lbs 5'6" (Integrated MMA)
Gilbert "Durinho" Burns 11-1155-170lbs 5'10" (Top Brother / Blackzilians / Belfort Team)
(Recent win was at LW.)
13-2155lbs 5'8" (Akademia Sarmatia / MMA Team Trojmiasto / Mighty Bulls Team)
31-5155lbs 5'7" (Nova União)
14-2
155lbs 5'9" (M Guerra Team)
(Neves is a WW.)
Norman Parke 21-5-1155lbs 5'10" (Next Generation NI / Alliance MMA)
Nick Newell 13-1155lbs 5'10" (American Top Team/Fighting Arts Academy/Calandrelli BJJ)
Jake "The Celtic Kid" Matthews 10-2155-170lbs 5'9" (Nexus)
Johnny "Hollywood" Case 22-5155lbs 6'1" (Power MMA / Alliance MMA)
Kurt Kinser 8-1155lbs 5'7" (Roufusport)
16-6-1154lbs 5'11" (Paraestra Hachioji)
38-14-9154lbs 5'6" (PANCRASEism/Lotus Paraestra/Lotus Setagaya)
12-3155-170lbs 6'0" (Nova União)
(Dropped down to LW.)
Igor "Pakato" Maux 7-5155lbs 5'9" (Renovacao Fight Team Brasilia)
4-2
145-155lbs (Snake Tiger Team)
(Fighting at FW.)
4-1
155lbs 5'9" (Netinho Fight Team / CTA Uberlândia)
7-3154lbs 5'8" (Fefel Team)
Tony Martin 10-3155lbs 6'1" (American Top Team /GetSum Compound)
Felipe Olivieri 14-5 (1 NC)155lbs (Nova União)
10-0
155lbs 5'8" (Team Alpha Male)
9-3155lbs 5'10" (MMA Lab/The Arena/Guahan Top Team/Universal Alliance)
18-9
155lbs 5'9" (CMA Korea / Korea Top Team)
Kajan Johnson 21-12-1 (Record)155lbs 5'11" (Tristar Vale Tudo)
10-0
154lbs 5'7" (Combat Dobro / Germes)
33-14-7154lbs 5'8" (Rodeo Style)
15-8
155-170lbs 5'9" (Adrenaline Training Center)
(Last two losses were at WW.)
Dom O'Grady 16-8-1155-174lbs 6'0" (H8 Squad / Integrated Training Systems)
(Loss to Dequan Townsend was at WW.)
Andrew McInnes 7-1155lbs 6'1" (Complete Martial Arts and Fitness)
19-9
155lbs 5'9" (Rhino Fight Team / Team Quest)
14-7145-155lbs 5'8" (Modern Martial Arts / Alliance Martial Arts Systems)
(Loss to Rhoads was at FW.)
13-5155-165lbs 5'11" (Novaes BJJ / Brasa / Rodrigo Comprido BJJ)
(Most recent fight was at 165.)
Musa Khamanaev 16-4145-155lbs 5'7" (Legion Fight Team / Fight Club Berkut)
(Jason Knight loss was at 145lbs.)
13-1
155-163lbs 5'10" (Fightspirit Team / Combat-DOBRO)
Chris Wade 11-3155lbs 5'9" (East Isilip Kickboxing / Long Island MMA)
Christos "The Spartan" Giagos 12-5155lbs 5'10" (Systems Training Center / Team Victory)
155-169lbs 5'9" (H2O MMA / Tristar Gym)
Tony Sims 12-4155-170lbs 5'11" (High Altitude Martial Arts / Elevation Fight Team)
(Currently competing at WW.)
James Steele McCall 7-3155lbs 6'0" (Grudge Training Center / X3 Sports)
25-10155-166lbs 5'8" (Premier Combat Center / Elite Performance Omaha)
(Fights at both LW & WW.)
8-1
155lbs 6'1" (Finnfighters' Gym / Primus Fight Team)
11-2
155lbs 5'7" (Sausset FightTeam / Donosti)
23-10155lbs 5'9" (Team MMA Finland / American Top Team)
18-10 154lbs 5'11" (Gracie Tampa / The Dungeon)
31-4145-155lbs 5'9" (Team MMA Spirit / Ultra Fight Club)
(Fights at both FW & LW.)
20-9
155-194lbs 5'8" (Freelance)
(Kuwabara weighed 214lbs.)
18-4-4154lbs 5'7" (Alive)
Leandro "Buscapé" Silva 19-4-1 (1 NC)155-170lbs 5'10" (Team Nogueira / Team Buscapé)
(Most recent fight was at WW. Undefeated at LW.)
19-8155-170lbs 5'10" (AMA Fight Club)
8-1
155-170lbs 6'0" (Gracie Barra Katy)
(5-1 am. Moving up to 170?)
Joseph "J.J." Ambrose 26-7 (2 NC) (Record)145-165lbs 5'10" (Tiger Muay Thai / Phuket Top Team)
(Fights at both LW & WW.)
13-3
155-160lbs 5'10" (Macaco Gold Team / Team Pound)
21-6 (Record)155lbs 5'10" (Ataque Duplo)
23-9153lbs 5'10" (Master Japan)
Mateusz Gamrot 11-0155lbs 5'11" (Ankos Zapasy Poznan)
12-4
155lbs 6'0" (Team Duca / Team Magnum)
19-5
155lbs 5'10" (Higher Level MMA / Dinky Ninjas)
13-6155lbs 6'0" (NEVT / Wolfslair Academy)
10-3
155lbs 6'0" (Rumble Sports)
Ivan Musardo 24-9-1155lbs 5'7" (Frota Team Nogueira)
(Loss to Alvarado was at 159lbs. All 21 wins by stoppage...19 in the 1st rd!)
14-9-1155lbs 5'9" (Gracie Humaita / Black House)
11-6-1145-155lbs 5'9" (Brooklyn MMA / Team Renzo Gracie)
(Currently competing at FW.)
Darrell Horcher 12-2154lbs 5'10" (Unrivaled Athletics / Blackman MMA)
10-2145-155lbs 5'8" (Total MMA Studios)
(Loss to Tukhugov was at 145.)
12-0
145-154lbs (Bulgarian Sports Academy / Sergei Kosorotov MMA)
18-4145-155lbs (SBG Manchester / Quannum Combat Arts)
(Loss to Yamauchi was at 145.)
5-5
155lbs (Freelance)
5-1
155lbs 5'11" (ARDfitness / Team Titan / Enfield Kickboxing Academy)
Kostadin Vasilev Enev 8-5155lbs (Spartacus Fight Club / Lions Team - Fighting Club Varna)
Gilmar "Manaus" Dutra Lima 26-15-1 (Record)155-170lbs 5'7" (Noguchi Team / Checkmat / Equipe 1)
(Currently competing at 170.)
11-0
155lbs 5'7" (Team Nogueira)
Paulo "Rambinho" Teixeira 16-9155lbs (Art Combat)
8-2
155lbs 5'10" (Renovação Fight Team)
16-4-1
155lbs 5'10" (Evolução Thai / Performance Fight Team)
18-8
155lbs 5'10" (Team Kombate / Esparta Fight Club)
7-2
155lbs 6'2" (Covs Team / Grupo Nocaute)
Willian Coelho 11-6155-157lbs 5'9" (Rangel Farias Team / Team Zeferino)
(Loss to Allan Simon was at WW.)
15-1
155-168lbs 5'11" (K Dojo Warrior Tribe MMA)
21-10-2145-154lbs 5'8" (Paraestra Matsudo)
(Loss to Łebkowski was at FW.)
Giovanni Diniz 23-10155-160lbs 5'9" (Nova Uniao)
(Loss to Wallace Lopes was at WW.)
Zorobabel Moreira 8-3155lbs 6'3" (Evolve MMA)
Thanh Le 4-1155lbs 5'9" (Midcity MMA / Moon College TKD / Anthem Athletics)
10-3
150-170lbs 5'10" (LA Boxing)
9-4
145-155lbs 5'9" (Blackzilians / JACO Hybrid Training Center)
5-2 (Record)
155lbs 6'0" (St. Charles MMA / Clementi's Gladiator Academy)
8-5155-170lbs 5'11" (Performance Evolution's Team Versatile)
(Loss to Dardar was at 170)
13-3
155lbs 5'10" (American Kickboxing Academy / Chute Boxe)
Anthony Njokuani 16-12 (1 NC)155lbs 6'0" (Janjira Muay Thai/One Kick's Gym/Sergio Penha BJJ)
(Brilliant fight against Bowling!)
6-1155-174lbs 5'11" (Jackson-Wink MMA)
6-2155lbs 5'10" (Power MMA)
25-9-1
155-160lbs 5'8" (Team Conquest / Roufusport MMA Academy)
9-8148-160lbs 5'11" (Hard Drive MMA)
(Dropping to 145? Donald Sanchez weighed 145.)
8-3155lbs 5'10" (Michigan Top Team / Mash Fight Team)
Ryan Dickson 10-5155lbs 5'10" (Joslin's MMA / Tapout Burlington)
(Loss to Burrell was at 170lbs.)
Marcus "Bad Intentions" Edwards 11-4155-164lbs 5'9" (factoryX Muay Thai)
25-11155lbs 5'9" (Southwest MMA / MMA Lab)
16-7 (1 NC)
155lbs 5'8" (MidAmerica Martial Arts)
(Loss to Spencer was at 170)
9-1
155lbs 5'9" (Shield Systems / MMA Lab)
16-7 (Record)
155-170lbs 5'9" (Flo MMA / Renzo Gracie Fight Academy)
9-2
149-155lbs 6'1" (Roundkick / Des Moines MMA)
20-8
155lbs 6'2" (Des Moines Jiu-Jitsu / Precision Combat Traning)
13-6155lbs 5'9" (CM System)
3-1
155lbs 5'9" (Alash Pride)
(Loss was at FW.)
8-7-1
155lbs 5'10" (Kops Gym / Saigon Sports Club / Vos Gym Amsterdam)
31-16-1 154lbs 6'0" (Thugjitsu / Prater MMA)
12-2
155lbs 5'8" (Gabala FK Sports Club)
Alexander Butenko 41-11-2155-158lbs 5'10" (Athletic Club Oplot)
(Radman weighed 174lbs.)
Akop Stepanyan 23-8145-154lbs 5'9" (RusFighters Sport Club)
(Currently competing at LW. Loss to Galiev was at 161lbs.)
Leszek Krakowski 11-0 (Record)
151-155lbs (Team Sure Grip)
20-10-2155lbs 5'11" (Team Rough House)
25-14-1
155lbs 6'1" (Sports Lab)
10-4
155lbs 5'10" (Mecha MMA / M-1 Thai Boxing)
11-1-1
155-170lbs 6'0" (Team Quest Portland)
(Loss to Fodor was at WW.)
9-5155-170lbs 5'8" (St. Charles MMA / Rodrigo Vaghi Jiu-Jitsu)
7-2
155lbs 5'10" (Primus Fight Team/GB Gym/Team MMA Finland)
9-0155lbs 5'10" (Allstars Training Center / Atherton Submission Wrestling / Ludus Magnus)
10-4
155lbs (Evolution Pancrase)
8-2
154lbs (Premier MMA)
11-2
155lbs 5'9" (All Powers Gym / Manchester Predators)
11-2 (Record)
155lbs 5'10" (Dragon's Lair MMA / Revolution Gym)
10-4155-170lbs 6'0" (BKK Fighters)
(Loss to Round was at WW.)
8-2
155lbs 6'0" (UTC Cannock)
(7-1 am. Record confirmed by mgt.)
15-10
155-170lbs 6'0" (The MMA Clinic)
7-7 (Record)155lbs 5'10" (Morefire Icon Jiu-Jitsu)
7-0
153lbs 5'11" (Xtreme Couture / Zerjal Team)
14-2
155lbs 5'9" (Peresvet FT)
11-6-1
155-160lbs 5'8" (American Top Team)
17-7 (1 NC)145-155lbs 5'7" (American Top Team)
(Fights at both FW & LW.)
Mateusz Teodorczuk 11-3
155-157lbs 5'10" (Silesian Cage Club)
Wesley Murch 13-8155-160lbs 5'9" (Olympians MMA)
(Loss to Andrew Fisher was at 160lbs.)
Alexei Roberts 12-6155-166lbs 5'5" (Team Kyouken / Team Mad Dog)
(Loss to Kotov was at 166lbs.)
4-0
155lbs 5'10" (Daddis Fight Camps)
(6-0 am.)
8-5
155lbs 5'10" (MMA New York)
4-2
155lbs 5'10" (Serra-Longo Fight Team)
(6-1 am.)
Fanil Rafikov 10-4 (Record)
155lbs 5'9" (Akhmat Fight Club)
25-10-1
155lbs 5'10" (Dragon Fight / Nova União)
(Only 1 loss at LW.)
5-2
155lbs 5'8" (Pitbull Brothers Fortaleza)
14-13
155-170lbs 5'8" (Dragon Fight / Nova União)
23-16 (1 NC)
155-170lbs 5'6" (Team Hermes França)
(Loss to Breno was at WW.)
11-2
155lbs 5'9" (Akhmat Fight Club)
Damien Lapilus 13-6-1 (1 NC) (Record)
155lbs 5'8" (MMA Factory/CrossFight Paris)
(Lost to Stapleton by DQ.)
10-3 (Record)
155lbs 6'1" (Wolfslair MMA Academy)
Jack Grant 9-3155lbs 6'1" (Grimsby Fight Ministry)
(5-2 am.)
Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov 13-1155-164lbs 5'11" (Fight Club Berkut)
David Khachatryan 21-3
155lbs 5'8" (Armfighting Sports Club)
11-2
155lbs 5'10" (Team Nogueira Joinville)
Igor Egorov 12-5155lbs 5'10" (Olympus)
8-1-1
145-155lbs (Gracie Barra Łódź)
19-4-1
155lbs 5'8" (Alash Pride)
Damir Ismagulov 7-2 (Record)155lbs 5'10" (Boets)
6-4 (Record)
155lbs 5'7" (M-1 Georgia)
13-4
155lbs 5'9" (Fight Club No. 1)
8-2
155lbs 5'9" (Fight Club Berkut)
4-0 (1 NC)
155lbs 6'0" (Fight Club Berkut)
Georgi Stoyanov 19-10145-154lbs 5'7" (Boen Club Ihtiman)
(Loss to Bäckström was at FW.)
22-9154-169lbs 5'8" (Fightspirit Team / Elbrus)
Levan Makashvili 11-2-1 (Record)145-155lbs 5'8" (Alpha Omega MMA / Mutant MMA)
10-8
155-170lbs 6'1" (Young's MMA)
(Currently competing at 155.)
9-1
154lbs 6'0" (New England Combat / Tri-Force MMA / Fighting Arts Academy)
11-6-1151lbs 5'10" (Wreckroom Athletics/Elite Sports Academy)
(Loss to "Chunty Boy" was at MW. Only one loss at 155lbs.)
14-9
155lbs 6'0" (Team Rockstar)
11-2155-170lbs 5'10" (Team Voodoo USA/MMAGold Fight Team)
(Currently competing at WW.)
Magomed Alhasov 12-1
145-155lbs 5'6" (Champion)
(Loss to Dudaev was at 145lbs. At only 5'6" he'll likely drop to FW in the near future.)
16-4
155lbs 5'7" (Shooto Gym Blows)
18-7-2
155lbs 5'11" (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
Naoto Miyazaki 13-4-3154lbs 5'9" (Tsudanuma Dojo)
15-4-2
155lbs 5'11" (Shinwa MMA Academy)
16-6-2
155lbs 5'7" (Master Japan)
Hiroki Aoki 17-10-2155lbs 6'0" (Wajutsu Keishukai Suruga)
Richie Whitson 12-6155-164lbs 5'9" (American Kickboxing Academy)
(Loss to Machan was at WW. Loss to Holst was at 160lbs.)
18-6-1
155-170lbs 5'8" (Kimekai)
(Loss to Calvo was at WW.)
Hiroki Nagaoka 23-20-12155lbs 5'7" (Dobuita)
13-10-5154lbs 5'8" (Reversal Gym Yokohama Ground Slam / Nova União Japan)
Jake Lindsey 11-4145-155lbs 5'11" (Combative Sports Center)
Zach Freeman 8-1155lbs 6'0" (St. Charles MMA / Rodrigo Vaghi Jiu-Jitsu)
6-2
155lbs 6'0" (Modern Combat Systems)
9-1
155lbs 5'6" (Glory MMA and Fitness)
Robert "The Beast" Washington 19-11 (1 NC)150-155lbs 5'7" (Hit Squad MMA)
(Loss to Bucia was at WW.)
10-5
145-155lbs 5'7" (Twisted Genetiks / Combat Fitness / SBG Idaho)
(Fights at both FW & LW. Loss to Siler was at FW.)
10-5155lbs 5'9" (AMC Pankration)
(He's fighting his adopted brother next.)
9-0 (Record)
155lbs 5'9" (CSK Denmark)
5-1
154lbs 5'11" (Icon Jiu-Jitsu MMA Geneva)
(7-1 am.)
9-2
155lbs 5'10" (MMA Team 300)
Ayub Tashkilot 12-3
155lbs (Submission Fighting Aalborg)
15-5
155-170lbs 5'10" (Russia Top Team)
(Most recent win was at LW.)
16-4
155lbs 5'10" (Arrachion MMA Olsztyn)
28-17155lbs (Espoon Kehahait)
(Loss to Yoshida was at 158lbs)
12-3155lbs 6'0" (Berserkers Team)
(Loss to Szymuszowski was at 170lbs.)
11-5155-170lbs 5'7" (Main Event Sports Club)
(Loss to Brazzle was at 170)
19-5135-155lbs 5'8" (Renzo Gracie Mexico / Tsunami Team)
(Currently competing at BW.)
Bruno "Robusto" Miranda 8-1155lbs 5'9" (Carlson Gracie Team / Baixinho Team)
8-5 (1 NC)154lbs 5'9" (Tuhon Jeongsim Gym / CMA Korea)
Steven Cnudde 6-0155-185lbs (Team Shocx / MKGym MMA-Shaolin Team)
(Most recent win was at WW.)
Thomas "The Young Lion" Gifford 9-6 (1 NC)155-160lbs 6'1" (Elite Boxing Club of Sheridan / Team Relentless)
(9-2 am.) (Loss to Brewer was at WW. Cedric Marks is a MW)
Wade "The Hammer" Johnson 10-1155lbs 6'2" (Barata MMA)
(16-1 am. Loss to Gifford was at 160lbs.)
20-8 (1 NC)145-170lbs 6'1" (American Top Team)
(Fights at both LW & WW.)
Eric "The Monster" Moon 15-15-1 (1 NC) (Record)155-170lbs 5'8" (Mash Fight Team)
(12-0 am. Loss to Stevens was at 160lbs.)
13-1
145-155lbs 5'9" (Team Diamond Martial Arts / Freestyle Fighting Gym)
(4-0 am. Most recent fight was at 145. Loss to Corey was at 170.)
Isaac Tisdell 8-2154lbs 5'8" (Five Rings Dojo / The Spartans / Byron Elite)
Greg Atzori 17-9 (Record)154lbs 6'0" (Integrated Martial Arts Academy)
Myles Simpson 8-2 (Record)145-155lbs 5'9" (Ringworks MMA/Team Menace)
(Currently competing at FW.)
Jai Bradney 15-13-1154lbs 5'10" (Prophecy Fight Centre)
Yusuke Kasuya 9-2-2154lbs 5'7" (Akimoto Dojo Jungle Junction)
13-4155lbs 5'7" (TP Gym / TF Fight Team)
Oriol Gaset 16-11155-165lbs 5'10" (CFC Esplugues / Crossfit B23 / Team Kaobon)
(Loss to Maguire was at 160lbs.)
Ben "Manimal" Wall 8-4-1154-168lbs 5'10" (Alliance MMA / Ignite SC / Gamebred Submission Fighting)
(Loss to Alex Garcia was at WW.)
Julien Boussuge 10-4155lbs 5'8" (Haute Tension)
Taela Kelly 6-3 (1 NC) (Record)154lbs 5'7" (Krash MMA)
(5-1 at LW.)
Ricky Rea 5-3 (1 NC)154lbs 5'8" (Elite Fight Gym)
15-9155lbs 5'10" (Integrated MMA)
Abel Brites 9-4154lbs (Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts)
Gokhan Turkyilmaz 14-12145-154lbs 5'10" (Tiger Muay Thai and MMA / Integrated MMA)
(Loss to Van Aswegen was at 145.)
Lipeng Zhang 16-9-1
155lbs 5'11" (Fight Emperor)
Brendan O'Reilly 6-2 (1 NC)155-170lbs 5'7" (Gamebred Submission Fighting)
(Loss to Jouban was at WW.)
8-3155lbs 5'10" (Integrated MMA / Southside MMA Gold Coast)
1-0
155lbs (Kyrgyzstan Top Team / Team Buda)
Sam Bastin 5-7155lbs (Allegiance Combat and Fitness Centre)
Marat Balaev 5-0155lbs 5'8" (Alexander Nevsky - Stary Oskol)
(Sherdog has his name misspelled.)
8-3
154lbs 5'9" (Fight Club Berkut)
4-1
155lbs 5'9" (???)
Damir Ismagulov 7-2 (Record)
155lbs 5'10" (Boets)
8-3 (Record)
155lbs 5'9" (Werdum Combat Team / Espanha Imperial)
9-3155-170lbs 5'10" (Black House MMA / UFC Gym Rosemead)
(Loss to Joe Ellenberger was at 155lbs.)
12-5-1
155lbs 5'10" (Nick's Fight Club)
Yosdenis Cedeno 10-5-1
155lbs 5'8" (MMA MAsters/Blackzillians/Jaco Hybrid Training Center)
12-2
155-160lbs 5'11" (Cage Combat Academy / Pinnacle MMA / Drysdale Jiu Jitsu)
Joshua Aveles 22-11-2155-170lbs 5'11" (Team Diamond)
(Most recent fight was at WW. Contreras is a MW.)
22-12155-169lbs 5'8" (Chosen Few)
(Lozano loss was at 170. Said he wants to drop down to 145. Next fight against Jason Dent?)
Saul Galindo 7-0155lbs (Blackline MMA / Arena MMA)
12-10155-160lbs 6'0" (Joe Stevenson's Cobra Kai)
6-1
155lbs 5'9" (Syndicate MMA)
23-11-1170lbs 5'10" (Entram Gym Vale Tudo)
11-2
155lbs 5'9" (Tartu Fightsport Gym / Primus Fight Team)
9-2-1
155lbs 5'11" (Sausset Fight Team)
(Sherdog has his name misspelled.)
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