WORLD PINWEIGHT RANKINGS (August 2016)
(115-120lbs / 52-54kg)
MMA Fight Council WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):
Mitsuhisa Sunabe 27-7-4115-120lbs 5'8" (Reversal Gym Okinawa Crossline)
(Will he still fight at 120lbs?)
PANCRASE CHAMP (120lbs): Kento Kanbe
URCC CHAMP (119lbs): Roy Docyogen
TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Kento Kanbe
10-0
120lbs 5'4" (Alliance-Square)
7-2-1115-120lbs 5'7" (Independent / K-Place)
(Currently competing at 120lbs)
12-7-1120lbs 5'2" (STF MMA Dojo / K-Place)
4. Hiroyuki Abe
13-9114-120lbs 5'3" (K'z Factory / Dragon Tail Fighting Academy)
(Most recent win at 114lbs.)
15-16-3115-120lbs 5'2" (Bumonkai MMA Dojo)
(Loss to Murofushi was at 115lbs. Currently competing at SW.)
10-11-1120lbs 5'6" (K'z Factory / Dragontail Fighting Academy)
7. Takamasa Kiuchi 9-7-2115-125lbs 5'7" (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods)
(Loss to Sakamaki was at 125lbs.)
8. Isao Yoshida
7-4-2 (Record)120-124lbs 5'7" (North Kings Gym)
(Loss to Saito was at 123lbs)
5-4-1
120-125lbs 5'5" (W-Blood)
10. Suguru Hayasaka
13-9-5115-119lbs 5'6" (Core Quest)
100 TOP-RATED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
14-15-4
120-125lbs 5'7" (Toushin MMA)
(Loss to Kojima was at 125lbs.)
11-2115-125lbs 5'3" (Lakay Wushu / Lakay MMA)
(Currently competing at 125lbs.)
4-2105-125lbs 5'5" (Tribal Submission / Muayfit / Baguio Top Team)
(Currently competing at Flyw. Also listed at Atomweight.)
19-18-1 (2 NC)115-125lbs 5'5" (Zendokai Shinjuku)
(Currently competing at 125lbs.)
16-12-3114-125lbs 5'4" (Crosspoint Gym / Paraestra Kichijoji)
(Currently fighting at 120lbs)
Yoshihiro "Child" Matsunaga 8-12-3115-120lbs 5'0" (Zendokai Shinjuku)
(Fights at both SW & PW.)
7-6-2119lbs 5'4" (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
Yuya "Cider" Kaneuchi 7-13-5115-120lbs 5'4" (Gracie Barra Tokyo)
Matthew Davis 2-0
118-119lbs 5'3" (Tristar Gym)
1-0-1
114-120lbs 5'4" (Freelance)
(Also listed at SW.)
Toshio Mitani 5-12114-120lbs 5'6 (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
3-2 (Record)
115-125lbs 5'1" (Tanada Dojo)
Nariyasu Fujita 3-10115-125lbs 5'6" (T-Pleasure)
(Loss to Kano was at FlyW.)
Kenichi Sawada 10-22-4115-120lbs 5'3" (Paraestra Tokyo)
Ryota Uozumi 12-6-3 (1 NC)115-120lbs 5'7" (Kingdom Ehrgeiz)
14-12-7120-123lbs 5'4" (Combat Sports Circle Oz / Freedom@Oz)
(Currently competing at Pinweight - 120lbs.)
13-9-1114-120lbs 5'3" (G-Free)
(Loss to Kasugai was at Flyweight.)
Yu Suda 4-3-3115-120lbs 5'6" (Kingdom Ehrgeiz)
Naoyuki Tsumura 3-4115-120lbs (Zero Fight Club Mizushima)
3-2-1
115-120lbs (Burst)
(Loss to Kimura was at 115lbs.)
11-0 (Record)119-125lbs (Lakay La Trinidad Gym)
Mark Joseph Abrillo 3-5115-119lbs 5'4" (Yaw-Yan Kampilan)
(Loss to Adiwang was at 119lbs)
Gen Ikeda 3-5-1115-120lbs 5'3" (Club Barbarian)
Hironobu Ohtsu 2-3115-120lbs 5'3" (Wajutsu Keishukai Gods)
(Currently competing at 115lbs.)
Hiroyuki Ai 3-7-5115-120lbs 5'5" (Grow MMA)
Arnel Ylanan 4-1115-119lbs (Team Project X)
Atsushi Makigaya 5-17-6115-125lbs (Wajutsu Keishukai Gunma)
(Loss to Matsumura was at 115lbs. Loss to Saito was at 125.)
Keichi Iio 6-4-1115-120lbs 5'5" (Strapple)
Akira Shimbo 3-3115-120lbs (052 Gate Keeper)
4-3
120-125lbs 5'5" (Lakay La Trinidad Gym)
Rabin Catalan 4-4 (Record)115-125lbs 5'4" (Deftac/Tricks MMA/FTX Gym/MUMMA/CFS MMA)
(Loss to Kingdad was at 125lbs.)
Thiago "Cearazinho" Barbosa do Nascimento 2-4115-120lbs 5'3" (Lennox Fight Team)
Kengo Ito 2-0115-119lbs 5'6" (Cobra Kai MMA Dojo)
Kanta Sato 6-3115-119lbs 5'3" (Grappling Shoot Boxers)
(Also fights at SW.)
3-1
120lbs (Grabaka)
Albert Tapia 3-4 (Record)115-130lbs 5'3" (Alcozer MMA / Plainview X-treme Fighters)
(10-5 am. Record confirmed by mgr. Loss to Silva & Hollis were at 125.)
2-3-1
120lbs 5'6" (Wajutsu Keishukai Hyogo)
2-1
114-120lbs (Nakon Pathom MMA)
(Loss to Gayman was at SW.)
OTHER HIGHLY RATED FIGHTERS & PROSPECTS
Shingo Yakul 9-5-1120-132lbs 5'4" (T-Rex Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
(Currently competing at 125.)
2-1
120lbs (Inside / Equipe Superação Fight / Academia Guerreiro)
Desmond "M80" Moore 4-0115-120lbs 5'0" (ATT-Steel City)
(5-1 am. Record confirmed by fighter.)
Fritz Aldin Biagtan 4-0115-119lbs 5'6" (Biagtan Muaythai MMA / Hyper MMA)
(Record confirmed by management.)
Josh "The Loose Cannon" Epps 6-7115-123lbs 5'7" (Finney's HIT Squad/Integrity Fitness Center)
(Loss to Waters was at 120lbs - Pinweight.)
2-11
115-120lbs 5'5" (Hybrid Wrestling Kagoshima)
(Loss to Magisa was at 115lbs.)
1-1
119lbs 5'0" (P's LAB Osaka x Pancrase Inagakigumi)
Hiroaki Ogishima 0-2115-120lbs 5'5" (Chojin Club / Team Scream)
3-0
115-120lbs 5'4" (Rodeo Style)
(Most recent win at SW.)
2-0
115-119lbs 5'3" (STF - Hardball)
Yuki Sasaki 1-1-1115-120lbs (Purebred Omiya)
1-2
115-125lbs (Wajutsu Keishukai Yokohama)
2-2
120-125lbs 5'7" (NextGeneration Frisco)
1-1
115-119lbs 5'3" (AMMA - Plainview/Plainview, TX Bjj and Self Defense)
Mark Plata 0-2 (Record)115lbs 5'2" (Team Plainview Xtreme)
(2-2 1 NC am. Loss to Albritton was at 115lbs.)
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