WORLD WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS (170lbs)
18-3-1 (Record)170lbs 5'9" (American Top Team Evolution)
27-11 (1 NC)170lbs 5'11" (American Top Team / Finney's HIT Squad)
13-1-1
170lbs 6'0" (Tristar Gym/Team Upstate Karate/Pitch Black MMA)
4. Demian Maia
24-6170lbs 6'0" (Wand Fight Team / Demian Maia Team)
30-10170lbs 6'1" (Jackson-Wink MMA / Fit NHB)
18-4170lbs 5'11" (Toshido Fighting Arts / Tristar Gym)
17-5 (1 NC)
170-185lbs 6'0" (Louisville MMA / Millennia MMA)
8. Neil Magny 18-5170lbs 6'2" (Grudge Training Center / Torres MMA)
13-2 (Record)
170-185lbs 5'9" (Arizona Athletic Club / Yuma United Mixed Martial Arts)
(Moved back up to MW.)
10. Johny Hendricks
17-5170lbs 5'10" (Team Takedown)
100 TOP-RATED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
25-2169lbs 5'10" (Tristar Gym)
34-6-1 (2 NC)170-185lbs 5'9" (American Top Team)
Jessin Ayari 15-3
170lbs 6'0" (Hammers Team / Planet Eater)
Mindaugas Veržbickas 10-4-1 (Record)
169lbs 6'0" (Ukmerge Judo Sport Club)
9-1170lbs 6'0" (Dziki Wschód Lublin / Poland Top Team)
8-3170lbs 6'0" (Szkoła Walki Drwala)
9-2-1 (1 NC) (Record)
170lbs 5'11" (MMA Trondheim / CSA.dk)
27-7 (Record)170-185lbs 5'8" (Brazilian Top Team)
(Banned from the UFC.)
31-8-1 (1 NC)170-185lbs 6'0" (Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)
16-4167lbs 5'9" (Evolve MMA / Team Quest)
31-11170lbs 6'0" (Reign MMA / Premier Combat Center)
Matt "The Immortal" Brown 22-15 (Record)170lbs 5'7" (Team Jorge Gurgel / AMC Pankration)
26-10 (Record)170lbs 5'9" (American Top Team)
Jordan Mein 29-10170lbs 5'11" (Canadian Martial Arts Centre)
Warlley Alves 10-0170lbs 5'11" (X-Gym)
10-1
169lbs 5'11" (American Top Team)
27-11-1170lbs 6'1" (Xtreme Couture / Syndicate MMA)
(Retired?)
27-9 (2 NC) (Record)170-185lbs 6'1" (Cesar Gracie Fight Team)
(Will he ever fight again at 170?)
Andrey Koreshkov 19-1170lbs 6'0" (RusFighters Sport Club)
Douglas "The Phenom" Lima 26-6168lbs 6'1" (American Top Team Atlanta)
(This guy's a "killer".)
8-0
155-170lbs 5'10" (Team Sparta / UFC Gym Winter Springs)
21-3-1 (1 NC)170lbs 6'1" (Busan Team M.A.D.)
17-2170lbs 6'2" (ZT Fight Skool / London Shootfighters)
Belal Muhammad 9-0170lbs 5'10" (Chicago Fight Team MMA)
22-5170lbs 6'0" (American Top Team / Hard Drive MMA)
31-7 (1 NC)155-170lbs 5'11" (Jackson-Wink MMA)
Patrick Cote 23-10170-185lbs 5'11" (BTT Canada)
Josh Burkman 28-12 (1 NC)155-170lbs 5'10" (The Pit Elevated Fight Team / Team Quest)
(Win over Noons was at LW.)
28-7-1 (1 NC)170lbs 6'0" (American Kickboxing Academy)
12-3
170lbs 6'1" (Tristar Gym)
19-7 (1 NC)170lbs (Alliance Jiu-Jitsu / Team Nogueira / X-Gym)
18-9170lbs 5'10" (MMA Lab / Braveheart MMA / Brave Legion)
12-3
170-180lbs 5'11" (Gracie Barra Woodlands)
22-8-1170lbs 6'0" (Jackson-Wink MMA / Integrated MMA)
17-10170lbs 5'10" (AKA / Dethrone Base Camp)
Sean "Black Magic" Spencer 12-5170lbs 5'10" (Octagon MMA)
26-7-1155-170lbs 6'2" (Fit NHB)
(Fights at both LW & WW.)
Albert Tumenov 17-2169lbs 5'11" (K Dojo Warrior Tribe)
Nicholas Musoke 13-4 (1 NC)169-185lbs 6'1" (Stockholm Shoot / Allstars Training Center)
23-6-1
155-169lbs 6'1" (Sable Fight Team / Alexander Nevsky Club)
George Sullivan 17-5 (1 NC)169lbs 6'0" (Pellegrino MMA)
17-1170-185lbs 6'1" (CQuence Jiu-Jitsu)
(Dropped to WW. Loss to Ponzinibbio was at 170lbs.)
Igor Araujo 25-8 (1 NC)170lbs 6'0" (Jackson-Wink MMA)
19-7-2170lbs 6'2" (American Top Team Orlando)
15-4
170lbs 5'10" (Central Illinois Combat Club)
38-13-2170lbs 5'9" (Team Rough House / Spirit Dojo)
20-5155-170lbs 5'9" (Bodyshop Fitness Team / American Top Team / HD MMA)
(Currently competing at LW.)
14-2-1170lbs 5'11" (Mjolnir - SBG International / Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)
10-2170lbs 6'0" (Evolução Thai / Alliance Jiu-Jitsu)
15-5
170lbs 5'11" (CM System)
Omari Akhmedov 15-4170-185lbs 6'0" (Jackson-Wink MMA / Tiger Muay Thai)
(Currently competing at 170.)
Ryan LaFlare 12-1170lbs 6'1" (Bellmore Kickboxing Academy / Long Island MMA / Blackzilians)
John "Doomsday" Howard 24-12170-185lbs 5'7" (Wai Kru MMA)
(Currently competing at WW.)
Tom Breese 10-0170lbs 6'3" (Tristar Gym)
(7-0-1 am.)
17-4-1170-183lbs 6'1" (SBG Ireland)
(Currently competing on TUF at MW)
22-3170lbs (American Top Team / Ataque Duplo / Team Nogueira)
(17 stoppages! How tough is this guy!?)
Siyar Bahadurzada 22-6-1170lbs 5'11" (Golden Glory/Blackzilians / Jaco Hybrid Training Center)
23-6155-169lbs 5'9" (MMA Lab)
29-10155-170lbs 5'10" (American Top Team)
(Moved back up to WW.)
Brandon Thatch 11-4170lbs 6'2" (Grudge Training Center / Elevation Fight Team)
17-7170lbs 5'8" (Brave Legion / Sports Lab)
11-1170lbs 5'10" (Warriors Alliance / Get Sum Athletic Compound)
Jose Figueroa 13-7170lbs 6'3" (American Top Team Orlando)
Zak Cummings 19-4170-185lbs 6'0" (Springfield Fight Club / Glory MMA and Fitness)
Danny "Hot Chocolate" Roberts 13-1170-179lbs 6'0" (Next Generation UK)
(Win over Fedipe was a catchweight fight at 180lbs...short notice for Fedipe)
14-7
170-181lbs 6'0" (Team Vision / Aron Thomas Jiu Jitsu)
(Razor close loss to Roberts.)
15-6170lbs 5'10" (Team Quest / American Top Team)
Jonavin Webb 8-2 (1 NC)170lbs 5'10" (Renzo Gracie Philly)
29-10170lbs 6'3" (Team Punisher / Team KayO / Grudge Training Center)
Marcelo "Grilo" Alfaya 17-7 (1 NC)170-172lbs 5'11" (American Top Team / Team Nogueira)
23-6 (2 NC)170lbs 5'9" (Alliance MMA)
Chris Honeycutt 7-1 (1 NC)170lbs 5'10" (Dethrone Base Camp)
Fernando "The Menifee Maniac" Gonzalez 25-13170lbs 5'9" (Next Generation / Team Quest)
Karl Amoussou 21-7-2170-185lbs 5'11" (MMA Factory / Haute Tension / Crossfight)
(Fights at both WW & MW.)
18-4155-170lbs 6'3" (Santa Fe BJJ / Jackson-Wink MMA)
(Currently competing at LW.)
Ryan Ford 22-5170lbs 5'11" (Tristar Gym)
62-9-1 (1 NC)166-170lbs 6'1" (American Top Team / Sapo Fight Team)
53-19-2 (1 NC)166-198lbs 5'9" (Victory Athletics)
(Loss to Noland was at 193lbs.)
Borys Mańkowski 18-5-1155-170lbs 5'7" (Ankos Zapasy Poznan)
Jesse "JT Money" Taylor 29-13170-185lbs 6'1" (The Arena / Team Quest)
(Currently competing at WW.)
30-5170-185lbs 5'11" (RusFighters Sport Club)
Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura 31-7-2 (1 NC)154-177lbs 5'11" (Wajutsu Keishukai K-Taro Dojo)
(Fights at both LW & WW.)
Jingliang "The Leech" Li 10-4169lbs 6'0" (China Top Team)
Dhiego Lima 11-4170lbs 6'0" (American Top Team - Atlanta / Ascension Mixed Martial Arts)
(Loss to Gordon was at MW.)
Kevin Nowaczyk 17-3170lbs 6'2" (POW! Mixed Martial Arts)
Lyman Good 19-3 (1 NC)170lbs 6'0" (Team Tiger Schulmann)
Nah-Shon Burrell 13-6 (1 NC)170-179lbs 6'1" (Fight Firm)
(Most recent fight was at MW.)
Chris Curtis 13-5170-188lbs 5'10" (Team Vision)
(Last fight was at 188lbs.)
18-6
155-169lbs 5'10" (B-9 Team)
Chuck "Cold Steel" O'Neil 16-8170-185lbs 6'2" (Mass BJJ / Tri-Force MMA / Gracie Barra NH)
(Loss to Vizcaya was at 185lbs.)
21-16170lbs 5'10" (Chute Boxe)
Brennan Ward 14-4170-185lbs 5'10" (Whaling City Boxing / Rivera Athletic Center)
5-0
170-176lbs 6'0" (Renzo Gracie Academy)
Roger "The Leprechaun" Carroll 16-14155-185lbs 5'10" (Team Superior / Carroll Brothers BJJ)
(Most recent fight was at 185lbs.)
Dan Hornbuckle 24-9170lbs 6'2" (McVicker's Martial Arts Academy / American Top Team)
(Loss to Steele was at Catchweight of 175lbs)
Viscardi Andrade 19-6170lbs 6'0" (Gracie Fusion)
15-5-1
170-181lbs 5'11" (Fight Nights Team)
13-3170lbs 5'9" (Tristar Gym)
15-8170lbs 5'11" (Constrictor Team / X-Gym)
Hernani Perpetuo 17-5 (1 NC)167-169lbs 6'0" (Nova União)
22-12170lbs 5'9" (Bighead MMA)
Nobutatsu Suzuki 11-2-2169-180lbs 5'8" (Businjuku)
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