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Lightweight Rankings

FIGHTBOMB.COM  LIGHTWEIGHT  RANKINGS
*Next Fight May be Official or Rumors
Updated:  2009-12-20
  FIGHTERS ORGANIZATION  NEXT FIGHT 
 1 B.J. Penn UFC 
 2 Shinya Aoki DREAM 12/32 vs Mizuto Hirota
 3 Diego Sanchez UFC 
 4 Eddie Alvarez BELLATOR 
 5 Kenny Florian UFC 
 6 Joachim Hansen DREAM 
 7 Gray Maynard UFC 1/11 vs Nate Diaz
 8 Frankie Edgar UFC 
 9 Sean Sherk UFC 
 10 Tatsuya Kawajiri DREAM 12/31 vs Kazunori Yokota
 11 Joe Stevenson UFC 2/21 vs George Sotiropoulos
 12 Tyson Griffin UFC 
 13 Mizuto Hirota SENGOKU 12/31 vs Shinya Aoki
 14 Clay Guida UFC 
 15 Nate Diaz UFC 1/11 vs Gray Maynard
 16 Jamie Varner WEC 1/10 vs Benson Henderson
 17 Gilbert Melendez STRIKEFORCE 
 18 Benson Henderson WEC 1/10 vs Jamie Varner
 19 Kazunori Yokota SENGOKU 12/31 vs Tatsuya Kawajiri
 20 Jim Miller UFC 3/27 vs Kurt Pellegrino

Honorable Mention

UFC
Efrain Escudero - Record of 12-0 and 2-0 in the UFC.  Took out favored Cole Miller.
Kurt Pellegrino - Was on a great path to big fights but a knee injury forced him out vs Edgar.
Spencer Fisher - Begged for Stevenson fight but got dismantled in it.
Caol Uno - Legend that has lost his last 3 of 4. Then fought to a draw vs Camoes.
Gleison Tibau – Huge loss to Guillard keeps out of the top 20 but did just beat Neer.
Jim Miller – Only losses are to Maynard and Edgar.  Just beat Mac Danzig.
Joe Lauzon - Only loss in last 9 fights was to Kenny Florian.  5-1 in the UFC.
Terry Etim - Record of 5-2 in the UFC on 4 fight winning streak.
George Sotiropoulos - Big fight vs Joe Stevenson will be 2nd test of career.  1st was a loss to Aoki.

STRIKEFORCE
Vitor Ribeiro - Tough loss to Shinya Aoki by judges scorecards at DREAM 10.
Josh Thomson - Lost Strikeforce title to Gilbert Melendez in 5 rounds.  Wants to fight in Jan 2010.
Mitsuhiro Ishida – Recent losses have dropped him from a once top 10 spot.
K.J. Noons - Boxer on 3 fight win streak with big win over Nick Diaz.  He's done with boxing, full time MMA.
Billy Evangelista - 10-0 fighter gained attention by taking out UFC castoff Jorge Gurgel.
Lyle Beerbohm - Fancy Pants is undefeated, took out current UFC fighters Ludwig and Oliveira.

DREAM/SENGOKU
Gesias Cavalcante - 2 Fight losing streak to Kawajiri and Aoki.  Hasn't won since 9/17/2007.
Satoru Kitaoka - 2 Fight losing streak in Sengoku after the big win over Gomi.
Jorge Masvidal - Huge win over Satoru Kitaoka erased memories of Bellator woes.
Eiji Mitsuoka – Big wins over Golyaev & French..  Even beat Hansen and Tibau.
Maximo Blanco - Became Pancrase Lightweight Champ on August 8. Last won Sept 09 in Sengoku.

WEC
Donald Cerrone – fighting Ratcliff in WEC 45 Main Event on Dec 19.
Anthony Njokuani - Just took out Chris Horodecki by vicious KO.  Says he has giraffe legs.
Dave Jansen - 14-0 fighter next vs Kamal Shalorus (5-0) on Jan 10 at WEC 46.
Karen Darabedyan - Record of 9-1 taking out former champion Rob McCullough.
Richard Crunkilton Jr - Lost to Jansen and McCullough looking for next fight.

BELLATOR
Toby Imada - Took out Jorge Masvidal in Bellator but lost to Eddie Alvarez.

FREE AGENTS
Takanori Gomi - Wants to fight BJ but has lost last 2 of 4.  Next fight in the US!
Roger Huerta – Prefers the movie star path and dating Laura Peppron.
Hermes Franca - Lost his last 3 of 4 in the UFC.  Still has big previous wins.
Marcus Aurelio - Trying to work his way back to the UFC.  Won his last fight in October.
Rich Clementi - No love is back in the win column and wants back into the UFC.
Rob McCullough - Razor was cut from the WEC after losing to Karen Darabedyan.
Koji Oishi - Contender for the Pancrase title and should get a call from the big show.
 

Comments  

 
#1 Ti 2009-12-04 17:38
Great rankings but just wish I see Jorge Masvidal in the top 20 due to beating Satoru Kitaoka recently in sengoku.
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