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411’s MMA Rankings 06.06.17: Featherweight Division
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411’s MMA Ranking Rules
– Which fighters are eligible for these rankings? They must meet the following qualifications: fight at least once in the past 365 days or if not, be officially scheduled for an upcoming fight.
– A fighter serving a disciplinary suspension will not be ranked. They can return when they have served their suspension or in the event it is rescinded. This includes fighters who may disregard their suspension locally to fight overseas.
– If a fighter appears on just one single ballot, and in the top ten, five points will be deducted to balance between other fighters who may be ranked lower, but appear on a greater amount of ballots.
411’s Official MMA Rankings
Featherweight Division (145 lbs)
1) Max Holloway (18-3)
Height: 5’11
Birthday: December 4, 1991
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Jose Aldo – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 212 – June 3, 2017
– vs. Anthony Pettis – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 206 – December 10, 2016
– vs. Ricardo Lamas – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping – June 4, 2016
– vs. Jeremy Stephens – Win via decision (unanumous) – UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor – December 12, 2015
– vs. Charles Oliveira – Win via TKO (injury) – UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira – August 23, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: Holloway has been a UFC fighter since he was 20 and five years since that debut, he has become the UFC featherweight champion. He finished Jose Aldo in three rounds, becoming the second Hawaiian (after B.J. Penn) to win gold in the octagon. He has developed into such a superb fighter, he is on an 11-fight win streak and has plenty of room for improvement, too! He’s still six months from 26th birthday and will be a sizable favorite against any of potential challenger.
2) Jose Aldo (26-3)
Height: 5’7
Birthday: September 9, 1986
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Max Holloway – Loss via TKO (strikes) – UFC 212 – June 3, 2017
– vs. Frankie Edgar – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 200: Cormier vs. Jones 2 – July 9, 2016
– vs. Conor McGregor – Loss via KO (punch) – UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor – December 12, 2015
– vs. Chad Mendes – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 – October 25, 2014
– vs. Ricardo Lamas – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2 – February 1, 2014
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
3) Frankie Edgar (22-5-1)
Height: 5’6
Birthday: October 16, 1981
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 6 fights:
– vs. Yair Rodriguez – Win via TKO (doctor stoppage) – UFC 211 – May 13, 2017
– vs. Jeremy Stephens – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 205 – November 12, 2016
– vs. Jose Aldo – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 200: Cormier vs. Jones 2 – July 9, 2016
– vs. Chad Mendes – Win via KO (punches) – UFC TUF Finale – December 11, 2015
– vs. Urijah Faber – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber – May 16, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: It would be an incredible spectacle to see Frankie Edgar challenge Max Holloway. While Holloway is the young phenom, Edgar is the multiple-time former champion more than ten years his elder. Despite the fact that Edgar is 35, he has not slowed down one bit. He blasted Yair Rodriguez last month, handing the Mexican fighter his first loss in the UFC. It’s been five years since Frankie has lost to someone not named Jose Aldo, and it seem like he’s the surefire pick to get the first shot at Holloway. Could he possibly stop the new champion before the year is over?
4) Cub Swanson (25-7)
Height: 5’7
Birthday: November 2, 1983
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Artem Lobov – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – April 22, 2017
– vs. Doo Ho Choi – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 206 – December 10, 2016
– vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – August 6, 2016
– vs. Hacran Dias – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans – April 16, 2016
– vs. Max Holloway – Loss via submission (guillotine choke) – UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold – April 18, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
5) Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (26-4)
Height: 5’5
Birthday: July 7, 1987
Currently Fighting With: Bellator MMA
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Daniel Straus – Win via submission (guillotine choke) – Bellator 178 – April 21, 2017
– vs. Benson Henderson – Loss via TKO (leg injury) – Bellator 160 – August 26, 2016
– vs. Henry Corrales – Win via submission (guillotine choke) – Bellator 153 – April 22, 2016
– vs. Daniel Straus – Loss via decision (unanimous) – Bellator 145 – November 6, 2015
– vs. Daniel Weichel – Win via KO (punch) – Bellator 138 – June 19, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: Pitbull regained the Bellator featherweight title by defeating Daniel Straus for the third time out of four fights. It was a second round guillotine choke which finished Straus this time, and now Pitbull will turn 30-years-old next month as a champion.
6) Ricardo Lamas (17-5)
Height: 5’8
Birthday: May 21, 1982
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Charles Oliveira – Win via submission (guillotine choke) – UFC TUF Finale – November 5, 2016
– vs. Max Holloway – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping – June 4, 2016
– vs. Diego Sanchez – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – November 21, 2015
– vs. Chad Mendes – Loss via TKO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas – April 4, 2015
– vs. Dennis Bermudez – Win via submission (guillotine choke) – UFC 180: Hunt vs. Werdum – November 15, 2014
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. TBA – UFC 214 – July 29, 2017
7) Yair Rodriguez (9-2)
Height: 5’11
Birthday: October 6, 1992
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Frankie Edgar – Loss via TKO (doctor stoppage) – UFC 211 – May 13, 2017
– vs. B.J. Penn – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night – January 15, 2017
– vs. Alex Caceres – Win via decision (split) – UFC Fight Night – August 6, 2016
– vs. Andre Fili – Win via KO (flying head kick) – UFC 197 – April 23, 2016
– vs. Dan Hooker – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 192 – October 3, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
8) Jeremy “Lil’ Heathen” Stephens (25-14)
Height: 5’9
Birthday: May 26, 1986
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Renato Moicano – Loss via decision (split) -UFC on Fox – April 15, 2017
– vs. Frankie Edgar – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 205 – November 12, 2016
– vs. Renan Barao – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – May 29, 2016
– vs. Max Holloway – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor – December 12, 2015
– vs. Dennis Bermudez – Win via KO (flying knee) – UFC 189: McGregor vs. Mendes – July 11, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
9) “The Korean Superboy” Doo Ho Choi (14-2)
Height: 5’10
Birthday: April 6, 1991
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Cub Swanson – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC 206 – December 10, 2016
– vs. Thiago Tavares – Win via KO (strikes) – UFC TUF Finale – July 8, 2016
– vs. Sam Sicilia – Win via KO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night – November 28, 2015
– vs. Juan Puig – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night – November 22, 2014
– vs. Shoji Maruyama – Win via TKO (strikes) – Deep: Cage Impact 2013 – June 15, 2013
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Andre Fili – UFC 214 – July 29, 2017
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10) “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung (17-4)
Height: 5’9
Birthday: March 17, 1987
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Dennis Bermudez – Win via KO (punch) – UFC Fight Night – February 4, 2017
– vs. Jose Aldo – Loss via TKO (punches) – UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie – August 3, 2013
– vs. Dustin Poirier – Win via submission (D’arce choke) – UFC on Fuel: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier – May 15, 2012
– vs. Mark Hominick – Win via KO (strikes) – UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida – December 10, 2011
– vs. Leonard Garcia – Win via submission (twister) – UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis – March 26, 2011
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
Comment: The Korean Zombie was set to return to action next month but a knee injury has forced him from the planned fight with Ricardo Lamas.
11) Darren Elkins (22-5)
Height: 5’9
Birthday: May 16, 1984
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Mirsad Bektic – Win via KO (strikes) – UFC 209 – March 4, 2017
vs. Godofredo Pepey – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC on Fox – July 23, 2016
– vs. Chas Skelly – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC 196 – March 5, 2016
– vs. Robert Whiteford – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – October 24, 2015
– vs. Hacran Dias – Loss via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – December 20, 2014
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Dennis Bermudez – UFC on Fox – July 22, 2017
12) Renato Moicano (11-0-1)
Height: 5’11
Birthday: May 21, 1989
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Jeremy Stephens – Win via decision (split) – UFC on Fox – April 15, 2017
– vs. Zubaira Tukhugov – Win via decision (split) – UFC 198 – May 14, 2016
– vs. Tom Niinimaki – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC Fight Night – December 20, 2014
– vs. Ismael Bonfim – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – Jungle Fight 71 – July 19, 2014
– vs. Nilson Pereira – Win via decision (unanimous) – Jungle Fight 55 – July 20, 2013
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Brian Ortega – UFC 214 – July 29, 2017
13) Daniel “The Weasel” Weichel (39-9)
Height: 5’10
Birthday: November 22, 1984
Currently Fighting With: Bellator MMA
Last 5 fights:
– vs. John Teixeira Conceicao – Win via decision (split) – Bellator 177 – April 14, 2017
– vs. Brian Moore – Win via submission (arm triangle choke) – Bellator 169 – December 16, 2016
– vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – Win via decision (split) – Bellator 159 – July 22, 2016
– vs. Georgi Karakhanyan – Win via decision (unanimous) – December 4, 2015
– vs. Pitbull Freire – Loss via KO (punch) – Bellator 138 – June 19, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
14) Brian Ortega (11-0, 1 NC)
Height: 5’10
Birthday: February 21, 1991
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Clay Guida – Win via KO (knee) – UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping – June 4, 2016
– vs. Diego Brandao – Win via submission (triangle choke) – UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit – January 2, 2016
– vs. Thiago Tavares – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC Fight Night – June 6, 2015
– vs. Mike De La Torre – No Contest (Win by Ortega overturned for failed drug test) – UFC on Fox – July 26, 2014
– vs. Keoni Koch – Win via decision (split) – RFA 12 – January 24, 2014
Next scheduled appearance:
– vs. Renato Moicano – UFC 214 – July 29, 2017
15) Jason Knight (17-2)
Height: 5’11
Birthday: July 14, 1992
Currently Fighting With: UFC
Last 5 fights:
– vs. Chas Skelly – Win via TKO (strikes) – UFC 211 – May 13, 2017
– vs. Alex Caceres – Win via submission (rear naked choke) – UFC on Fox – January 28, 2017
– vs. Dan Hooker – Win via decision (unanimous) – UFC Fight Night – November 27, 2016
– vs. Jim Alers – Win via decision (split) – UFC on Fox – July 23, 2016
– vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri – Loss via decision (unanimous) – TUF Finale – December 11, 2015
Next scheduled appearance:
– Unknown
