Lightweight

Rankings as of July 1, 2011

Rank	Prev. Rank	Fighter	Record	Promotion
1	1	Frankie Edgar	13-1-1	UFC
2	2	Gray Maynard	10-0-1, 1 NC	UFC
3	3	Gilbert Melendez	19-2	Strikeforce
4	4	Shinya Aoki	28-5, 1 NC	DREAM
5	5	Eddie Alvarez	22-2	Bellator
6	6	Jim Miller	20-2	UFC
7	8	Tatsuya Kawajiri	27-7-2	Strikeforce
8	10	George Sotiropoulos	14-3	UFC
9	14	Clay Guida	29-11	UFC
10	11	Josh Thomson	18-4, 1 NC	Strikeforce
11	12	Melvin Guillard	27-8-2, 1 NC	UFC
12	9	Anthony Pettis	13-2	UFC
13	13	Sean Sherk	36-4-1	UFC
14	15	Dennis Siver	18-7	UFC
15	16	Evan Dunham	11-2	UFC
16	17	Ben Henderson	13-2	UFC
17	18	Takanori Gomi	32-7, 1 NC	UFC
18	20	Kurt Pellegrino	16-6	UFC
19	21	Gesias Cavalcante	15-4-1, 2 NC	Strikeforce
20	22	Mac Danzig	20-8-1	UFC
21	23	Satoru Kitaoka	28-10-9	Freelance
22	NR	Gleison Tibau	23-7	UFC
23	NR	Sam Stout	17-6-1	UFC
24	NR	Jorge Masvidal	22-6	Strikeforce
25	NR	Matt Wiman	13-5	UFC

Lightweight Fight Results – July 2011

UFC 132 (7/2/2011)

• Dennis Siver (No. 14 LW) d. Matt Wiman (No. 25 LW)
• Rafael dos Anjos (NR) d. George Sotiropoulos (No. 8 LW)
• Melvin Guillard (No. 11 LW) d. Shane Roller (NR)
• Anthony Njokuani (NR) d. Andre Winner (NR)

M-1 Challenge 26 (7/8/2011)

• Daniel Weichel (NR) d. Beau Baker (NR)
• Maribek Taisumov (NR) d. Josh Bacallao (NR)

DREAM Fight for Japan Bantamweight Tournament Final (7/16/2011)

• Tatsuya Kawajiri (No. 7 LW) d. Drew Fickett (NR)
• Eiji Mitsuoka (NR) d. Bruno Carvalho (NR)

Legend FC 5 (7/16/2011)

• Yui Chul Nam (NR) d. Rob Hill (NR)

Shooto – Shootor’s Legacy 3 (7/18/2011)

• 154 lbs. Title: Kuniyoshi Hironaka (NR) d. Koetsu Boku (NR)

Clube de Luta (7/20/2011)

• Ronys Torres (NR) d. Eduardo Pachu (NR)

Combat USA – Wisconsin vs. Illinois Championship (7/21/2011)

• Jonatas Novaes (NR) d. Sherron Leggett (NR)

Legacy Fighting Championships (7/22/2011)

• Carlo Prater (NR) d. Cameron Dollar (NR)

Strikeforce Challengers 17 (7/22/2011)

• Bill Cooper (NR) d. Maka Watson (NR)

Bellator 47 (7/23/2011)

• Chris Horodecki (NR) d. Chris Saunders (NR)
• Catchweight (152 lbs.): Alexandre Bezerra (NR) d. Jesse Gross (NR)
• Alex Ricci (NR) d. Alka Matewa (NR)

Champions Fighting Alliance 2 (7/23/2011)

• Efrain Escudero (NR) d. Mike Rio (NR)

EC 188 – Larson vs. Davila (7/23/2011)

• Melvin Blumer (NR) d. Courtney Buck (NR)

King of the Cage – Shockwave (7/23/2011)

• Matt Muramoto (NR) d. Charles Bennett (NR)

Titan FC 9 (7/29/2011)

• Clay French (NR) d. James Krause (NR)

Jungle Fight 30 (7/30/2011)

• Francisco Drinaldo (NR) d. Adriano Martins (NR)

Strikeforce – Fedor vs. Henderson (7/30/2011)

• Gesias Cavalcante (No. 19 LW) d. Bobby Green (NR)

Victory Fighting Championship 35 (7/30/2011)

• Joe Ellenberger (NR) d. James Warfield (NR)