Bantamweight

Rankings as of October 1, 2011

Rank	Prev. Rank	Fighter	Record	Promotion
1	1	Dominick Cruz	18-1	UFC
2	2	Joseph Benavidez	15-2	UFC
3	3	Brian Bowles	10-1	UFC
4	4	Scott Jorgensen	12-4	UFC
5	5	Urijah Faber	25-5	UFC
6	6	Brad Pickett	20-5	UFC
7	7	Demetrious Johnson	9-1	UFC
8	NR	Alexis Vila	10-0	Bellator
9	8	Miguel Torres	39-4	UFC
10	9	Takeya Mizugaki	15-6-2	UFC
11	10	Wagnney Fabiano	14-3	Freelance
12	11	Masakatsu Ueda	14-1-2	Shooto
13	NR	Bibiano Fernandes	9-3	DREAM
14	NR	Joe Warren	7-2	Bellator
15	12	Eddie Wineland	18-8-1	UFC
16	13	Damacio Page	15-6	UFC
17	14	Zach Makovsky	13-2	Bellator
18	16	Antonio Banuelos	19-7	DREAM
19	15	Hideo Tokoro	30-24-1	DREAM
20	17	Takafumi Otsuka	12-9-1	DREAM
21	18	Michael McDonald	13-1	UFC
22	19	Masakazu Imanari	24-9-2	DREAM
23	20	Hiroshi Nakamura	12-5-4	DEEP
24	21	Darren Uyenoyama	6-3	Shooto
25	22	Renan Barao	26-1, 1 NC	UFC

Bantamweight Fight Results – October 2011

Bring the Thunder MMA 2 (10/1/2011)

• Nick Mamalis (NR) d. Randy Villarreal (NR)

UFC Live – Cruz vs. Johnson (10/1/2011)

• Bantamweight Title: (c) Dominick Cruz (No. 1 BW) d. Demetrious Johnson (No. 7 BW)
• Mike Easton (NR) d. Byron Bloodworth (NR)
• Walel Watson (NR) d. Joseph Sandoval (NR)

Bellator 53 (10/8/2011)

• Catchweight (140 lbs.): Luis Nogueira (NR) d. Zak Laird (NR)

Deep – Club Deep Nagoya Kobudo Fight 3 (10/9/2011)

• Seiji Akao (NR) d. Tony Reyes (NR)
• Akira Kibe (NR) d. Hirotaka Himeno (NR)

Grabaka Live – First Cage Attack (10/15/2011)

• Tomoaki Ueyama (NR) d. Shigeyuki Uchiyama (NR)

Bellator 54 (10/15/2011)

• Zach Makovsky (No. 17 BW) d. Ryan Roberts (NR)
• Claudio Ledesma (NR) d. Brian Kelleher (NR)

Capital City Cage Wars 7 (10/15/2011)

• Wade Choate (NR) d. Justin Robbins (NR)

Chicago Cagefighting Championship 4 (10/15/2011)

• Rob Menigoz (NR) d. Chico Camus (NR)
• Carson Beebe (NR) d. Daniel Aguirre (NR)

Locked in the Cage 9 (10/21/2011)

• Bantamweight Title: Billy Vaughan (NR) d. Nick Cottone (NR)

Ringside MMA 12 (10/21/2011)

• Mitch Gagnon (NR) d. David Harris (NR)

Bellator 55 (10/22/2011)

• Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals: Alexis Vila (No. 8 BW, No. 8 FLW) d. Marcos Galvao (NR)
• Bantamweight Tournament Semifinals: Eduardo Dantas (NR) d. Ed West (NR)

CFFC 11 (10/22/2011)

• Alijamain Sterling (NR) d. Sean Santella (NR)

Jackson’s MMA 6 (10/22/2011)

• Matt Leyva (NR) d. Federico Lopez (NR)

Wreck MMA – Unfinished Business (10/28/2011)

• Nick Denis (NR) d. Nick Mamalis (NR)

Bellator 56 (10/29/2011)

• Aaron Ely (NR) d. Owen Evinger (NR)

DEEP Cage Impact – First Round (10/29/2011)

• Hiroshi Nakamura (No. 23 BW) d. Yoshiro Maeda (NR)

UFC 137 (10/29/2011)

• Scott Jorgensen (No. 4 BW) d. Jeff Curran (NR)