Bantamweight

Rankings as of September 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	8	Miguel Torres	39-4	UFC
9	9	Takeya Mizugaki	14-6-2	UFC
10	10	Wagnney Fabiano	14-3	Freelance
11	11	Masakatsu Ueda	13-1-2	Shooto
12	12	Eddie Wineland	18-8-1	UFC
13	13	Damacio Page	15-6	UFC
14	14	Zach Makovsky	13-2	Bellator
15	15	Hideo Tokoro	30-23-1	DREAM
16	16	Antonio Banuelos	18-7	UFC
17	17	Takafumi Otsuka	12-8-1	DEEP
18	18	Michael McDonald	13-1	UFC
19	19	Masakazu Imanari	23-9-2	DREAM
20	20	Hiroshi Nakamura	12-5-4	DEEP
21	21	Darren Uyenoyama	6-3	Shooto
22	22	Renan Barao	26-1, 1 NC	UFC
23	24	Jimmie Rivera	8-1	KOTC
24	25	Koetsu Okazaki	8-1-1	Shooto
25	NR	Raphael Assuncao	17-4	UFC

Bantamweight Fight Results – September 2011

DEEP – Osaka Impact (9/4/2011)

• Seiji Akao (NR) d. Yusaku Nakamura (NR)

Pancrase Impressive Tour 9 (9/4/2011)

• Tashiro Nishiuchi (NR) draws Masahiro Oishi (NR)

Fresquez Productions – Clash In The Cage (9/9/2011)

• Travis Marx (NR) d. Mikey Lovato (NR)

King of the Cage – Rising Sun (9/10/2011)

• Gerald Lovato (NR) d. Jeremiah Castillo (NR)

Shark Fights 19 (9/10/2011)

• Brian Davidson (NR) d. Vincent Eazelle (NR)
• Catchweight (141 lbs.): Owen Evinger (NR) d. Chad Vandeberg (NR)

King of the Cage – First Defense (9/15/2011)

• 135 lbs. Title: (c) Jared Papazian (NR) d. Marvin Garcia (NR)

Legacy Fighting Championship 8 (9/16/2011)

• Steven Peterson (NR) d. Steve Garcia (NR)

Bellator 50 (9/17/2011)

• Catchweight (140 lbs.): Shah Bobonis (NR) d. Marcos da Matta (NR)

UFC Fight Night – Shields vs. Ellenberger (9/17/2011)

• Ken Stone (NR) d. Donny Walker (NR)

Shooto – Shootor’s Legacy 4 (9/23/2011)

• Kyoji Horiguchi (NR) d. Naohiro Mizuno (NR)

Titan Fighting Championship 20 (9/23/2011)

• Anthony Gutierrez (NR) d. Shane Hutchinson (NR)

DREAM 17 (9/24/2011)

• Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Antonio Banuelos (No. 16 BW) d. Hideo Tokoro (No. 15 BW)
• Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Masakazu Imanari (No. 19 BW) d. Abel Cullum (NR)
• Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Bibiano Fernandes (No. 12 FEW) d. Takafumi Otsuka (No. 17 BW)
• Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Rodolfo Marques (NR) d. Yusup Saadulaev (NR)

Bellator 51 (9/24/2011)

• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Alexis Vila (No. 8 FLW) d. Joe Warren (No. 8 FEW)
• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Eduardo Dantas (NR) d. Wilson Reis (No. 25 FEW)
• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Ed West (NR) d. Luiz Alberto Nogueira (NR)
• Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Marcos Galvao (NR) d. Chase Beebe (NR)
• Jessie Riggleman (No. 19 FLW) d. Farkhad Sharipov (NR)

UFC 135 (9/24/2011)

• Takeya Mizugai (No. 9 BW) d. Cole Escovedo (NR)