Lightweight

Rankings as of March 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	18-2	Strikeforce
4	4	Shinya Aoki	26-5, 1 NC	DREAM
5	6	Eddie Alvarez	21-2	Bellator
6	7	Kenny Florian	13-5	UFC
7	8	Jim Miller	19-2	UFC
8	9	Tatsuya Kawajiri	27-6-2	DREAM
9	10	Anthony Pettis	13-1	UFC
10	5	George Sotiropoulos	14-3	UFC
11	11	Josh Thomson	18-4, 1 NC	Strikeforce
12	12	Melvin Guillard	27-8-2, 1 NC	UFC
13	13	Sean Sherk	36-4-1	UFC
14	14	Clay Guida	28-11	UFC
15	15	Kurt Pellegrino	16-5	UFC
16	NR	Dennis Siver	18-7	UFC
17	16	Evan Dunham	11-2	UFC
18	17	Ben Henderson	12-2	UFC
19	18	Takanori Gomi	32-7, 1 NC	UFC
20	19	Nik Lentz	20-3-2	UFC
21	20	Gesias Cavalcante	15-4-1, 1 NC	Strikeforce
22	21	Mac Danzig	20-8-1	UFC
23	22	Joe Stevenson	31-12	UFC
24	23	Satoru Kitaoka	27-10-9	Pancrase
25	24	Tyson Griffin	14-5	UFC

Lightweight Fight Results – March 2011

UFC Live – Sanchez vs. Kampmann (3/3/2011)

• Danny Castillo (NR) d. Joe Stevenson (No. 23 LW)
• Shane Roller (NR) d. Thiago Tavares (NR)

M-1 Challenge 23 (3/5/2011)

• Daniel Weichel (NR) d. Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (NR)
• Mairbek Taisumov (NR) d. Yuri Ivlev (NR)

Strikeforce – Feijao vs. Henderson (3/5/2011)

• Jorge Masvidal (NR) d. Billy Evangelista (NR)
• Jorge Gurgel (NR) d. Billy Vaughan (NR)

Bellator 36 (3/12/2011)

• Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Patricky Freire (NR) d. Rob McCullough (NR)
• Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Lloyd Woodard (NR) d. Carey Vanier (NR)
• Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Michael Chandler (NR) d. Marcin Held (NR)
• Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Toby Imada (NR) d. Josh Shockley (NR)

Fight Festival 30 (3/12/2011)

• Vener Galiev (NR) d. Ryan Healy (NR)
• Juha-Pekka Vainkainen (NR) d. Ryan Bixler (NR)

Respect in the Cage (3/12/2011)

• Joe Camacho (NR) d. Victor Valenzuela (NR)

Bellator 37 (3/19/2011)

• Jeremy Spoon (NR) d. Jerrod Sanders (NR)
• Brandon Shelton (NR) d. Adam Snook (NR)

KSW 15 (3/19/2011)

• Niko Puhakka (NR) d. Maciej Gorski (NR)

UFC 128 (3/19/2011)

• Jim Miller (No. 7 LW) d. Kamal Shalorus (NR)
• Edson Barboza (NR) d. Anthony Njokuani (NR)
• Gleison Tibau (NR) d. Kurt Pellegrino (No. 15 LW)

M-1 Challenge 24 (3/25/2011)

• Lightweight Title: Jose Figueroa (NR) d. (c) Artiom Damkovsky (NR)
• Alexander Sarnavskiy (NR) d. Beau Baker (NR)

Titan Fighting Championships 17 (3/25/2011)

• Catchweight (150 lbs.): Eric Marriott (NR) d. William Da Souza (NR)
• James Krause (NR) d. Nathan Schut (NR)

Battlefield Fight League 7 (3/26/2011)

• Marcus Aurelio (NR) d. Ken Tran (NR)

Bellator 38 (3/26/2011)

• Catchweight (150 lbs.): Jake Underwood (0-0) d. Tim Galluzzi (2-0)

UFC Fight Night – Nogueira vs. Davis (3/26/2011)

• Nik Lentz (No. 19 LW) d. Waylon Lowe (NR)

Recife Fighting Championship 4 (3/31/2011)

• Rafaello Oliveira (NR) vs. Ryan Bixler (NR)