EliteXC (October, 2008)

EliteXC – October 4

HVY – Andrei Arlovski [5] vs. Roy Nelson [22]

Nelson is a good, solid heavyweight who can hang on the feet or on the mat with most anyone. Arlovski isn’t most anyone. He should outclass Roy on the feet and prevent the fight from going to the ground. Depending on Roy’s chin, he will get KO’d in the 1st or 2nd round.

Result: The 1st round was a joke. Roy Nelson did what he needed to do and got the fight to the ground. He started working a kimura from side-mount and then seconds later, out of nowhere, the fight was inexplicably restarted on the feet. From there, Arlovski dominated. He is clearly the superior striker and he showed it with a devastating 2nd round KO. That referee should never have been assigned to a main card fight.  Arlovski stays at 5. Roy stays at 22.

HVY – Kimbo Slice [48] vs. Seth Pethruzelli

Result: Seth took the place of an injured Ken Shamrock at the last second. He usually fights at 205 lbs. and was preparing for a fight on the undercard. He won the fight in 14 seconds. Don’t get it twisted…THIS WAS NOT “the biggest upset in the history of the sport” as Maura Ranallo spun it. IT WASN’T EVEN AN UPSET!! Seth is the superior fighter. He would win this fight 9 out of 10 times. Again, EliteXC spins it for the unsuspecting casual fan. For what it’s worth, Kimbo is not to blame for his fiasco of a career. The suits at EliteXC are. Kimbo exits the rankings.

185 lbs. – Murilo Rua [21] vs. Benji Radach [72]

This is Benji’s chance to get his breakthrough victory. He has KO power and solid wrestling. Rua most likely will come out and put tons of pressure on him with varied strikes. All Benji has to do is land that one punch and the fight could be his. Rua doesn’t have the best of chins, so it’s not an impossibility. But it’s not likely either. I see Rua getting the muay thai clinch and ending the fight with knees in the 1st round.

Result: Benji gets his breakthrouh win with a powerful KO in the 2nd round. Ninja came in wildly and Benji just sat back and landed some hard right hands over and over. Ninja showed a better chin than he has in the past. He should have looked for the thai clinch more often, but he chose to throw hands. That was a bad idea and this was a good matchup for Benji. Rua drops to 26. Radach rises to 37.

170 lbs. Title – Jake Shields [6] vs. Paul Daley [48]

Paul Daley is one of the best strikers in MMA. Jake Shields is one of the sports best jiu-jitsu players. This is an old-school striker vs. grappler matchup. I think Shields win this very easily by 1st round submission. It would be a huge upset otherwise.

Reslut: The fight went just like I thought it would except it took 2 rounds instead of 1. I was impressed by Daley’s takedown defense. I was very unimpressed by Jake’s standup. If he wants to be the best in the world, he’s going to have to improve his striking drastically. If Daley could keep him of the feet, then guys like GSP and Jon Fitch would be able to also. Shields stays at 6. Daley rises to 44.

155 lbs. – Edson Berto [77] vs. Connor Heun

Reslut: Heun 2nd round TKO over Berto. Heun debuts at 75. Berto drops to 79.

HVY Rankings (October, 2008)

 

1	Fedor Emelianenko	28~1	Stary Oskol, Russia
2	Rodrigo Nogueira	31~4~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	UFC Interim Champion
3	Randy Couture	16~8	Las Vegas, NV	UFC Champion
4	Josh Barnett	23~5	Seattle, WA
5	Andrei Arlovski	14~5	Minsk, Belarus
6	Tim Sylvia	24~5	Davenport, IA
7	Gabriel Gonzaga	9~3	Ludlow, MA
8	Cheick Kongo	12~4~1	Paris, France
9	Alistair Overeem	28~11	Utrecht, Netherlands	Strikeforce Champion
10	Aleksander Emelianenko	13~3	St. Petersburg, Russia
11	Sergei Kharitonov	16~3	Moscow, Russia
12	Mirko Filipovic	23~6~2	Zagreb, Croatia
13	Antonio Silva	11~1	Brasilia, Brazil
14	Frank Mir	11~3	Las Vegas, NV
15	Brock Lesnar	2~1	Webster, SD
16	Fabricio Werdum	11~4~1	Porto Alegre, Brazil	ADCC Champion
17	Heath Herring	28~14	Las Vegas, NV
18	Cain Velasquez	4~0	San Jose, CA
19	Pedro Rizzo	16~8	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20	Jeff Monson	24~8	Olympia, WA
21	Ben Rothwell	29~6	Davenport, IA
22	Roy Nelson	13~3	Las Vegas, NV
23	Paul Buentello	24~10	Amarillo, TX
24	Junior dos Santos	7~1	Bahia, Brazil
25	Marcio Cruz	4~2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26	Dave Herman	12~0	Bloomington, IN
27	Ricco Rodriguez	32~9	Phoenix, AZ
28	Jake O’Brien	10~2	Indianapolis, IN
29	Mark Hunt	5~4	New Zealand
30	Justin McCully	8~4~2	Huntington Beach, CA
31	Yoshihiro Nakao	7~1	Japan
32	Antoni Hardonk	7~4	Weesp, Netherlands
33	Eddie Sanchez	8~2	Temecula, CA
34	Roger Gracie	2~0	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
35	Michael Russow	10~1	Chicago, IL
36	Mo Lawal	1~0
37	Travis Wiuff	53~12	Rochester, MN
38	Shane Carwin	10~0	Denver, CO
39	Brett Rogers	7~0	Minneapolis, MN
40	Hidehiko Yoshida	8~6~1	Obu, Japan
41	Semmy Schilt	25~14~1	Zuidlaren, Netherlands	K-1 Champion
42	Ron Waterman	15~6~2	Greeley, CO
43	Kazuyuki Fujita	15~7	Funabashi, Japan
44	Kevin Randleman	17~12	Columbus, OH
45	Mario Rinaldi	6~3	Port St. Lucie, FL
46	Todd Duffee	3~0	Coconut Creek, FL
47	Sang Soo Lee	9~4	South Korea
48	Assuerio Silva	14~7	Parana, Brazil

205 Rankings (October, 2008)

 

1	Forrest Griffin	16~4	Athens, GA	UFC Champion
2	Quinton Jackson	29~7	Irvine, CA
3	Lyoto Machida	13~0	Belem, Brazil
4	Rashad Evans	12~0~1	Albuquerque, NM
5	Chuck Liddell	21~6	San Luis Obispo, CA
6	Mauricio Rua	16~3	Curitiba, Brazil
7	Wanderlei Silva	32~8~1	Las Vegas, NV
8	Keith Jardine	14~4~1	Albuquerque, NM
9	Thiago Silva	13~0	Sao Paulo, Brazil
10	Luis Cane	9~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11	Dan Henderson	23~7	Temecula, CA
12	Sokoudjou	5~3	Temecula, CA
13	Rogerio Nogueira	14~3	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14	Anderson Silva	22~4	Curitiba, Brazil
15	Renato Sobral	30~7	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16	Tito Ortiz	15~6~1	Huntington Beach, CA
17	Stephan Bonnar	11~4	Chicago, IL
18	Goran Reljic	8~0	Zadar, Croatia
19	Rich Franklin	24~3	Cincinnatti, OH
20	Wilson Gouveia	11~5	Coconut Creek, FL
21	James Irvin	14~5	Sacramento, CA
22	Vladimir Matyushenko	21~3	Retchisa, Belarus
23	Matt Hamill	4~2	Utica, NY
24	Brandon Vera	9~3	San Diego, CA
25	Eric Schafer	10~3~2	Milwaukee, WI
26	Jason Lambert	23~9	Long Beach, CA
27	Mike Whitehead	20~6	Salt Lake City, UT
28	Tim Boetsch	8~2	Sunbury, PA
29	Houston Alexander	8~4	Omaha, NE
30	Kazuhiro Nakamura	12~8	Tokyo, Japan
31	Rafael Cavalcante	7~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
32	Steve Cantwell	6~1	Las Vegas, NV
33	Brian Stann	6~1	Scranton, PA
34	Doug Marshall	8~3	Visalia, CA
35	Glover TeixeIra	6~2	Arroyo Grande, CA
36	Jon Jones	6~0	Endicott, NY
37	Jason Brilz	16~1~1	Omaha, NE
38	Emanuel Newton	10~3~1
39	Reese Andy	7~2	Renton, WA
40	Andre Gusmao	5~1	Goiania, Brazil
41	David Heath	7~4	Tulsa, OK
42	Jamal Patterson	4~2	Hoboken, NJ

185 Rankings (October, 2008)

 

1	Anderson Silva	23~4	Curitiba, Brazil	UFC Champion
2	Paulo Filho	16~0	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WEC Champion
3	Dan Henderson	23~7	Tecmecula, CA
4	Rich Franklin	24~3	Cincinnatti, OH
5	Robbie Lawler	18~4	Granite City, IL
6	Thales Leites	14~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7	Nathan Marquardt	27~8~2	Denver, CO
8	Gegard Mousasi	24~2~1	Armenia	DREAM GP Champion
9	Kazuo Misaki	21~8~2	Chiba, Japan
10	Yoshihiro Akiyama	12~1	Osaka, Japan
11	Yushin Okami	22~4	Kanagawa, Japan
12	Frank Trigg	18~6	Rochester, NY
13	Ronaldo Souza	10~2	Manaus, Brazil
14	Michael Bisping	17~1	Manchester, England
15	Jason Miller	21~6	Las Vegas, NV
16	Demian Maia	8~0	Sao Paulo, Brazil	ADCC Champion
17	Patrick Cote	13~5	Quebec City, Canada
18	Matt Lindland	21~5	Eagle Creek, OR
19	Joey Villasenor	26~6	Albuqurque, NM
20	Denis Kang	31~10~1	Vancouver, Canada
21	Chael Sonnen	20~9~1	West Linn, OR
22	Jason MacDonald	21~10	Edmonton, Canada
23	Cung Le	6~0	San Jose, CA	Strikeforce Champion
24	Jorge Santiago	18~7	Coconut Creek, FL
25	Martin Kampmann	16~3	Las Vegas, NV
26	Murilo Rua	16~9~1	Curitiba, Brazil
27	Frank Shamrock	24~9~1	Santa Monica, CA
28	Ricardo Almeida	9~3	Hamilton, NJ
29	Trevor Prangley	18~5	Cape Town, South Africa
30	Amar Suloev	24~7	Kalinin City, Armenia
31	Travis Lutter	9~5	Fort Worth, TX
32	Kendall Grove	9~5	Maui, HI
33	Vitor Belfort	17~8	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
34	Dean Lister	11~5	San Diego, CA
35	Jeremy Horn	79~18~5	Salt Lake City, UT
36	Benji Radach	18~4	Castlerock, WA
37	Chris Leben	18~5	Oahu, HI
38	Melvin Manhoef	22~5~1	Amsterdam, Netherlands
39	Scott Smith	13~5	Elk Grove, CA
40	Rousimar Palhares	8~2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
41	Alan Belcher	13~5	Biloxi, MS
42	Mike Massenzio	11~2	Paterson, NJ
43	Terry Martin	18~5	Chicago, IL
44	Ed Herman	14~7	Portland, OR
45	Marvin Eastman	15~9~1	Las Vegas, NV
46	Jorge Rivera	15~7	Milford, MA
47	Jason Day	17~6	Lethbridge, Canada
48	David Loiseau	18~8	Montreal, Canada
49	Wilson Gouveia	11~5	Coconut Creek, FL
50	Dan Miller	10~1	Whippany, NJ
51	Joe Doerksen	39~12	Winnipeg, Canada
52	Sanae Kikuta	27~6~3	Tokyo, Japan
53	Falaniko Vitale	26~9	Honolulu, HI
54	Nate Quarry	10~2	Gresham, OR
55	Ryo Kawamura	9~3	Japan	Pancrase Champion
56	Drew McFedries	7~5	Bettendorf, IA
57	Cory DeVela	9~2	Bonney Lake, WA
58	Yuki Sasaki	21~14~1	Japan
59	Joe Riggs	28~11	Pheonix, AZ
60	Ryan Jensen	13~5	Omaha, NE
61	Yuki Kondo	49~23~6	Niigata, Japan
62	Kazushi Sakuraba	24~11~1	Katagami, Japan
63	Keiichiro Yamamiya	34~23~9	Kanagawa, Japan
64	Zelg Galesic	9~4	Pula, Croatia
65	Taiei Kin	3~3	Amagasaki, Japan
66	Andrews Nakahara	1~1	Brazil
67	Matt Horwich	22~11~1	Gresham, OR
68	Dong Sik Yoon	4~6	Seoul, South Korea
69	Kiyoshi Tamura	32~13~2	Okayama, Japan
70	Ivan Salaverry	12~6	Seattle, WA
71	Tim Kennedy	9~2	San Luis Obispo, CA
72	Ryan McGivern	12~6	Bettendorf, IA
73	Amir Sadolloh	1~0	Richmond, VA
74	Fabio Negao	8~4	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
75	Kala Hose	7~2	Waianae, Hawaii	Icon Sport Champion
76	Pete Sell	7~4	Westbury, NY
77	Alessio Sakara	13~7	Miami, FL
78	Kazuhiro Nakamura	12~8	Tokyo, Japan
79	Rob Kimmons	21~4	Liberty, MO
80	Nissen Osterneck	5~0	Myrtle Beach, SC
81	Bryan Baker	7~1	Victorville, CA
82	Kalib Starnes	8~3~1	Surrey, Canada

170 Rankings (October, 2008)

 

1	Georges St-Pierre	17~2	Montreal, Canada	UFC Champion
2	Thiago Alves	16~3	Coconut Creek, FL
3	Jon Fitch	17~3	San Jose, CA
4	Josh Koscheck	11~3	Fresno, CA
5	Diego Sanchez	19~2	San Diego, CA
6	Jake Shields	22~4~1	San Jose, CA
7	Matt Hughes	42~7	Hillsboro, IL
8	Karo Parisyan	18~5	North Hollywood, CA
9	Matt Serra	9~5	Long Island, NY
10	Carlos Condit	23~4	Alburqurque, NM	WEC Champion
11	Mike Swick	12~2	San Jose, CA
12	Dustin Hazelett	11~4	Cincinnati, OH
13	Chris Lytle	26~16~5	Indianapolis, IN
14	Marcus Davis	15~4	Bangor, ME
15	Nick Thompson	36~10~1	Minneapolis, MN	MFC Champion
16	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	10~2	Tokyo, Japan
17	Kevin Burns	7~1	Des Moines, IA
18	Anthony Johnson	5~2	Los Angeles, CA
19	Brad Blackburn	13~9~1	Olympia, WA
20	Ryo Chonan	15~8	Yamagata, Japan
21	Jay Hieron	16~4	Long Island, NY
22	Dan Hardy	20~6	Nottingham, England
23	Pete Sell	8~4	Westbury, NY
24	Akihiro Gono	28~13~7	Saitama, Japan
25	Hector Lombard	17~2~1	Sydney, Australia
26	Josh Burkman	18~8	Salt Lake City, UT
27	Roan Carneiro	12~8	Atlanta, GA
28	Drew Fickett	34~6	Tuscan, AZ
29	Jonathan Goulet	22~9	Victoriaville, Canada
30	Brock Larson	23~2	Costa Mesa, CA
31	Chris Wilson	14~4	Portland, OR
32	Nathan Coy	5~0		Sportfight Champion
33	Mike Pierce	5~1
34	Delson Heleno	13~5	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
35	Luigi Fioravanti	12~4	Orlando, FL
36	David Baron	16~3	Paris, France
37	Hayato Sakurai	33~8~2	Tokyo, Japan
38	Antonio McKee	21~3~2	Lakewood, CA
39	Akira Kikuchi	16~4	Tokyo, Japan
40	Mark Miller	8~4	Chicago, IL
41	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	12~5	Tokyo, Japan
42	Tony DeSouza	10~4	Lima, Peru
43	Tamdan McCrory	9~1	Cortland, NY
44	Paul Kelly	7~1	Liverpool, England
45	Paul Taylor	9~4~1	Walsall, England
46	Paul Daley	18~7~2	Nottingham, England	Cage Rage Champion
47	John Alessio	24~11	Vancouver, Canada
48	Daniel Acacio	14~6	Brazil
49	Forrest Petz	14~6	Cleveland, OH
50	George Sotiropoulos	9~2	Long Island, NY
51	Alex Serdyukov	8~4	Moscow, Russia
52	Luis Santos	30~4	Belem, Brazil
53	Rory Markham	16~4	Bettendorf, IA
54	Pat Healy	19~13	St. Louis, MS	Maximum FC Champion
55	TJ Grant	12~2	Dartmouth, Canada
56	Hiromitsu Miura	9~5	Tokyo, Japan
57	Richard Villes	4~3
58	Dong Hyun Kim	11~0~1	Busan, South Korea
59	Carlo Prater	23~6~1	Houston, TX
60	Ryan Ford	8~1	Edmonton, Canada
61	Renato Verissimo	7~5	Hilo, HI
62	Dennis Hallman	40~12~2	Yelm, WA
63	Jeremy Jackson	9~5	Port Hueneme, CA
64	Luke Cummo	6~6	Long Island, NY
65	Tom Speer	10~3	Elgin, MN

155 Rankings (October, 2008)

 

1	B.J. Penn	13~4~1	Hilo, HI	UFC Champion
2	Eddie Alvarez	15~1	Philadelphia, PA
3	Joachim Hansen	19~7~1	Oslo, Norway	DREAM GP Champion
4	Shinya Aoki	18~3	Japan
5	Sean Sherk	33~3~1	Oak Grove, MN
6	Takanori Gomi	27~3	Tokyo, Japan
7	Gesias Calvancanti	14~2~1	Coconut Creek, FL
8	Kenny Florian	10~3	Boston, MA
9	Josh Thomson	16~2	San Jose, CA	Strikeforce Champion
10	Joe Stevenson	29~8	Victoriaville, CA
11	Gray Maynard	6~0	Las Vegas, NV
12	Tatsuya Kawajiri	22~5~2	Inashiki, Japan
13	Caol Uno	25~11~4	Kanagawa, Japan
14	Frank Edgar	9~1	Tom Rivers, NJ
15	Mitsuhiro Ishida	17~4~1	Tsukuba, Japan
16	Vitor Ribeiro	19~2	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
17	Gilbert Melendez	14~2	San Francisco, CA
18	KJ Noons	7~2	San Diego, CA
19	Hermes Franca	19~7	Jupiter, FL
20	Tyson Griffin	12~2	Las Vegas, NV
21	Nick Diaz	18~7	Stockton, CA
22	Roger Huerta	20~2~1	Minneapolis, MN
23	Spencer Fisher	22~4	Bettendorf, IA
24	Clay Guida	24~9	Johnsburg, IL
25	Nate Diaz	10~2	Stockton, CA
26	Josh Neer	24~7~1	Bettendorf, IA
27	Din Thomas	20~8	Port St. Lucie, CA
28	Takashi Nakakura	10~2~1	Japan	Shooto Champion
29	Yusuke Endo	12~2~1	Japan
30	Eiji Mitsuoka	14~5~2	Japan
31	Rich Clementi	32~13~1	Sidell, LA
32	Matt Wiman	10~3	Dallas, TX
33	Marcus Aurelio	16~7	Coconut Creek, FL
34	Joe Lauzon	17~4	Bridgewater, MA
35	Yves Edwards	34~14~1	Woodlands, TX
36	Terry Etim	11~2	Liverpool, England
37	Kurt Pellegrino	12~4	Jupiter, FL
38	Jorge Masvidal	14~3	Miami, FL
39	Sam Stout	13~5~1	London, Canada
40	Hayato Sakurai	33~8~2	Tokyo, Japan
41	Andre Amade	6~3~1	Brazil
42	Rodrigo Damm	8~2	Brazil
43	Thiago Tavares	13~3	Florianopolis, Brazil
44	Koutetsu Boku	13~5~1	Japan
45	Gleison Tibau	15~6	Coconut Creek, FL
46	Jamie Varner	15~2	Mesa, AZ	WEC Champion
47	Mac Danzig	18~5~1	Los Angeles, CA
48	Jim Miller	12~1	Whippany, NJ
49	Ganjo Tentsuku	9~3~2	Japan
50	Mizuto Hirota	10~2	Japan
51	Luiz Firmino	12~4	Brazil
52	Rob McCullough	16~4	Huntington Beach, CA
53	Rob Emerson	8~6	Irvine, CA
54	Chris Horodecki	10~1	London, Canada
55	Ronnys Torres	14~1	Brazil
56	Ryan Schultz	20~11~1	Gresham, OR
57	Luiz Azeredo	12~7	Brazil
58	Deividas Taurosevicius	9~3	Lithuania
59	Bart Palaszewski	29~11	Crystal Lakes, IL
60	Manny Gamburyan	8~3	Hollywood, CA
61	Jeremy Stephens	13~3	Des Moines, IA
62	Cole Miller	13~3	Coconut Creek, FL
63	Melvin Guillard	21~7~2	New Orleans, LA
64	Matt Grice	9~1	Harrah, OK
65	Jason Black	23~4~1	Bettendorf, IA
66	Rich Crunkilton	16~2	New Smyrna Beach, FL
67	John Gunderson	16~6	Medford, OR
68	Marcus Hicks	8~1	Dallas, TX
69	Mark Bocek	5~2	Woodbridge, Canada
70	Donald Cerrone	8~0	Brownfield, CO
71	Yoshihiro Koyama	11~2~1	Japan
72	Alberto Crane	10~3	Glendale, CA
73	Seung Hwan Bang	5~2	South Korea	DEEP Champion
74	David Bielkheden	13~6	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
75	Kyle Bradley	13~6
76	Conor Heun	8~2
77	Muhsin Corbbrey	8~3~0
78	Sergio Gomez	8~2	Racine, WI
79	Per Eklund	14~3~1	Stockholm, Sweden
80	Nick Janowitz	3~0
81	Simon Marini	6~1	Hamilton, Canada
82	Jess Liaudin	12~11	London, England
83	Charles Bennett	21~14~2	Ocala, FL
84	Edson Berto	14~6~1	Orlando, FL

145 Rankings (October, 2008)

1	Urijah Faber	21~1	Davis, CA	WEC Champion
2	Dokonjonsuke Mishima	18~6~2	Osaka, Japan	DEEP Champion
3	Jens Pulver	22~9~1	Bettendorf, IA
4	Kid Yamamoto	17~1	Tokyo, Japan
5	Hideki Kadowaki	13~7~2	Chiba, Japan	Shooto Champion
6	Masakazu Imanari	15~6~1	Kanagawa, Japan	Cage Rage Champion
7	Akitoshi Tamura	12~6~2	Japan
8	Mike Brown	17~4	Portland, ME
9	Jeff Curran	30~10~1	Island Lake, IL
10	Rafael Assuncao	11~1	Smyrna, GA
11	Leonard Garcia	11~3	Lubbock, TX
12	Wagnney Fabiano	10~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13	Hiroyuki Takaya	9~5~1	Japan
14	Yuji Hoshino	15~7~7	Tokyo, Japan
15	Antonio Carvalho	10~4	Toronto, Canada
16	Hatsu Hioki	15~3~1	Nagoya, Japan	TKO Champion
17	Bao Quach	15~8~1	Irvine, CA
18	Akiyo Nishiura	9~2~1	Japan
19	Takeshi Inoue	14~3	Japan
20	Jose Aldo	10~1	Brazil
21	Josh Grispi	9~1	Boston, MA
22	Mark Hominick	16~8	London, Canada
23	Savant Young	9~8	Los Angeles, CA
24	Pequeno Nogueira	13~5~2	Brazil
25	Rani Yahya	11~4	Brasilia, Brazil	ADCC Champion
26	Cub Swanson	12~2	Palm Springs, CA
27	Hiroshi Nakamura	5~3~3	Japan
28	Rumina Sato	24~12~2	Tokyo, Japan
29	Marlon Sandro	11~0	Brazil
30	Shintaro Ishiwatari	6~1~2	Japan
31	Wilson Reis	6~0	Philadelphia, PA	EliteXC Champion
32	Tenkei Fujimiya	7~4~2	Japan
33	Micah Miller	9~2	Athens, GA
34	Fredson Paixao	8~2	Brazil

135 Rankings (October, 2008)

1	Miguel Torres	34~1	East Chicago, IN	WEC Champion
2	Masakatsu Ueda	8~0~2	Japan	Shooto Champion
3	Yoshiro Maeda	23~5~2	Japan	Pancrase Champion
4	Koetsu Okazaki	5~1~1	Japan
5	Brian Bowles	6~0	Athens, GA
6	Atsushi Yamamoto	12~5~1	Japan
7	Marcos Galvao	6~2~1	Brazil
8	Will Ribeiro	9~1	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9	Takeya Mizugaki	10~2~2	Japan
10	Chase Beebe	11~3	Chicago, IL
11	Eddie Wineland	12~5~1	Portage, IN
12	Daniel Lima	8~3~2	Queensland, Austraila
13	Matt Fiordirosa	11~1	Illinois
14	Rani Yahya	11~4	Brasilia, Brazil	ADCC Champion
15	Damacio Page	10~4	Albuquerque, NM
16	Manny Tapia	11~0~1	California
17	Scott Jorgensen	5~2	Boise, ID
18	Chris Manuel	6~0~2	Coconut Creek, FL
19	Kenji Osawa	13~8~2	Tokyo, Japan
20	Dominic Cruz	11~1	Tucson, AZ
21	Masahiro Oishi	19~9~7	Tokyo, Japan
22	Abel Cullum	11~2	Tucumcari, NM
23	Jarrod Card	6~3~1
24	Charlie Valencia	9~5	Los Angeles, CA
25	Jeff Bedard	9~2	Duluth, GA

MMA Schedule (February, 2009)

UFC Fight Night 17 - February 7

HVY

Cain Velasquez [19] vs. Denis Stojnic

185

Dan Miller [47] vs. Jake Rosholt [78]

Derek Downey vs. Nick Catone

170

Anthony Johnson [15] vs. Luigi Fioravanti [26]

Steve Bruno [69] vs. Matt Riddle

155

Josh Neer [27] vs. Mac Danzig [49]

Joe Lauzon [37] vs. Jeremy Stephens [59]

Rich Clementi [32] vs. Gleison Tibau [48]

Kurt Pellegrino [41] vs. Rob Emerson [56]

Matt Grice [70] vs. Matt Veach

UFC 95 – February 21

HVY

Junior dos Santos [24] vs. Stefan Struve

Justin McCully [25] vs. Neil Grove

185

Nathan Marquardt [6] vs. Wilson Gouveia [22]

Demian Maia [12] vs. Chael Sonnen [18]

170

Josh Koscheck [4] vs. Paulo Thiago

Dan Hardy [22] vs. Rory Markham [53]

Paul Kelly [45] vs. Troy Mandoloniz

155

Diego Sanchez [NR] vs. Joe Stevenson [21]

Terry Etim [39] vs. Justin Buchholz

Shannon Gugerty vs. Jeff Lawson

MMA Schedule (January, 2009)

Sengoku 7 – January 4

HVY

Antonio Silva [14] vs. Yoshihiro Nakao [31]

Dave Herman [25] vs. Choi Mu Bae

Hidehiko Yoshida [40] vs. Sanae Kikuta

205

Muhammad Lawal [37] vs. Yukiya Naito

185

Kazuo Misaki [8] vs. Jorge Santiago [16]

155

Sergey Golyaev [16] vs. Eiji Mitsuoka [35]

Takanori Gomi [17] vs. Satoru Kitaoka [30]

UFC 93 – January 17

HVY

Mauricio Rua [NR] vs. Mark Coleman [NR]

Tom Egan vs. John Hathaway

205

Dan Henderson [7] vs. Rich Franklin [21]

Eric Shaefer [25] vs. Antonio Mendes

Thomas Drwal vs. Ivan Serati

185

Denis Kang [22] vs. Alan Belcher [41]

Jeremy Horn [35] vs. Rousimar Palhares [40]

170

Chris Lytle [13] vs. Marcus Davis [14]

Martin Kampmann [NR] vs. Alexander Barros

155

Nate Mohr vs. Dennis Siver

Affliction – January 24

HVY

Fedor Emelianenko [1] vs. Andrei Arlovski [5]

Josh Barnett [4] vs. Gilbert Yvel

Paul Buentello [23] vs. Kiril Sidellnikov

205

Rogerio Nogueira [12] vs. Vladimir Matyushenko [22]

Sokoudjou [13] vs. Renato Sobral [15]

185

Matt Lindland [20] vs. Vitor Belfort [31]

170

Jay Hieron [21] vs. Jason High

155

Chris Horodecki [53] vs. Dan Lauzon

145

Mark Hominick [23] vs. L.C. Davis

WEC 38 – January 25

170

Hiromitsu Miura [57] vs. Edgar Garcia

155

Jamie Varner [48] vs. Donald Cerrone [51]

145

Urijah Faber [2] vs. Jens Pulver [9]

Jose Aldo [18] vs. Fredson Paixao

135

Scott Jorgensen [17] vs. Frank Gomez

Charlie Valencia [25] vs. Seth Dikun

UFC 94- January 31

HVY

Jake O’Brien [28] vs. Christian Wellisch

205

Lyoto Machida [3] vs. Thiago Silva [11]

Stephan Bonnar [18] vs. Jon Jones [38]

170

Georges St. Pierre [1] vs. B.J. Penn [NR]

Jon Fitch [3] vs. Akihiro Gono [24]

Karo Parisyan [8] vs. Dong Hyun Kim [58]

Chris Wilson [26] vs. John Howard

Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer

155

Clay Guida [25] vs. Nate Diaz [26]

Thiago Tavares [45] vs. Manny Gamburyan [63]