i still think bowles is ahead of mcdonald,bowles took torres out when torres was at his peak did he not ? Should Frankie Edgar retire before it's too late. His fight with Shamhalaev was surprisingly one-sided, but the move down to 135 lbs. * These rankings are not official, nor do they reflect any affiliation with, sponsorship, or endorsement by the UFC. These tables were last updated in August 2020. At UFC 238, Henry Cejudo defeated T.J. Dillashaw to win the Bantamweight Championship. Heavyweight (265) – Light Heavyweight (205) – Middleweight (185) – Welterweight (170) – Lightweight (155) – Featherweight (145) – Bantamweight (135) – Flyweight (125), Women’s Divisions I was not a big believer in McDonald until that win. Prior to UFC-WEC merger, Dominick Cruz was the WEC Bantamweight Champion. At UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz, Dominick Cruz became the first-ever two-time Bantamweight Champion. Otherwise, we’d basically just go on Sherdog’s Fight Finder and go strictly off wins and losses, which wouldn’t be very accurate. The current UFC Bantamweight Champion is Petr Yan. List of current MMA Bantamweight Champions, List of current MMA Women's Bantamweight Champions, "Nevada Revised Statutes: `er 467 - Unarmed Combat", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bantamweight_(MMA)&oldid=974824069, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The UFC's bantamweight division, which groups competitors within 126–135 lb (61.3 kg), This page was last edited on 25 August 2020, at 06:44. The rankings generated by the UFC can be found. why is Miguel Torres above  With a couple of wins though he should be able to make some noise at bantamweight. Will Cory Sandhagen welcome T.J. Dillashaw back to the UFC? Hugo Vianna will be the future champion. Will you be putting them in the featherweight rankings? Since Bollinger participated in a Bellator tournament he is no longer eligible to be ranked in the “Prospects” section. Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. McDonald’s win over Miguel Torres gave him just the boost to move up the rankings. and has only lost to cruz and faber since. I feel that Pickett deserves to be ranked above Wineland at this point, thus creating the current hierarchy of Pickett. At WEC 53, Cruz defeated Scott Jorgensen to retain the WEC Bantamweight Championship and was simultaneously awarded the inaugural UFC Bantamweight Championship. should be a good career move for him. Rankings were generated by a voting panel made up of media members. Bowles just needs to stay healthy and he should be right back in the title picture. and jorgensen above pickett? Men’s Divisions going back to his WEC victory. unless your ranking them on who’s closer to getting a title shot? Aljamain Sterling says Dana White did him dirty "every single time", UFC Fight Island 5 medical suspensions: Cory Sandhagen possibly sidelined for six months. Bollinger is a solid fighter. Did the Henry Cejudo loss derail Marlon Moraes' career? In MMA, the Bantamweight Division is within 126-135 lbs (57.2-61.2 kg). Meanwhile, McDonald is undefeated with a finish win over Torres. RankingMMA has been publishing UFC rankings since 2006. The bantamweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission[2] and the Association of Boxing Commissions[3] is 135 lb (61.36 kg). I had him in my Top 25 prospects prior to him signing with Bellator. The media members were asked to vote for who they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight-class and pound-for-pound. The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts refers to a number of different weight classes: The bantamweight division sits between the lighter flyweight (116–125 lb) division and the heavier featherweight division (136–145 lb). Therefore, Torres won’t drop in the rankings based on questionable judging. We rely heavily on play-by-play details of events and the fighter’s actual performance to determine how a fighter will be ranked following an event, rather than being swayed by judges’ decisions. Bowles is still an elite bantamweight, but his recent loss to Urijah Faber was one-sided.

The Bantamweight Division sits between the Flyweight Division (116-125 lbs) and the Featherweight Division. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Frankie Saenz, Jonathan Martinez, Chris Gutierrez & Cody Durden need to be updated after their fights on 8/1/20. Cody BamBam Bollinger 14-3 made his debut at 135s march 24th He has a win over cameron Dollar at 155s ,Top Prospect for TUF 18 should be in the mix. Why UFC should book Germaine de Randamie vs. Amanda Nunes trilogy, Sean O'Malley addresses Cody Garbrandt's withdrawal from UFC Flyweight Title fight, Cody Garbrandt withdraws from UFC 255 title fight, Sean O'Malley taps out and takes another loss, "He ran away." Women’s Featherweight (145) – Women’s Bantamweight (135) – Women’s Flyweight (125) –  Women’s Strawweight (115). Though similar scenarios, the Johnson/Torres fight was much tighter and Torres was the one who was looking for the finish, and also delivered some punishment from the times he was on the bottom.

Bowles, Jorgensen, and Pickett are all stuck in a slump against high-level competition.

Aljamain Sterling tells Petr Yan he is looking forward to choking him unconscious at UFC 256. Would you rank #7 Johnson above #5 Torres and #6 Pickett(who Johnson lost to)? Just like Evan Dunham’s loss to Sean Sherk, Tyson Griffin’s loss to Nik Lentz, Paul Taylor’s loss to Sam Stout, and countless other fights that have been judged to an unfavorable result. Ricardo Ramos vs Eduardo Garagorri and Douglas Silva de Andrade vs Renan Barao were fought at featherweight. Bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes spoke with reporters at the UFC Fight Island 5 media day ahead of his main event bout with Cory Sandhagen.