Diego Sanchez held onto the top spot in the Lightweight Buzz Rankings for the third consecutive month in November. Still boosted by his time on the Ultimate Fighter Season 1 reality show, Sanchez can claim wide mainstream fan appeal and appears poised to continue to draw viewers for his fights for the foreseeable future. BJ Penn was unchanged behind Sanchez in 2nd place. Several UFC fighters had big moves, with George Sotiropoulos, Caol Uno, Denis Siver, Roli Delgado, Ross Pearson, Andrew Winner, and Paul Kelly each moving up more than twenty spots in the rankings. Full Top 20 rankings are below.
Tapology’s Buzz Rankings measure fan interest in individual MMA fighters based on online searches and pageviews for information about each athlete. The rankings are not a measure of a fighter’s skill or competitive standing within their division, but rather how much activity or “buzz” surrounds them (positive or negative).
Top 20 Lightweight Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- October 2009 (#1 Rank: Diego Sanchez)
- September 2009 (#1 Rank: Diego Sanchez)
November 2009 Lightweight (155 lbs) Rankings
| November Rank |
Lightweight Fighter | October to November Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Sanchez | No Change |
| 2 | BJ Penn | No Change |
| 3 | George Sotiropoulos | Up 26 |
| 4 | Kenny Florian | Up 17 |
| 5 | Clay Guida | Up 6 |
| 6 | Efrain Escudero | Up 7 |
| 7 | Caol Uno | Up 35 |
| 8 | Roger Huerta | Up 9 |
| 9 | Sean Sherk | Down 2 |
| 10 | Denis Siver | Up 78 |
| 11 | Roli Delgado | Up 110 |
| 12 | Ross Pearson | Up 27 |
| 13 | Andre Winner | Up 110 |
| 14 | Paul Kelly | Up 59 |
| 15 | Joe Stevenson | Down 11 |
| 16 | Takanori Gomi | Up 2 |
| 17 | Junie Browning | Up 18 |
| 18 | Gray Maynard | Down 4 |
| 19 | Karen Darabedyan | Up 101 |
| 20 | Eddie Alvarez | Down 10 |
Dropped out of Top 20:
Tyson Griffin (#24), Shinya Aoki (#29), Spencer Fisher (#32), Nate Diaz (#36), Benson Henderson (#53), Josh Neer (#57), Donald Cerrone (#64), Joachim Hansen (#82), Gleison Tibau (#95), Katsunori Kikuno (#97)
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