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The Greatest Featherweight MMA Fights of All Time

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The greatest featherweight fights of all time.

There have been more great barnburners at 145lbs. in the last three years, than perhaps in any other division. The consensus rankings distill the best of all time based on our member rankings. Create YOUR own ranking today.

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  1. 1

    Jose Aldo vs. Urijah Faber mmaweekly.com
    Aldo vs. Faber
    Jose Aldo | Decision
    2010 | WEC 48
  2. 2

    Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung I mmaweekly.com
    Garcia vs. Jung I
    Leonard Garcia | Decision
    2010 | WEC 48
  3. 3

    Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver I mmaweekly.com
    Faber vs. Pulver I
    Urijah Faber | Decision
    2008 | WEC 34
  4. 4

    Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick mmaweekly.com
    Aldo vs. Hominick
    Jose Aldo | Decision
    2011 | UFC 129
  5. 5

    Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber I mmaweekly.com
    Brown vs. Faber I
    Mike Brown | KO/TKO | Round 1
    2008 | WEC 36
  6. 6

    Jose Aldo vs. Mike Brown mmaweekly.com
    Aldo vs. Brown
    Jose Aldo | KO/TKO | Round 2
    2009 | WEC 44
  7. 7

    Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan mmaweekly.com
    Garcia vs. Phan
    Leonard Garcia | Decision
    2010 | The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale
  8. 8

    Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber II mmaweekly.com
    Brown vs. Faber II
    Mike Brown | Decision
    2009 | WEC 41
  9. 9

    Mark Hominick vs. Yves Jabouin mmaweekly.com
    Hominick vs. Jabouin
    Mark Hominick | KO/TKO | Round 2
    2010 | WEC 49
  10. 10

    Jose Aldo vs. Cub Swanson mmaweekly.com
    Aldo vs. Swanson
    Jose Aldo | KO/TKO | Round 1
    2009 | WEC 41

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  1. Chan Sung Jung vs. Leonard Garcia II | 2011 - UFC Fight Night 24
  2. Nam Phan vs. Leonard Garcia II | 2011 - UFC 136
  3. Josh Grispi vs. Mark Hominick | 2008 - WEC 32
  4. Joe Warren vs. Patricio Freire | 2010 - Bellator 23
  5. Hatsu Hioki vs. Marlon Sandro | 2010 - Sengoku
  6. Joe Warren vs. Joe Soto | 2010 - Bellator 27
  7. Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz | 2007 - WEC 26
  8. Mackens Semerzier vs. Wagnney Fabiano | 2009 - WEC 43
  9. Diego Brandao vs. Dennis Bermudez | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
  10. Jose Aldo vs. Jonathan Brookins | 2008 - WEC 36

  11. Mark Hominick vs. Leonard Garcia | 2010 - WEC 51
  12. Cub Swanson vs. Mackens Semerzier | 2010 - WEC 52
  13. Jose Aldo vs. Manvel Gamburyan | 2010 - WEC 51
  14. Urijah Faber vs. Raphael Assuncao | 2010 - WEC 46
  15. Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson | 2007 - WEC 31
  16. Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran | 2007 - WEC 31
  17. Dustin Poirier vs. Josh Grispi | 2011 - UFC 125
  18. Josh Grispi vs. Micah Miller | 2008 - WEC 35
  19. Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes | 2012 - UFC 142
  20. Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 3

  21. Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian | 2011 - UFC 136
  22. Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia | 2009 - WEC 39
  23. Bibiano Fernandes vs. Joe Warren | 2009 - Dream 11
  24. Chan Sung Jung vs. Mark Hominick | 2011 - UFC 140
  25. Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa | 2011 - UFC 126
  26. Manvel Gamburyan vs. Mike Brown | 2010 - WEC 48
  27. Pat Curran vs. Marlon Sandro | 2011 - Bellator 48
  28. Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Istvan Majoros | 2006 - Fields Dynamite!! 2006
  29. Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver II | 2009 - WEC 38
  30. Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes | 2011 - UFC 131

  31. Diego Nunes vs. Mike Brown | 2011 - UFC 125
  32. Bibiano Fernandes vs. Joachim Hansen | 2010 - Dream 13
  33. Joe Warren vs. Norifumi Yamamoto | 2009 - Dream 9
  34. Mark Hominick vs. George Roop | 2011 - UFC Fight Night 23
  35. Leonard Garcia vs. Jens Pulver | 2008 - WEC 36
  36. Urijah Faber vs. Chance Farrar | 2007 - WEC 28
  37. Atsushi Yamamoto vs. Hideo Tokoro | 2008 - Dream 6
  38. Chad Mendes vs. Anthony Morrison | 2010 - WEC 48
  39. Cub Swanson vs. Micah Miller | 2007 - WEC 28
  40. Pat Curran vs. Joe Warren | 2012 - Bellator 60

  41. Jose Aldo vs. Chris Mickle | 2009 - WEC 39
  42. Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otsuka I | 2009 - Dream 7
  43. Joe Warren vs. Georgi Karakhanyan | 2010 - Bellator 18
  44. Masanori Kanehara vs. Chan Sung Jung | 2009 - Sengoku 8
  45. Jose Aldo vs. Rolando Perez | 2009 - WEC 38
  46. Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Daiki Hata | 2010 - Dream 15
  47. Hideo Tokoro vs. Abel Cullum | 2009 - Dream 9
  48. Mike Brown vs. Jeff Curran | 2008 - WEC 34
  49. Tyson Griffin vs. Manvel Gamburyan | 2011 - UFC on Versus 4
  50. Josh Grispi vs. Jens Pulver | 2009 - WEC 41

  51. Josh Grispi vs. L.C. Davis | 2010 - WEC 49
  52. George Roop vs. Chan Sung Jung | 2010 - WEC 51
  53. Dustin Poirier vs. Jason Young | 2011 - UFC 131
  54. Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin | 2011 - UFC 129
  55. Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway | 2012 - UFC 143
  56. Jimy Hettes vs. Alex Caceres | 2011 - UFC on Versus 5
  57. Jimy Hettes vs. Nam Phan | 2011 - UFC 141
  58. Marlon Sandro vs. Genair da Silva | 2011 - Bellator 46
  59. Bibiano Fernandes vs. Hiroyuki Takaya | 2009 - Dream 11
  60. Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Joachim Hansen | 2010 - Dream 14

  61. Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Straus | 2011 - Bellator 45
  62. Leonard Garcia vs. Hiroyuki Takaya | 2008 - WEC 32
  63. Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya | 2011 - UFC 133
  64. George Roop vs. Josh Grispi | 2011 - The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale
  65. Raphael Assuncao vs. Yves Jabouin | 2009 - WEC 43
  66. Patricio Freire vs. Wilson Reis II | 2011 - Bellator 41
  67. Javier Vazquez vs. Joe Stevenson | 2011 - UFC on Versus 4
  68. Eddie Yagin vs. Mark Hominick | 2012 - UFC 145
  69. Hatsu Hioki vs. Bart Palaszewski | 2012 - UFC 144
  70. Cub Swanson vs. George Roop | 2012 - UFC on FOX 2

  71. Ricardo Lamas vs. Cub Swanson | 2011 - UFC on FOX 1
  72. Dustin Poirier vs. Pablo Garza | 2011 - UFC on FOX 1
  73. George Roop vs. Leonard Garcia | 2010 - WEC 47
  74. Patricio Freire vs. Georgi Karakhanyan | 2011 - Bellator 37
  75. Steven Siler vs. Cole Miller | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
  76. Erik Koch vs. Raphael Assuncao | 2011 - UFC 128
  77. Yuri Alcantara vs. Michihiro Omigawa | 2012 - UFC 142
  78. Chad Mendes vs. Javier Vazquez | 2010 - WEC 52
  79. Mitch Gagnon vs. Réjean Groulx | 2011 - Ringside MMA 10
  80. Brett Portieous vs. Tommy Cote | 2011 - Ringside MMA 12

  81. Issei Tamura vs. Zhang Tie Quan | 2012 - UFC 144
  82. Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan | 2011 - UFC 133
  83. Tyler Toner vs. JR Sims | 2011 - ROF 41
  84. Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely | 2012 - UFC on FOX 2
  85. Bart Palaszewski vs. Tyson Griffin | 2011 - UFC 137
  86. Marlon Sandro vs. Alexandre Bezerra | 2012 - Bellator 64
  87. Rani Yahya vs. Mike Brown | 2011 - UFC Fight Night 23
  88. Alexandre Bezerra vs. Kenny Foster | 2012 - Bellator 60
  89. Dennis Siver vs. Diego Nunes | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 2
  90. Jonathan Brookins vs. Vagner Rocha | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 1

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As community members update their rankings, the consensus list will react in real-time. For Greatest Featherweight Fights, the 200 most-recently updated member lists will be included.

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