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The Current Best MMA Bantamweights | 135 lbs.
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Who are the best bantamweights in MMA?
The bantamweight division is MMA's lightest major weight class and it delivers some of the sport's most wicked fights. Its top fighters simply do not tire. Here are the real-time 135lb rankings. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 19-1-0
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2
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid"
- 26-5-0
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3
- Renan Barao
- 29-1-0, 1 NC
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4
- Brian Bowles
- 10-2-0
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5
- Scott Jorgensen
- "Young Guns"
- 13-5-0
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6
- Michael McDonald
- "Mayday"
- 15-1-0
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7
- Miguel Torres
- 40-5-0
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8
- Brad Pickett
- "One Punch"
- 21-6-0
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9
- Takeya Mizugaki
- 15-7-2
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- Eddie Wineland
- 18-8-1
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- Eduardo "Dudu" Dantas | 14-2-0
- Ivan "Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar | 24-8-0
- Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky | 14-3-0
- Bibiano "The Flash" Fernandes | 11-3-0
- Damacio "The Angel of Death" Page | 15-7-0
- Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso | 13-3-0
- Mike "The Hulk" Easton | 12-1-0
- Yves "Tiger" Jabouin | 18-7-0
- T.J. Dillashaw | 5-1-0
- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto | 18-6-0, 1 NC
- Antonio Banuelos | 20-8-0
- Masakatsu Ueda | 15-2-2
- Marcos "Louro" Galvao | 12-5-1
- Vaughan Lee | 12-7-1
- Wagnney "The Silencer" Fabiano | 14-3-0
- Alexis "The Exorcist" Vila | 11-2-0
- Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres | 6-5-0
- Edwin "El Feroz" Figueroa | 9-1-0
- Nick "The Ninja of Love" Denis | 11-3-0
- Nick Pace | 6-3-0
- Ed "Wild" West | 17-7-0
- Raphael Assuncao | 17-4-0
- Charlie Valencia | 12-7-0
- Luis "Betao" Nogueira | 13-2-0
- Ken Stone | 10-3-0
- Travis "T-Train" Marx | 19-4-0, 1 NC
- "Stunning" Roland Delorme | 8-1-0
- "Brutal" Johnny Bedford | 18-9-1
- Masakazu "Ashikan Judan" Imanari | 25-10-2
- Cole "The Apache Kid" Escovedo | 17-9-0
- Walel "The Gazelle" Watson | 9-4-0
- Johnny Eduardo | 26-9-0
- Jeff "Hellbound" Hougland | 10-5-0
- Jeff "The Big Frog" Curran | 33-15-1
- Hiroshi "Iron" Nakamura | 15-5-4
- Francisco "Cisco" Rivera | 8-2-0
- Hideo Tokoro | 30-25-1
- Reuben Duran | 8-3-1
- John "Prince" Albert | 7-2-0
- Ian "The Barn Owl" Loveland | 15-9-0
- Yusup "Maestro" Saadulaev | 9-1-1
- Yoshiro Maeda | 29-11-2
- Kenji Osawa | 18-10-2
- Jared "Jackhammer" Papazian | 14-7-0, 1 NC
- Rodolfo Marques | 15-2-0
- Akitoshi "Ironman" Tamura | 16-12-2
- Will Campuzano | 9-4-0
- Jimmie "El Terror" Rivera | 8-1-0
- Jose Vega | 10-5-0
- Wilson Reis | 13-4-0
- Manabu Inoue | 14-7-2
- Jason Reinhardt | 20-3-0
- Mitch "The Machine" Gagnon | 8-1-0
- Alex "Extremo" Soto | 6-2-1
- Abel "The Silent Assassin" Cullum | 18-6-0
- Rodrigo "Ratinho" Lima | 10-1-0
- Dustin "The Disciple" Pague | 10-5-0
- Taiyo Nakahara | 12-7-0
- Joe "The Hammer" Soto | 11-2-0
- Byron Bloodworth | 6-2-0
- Chad "Savage" George | 14-7-0
- Clint Godfrey | 12-3-0
- Shunichi Shimizu | 23-8-11
- Fabio Mello | 10-6-0
- Jessie "Mountain Man" Riggleman | 11-2-0
- Tomoya Miyashita | 17-8-8
- Danny Tims | 9-4-1
- Farkhad "Frank" Sharipov | 13-5-0
- David Barrios | 4-5-0
- Spencer Hewitt | 3-1-0
- Josh "Taz" Ferguson | 8-4-0
- Jesse Brock | 13-6-0
- Ryan "Are You Ready?" Roberts | 16-10-1, 1 NC
- Hiromasa Ogikubo | 10-2-2
- Jake Nauracy | 1-0-0
- Nick "Garfield" Mamalis | 23-8-0, 1 NC
- "Little Evil" Jens Pulver | 25-16-1
- Koetsu Okazaki | 8-2-1
- Coty "Ox" Wheeler | 15-4-0
- Shuichiro Katsumura | 11-9-3
- Atsushi Yamamoto | 15-7-3
- Ulysses "Useless" Gomez | 9-2-0
- Mark Oshiro | 12-4-0
- Jason "Wild Thing" Sampson | 9-1-0
- Bo "Beast" Harris | 7-3-1
- Anthony Leone | 11-5-0
- Yuji Hoshino | 18-7-7
- Claudio Ledesma | 6-3-0
- Shintaro Ishiwatari | 12-4-4
- Manny "The Mangler" Tapia | 11-4-1
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