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The Current Best MMA Lightweights | 155 lbs.
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Who are the world's top 155ers?
The longer you watch MMA, the more you love its lightweight division. Fighters have the fuel tanks to go nonstop, so they can exhibit a high skill level till the final bell. Here are the best in this extremely competitive division. Create YOUR own ranking today.
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- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth"
- 19-2-0
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- Gilbert Melendez
- "El Nino"
- 21-3-0
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3
- TJ Grant
- 21-5-0
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4
- Gray Maynard
- "The Bully"
- 11-2-1, 1 NC
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5
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy"
- 20-5-0, 1 NC
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- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 16-2-0
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- Josh Thomson
- "The Punk"
- 20-5-0, 1 NC
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- Nate Diaz
- 16-9-0
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- Michael Chandler
- 11-0-0
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- Jim Miller
- 22-4-0, 1 NC
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- Pat "Bam Bam" Healy | 31-16-0, 1 NC
- Eddie "The Silent Assassin" Alvarez | 24-3-0
- Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon | 22-8-0
- Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov | 20-0-0
- Rafael Dos Anjos | 19-6-0
- Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki | 33-6-0, 1 NC
- Jamie "C-4" Varner | 21-7-1, 2 NC
- Evan "The Kid" Dunham | 14-4-0
- Edson "Junior" Barboza | 11-1-0
- Gleison Tibau | 27-9-0
- "Handsome" Matt Wiman | 15-7-0
- Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard | 30-12-2, 1 NC
- "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi | 34-9-0, 1 NC
- Diego "The Dream" Sanchez | 24-5-0
- Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal | 24-7-0
- Myles "The Fury" Jury | 12-0-0
- Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson | 15-6-0
- Mark Bocek | 11-5-0
- Bobby "King" Green | 20-5-0
- Danny "Last Call" Castillo | 15-5-0
- Sam "Hands Of Stone" Stout | 19-9-1
- John "The Bull" Makdessi | 11-2-0
- Mac Danzig | 21-10-1
- Paul "Sassangle" Sass | 13-2-0
- Isaac Vallie-Flagg | 14-3-1
- Michael "The Menace" Johnson | 12-8-0
- George Sotiropoulos | 14-5-0
- Reza "Mad Dog" Madadi | 13-3-0
- Yves "The Texas Gunslinger" Edwards | 42-19-1
- Jacob "Christmas" Volkmann | 16-4-0
- Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani | 16-7-0, 1 NC
- Tony "El Cucuy" Ferguson | 13-4-0
- Thiago Tavares | 17-5-1
- "The" James Krause | 20-4-0
- KJ "King Karl" Noons | 11-7-0
- Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means | 18-4-1
- Mike "Maverick" Chiesa | 9-0-0
- Terry Etim | 15-5-0
- Patricky "Pitbull" Freire | 10-4-0
- Francisco "Massaranduba" Trinaldo | 13-2-0
- "The Muscle Shark" Sean Sherk | 36-4-1
- Ramsey Nijem | 7-3-0
- "The Caveman" David Rickels | 14-1-0
- Ryan Couture | 6-2-0
- Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante | 17-7-1, 2 NC
- Renee Forte | 8-2-0
- Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov | 16-1-0
- Lloyd "Cupcake" Woodard | 12-4-0
- Abel Trujillo | 10-5-0
- "Detroit Superstar" Daron Cruickshank | 12-3-0
- Caros "The Future" Fodor | 7-3-0
- Spencer "The King" Fisher | 24-9-0
- Dave "The Fugitive" Jansen | 20-2-0
- Fabricio "Morango" Camoes | 14-7-1
- Saad "Assassin" Awad | 14-5-0
- Jon "Super Saiyan" Tuck | 7-0-0
- Mike "The Martian" Ricci | 8-3-0
- Marcin Held | 15-3-0
- Dennis "Superman" Hallman | 51-14-2, 1 NC
- Shane Roller | 11-7-0
- "Ill" Will Brooks | 9-1-0
- Kamal "Prince of Persia" Shalorus | 8-3-2
- Justin "The Highlight" Gaethje | 9-0-0
- Kurt "Batman" Pellegrino | 16-7-0
- Justin "The Silverback" Wilcox | 11-5-0, 1 NC
- Efrain "Hecho en Mexico" Escudero | 18-7-0
- John Cholish | 8-3-0
- Kazuki Tokudome | 12-3-1
- Rafaello "Tractor" Oliveira | 16-5-0
- Norman "Stormin" Parke | 17-2-0
- Mitch "Danger Zone" Clarke | 10-2-0
- Lucas "Mineiro" Martins | 12-1-0
- "Relentless" Roger Bowling | 11-4-0
- Alexander "Tiger" Sarnavskiy | 22-1-0
- Cristiano Marcello | 13-5-0
- John "The Natural" Alessio | 34-16-0, 1 NC
- Tyson Griffin | 16-6-0
- Joe Proctor | 8-2-0
- Ronys Torres | 26-5-0
- Justin "J-Bomb" Salas | 10-4-0
- Mike "The Wolverine" Rio | 9-2-0
- Bubba Jenkins | 3-0-0
- Antonio "Mandingo" McKee | 28-5-2
- Al Iaquinta | 5-2-1
- Colin "The Freakshow" Fletcher | 8-3-0
- Anton Kuivanen | 18-6-0
- Yancy "Frisson" Medeiros | 9-1-0
- Satoru Kitaoka | 31-12-9
- Brian "The Bandit" Cobb | 20-8-0
- Jeremy Larsen | 8-4-0, 1 NC
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