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2012 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
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Ranking designed by WheresMeDonkey Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
2012 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
Awarded to the fighter who has had a rapid and meteoric impact on the elite level of the sport. A true superstar of the future, an athlete who has risen in status within his weight class and profile within the sport.
Guidelines:
- Ranking Type: Fighters
Rankings
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1
Costas Philippou
13-5-0, 1 NC
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2
Stefan "The Skyscraper" Struve
29-13-0
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3
Johny "Big Rig" Hendricks
18-8-0
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4
"Killer" Cub Swanson
29-13-0
Recent Fights:DECTKOTKOTKOTKODECDEC -
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7
Will "The Kill" Chope
42-21-0
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8
Daniel "DC" Cormier
22-3-0, 1 NC
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9
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey
12-2-0
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10
Mark "Mugen" Striegl
18-5-0, 1 NC
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11
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12
"The Immortal" Matt Brown
24-19-0
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13
Renan "The Baron" Barão
34-10-0, 1 NC
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14
Luke Rockhold
16-6-0
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15
Glover Teixeira
33-9-0
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16
"Iron" Michael Chandler
23-8-0
Recent Fights:SUBTKODECTKOTKOTKOTKO -
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Rafael dos Anjos
32-16-0
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18
Mike Pierce
17-7-0
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19
Mike "Quicksand" Pyle
27-13-1
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20
Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch
21-13-0
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21
Tarec "Sponge" Saffiedine
16-7-0
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22
Andrey "Spartan" Koreshkov
27-5-0
Recent Fights:DECDECTKOTKODECSUBDEC
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