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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-1998

 

Notes: This is a list of the greatest fighters to start their pro career in the year listed.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete Weight Class Overall Rank
1 Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 15
2 Matt Hughes Welterweight 31
3 Takanori Gomi Lightweight 63
4 Bobby Hoffman Heavyweight 178
5 John Alessio Welterweight 190
6 Alexandre Franca Nogueira Lightweight 200
7 Hiroyuki Abe Featherweight 216
8 Dokonjonosuke Mishima Lightweight 219
9 Denis Kang Middleweight 229
10 Hiromitsu Kanehara Heavyweight 248
11 Gil Castillo Welterweight 266
12 Jim Theobald Light Heavyweight 271
13 Charlie Kohler Lightweight 343
14 Mike Swick Middleweight 345
15 Kenichi Yamamoto Middleweight 385
16 James Zikic Middleweight 435
17 Eugene Jackson Light Heavyweight 522
18 Ryuki Ueyama Middleweight 555
19 Din Thomas Lightweight 565
20 Jeff Curran Featherweight 699
21 Yuki Sasaki Middleweight 702
22 Andrei Semenov Middleweight 710
23 Daijiro Matsui Light Heavyweight 979
24 Jonathan Ivey Heavyweight 980
25 Joshua Taibl Middleweight 981
26 Kevin Hogan Middleweight 982
27 Orlando Ruiz Lightweight 983
28 Sean Wilmot Lightweight 984
29 Thomas Kenney Welterweight 985
30 Travis Lutter Middleweight 997
31 Stephen Palling Welterweight 1036
32 Steve Berger Welterweight 1039
33 Ronald Jhun Middleweight 1054
34 Keith Wisniewski Welterweight 1059
35 Andre Pederneiras Welterweight 1068
36 Daisuke Ishii Heavyweight 1074
37 Mike Rogers Light Heavyweight 1101
38 Martin Malkhasyan Heavyweight 1140
39 Jermaine Andre Middleweight 1146
40 Mike Van Arsdale Heavyweight 1171
41 Javier Vazquez Lightweight 1187
42 Daiju Takase Welterweight 1192
43 Dario Amorim Heavyweight 1222
44 Fabiano Iha Welterweight 1232
45 Ben Earwood Welterweight 1250
46 Sergei Belov Welterweight 1251
47 David Velasquez Bantamweight 1265
48 Ricardas Jancevicius Heavyweight 1279
49 Kavkaz Sultanmagomedov Heavyweight 1311
50 Katsuya Toida Featherweight 1346
51 Toby Imada Middleweight 1352
52 Tim Lajcik Heavyweight 1378
53 Damien Riccio Middleweight 1406
54 Scott Adams Light Heavyweight 1438
55 Brian Fulton Welterweight 1449
56 Todd Broadaway Heavyweight 1469
57 Mike Russow Heavyweight 1485
58 Paul Rodriguez Lightweight 1514
59 Adam Guerra Heavyweight 1526
60 Artur Taymaskhanov Welterweight 1532
61 Aaron Brink Heavyweight 1536
62 Kalib Starnes Middleweight 1546
63 Victor Hunsaker Lightweight 1547
64 Branden Lee Hinkle Middleweight 1552
65 Jason Medina Middleweight 1567
66 Michele Verginelli Middleweight 1573
67 Adriano de Souza Middleweight 1580
68 Larry Parker Light Heavyweight 1588
69 Eric Payne Lightweight 1591
70 Eric Davila Middleweight 1595
71 Rasul Uzdenov Middleweight 1603
72 Bruce Nelson Light Heavyweight 1664
73 Bob Cook Welterweight 1693
74 Ian James Schaffa Lightweight 1694
75 Hiroshi Tsuruya Lightweight 1707
76 Daisuke Watanabe Light Heavyweight 1783
77 Masaki Nishizawa Flyweight 1784
78 Steve Heath Middleweight 1785
79 Matt Hamilton Bantamweight 1795
80 Drew Irion Lightweight 1797
81 Takeyasu Hirono Flyweight 1825
82 Takaharu Murahama Lightweight 1853
83 Hiroaki Yoshioka Flyweight 1971
84 Tommy Sauer Light Heavyweight 2077
85 Masatoshi Abe Flyweight 2244

 


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