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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie
Year-2001
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 |
B.J. Penn |
Welterweight |
36 |
|
2 |
Tim Sylvia |
Heavyweight |
49 |
|
3 |
Frank Mir |
Heavyweight |
51 |
|
4 |
Robbie Lawler |
Welterweight |
54 |
|
5 |
Forrest Griffin |
Light Heavyweight |
57 |
|
6 |
Nick Diaz |
Welterweight |
85 |
|
7 |
Demian Maia |
Welterweight |
111 |
|
8 |
Kazuo Misaki |
Middleweight |
121 |
|
9 |
Vitor Ribeiro |
Lightweight |
166 |
|
10 |
Keith Jardine |
Light Heavyweight |
176 |
|
11 |
Thiago Alves |
Welterweight |
196 |
|
12 |
Ryo Chonan |
Middleweight |
209 |
|
13 |
Josh Thomson |
Lightweight |
225 |
|
14 |
Cheick Kongo |
Heavyweight |
237 |
|
15 |
Tim Kennedy |
Middleweight |
239 |
|
16 |
Hermes Franca |
Lightweight |
252 |
|
17 |
Trevor Prangley |
Light Heavyweight |
287 |
|
18 |
Ben Rothwell |
Heavyweight |
310 |
|
19 |
Mike Kyle |
Heavyweight |
313 |
|
20 |
Jason Lambert |
Light Heavyweight |
350 |
|
21 |
Joe Riggs |
Welterweight |
355 |
|
22 |
Scott Smith |
Middleweight |
402 |
|
23 |
Jimmy Ambriz |
Heavyweight |
423 |
|
24 |
Norifumi Yamamoto |
Featherweight |
427 |
|
25 |
Jorge Rivera |
Middleweight |
485 |
|
26 |
Mitsuhiro Ishida |
Lightweight |
490 |
|
27 |
Mike Thomas Brown |
Featherweight |
524 |
|
28 |
Mitsuhisa Sunabe |
Flyweight |
561 |
|
29 |
Siyar Bahadurzada |
Welterweight |
676 |
|
30 |
Aaron Williams |
Bantamweight |
677 |
|
31 |
Gerald Strebendt |
Lightweight |
678 |
|
32 |
Luis Ramos |
Middleweight |
679 |
|
33 |
Nam Phan |
Featherweight |
680 |
|
34 |
Thomas Schulte |
Lightweight |
681 |
|
35 |
Akira Kibe |
Flyweight |
944 |
|
36 |
Antoine Jaoude |
Heavyweight |
945 |
|
37 |
Hiroki Nagaoka |
Welterweight |
946 |
|
38 |
J.T. Taylor |
Welterweight |
947 |
|
39 |
Jerry Gummo |
Welterweight |
948 |
|
40 |
Kenichi Serizawa |
Welterweight |
949 |
|
41 |
Kenichiro Togashi |
Welterweight |
950 |
|
42 |
Kenji Arai |
Welterweight |
951 |
|
43 |
Masaya Takita |
Featherweight |
952 |
|
44 |
Seiji Ozuka |
Flyweight |
953 |
|
45 |
Suley Mahmoud |
Middleweight |
954 |
|
46 |
Victor Hernandez |
Flyweight |
955 |
|
47 |
Kotetsu Boku |
Lightweight |
996 |
|
48 |
Dustin Denes |
Middleweight |
1024 |
|
49 |
Travis Wiuff |
Heavyweight |
1053 |
|
50 |
Mac Danzig |
Lightweight |
1055 |
|
51 |
Nate Quarry |
Middleweight |
1064 |
|
52 |
Benji Radach |
Middleweight |
1094 |
|
53 |
Stephan Bonnar |
Light Heavyweight |
1111 |
|
54 |
Shamil Abramov |
Middleweight |
1158 |
|
55 |
Tony Bonello |
Light Heavyweight |
1207 |
|
56 |
Hidetaka Monma |
Welterweight |
1217 |
|
57 |
Delson Heleno |
Welterweight |
1220 |
|
58 |
Yasuhiro Urushitani |
Flyweight |
1223 |
|
59 |
Sergey Golyaev |
Lightweight |
1230 |
|
60 |
Pat Healy |
Lightweight |
1261 |
|
61 |
Kuniyoshi Hironaka |
Welterweight |
1280 |
|
62 |
Jeremy Jackson |
Welterweight |
1289 |
|
63 |
Cole Escovedo |
Featherweight |
1298 |
|
64 |
Eiji Mitsuoka |
Lightweight |
1302 |
|
65 |
Jonathan Goulet |
Welterweight |
1305 |
|
66 |
Antonio Banuelos |
Bantamweight |
1327 |
|
67 |
Shungo Oyama |
Middleweight |
1355 |
|
68 |
Rokas Stambrauskas |
Heavyweight |
1369 |
|
69 |
Rob McCullough |
Lightweight |
1394 |
|
70 |
Wilson Gouveia |
Light Heavyweight |
1433 |
|
71 |
John Strawn |
Welterweight |
1460 |
|
72 |
Akitoshi Tamura |
Lightweight |
1473 |
|
73 |
Antoni Hardonk |
Heavyweight |
1497 |
|
74 |
Dan Christison |
Heavyweight |
1502 |
|
75 |
Islam Dadalov |
Heavyweight |
1521 |
|
76 |
Alex Schoenauer |
Light Heavyweight |
1531 |
|
77 |
Rambaa Somdet |
Strawweight |
1570 |
|
78 |
Ivan Menjivar |
Featherweight |
1676 |
|
79 |
Nikolai Kudryashov |
Middleweight |
1699 |
|
80 |
Viktor Mileshkin |
Middleweight |
1700 |
|
81 |
Houston Alexander |
Light Heavyweight |
1714 |
|
82 |
Evandro Oliveira |
Featherweight |
1728 |
|
83 |
Rafael Addario Bastos |
Lightweight |
1742 |
|
84 |
Karim Sorensen |
Lightweight |
1757 |
|
85 |
Edson Diniz |
Lightweight |
1762 |
|
86 |
Takeshi Yamazaki |
Lightweight |
1763 |
|
87 |
Pavel Kuchumov |
Lightweight |
1782 |
|
88 |
Junji Ikoma |
Strawweight |
1788 |
|
89 |
Kevin English |
Featherweight |
1823 |
|
90 |
Masato Shiozawa |
Bantamweight |
1837 |
|
91 |
Antonio Schembri |
Light Heavyweight |
1839 |
|
92 |
Dan Swift |
Bantamweight |
1869 |
|
93 |
Victor Valimaki |
Light Heavyweight |
1906 |
|
94 |
Sam Morgan |
Welterweight |
1914 |
|
95 |
Vladimir Zenin |
Lightweight |
1919 |
|
96 |
Drew McFedries |
Middleweight |
1950 |
|
97 |
Kyotaro Nakao |
Featherweight |
1951 |
|
98 |
Bao Quach |
Featherweight |
1954 |
|
99 |
Fabio Mello |
Featherweight |
1965 |
|
100 |
Michael Patt |
Light Heavyweight |
1990 |
|
101 |
Bendy Casimir |
Lightweight |
2093 |
|
102 |
Wade Shipp |
Heavyweight |
2113 |
|
103 |
Kassim Annan |
Light Heavyweight |
2125 |
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