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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie
Year-2007
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 |
Luke Rockhold |
Middleweight |
43 |
|
2 |
Anthony Pettis |
Lightweight |
79 |
|
3 |
Ryan Bader |
Light Heavyweight |
93 |
|
4 |
Johny Hendricks |
Welterweight |
95 |
|
5 |
Alexander Gustafsson |
Light Heavyweight |
101 |
|
6 |
Stephen Thompson |
Welterweight |
110 |
|
7 |
Demetrious Johnson |
Flyweight |
113 |
|
8 |
Jan Blachowicz |
Light Heavyweight |
120 |
|
9 |
Brock Lesnar |
Heavyweight |
136 |
|
10 |
David Branch |
Middleweight |
183 |
|
11 |
Marlon Moraes |
Bantamweight |
206 |
|
12 |
Chan-Sung Jung |
Featherweight |
214 |
|
13 |
Gunnar Nelson |
Welterweight |
302 |
|
14 |
Eduardo Dantas |
Bantamweight |
312 |
|
15 |
Dom O'Grady |
Welterweight |
323 |
|
16 |
Shingo Suzuki |
Welterweight |
324 |
|
17 |
Shunsuke Inoue |
Light Heavyweight |
356 |
|
18 |
Mark Munoz |
Middleweight |
367 |
|
19 |
Tarec Saffiedine |
Welterweight |
379 |
|
20 |
Alexandre Pantoja |
Flyweight |
382 |
|
21 |
Rick Story |
Welterweight |
383 |
|
22 |
Alex Reyes |
Lightweight |
419 |
|
23 |
Yoshiyuki Nakanishi |
Heavyweight |
420 |
|
24 |
Daniel Hernandez |
Middleweight |
460 |
|
25 |
Josh Bryant |
Middleweight |
461 |
|
26 |
Kazuhisa Tazawa |
Heavyweight |
462 |
|
27 |
Kazuki Tokudome |
Lightweight |
463 |
|
28 |
Lazar Stojadinovic |
Bantamweight |
464 |
|
29 |
Nazareno Malegarie |
Featherweight |
465 |
|
30 |
Victor Torres |
Heavyweight |
466 |
|
31 |
Viktor Halmi |
Lightweight |
467 |
|
32 |
Joe Condon |
Welterweight |
501 |
|
33 |
Evan Dunham |
Lightweight |
531 |
|
34 |
Mike Pierce |
Welterweight |
536 |
|
35 |
Darren Elkins |
Featherweight |
566 |
|
36 |
Andy Main |
Featherweight |
641 |
|
37 |
Angelo Sanchez |
Bantamweight |
642 |
|
38 |
Eduard Folayang |
Lightweight |
643 |
|
39 |
Erik Herbert |
Middleweight |
644 |
|
40 |
Jaideep Singh |
Heavyweight |
645 |
|
41 |
Juan Beltran |
Bantamweight |
646 |
|
42 |
Kito Andrews |
Welterweight |
647 |
|
43 |
Neil Cooke |
Heavyweight |
648 |
|
44 |
Randy Steinke |
Flyweight |
649 |
|
45 |
Ricky Legere Jr. |
Welterweight |
650 |
|
46 |
Shoko Sato |
Featherweight |
651 |
|
47 |
Takasuke Kume |
Lightweight |
652 |
|
48 |
Tatsuya Ando |
Featherweight |
653 |
|
49 |
Thor Skancke |
Welterweight |
654 |
|
50 |
Victor Meza |
Lightweight |
655 |
|
51 |
Yusuke Kawaguchi |
Heavyweight |
656 |
|
52 |
Blagoy Ivanov |
Heavyweight |
696 |
|
53 |
Rustam Khabilov |
Lightweight |
707 |
|
54 |
Alexandre Machado |
Light Heavyweight |
831 |
|
55 |
Anselmo Martinez |
Welterweight |
832 |
|
56 |
Bernard Ackah |
Heavyweight |
833 |
|
57 |
Brett Roller |
Flyweight |
834 |
|
58 |
Carl Seumanutafa |
Heavyweight |
835 |
|
59 |
Chris Tickle |
Lightweight |
836 |
|
60 |
Cris Leyva |
Welterweight |
837 |
|
61 |
Dave Cryer |
Light Heavyweight |
838 |
|
62 |
Emil Zahariev |
Heavyweight |
839 |
|
63 |
Ian De La Cuesta |
Flyweight |
840 |
|
64 |
Igor Fernandes |
Middleweight |
841 |
|
65 |
Ikkei Nagamura |
Middleweight |
842 |
|
66 |
Ivica Truscek |
Welterweight |
843 |
|
67 |
Jared Hess |
Middleweight |
844 |
|
68 |
Joe Coca |
Flyweight |
845 |
|
69 |
Koffi Adzitso |
Welterweight |
846 |
|
70 |
Levi Stout |
Welterweight |
847 |
|
71 |
Matt Comeau |
Bantamweight |
848 |
|
72 |
Matt Lagler |
Middleweight |
849 |
|
73 |
Pat McGreal |
Bantamweight |
850 |
|
74 |
Roy Babcock |
Lightweight |
851 |
|
75 |
Sal Farnetti |
Heavyweight |
852 |
|
76 |
Scott Bear |
Bantamweight |
853 |
|
77 |
Seiya Kawahara |
Bantamweight |
854 |
|
78 |
Shad Lierley |
Featherweight |
855 |
|
79 |
Takuya Ogura |
Featherweight |
856 |
|
80 |
Tyler Bialecki |
Flyweight |
857 |
|
81 |
Tyson Jeffries |
Welterweight |
858 |
|
82 |
Warren Stewart |
Bantamweight |
859 |
|
83 |
Yasuaki Kishimoto |
Lightweight |
860 |
|
84 |
Yoshiaki Takahashi |
Lightweight |
861 |
|
85 |
Yuma Ishizuka |
Lightweight |
862 |
|
86 |
Calvin Kattar |
Featherweight |
1027 |
|
87 |
Wilson Reis |
Flyweight |
1106 |
|
88 |
Alexander Hernandez |
Lightweight |
1161 |
|
89 |
Kevin Belingon |
Featherweight |
1205 |
|
90 |
Quinn Mulhern |
Welterweight |
1214 |
|
91 |
Dave Jansen |
Lightweight |
1248 |
|
92 |
James Krause |
Welterweight |
1254 |
|
93 |
Jingliang Li |
Welterweight |
1257 |
|
94 |
Ryan Jimmo |
Light Heavyweight |
1303 |
|
95 |
Tony Johnson |
Heavyweight |
1321 |
|
96 |
Michael McDonald |
Bantamweight |
1376 |
|
97 |
Jacob Volkmann |
Lightweight |
1382 |
|
98 |
Joey Beltran |
Heavyweight |
1384 |
|
99 |
Ronny Markes |
Middleweight |
1405 |
|
100 |
Junji Ito |
Strawweight |
1415 |
|
101 |
Yancy Medeiros |
Welterweight |
1432 |
|
102 |
Damian Grabowski |
Heavyweight |
1455 |
|
103 |
Robbie Peralta |
Featherweight |
1483 |
|
104 |
Mairbek Taisumov |
Lightweight |
1529 |
|
105 |
Adlan Amagov |
Welterweight |
1562 |
|
106 |
Zak Cummings |
Welterweight |
1575 |
|
107 |
Charlie Brenneman |
Welterweight |
1600 |
|
108 |
Alexandre Almeida |
Featherweight |
1614 |
|
109 |
Louis Taylor |
Middleweight |
1623 |
|
110 |
Gerald Meerschaert |
Middleweight |
1630 |
|
111 |
Danny Castillo |
Lightweight |
1638 |
|
112 |
Takuya Eizumi |
Strawweight |
1651 |
|
113 |
Bryan Baker |
Middleweight |
1683 |
|
114 |
Todd Duffee |
Heavyweight |
1686 |
|
115 |
Nordine Taleb |
Welterweight |
1719 |
|
116 |
Mike Hayes |
Heavyweight |
1721 |
|
117 |
Daniel Roberts |
Welterweight |
1722 |
|
118 |
Erik Koch |
Featherweight |
1737 |
|
119 |
Cezar Ferreira |
Middleweight |
1772 |
|
120 |
Claudio Silva |
Welterweight |
1787 |
|
121 |
Gabriel Benitez |
Featherweight |
1790 |
|
122 |
Nicholas Musoke |
Welterweight |
1816 |
|
123 |
Jake Rosholt |
Middleweight |
1822 |
|
124 |
Tom Lawlor |
Middleweight |
1827 |
|
125 |
Lyle Beerbohm |
Lightweight |
1852 |
|
126 |
Oleg Borisov |
Bantamweight |
1866 |
|
127 |
Sean O'Connell |
Light Heavyweight |
1877 |
|
128 |
Ryan Ford |
Welterweight |
1892 |
|
129 |
John Teixeira |
Featherweight |
1916 |
|
130 |
Alexis Vila |
Flyweight |
1918 |
|
131 |
Josh Samman |
Middleweight |
1929 |
|
132 |
Shane Roller |
Lightweight |
1932 |
|
133 |
Sam Sicilia |
Featherweight |
1955 |
|
134 |
Jordan Smith |
Middleweight |
1960 |
|
135 |
Akira Corassani |
Featherweight |
1967 |
|
136 |
Steve Bosse |
Light Heavyweight |
1974 |
|
137 |
Mitch Clarke |
Lightweight |
1979 |
|
138 |
Paul Sass |
Lightweight |
1982 |
|
139 |
Bruno Santos |
Middleweight |
1984 |
|
140 |
Daniel Pineda |
Featherweight |
2063 |
|
141 |
Chidi Njokuani |
Middleweight |
2084 |
|
142 |
Johnny Case |
Lightweight |
2111 |
|
143 |
Salimgerey Rasulov |
Heavyweight |
2140 |
|
144 |
Magnus Cedenblad |
Middleweight |
2152 |
|
145 |
Gilberto Dias |
Strawweight |
2155 |
|
146 |
Daniel Oliveira |
Bantamweight |
2156 |
|
147 |
Antwain Britt |
Light Heavyweight |
2165 |
|
148 |
Akhmed Sultanov |
Heavyweight |
2185 |
|
149 |
Sam Thao |
Flyweight |
2189 |
|
150 |
Dwayne Lewis |
Light Heavyweight |
2194 |
|
151 |
Ricardo Romero |
Light Heavyweight |
2201 |
|
152 |
Patrik Kincl |
Middleweight |
2209 |
|
153 |
Matt Bessette |
Featherweight |
2242 |
|
154 |
Rafael de Freitas |
Flyweight |
2254 |
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