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MMA Fighter Rankings: Bantamweight

On the first Wednesday of every month, theScore's MMA editors compile a list of the top 10 fighters in each of the major weight classes.

Rankings
Heavyweight Light Heavyweight 
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Featherweight
Bantamweight | Flyweight
Women: Bantamweight | Strawweight

Bantamweight

Ranking Fighter
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Renan Barao
4 Urijah Faber
5 Raphael Assuncao
6 Aljamain Sterling
7 Takeya Mizugaki
8 Marlon Moraes
9 Bibiano Fernandes
10 Frankie Saenz
  • After two failed attempts, bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw and former title-holder Renan Barao will (hopefully) have their long-awaited rematch at UFC on FOX 16 in July. Dillashaw viciously deposed Barao at UFC 173 last May.
  • Urijah Faber is moving up to his former stomping grounds at featherweight against ex-lightweight kingpin Frankie Edgar during the UFC's maiden voyage to the Philippines in May.
  • Aljamain Sterling took the biggest step of his MMA career on April 18, submitting perennial contender Takeya Mizugaki via third-round arm-triangle choke at UFC on FOX 15. The 25-year-old Serra-Longo product is now a perfect 3-0 in his burgeoning UFC campaign. 

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