Bantamweight MMA Rankings 1. Dominick Cruz (19-1) The UFC’s 135-pound ace has been dealt another frustrating setback, only this time in the form of a torn ACL instead of his recurring hand injury. The wound forced Cruz out of a scheduled third meeting with Urijah Faber at UFC 148, but an interim title [...]
Bantamweight MMA Rankings 1. Dominick Cruz (19-1) Cruz waited more than four years for his rematch against Urijah Faber; their third meeting will come much quicker. The bantamweights have been tabbed as coaches of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 15, which will debut on FX in March and will conclude with a bantamweight title bout between [...]
Bantamweight MMA Rankings 1. Dominick Cruz (19-1) Cruz waited more than four years for his rematch against Urijah Faber; their third meeting will come much quicker. The bantamweights have been tabbed as coaches of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 15, which will debut on FX in March and will conclude with a bantamweight title [...]
Bantamweight MMA Rankings Dominick Cruz UFC Champion unique skills frustrate opponents, bring on the next guy. Urijah Faber (+100) Best fighting of his career, putting everything together. Renan Barão (+140) looked awesome against Pickett & Jorgensen. Joseph Benavidez (+140) constantly improving, but hard to see him beating Cruz. Miguel Torres (+140) nice win over Pace, [...]
It stands to logic that winning, and then winning some more, will elevate you in the pecking order. That goes for all sports, really, not just mixed martial arts. But there are other ways to earn yourself acknowledgment as being among the crème de la crème. Bisping showed off his strength and grit in going [...]
Bantamweight MMA Rankings 1. Dominick Cruz 2. Joseph Benavidez 3. Urijah Faber 4. Demetrious Johnson 5. Miguel Torres 6. Brian Bowles 7. Scott Jorgensen 8. Renan Barao 9. Bibiano Fernandes 10. Michael McDonald Bibiano Fernandes scored the month’s most significant wins, defeating Antonio Banuelos and Rodolfo Marques in the same night to emerge the winner [...]
Top Ten Bantamweight MMA Fighter Rankings 1. Dominick Cruz (1): One of the really impressive aspects of Cruz's current run is the quality of the competition he's facing. As we'll discuss below, there are a lot of really good bantamweights in the UFC right now — Johnson, Joseph Benavidez, Brian Bowles, Urijah Faber, Scott Jorgensen [...]
