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Strawweight,
by the numbers

An athlete belongs to the division of their most recent bout at a real weight class: membership follows the record, not the roster. Ratings are global — astrawweight's number is earned against everyone they ever fought, in any division.

run 20260801T134400Z-49696e25 · board as of Jul 26, 2026 ·how these numbers are computed

TOP 25 Current strawweights by ratingeligible = a bout at strawweight within 12 months

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Begzhan Abilkassym2,168Jun 20267–02,168
2Bagdat Zhubanysh2,146Oct 20258–12,146
3Sukai China2,044May 20266–02,044
4Bezhan Khojaliev2,011Jun 20264–12,030
5Karen Ghazaryan2,007Jun 20266–12,043
6Novan Kaunang1,970Oct 202512–42,056
7Berdibek Sirazhov1,963Jun 20266–22,010
8Kanji Funada1,944Jul 20266–11,954
9Genival De Brito1,928May 20264–01,928
10Koyuru Tanoue1,900May 202611–41,900
11Yoshinao Touma1,843Apr 202611–3–11,843
12Kazusa Kurobe1,842May 20267–2–11,899
13Yuta Miyazawa1,835Mar 202617–61,835
14Yusuke Moroi1,834Jun 20264–01,834
15Kazuki Omura1,824Feb 20262–01,824
16Dilshod Zhalolov1,813Jan 20262–01,813
17Daisuke Nakamura1,794Aug 20252–01,794
18Tomoya Kamakura1,792May 20262–01,792
19Kylychbek Uulu Dooronbek1,791Aug 20254–21,946
20Itsuki Komazawa1,786Jun 20262–01,786
21Ryuto Sawada1,784Dec 202515–10–11,960
22Naoteru Urushida1,784May 20262–01,784
23Shunma Sasaki1,783Jul 20264–21,822
24Trong Nghia Luong1,783Nov 20252–11,848
25Shota Tabata1,781May 20266–21,781

Anyone who fought at strawweight in the last 12 months is still in this conversation — recent two-division fighters appear on both boards. Twelve quiet months here, and a name ages out without losing what it earned.

TOP 100 The greatest strawweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division

RkAthletePeakPeak dateRecordCurrent
1Abdula Aliev2,234Mar 20221–02,234
2Jarred BrooksSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Strawweight●2,199Oct 20214–02,199
3Ade Permana●2,170Feb 20211–02,170
4Begzhan Abilkassym●2,168Jun 20266–02,168
5Yoshitaka NaitoBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight2,164Oct 201613–32,046
6Bagdat Zhubanysh●2,146Oct 20255–12,146
7Gexi Sanlang2,142Jul 201915–12,075
8Joshua Pacio●2,138Sep 20185–22,109
9Marcus Paulo Amaral2,136Apr 201812–32,025
10Pongsiri Mitsatit2,121Nov 20171–21,964
11Alex Silva2,099Dec 20173–21,992
12Akhmednabi Magomedov2,090Sep 20195–02,090
13Novan Kaunang●2,056Oct 20245–21,970
14Gilberto Dias2,050Sep 20171–12,014
15Sukai China●2,044May 20266–02,044
16Karen Ghazaryan●2,043Aug 20251–02,043
17Rahul Handika Ketaren●2,043Jul 20245–11,998
18Lucas Rocha●2,040Dec 20218–12,040
19Kazbek Sagyn●2,038Nov 20222–02,022
20Fritz Biagtan●2,037Aug 20172–02,037
21Nildean Paes●2,036Sep 20201–02,036
22Gunawan Sutrisno Putra2,035Dec 20198–21,868
23Jeremy Miado●2,034Dec 20163–31,913
24Mitsuhisa Sunabe●2,032Apr 20184–51,782
25Hayato Suzuki2,031Oct 20181–12,031
26Bezhan Khojaliev●2,030May 20252–11,941
27Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke2,027May 20153–21,924
28Fabio Henrique Dourado●2,025Feb 20201–02,025
29Keito Yamakita●2,022Jul 20226–02,022
30Jhonata Silva2,022Aug 20176–12,022
31Yosuke Saruta●2,022Sep 20207–0–12,022
32Billy Pasulatan●2,018Dec 202210–31,955
33Cueng Naibaho●2,018Jun 20256–11,958
34Geraldo Nogueira2,016Jun 20182–02,016
35Vitor Petrino●2,016Nov 20201–02,016
36Doglas Cunha●2,012Sep 20195–11,954
37Jun NakamuraBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight2,011Oct 20125–21,827
38Stefer Rahardian2,011Jul 20180–21,911
39Berdibek Sirazhov●2,010Jul 20252–11,963
40Edilson Florez●2,007Dec 20181–02,007
41Emanuel Nery2,005Aug 20194–02,005
42Matheus Severino●2,003Jul 20172–02,003
43Manoel Rodrigues2,001Jul 20182–12,001
44Monjit Yein●2,000Jul 20245–02,000
45Milad Azizi1,999Dec 20236–01,999
46Riku Shibuya1,998Dec 20171–01,998
47Ervani Rodrigo Melonio●1,997Aug 20181–01,997
48Gideon Manurung●1,993Dec 20218–41,883
49Haruo Ochi●1,993Mar 201912–41,934
50Rambaa Somdet1,985Jun 20151–01,985
51Frank da Silva Castro●1,977Nov 20221–01,977
52Ryohei Kurosawa●1,976May 201915–41,940
53Wellington Souza1,975Dec 20195–01,975
54Issei Kitano●1,974May 20224–11,908
55Rio Tirto●1,971Feb 20235–01,971
56Evanoel Souza da Silva1,964Apr 20172–01,964
57Adam Antolin1,959Nov 20192–01,959
58Eglaudio Tavares1,959Aug 20171–01,959
59Daichi Kitakata●1,958Jul 201911–31,917
60Narek Avagyan●1,957Jun 20181–01,957
61Eka Darmawansyah●1,956Jul 20224–41,693
62Porhens Pareda●1,955May 20253–01,955
63Charles Ebu1,953May 20246–21,953
64Jahn Serbo1,952Oct 20243–01,952
65Jan Menard Atole●1,951May 20255–01,951
66Nongmaithem Bonjovi1,950Mar 20201–01,950
67Koha Minowa●1,948Oct 202010–21,948
68Li Tao Miao1,948Aug 20192–01,948
69Biqie Qiu1,946May 20173–21,712
70Kanji Funada●1,944Jul 20261–01,944
71Rafiq Afridi1,943Aug 20191–01,943
72Douglas Rocha1,939Sep 20171–11,821
73Aldelison de Souza Morais●1,939Dec 20241–01,939
74Rene Catalan1,938Jul 20183–01,938
75Antonio Rodrigues1,938Apr 20182–11,938
76Victor Carvalho1,934Jun 20153–11,836
77Masihullah Temuri1,934May 20233–01,934
78Ru Ze1,930Oct 20189–41,884
79Rustam Hutajulu1,930Oct 20235–41,851
80Mandeep Jatain1,930Aug 20202–01,930
81Genival De Brito●1,928May 20261–01,928
82Brando Mamana●1,928Dec 202010–61,811
83Rildeci Lima Dias●1,928Sep 20160–11,928
84Junji Ito1,926Nov 202110–6–21,863
85Jose Dias Galthier●1,924Dec 20171–01,924
86Francisco Assis●1,923Oct 20204–11,923
87Alan Gabriel●1,923Oct 20191–01,923
88Yearmie Moude Lee●1,921Oct 20231–01,921
89Marcio Luis Oliveira●1,919Jun 20182–01,816
90Marcos Jose Luna1,916Aug 20242–01,916
91Emil Khalilov●1,915Aug 20223–01,915
92Rudi Hartono1,912Oct 20183–01,912
93Ishan Das1,912Feb 20192–11,761
94Justine Jones Matoto●1,912Oct 20232–01,912
95Lalu Sofian●1,910Feb 20235–11,829
96Cristian Entony●1,910Apr 20194–11,796
97Tadaaki Yamamoto1,909Jun 20124–41,753
98Jordenilson da Costa Barros1,908Mar 20186–11,868
99Marcelo Lins1,907Sep 20173–11,907
100Ryuto Sawada●1,907Apr 201711–6–11,784

Ranked by the highest rating earned while this was the athlete's division; the record shown is their in-division record. Athletes who competed in several divisions appear on each division's all-time board with the peak they reached there.

TOP 100 Every member, by rating todaymembership = last real-division bout was at strawweight

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Begzhan Abilkassym●2,168Jun 20267–02,168
2Bagdat Zhubanysh●2,146Oct 20258–12,146
3Yoshitaka NaitoBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight2,046Sep 202015–42,164
4Sukai China●2,044May 20266–02,044
5Milad Azizi1,999Dec 20236–01,999
6Rahul Handika Ketaren●1,998Apr 20255–12,043
7Riku Shibuya1,998Dec 20177–21,998
8Rambaa Somdet1,985Jun 201513–32,013
9Novan Kaunang●1,970Oct 202512–42,056
10Evanoel Souza da Silva1,964Apr 20173–01,964
11Berdibek Sirazhov●1,963Jun 20266–22,010
12Cueng Naibaho●1,958Dec 20256–12,018
13Porhens Pareda●1,955May 20253–01,955
14Charles Ebu1,953May 20246–21,953
15Jahn Serbo1,952Oct 20244–01,952
16Kanji Funada●1,944Jul 20266–11,954
17Haruo Ochi●1,934Dec 202527–12–21,993
18Genival De Brito●1,928May 20264–01,928
19Rudi Hartono1,912Oct 20186–21,912
20Parli Tunena1,904Oct 20248–41,904
21Koyuru Tanoue●1,900May 202611–41,900
22Alex Clayton1,898Dec 20242–01,898
23Tatsuya Takahashi1,896Aug 20152–01,896
24Parwiz Hakimi1,885Aug 20223–01,885
25Ru Ze1,884Nov 201911–41,944
26Gideon Manurung●1,883Jun 20258–41,993
27Desmond Moore1,881Aug 20224–21,918
28Michael Nakagawa1,876Sep 20197–4–11,884
29Jose Waltercy Lima Junior1,876Nov 20192–01,876
30Hasan Shiri1,870Aug 20182–01,870
31Exsel Tendean1,869Mar 20243–01,869
32Jordenilson da Costa Barros1,868Nov 20197–21,908
33Daniel Silva Barbosa1,853Nov 20172–01,853
34Ahmad Jabarkhil1,853Jun 20232–01,853
35Hong Yuan1,852Mar 20232–01,852
36Rustam Hutajulu1,851Oct 20247–51,930
37Wendell Silva1,845Apr 20227–41,852
38Yoshinao Touma●1,843Apr 202611–3–11,843
39Kazusa Kurobe●1,842May 20267–2–11,899
40Shinya Murofushi1,842Apr 201813–6–11,867
41Javlonbek Matyakubov1,836Nov 20182–11,904
42Victor Carvalho1,836Apr 20173–11,934
43Yuta Miyazawa●1,835Mar 202617–61,835
44Alifan Fernanda1,834Aug 20242–01,834
45Yusuke Moroi●1,834Jun 20264–01,834
46Lorenz Constantino1,832Jun 20221–01,832
47Ahmad Farid Delier1,832Jan 20211–01,832
48Francisco Carlos Pezzi Malicheski1,831Dec 20144–11,874
49Yamato Okada1,830Jul 20128–0–11,893
50Sota Kojima1,829Oct 201612–3–11,872
51Fredson Moreira1,828Oct 20196–21,870
52Edemel Catalan1,828Jul 20231–01,828
53Jun NakamuraBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight1,827Apr 20229–22,011
54Kazuki Omura●1,824Feb 20262–01,824
55Alexander Sizikov1,813Oct 20211–01,813
56Shota Ihara1,811Oct 20173–01,811
57Karl Marx Mazoni1,811Sep 20165–32,047
58Vagner Lopes1,809Jun 20161–01,809
59Zach Albritton1,807Sep 20182–01,807
60Davi Chueng●1,805Apr 20252–01,805
61Agung Saputra1,803Feb 20194–11,803
62Akihito Sasao1,803Dec 20125–11,820
63Julian Mijangos1,800Nov 20181–01,800
64Jae Gu Kang1,796Apr 20174–1–11,845
65Anne Veriato1,795Jul 20182–01,795
66Seiji Ozuka1,795Aug 201716–13–51,797
67Jhaymie Gayman1,794Dec 20172–21,951
68Daisuke Nakamura●1,794Aug 20252–01,794
69Nilson Lima●1,793Mar 20251–01,793
70Mohammad Mojeb Sediqi1,793Nov 20223–01,806
71Tomoya Kamakura●1,792May 20262–01,792
72Kylychbek Uulu Dooronbek●1,791Aug 20254–21,946
73Ryosuke Tanuma1,791Nov 20178–3–11,791
74Rocket Yumlengbam1,790Nov 20191–01,790
75Arifula Abdulkadirov1,788Apr 20223–11,884
76Itsuki Komazawa●1,786Jun 20262–01,786
77Haider Farman1,785Mar 20227–31,840
78Ryuto Sawada●1,784Dec 202515–10–11,960
79Naoteru Urushida●1,784May 20262–01,784
80Shunma Sasaki●1,783Jul 20264–21,822
81Trong Nghia Luong●1,783Nov 20252–11,848
82Shota Tabata●1,781May 20266–21,781
83Kanta Sato1,774Sep 201710–41,811
84Mikihito Yamagami●1,771Sep 202512–61,911
85Hiroto Nei1,769Oct 20244–1–11,816
86Ryo Hatta1,769Sep 202315–92,010
87Martin Cardillo1,763Mar 20171–01,763
88Junior Abad1,763Jun 20181–01,763
89Junior Pezo1,763Feb 20191–01,763
90Mujtaba Hajizadah1,763Oct 20181–01,763
91Bryan Torres1,763Nov 20181–01,763
92Saher Ali1,763Mar 20191–01,763
93Jose Fernandes1,763Sep 20141–01,763
94Devoreaux Craigen1,763Jun 20221–01,763
95Zubaidullah Raziqi1,763Feb 20211–01,763
96Elianus Enembe1,763Oct 20211–01,763
97Mohammad Raufi Smaangani1,763Apr 20221–01,763
98Anibal Rojas●1,763Oct 20251–01,763
99Josivaldo Junior1,763Aug 20231–01,763
100Salvador Tangakan1,763May 20171–01,763

● = active. This board keeps retired and inactive members at their current rating — the division as the record book last saw it, not as a promoter lists it.

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