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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.

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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
5Novan Kaunang1,970Oct 202512–42,056
6Berdibek Sirazhov1,963Jun 20266–22,010
7Kanji Funada1,944Jul 20266–11,954
8Genival De Brito1,928May 20264–01,928
9Jo Arai1,843Sep 202615–13–11,876
10Yoshinao Touma1,843Apr 202611–3–11,843
11Yusuke Moroi1,834Jun 20264–01,834
12Dilshod Zhalolov1,813Jan 20262–01,813
13Daichi Kitakata1,799Sep 202620–15–11,958
14Goal Makino1,794Sep 20268–41,794
15Ryuto Sawada1,784Dec 202515–10–11,960
16Naoteru Urushida1,784May 20262–01,784
17Shunma Sasaki1,783Jul 20264–21,822
18Trong Nghia Luong1,783Nov 20252–11,848
19Anibal Rojas1,763Oct 20251–01,763
20Senta Sato1,759Oct 20251–01,759
21Koki Naito1,758Mar 202613–10–31,856
22Mathew Gesto1,755May 20263–11,755
23Quang Thien Huynh1,751Nov 20253–11,751
24Takehiro Ishii1,749Dec 202530–20–31,804
25Kanta Higuchi1,743Jan 20262–11,743

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
1Jarred BrooksSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Strawweight●2,257Dec 20227–02,257
2Abdula Aliev2,234Mar 20221–02,234
3Ade Permana●2,170Feb 20211–02,170
4Begzhan Abilkassym●2,168Jun 20266–02,168
5Bagdat Zhubanysh●2,146Oct 20255–12,146
6Gexi Sanlang2,142Jul 201915–12,075
7Marcus Paulo Amaral2,136Apr 201812–32,025
8Yoshitaka NaitoSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Strawweight2,124May 201812–32,046
9Pongsiri Mitsatit2,121Nov 20171–21,964
10Alex Silva2,099Dec 20173–21,992
11Akhmednabi Magomedov2,090Sep 20195–02,090
12Novan Kaunang●2,056Oct 20245–21,970
13Gilberto Dias2,050Sep 20171–12,014
14Sukai China●2,044May 20266–02,044
15Karen Ghazaryan●2,043Aug 20251–11,931
16Rahul Handika Ketaren●2,043Jul 20245–11,998
17Lucas Rocha●2,040Dec 20218–12,040
18Kazbek Sagyn●2,038Nov 20222–02,022
19Fritz Biagtan●2,037Aug 20172–02,037
20Nildean Paes●2,036Sep 20201–02,036
21Gunawan Sutrisno Putra2,035Dec 20198–21,868
22Jeremy Miado●2,034Dec 20163–31,913
23Mitsuhisa Sunabe●2,032Apr 20184–51,782
24Hayato Suzuki2,031Oct 20181–12,031
25Bezhan Khojaliev●2,030May 20252–11,941
26Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke2,027May 20153–21,924
27Jhonata Silva2,022Aug 20176–12,022
28Yosuke Saruta●2,022Sep 20206–1–12,000
29Billy Pasulatan●2,018Dec 202210–31,955
30Cueng Naibaho●2,018Jun 20256–11,958
31Geraldo Nogueira2,016Jun 20182–02,016
32Doglas Cunha●2,012Sep 20195–11,954
33Jun NakamuraBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight2,011Oct 20125–21,827
34Stefer Rahardian2,011Jul 20180–21,911
35Berdibek Sirazhov●2,010Jul 20252–11,963
36Edilson Florez●2,007Dec 20181–02,007
37Emanuel Nery2,005Aug 20194–02,005
38Matheus Severino●2,003Jul 20172–02,003
39Manoel Rodrigues2,001Jul 20182–12,001
40Monjit Yein●2,000Jul 20245–02,000
41Milad Azizi1,999Dec 20236–01,999
42Riku Shibuya1,998Dec 20171–01,998
43Ervani Rodrigo Melonio●1,997Aug 20181–01,997
44Gideon Manurung●1,993Dec 20218–41,883
45Haruo Ochi●1,993Mar 201912–41,934
46Rambaa Somdet1,985Jun 20151–01,985
47Frank da Silva Castro●1,977Nov 20221–01,977
48Wellington Souza1,975Dec 20195–01,975
49Issei Kitano●1,974May 20224–11,908
50Rio Tirto●1,971Feb 20235–01,971
51Evanoel Souza da Silva1,964Apr 20172–01,964
52Adam Antolin1,959Nov 20192–11,912
53Eglaudio Tavares1,959Aug 20171–01,959
54Narek Avagyan●1,957Jun 20181–01,957
55Eka Darmawansyah●1,956Jul 20224–41,693
56Porhens Pareda●1,955May 20253–01,955
57Charles Ebu1,953May 20246–21,953
58Jahn Serbo1,952Oct 20243–01,952
59Jan Menard Atole●1,951May 20255–01,951
60Nongmaithem Bonjovi1,950Mar 20201–01,950
61Li Tao Miao1,948Aug 20192–01,948
62Biqie Qiu1,946May 20173–21,712
63Kanji Funada●1,944Jul 20261–01,944
64Rafiq Afridi1,943Aug 20191–01,943
65Douglas Rocha1,939Sep 20171–11,821
66Aldelison de Souza Morais●1,939Dec 20241–01,939
67Rene Catalan1,938Jul 20183–01,938
68Antonio Rodrigues1,938Apr 20182–11,938
69Victor Carvalho1,934Jun 20153–11,836
70Masihullah Temuri1,934May 20233–01,934
71Ru Ze1,930Oct 20189–41,884
72Rustam Hutajulu1,930Oct 20235–41,851
73Mandeep Jatain1,930Aug 20202–01,930
74Genival De Brito●1,928May 20261–01,928
75Brando Mamana●1,928Dec 202010–61,811
76Rildeci Lima Dias●1,928Sep 20160–11,928
77Jose Dias Galthier●1,924Dec 20171–01,924
78Francisco Assis●1,923Oct 20204–11,923
79Alan Gabriel●1,923Oct 20191–21,842
80Yearmie Moude Lee●1,921Oct 20231–01,921
81Marcio Luis Oliveira●1,919Jun 20182–01,816
82Marcos Jose Luna1,916Aug 20242–01,916
83Emil Khalilov●1,915Aug 20223–01,915
84Rudi Hartono1,912Oct 20183–01,912
85Ishan Das1,912Feb 20192–11,761
86Justine Jones Matoto●1,912Oct 20232–01,912
87Lalu Sofian●1,910Feb 20235–11,829
88Cristian Entony●1,910Apr 20194–11,796
89Tadaaki Yamamoto1,909Jun 20124–41,754
90Jordenilson da Costa Barros1,908Mar 20186–11,868
91Marcelo Lins1,907Sep 20173–11,907
92Ryuto Sawada●1,907Apr 201711–6–11,784
93Wesley Aparecido Martins1,906Jun 20172–11,795
94Javlonbek Matyakubov1,904May 20182–11,836
95Parli Tunena1,904Oct 20248–41,904
96Filipe Zacaron●1,904Jun 20231–01,904
97Roy Doliguez1,902Nov 20143–31,808
98Yan Ferraz●1,902Dec 20240–11,902
99Rodrigo Sobrinho de Moura●1,899Dec 20201–01,899
100Alex Clayton1,898Dec 20241–01,898

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 NaitoSteel reign badge — 1+ year 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
19Adam Antolin1,912Jul 202216–61,998
20Rudi Hartono1,912Oct 20186–21,912
21Parli Tunena1,904Oct 20248–41,904
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
38Jo Arai●1,843Sep 202615–13–11,876
39Yoshinao Touma●1,843Apr 202611–3–11,843
40Shinya Murofushi1,842Apr 201813–6–11,867
41Javlonbek Matyakubov1,836Nov 20182–11,904
42Victor Carvalho1,836Apr 20173–11,934
43Alifan Fernanda1,834Aug 20242–01,834
44Yusuke Moroi●1,834Jun 20264–01,834
45Lorenz Constantino1,832Jun 20221–01,832
46Ahmad Farid Delier1,832Jan 20211–01,832
47Francisco Carlos Pezzi Malicheski1,831Dec 20144–11,874
48Yamato Okada1,830Jul 20128–0–11,893
49Sota Kojima1,829Oct 201612–3–11,872
50Fredson Moreira1,828Oct 20196–21,870
51Edemel Catalan1,828Jul 20231–01,828
52Jun NakamuraBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Strawweight1,827Apr 20229–22,011
53Alexander Sizikov1,813Oct 20211–01,813
54Shota Ihara1,811Oct 20173–01,811
55Karl Marx Mazoni1,811Sep 20165–32,047
56Vagner Lopes1,809Jun 20161–01,809
57Zach Albritton1,807Sep 20182–01,807
58Davi Chueng●1,805Apr 20252–01,805
59Agung Saputra1,803Feb 20194–11,803
60Akihito Sasao1,803Dec 20125–11,820
61Julian Mijangos1,800Nov 20181–01,800
62Daichi Kitakata●1,799Sep 202620–15–11,958
63Jae Gu Kang1,796Apr 20174–1–11,845
64Anne Veriato1,795Jul 20182–01,795
65Seiji Ozuka1,795Aug 201716–13–51,797
66Jhaymie Gayman1,794Dec 20172–21,951
67Goal Makino●1,794Sep 20268–41,794
68Daisuke Nakamura●1,794Aug 20252–01,794
69Nilson Lima●1,793Mar 20251–01,793
70Mohammad Mojeb Sediqi1,793Nov 20223–01,806
71Kylychbek Uulu Dooronbek●1,791Aug 20254–21,946
72Ryosuke Tanuma1,791Nov 20178–3–11,791
73Rocket Yumlengbam1,790Nov 20191–01,790
74Arifula Abdulkadirov1,788Apr 20223–11,884
75Haider Farman1,785Mar 20227–31,840
76Ryuto Sawada●1,784Dec 202515–10–11,960
77Naoteru Urushida●1,784May 20262–01,784
78Shunma Sasaki●1,783Jul 20264–21,822
79Trong Nghia Luong●1,783Nov 20252–11,848
80Kanta Sato1,774Sep 201710–41,811
81Mikihito Yamagami●1,771Sep 202512–61,911
82Hiroto Nei1,769Oct 20244–1–11,816
83Ryo Hatta1,769Sep 202315–92,010
84Martin Cardillo1,763Mar 20171–01,763
85Junior Abad1,763Jun 20181–01,763
86Junior Pezo1,763Feb 20191–01,763
87Mujtaba Hajizadah1,763Oct 20181–01,763
88Bryan Torres1,763Nov 20181–01,763
89Saher Ali1,763Mar 20191–01,763
90Jose Fernandes1,763Sep 20141–01,763
91Devoreaux Craigen1,763Jun 20221–01,763
92Zubaidullah Raziqi1,763Feb 20211–01,763
93Elianus Enembe1,763Oct 20211–01,763
94Mohammad Raufi Smaangani1,763Apr 20221–01,763
95Anibal Rojas●1,763Oct 20251–01,763
96Josivaldo Junior1,763Aug 20231–01,763
97Salvador Tangakan1,763May 20171–01,763
98Jandy Etsamp1,763Oct 20241–01,763
99Vanik Sargsyan1,763Sep 20241–01,763
100Aron Nogot●1,763May 20251–01,763

● = 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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