WEC Featherweight Division Rankings

Top WEC Featherweight Fighter Rankings:

1. Jose Aldo (17-1) – Aldo lived up the the hype by defeating Urijah Faber in his first title defense, although it seemed that he lacked the killer instinct to finish the fight in the late rounds. Now 7-0 in the WEC, the yound Brazilian striker has won 10 straight fights. Aldo has 6 KOs in 7 WEC fights including his TKO win over Mike Brown in November at WEC 44 to win the WEC Featherweight Championship belt. Expect to see Aldo face Manny Gamburyan in his next title defense, likely atop the WEC 50 fight card in August 2010.

2. Manny Gamburyan (11-4) – Gamburyan, cousin of UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan, jumps up from #6 on our January list to #2 this month after an impressive win over former champ Mike Brown. Given his UFC experience where he went 2-3 in 5 UFC fights combined with a 3-0 WEC record and two wins over Top 10 featherweights should be enough to give Gamburyan a shot at champ Jose Aldo later this summer, rumored to be in August at WEC 50.

3. Mike Thomas Brown (23-6) – Brown had two successful title defenses topping Leonard Garcia and Urijah Faber before running head-on into Aldo in November at WEC 44. The loss for Brown was his first since 2005 and his first in the WEC, but with his WEC 48 loss to Gamburyan many may see Brown falling farther that to 3rd. However, with two wins over Urijah Faber it's not reasonable to move Brown below Faber, and the competition below Faber has not done enough to warrant a Top 4 spot in our WEC Featherweight Rankings.

4. Urijah Faber (23-4) – Faber submitting Rafael Assuncao at WEC 46 to earn his WEC 48 title shot, but was soundly beaten by Aldo in a 5-round unanimous decision. Next up for Faber will likely be another Top 10 featherweight in an effort to once again separate the top half of the 145 pound division from the bottom half.

5. Rafael Assuncao (14-2) – Now 2-1 in the WEC, Brazilian Rafael Assuncao got a taste of the top of the WEC's 145 pound division in facing Faber at WEC 46. It will take a few more wins for Assuncao to break into the top 4 as Aldo, Gamburyan, Faber and Brown seem to have a strong lock on the top of the division and a fight with one of the fighters listed below him on this Top 10 list should be next, however rumors point to Assuncao facing Diego Nunes on the WEC 49 fight card, a man who received serious consideration for this list.

Former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber (left) defeated Raphael Assuncao (right) by Rear Naked Choke at WEC 46 in January.

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6. Leonard Garcia (14-5-1, 5-2-1 WEC) – With a win and a draw just 6 weeks apart in his last two WEC fights, Garcia moves up a couple of spots thanks to his WEC 48 victory over Chan Sung Jung. The fight with Jung not only won Fight of the Night honors, but it also netted Garcia a cool $65k bonus raising his WEC record to 5-2-1 in 8 WEC fights. Garcia will need a couple more wins to get back into title contention on this list as the talent around him in the WEC's 145 pound division has seen a major upgrade in the past year.

7. L.C. Davis (16-2, 3-0 WEC) – Davis picked up wins in each of his first three WEC bouts defeating Javier Vasquez (not the MLB pitcher) at WEC 42, Diego Nunes at WEC 44 and Deividas Taurosevicius at WEC 47. With just two career MMA losses and one having been to our #6 featherweight Waggney Fabiano, Davis has an impressive resume that includes a win over Bao Quach, recently signed by Bellator FC. Davis will look for a 4th straight WEC victory when he faces Josh Grispi on the WEC 49 fight card.

8. Josh Grispi (13-1, 3-0 WEC) – The youngster has not fought since his WEC 41 defeat of Jens Pulver in June 2009 and many are eager to see him enter the octagon once again. Now 13-1 in his MMA career he also has wins over Mark Hominick & Micah Miller giving him a 3-0 record in WEC competition. Grispi will be back in action at WEC 49 in June where he will face another Top 10 featherweight in L.C. Davis, currently our #8 fighter in the WEC's 145 lb division.

9. Cub Swanson (14-3, 4-2 WEC) – The one consistent for Swanson since joining the WEC's 145 pound division is his lack of consistency after two wins put him in position to face Jens Pulver, the man everyone is beating these days, but somehow Swanson was the lone victory for Pulver in his last 7 fights. Swanson returned to the WEC after one fight outside of the organization only to then run into now Featherweight Champ Jose Aldo where he suffered an 8 second flying knee KO loss. Cub bounced back beating John Franchi at WEC 44 and is now 4-2 in six WEC fights.

10. Chan Sung Jung (10-2, 0-1 WEC) – "The Korean Zombie" may have lost his WEC debut in controversial fashion, but he also opened a lot of eyes in defeat. Time will tell if Jung can handle the step up in competition of fighting in the states, but if his first bout is any indicator he should provide exciting fights along the way.

Jose Aldo (left) defeated Mike Brown (right) by TKO at WEC 44 to win the WEC Featherweight belt.