UFC Flyweight Champions with least-to-most Top 10 ranked wins at Flyweight.

[Alexander_GOATanovski]

With only 4 champions in flyweight history, I decided to check out the two guys who fought for the flyweight title more than once but failed to become champion

John Dodson's resume:

#7 Tim Elliott
#6 Jussier Formiga
#10 John Moraga
#5 Zach Makovsky

Dodson has 4 top ten wins.


Joseph Benavidez's resume:

#3 Rani Yahya
#2 Miguel Torres
#4 Wagnney Fabiano
#3 Yasuhiro Urushitani
#6 Ian McCall
#7 Darren Uyenoyama
#8 Jussier Formiga
#8 Zach Makovsky
#3 Henry Cejudo
#6 Dustin Ortiz
#2 Jussier Formiga

Benavidez has 8 top ten wins in Flyweight and 3 top ten wins in Bantamweight.

Idk about you but I think these two are worth mentioning @acannxr

People always confuse lesser known names with "weaker"

Yep, people conflate popular names with good names. Not a lot of casuals realize how elite and talented Benavidez, Dodson and Hioguchi are.

Flyweight is actually a very good division and much better than mw/lhw/hw but its also the least popular division according to ppv numbers. The main reason it's not as good as bw/fw/lw is because it has the least amount of fighters at around 25-30. If all weight classes had the same amount of fighters, it would be one of the 3 most competitive weight classes along with bw/fw.

 

[Iron Nick]

People always confuse lesser known names with "weaker"

QFT

Yep, people conflate popular names with good names. Not a lot of casuals realize how elite and talented Benavidez, Dodson and Hioguchi are.

Flyweight is actually a very good division and much better than mw/lhw/hw but its also the least popular division according to ppv numbers. The main reason it's not as good as bw/fw/lw is because it has the least amount of fighters at around 25-30. If all weight classes had the same amount of fighters, it would be one of the 3 most competitive weight classes along with bw/fw.

Also QFT

 

[ferrisjso]

MM's resume is the best because 125 was actually stacked early in his career and in the case of the subsequent 3 champs it's been horrible and/or rebuilding their whole career. Like Jones MM's early competition was so impressive his latter run where they had no one to fight him was just added.

This 125 division right now isn't bad but it's built around up and coming talent and there's no established big names in it. Given how good the other promotions are at 125 and 135 we actually have no idea how the best UFC fighters would fare in Asia. As we know even MM lost in ONE, it was to their champ after winning a GP but still he lost.

 

[ferrisjso]

With only 4 champions in flyweight history, I decided to check out the two guys who fought for the flyweight title more than once but failed to become champion

John Dodson's resume:

#7 Tim Elliott
#6 Jussier Formiga
#10 John Moraga
#5 Zach Makovsky

Dodson has 4 top ten wins.


Joseph Benavidez's resume:

#3 Rani Yahya
#2 Miguel Torres
#4 Wagnney Fabiano
#3 Yasuhiro Urushitani
#6 Ian McCall
#7 Darren Uyenoyama
#8 Jussier Formiga
#8 Zach Makovsky
#3 Henry Cejudo
#6 Dustin Ortiz
#2 Jussier Formiga

Benavidez has 8 top ten wins in Flyweight and 3 top ten wins in Bantamweight.

Idk about you but I think these two are worth mentioning @acannxr



Yep, people conflate popular names with good names. Not a lot of casuals realize how elite and talented Benavidez, Dodson and Hioguchi are.

Flyweight is actually a very good division and much better than mw/lhw/hw but its also the least popular division according to ppv numbers. The main reason it's not as good as bw/fw/lw is because it has the least amount of fighters at around 25-30. If all weight classes had the same amount of fighters, it would be one of the 3 most competitive weight classes along with bw/fw.

You're right. In early 2010s 125 was stacked as the UFC made a huge effort to sign established 125 talent. But MM, Joe B and Dodson before he left for 135 and Horiguchi and Henry afterwards beat every other top guy they faced and as a result that murderers row was destroyed.

If number 1 beats everyone, number 2 beats everyone else and number 3 beats everyone else it's really hard to move things forward. Besides MM Sergio Pettis was the only guy to beat MM, Joe B, Dodson, Horiguchi or Henry at 125 for close to decade.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Well Fig now has 6 ranked wins

 

[acannxr]

Updated Figueiredo's resume.

 

[acannxr]

Updated Moreno's resume.

 

[HaulParris]

The Bantamweight version is here.
The Featherweight version is here.
The Lightweight version is here.
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The Middleweight version is here.
The Light Heavyweight version is here.
The Heavyweight version is here.
Champions with most wins in each division here.
The Multi-Division version is here.

Rankings are based on FightMatrix.

Brandon Moreno

Moreno's resume:

#2 Jussier Formiga
#8 Brandon Royval
#1 Deiveson Figueiredo
#3 Kai Kara France

Moreno has 4 top ten wins.

Henry Cejudo

Cejudo's resume:

#3 Jussier Formiga
#9 Wilson Reis
#6 Sergio Pettis
#1 Demetrious Johnson

Cejudo has 4 top ten wins.

Deiveson Figueiredo

Figueiredo's resume:

#7 John Moraga
#3 Alexandre Pantoja
#1 Joseph Benavidez
#2 Joseph Benavidez
#4 Alex Perez
#1 Brandon Moreno

Figueiredo has 6 top ten wins.

Demetrious Johnson

Johnson's resume:

#3 Ian McCall
#1 Joseph Benavidez
#3 John Dodson
#6 John Moraga
#2 Joseph Benavidez
#8 Ali Bagautinov
#7 Kyoji Horiguchi
#4 John Dodson
#4 Henry Cejudo
#9 Tim Elliott
#7 Wilson Reis
#4 Ray Borg

Johnson has 12 top ten wins.

Hespect to the Flyweight GOAT, DJ

 

[acannxr]

Updated Moreno's resume.

 

[acannxr]

Added Alexandre Pantoja.

 

[Cowboy Kurt Angle]

Figgy is the B.O.A.T.

 

[acannxr]

Updated Pantoja's resume.

 

[Zanmato]

Hope someone enters this thread stoned and you blow their minds at 12 top 10 wins

 

[Hdfi]

Updated Pantoja's resume.

Pantoja has 6 top ten wins:
#6 Brandon Moreno (2018)
#7 Wilson Reis (2019)
#7 Matt Schnell (2019)
#10 Brandon Royval (2021)
#1 Brandon Moreno (2023)
#6 Brandon Royval (2023)
https://www.fightmatrix.com/fighter-profile/Alexandre+Pantoja/5215/