Filed under: UFC, WEC, Rankings, Bantamweights
World Extreme Cagefighting is over, and its fighters are heading to the UFC — which means the UFC now has, by far, the strongest bantamweight division in mixed martial arts.
In fact, although Japan was once home to most of the sport’s best small fighters, in 2011 just about every single significant 135-pound fight will take place inside the Octagon.
The biggest fight will be the first UFC title defense for bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who’s No. 1 in our bantamweight rankings and ready for a rematch with No. 2 Urijah Faber. See how the rest of the bantamweights stack up below.