Miguel Torres remained the bantamweight MMA fighter with the most fan interest in November, staying atop the Buzz Rankings for the 3rd consecutive month. Despite having lost to current champion Brian Bowles in August, Torres has become one of the few WEC competitors to generate legitimate drawing power for his fights. Bowles, while champion, dropped three spots to 6th in the rankings for November. Kenji Osawa jumped to 2nd place despite losing his bout at WEC 44 to Antonio Banuelos, who improved to 3rd place. Full Top 20 rankings are below.
Tapology’s Buzz Rankings measure fan interest in individual MMA fighters based on online searches and pageviews for information about each athlete. The rankings are not a measure of a fighter’s skill or competitive standing within their division, but rather how much activity or “buzz” surrounds them (positive or negative).
Top 20 Bantamweight Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- October 2009 (#1 Rank: Miguel Torres)
- September 2009 (#1 Rank: Miguel Torres)
November 2009 Bantamweight (135 lbs) Rankings
| November Rank |
Bantamweight Fighter | October to November Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Torres | No Change |
| 2 | Kenji Osawa | Up 11 |
| 3 | Antonio Banuelos | Up 8 |
| 4 | Dominick Cruz | Up 4 |
| 5 | Wilson Reis | Up 9 |
| 6 | Brian Bowles | Down 3 |
| 7 | Frank Gomez | Up 11 |
| 8 | Joseph Benavidez | Up 9 |
| 9 | Brad Pickett | Up 30 |
| 10 | Damacio Page | Down 4 |
| 11 | Cole Escovedo | Up 13 |
| 12 | Takeya Mizugaki | Down 8 |
| 13 | Rani Yahya | Up 3 |
| 14 | Waggney Fabiano | Down 12 |
| 15 | Manny Tapia | Down 10 |
| 16 | Darren Uyenoyama | Up 18 |
| 17 | Scott Jorgensen | Down 10 |
| 18 | Seth Dikun | Up 4 |
| 19 | Kyle Dietz | Up 9 |
| 20 | Marcos Galvao | No Change |
Dropped out of Top 20:
Akitoshi Tamura (#21), Charlie Valencia (#22), Noah Thomas (#27), Will Ribeiro (#33), Will Campuzano (#37)
