Jose “Junior” Aldo stormed to the top of the Featherweight Buzz Rankings in November in much the same way that he won the WEC divisional championship against Mike Brown on November 18th. Aldo moved ahead of the most recognizable face of the division, Urijah Faber, to take the top ranking. Several other WEC featherweights also made big moves, including Jeff Curran, Jens Pulver, Rafael Assuncao, and the aforementioned Mike Brown. Dropping out of the top spots were many of the Japanese competitors that had been active with fights in October. 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 Featherweight Buzz Rankings for recent months:
- October 2009 (#1 Rank: Chase Beebe)
- September 2009 (#1 Rank: Urijah Faber)
November 2009 Featherweight (145 lbs) Rankings
| November Rank |
Featherweight Fighter | October to November Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo | Up 5 |
| 2 | Urijah Faber | No Change |
| 3 | Jeff Curran | Up 13 |
| 4 | Jens Pulver | Up 13 |
| 5 | Leonard Garcia | Up 15 |
| 6 | Rafael Assuncao | Up 12 |
| 7 | Cub Swanson | Up 12 |
| 8 | Mike Thomas Brown | Up 16 |
| 9 | Dustin Neace | Up 85 |
| 10 | Michihiro Omigawa | Up 2 |
| 11 | Marlon Sandro | Up 15 |
| 12 | Rumina Sato | Down 2 |
| 13 | Diego Nunes | Up 31 |
| 14 | John Franchi | Up 41 |
| 15 | Bibiano Fernandes | Down 11 |
| 16 | Hatsu Hioki | Up 12 |
| 17 | LC Davis | Up 39 |
| 18 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | Up 13 |
| 19 | Masakazu Imanari | Up 26 |
| 20 | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Up 37 |
Dropped out of Top 20:
Hiroyuki Takaya (#23), Joe Soto (#24), Yoshiro Maeda (#27), Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto (#33)
Joe Warren (#35), Daiki Hata (#45), Chase Beebe (#47), Hideo Tokoro (#52), Deividas Taurosevicius (#64), Mackens Semerzier (#88)
