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Friday, Week 1, January 1997

Company Rankings
Rank Name (Career Record)

ALPHA-1: Japanese Full Contact Combat

Heavyweight (206-265)
1 Jeff Carlton (17-3) Current Champion (Aug 96). Former GAMMA Heavyweight Champion (May 93 - Jun 94)
2 Hiro Arai (18-3)
3 Hassan Fezzik (25-1) Former Champion (May 95 - Aug 96)
4 Grzegorz Boniek (14-4)
5 Kunimichi Kikuchi (20-3) Former Champion (Apr 93 - May 95)
6 Robun Yamazaki (18-6) Former Champion (Nov 92 - Apr 93)
7 Jean-Pierre Richelleau (9-2)
8 Ari Peltonen (14-5)
9 Carter Potter (10-2)
10 Eien Kawano (8-4)
- Stan Blackheath (19-12)
- Denbe Ekiguchi (7-13-1)
- Veeti Kuqi (4-3) hired in Aug 96
- Russell McPhee (3-1) hired in Dec 96
- Graham Goodbody (2-0) hired in Jul 96
- Juozas Skerla (1-1) hired in Jul 96

Light Heavyweight (186-205)
1 Tadamasa Yamada (14-1) Current Champion (Aug 95)
2 Leon Banks (11-3)
3 Roberto Aldez (19-4) Former GAMMA Light Heavyweight Champion (Jan 94 - Dec 95)
4 Atshushi Nakajima (16-12)
5 Gempachi Higa (10-5)
6 Heiji Endo (9-1)
7 Zaco (9-2)
8 Jin Katou (6-2)
9 Naoki Itoh (10-7)
10 Bambang Sriyanto (10-6-2)
- Inejiro Chiba (20-6) Former Champion (Feb 94 - Aug 95)
- Ebizo Fujishima (7-10-2)
- Souleymane Ya Konan (10-2)
- Washichi Kobayashi (6-6)
- Bence Bodor (2-5) hired in Dec 96
- Theo Powers (4-2) hired in Aug 96

Middleweight (171-185)
1 Bakin Sakamoto (13-5)
2 Dokuohtei Kuroki (14-8) Former Champion (May 94 - Nov 94)
3 Jerezo (21-8) Former Champion (Jan 96 - May 96)
4 Jorge Hormazabal (14-5) Former Champion (Nov 94 - Jan 96)
5 Mal Phe Roby (9-2)
6 Ieyoshi Yamashita (10-4)
7 Juro Fukazawa (7-0) Current Champion (May 96)
8 Zenko Hatakeyama (8-10)
9 Haranobu Oshiro (9-3-1)
10 Leonardo da Costa (8-1)
- Yoshinobu Tanaka (8-15)
- Kyuwa Itou (10-10)
- Bokkai Iida (10-9)
- Nigel Malley (8-9-1) hired in Jul 96
- Chikafusa Abukara (5-9)
- Susumu Katoh (4-9) hired in Aug 96

Welterweight (156-170)
1 Fumiaki Hayashi (14-4) Former Champion (Jun 94 - Apr 95)
2 Claudio Palacios (11-2-1)
3 Gabriel Gallego (12-0) Current Champion (Apr 95)
4 Kafu Bunya (10-3)
5 Sadakuno Katoh (7-2)
6 Yeijiro Yamamoto (5-6)
7 Alberto Basora (8-3)
8 Ikku Funaki (5-4)
9 Matsudaira Satoh (7-6)
10 Piotr Dabrowski (9-11-1)
- Toson Ono (5-12)
- Bret Clement (2-2-1) hired in Sep 96
- Heikichi Shimizu (3-0)
- Linton Berry (2-1) hired in Dec 96
- Scott Gillespie (2-1) hired in Aug 96
- Tessai Satou (1-2)

Lightweight (146-155)
1 Paulo Roberto Bezerra (10-1) Current Champion (Dec 96)
2 Go Yamamoto (13-2) Former Champion (Feb 96 - Dec 96)
3 Carlos da Guia (5-0)
4 Edson Edmilson (14-6) Former Champion (Dec 93 - Oct 94)
5 Teeratep Nutnum (6-0)
6 Ricardo Fernandes (15-8) Former Champion (Oct 94 - Feb 96)
7 Ukyo Narita (4-4)
8 Jonathan Huang (9-4)
9 Chojiro Goto (8-2)
10 Muhammad Hamzah (12-11)
- Sadahige Yoshida (4-0)
- Fujimaro Hidaka (1-3)
- Atep of Indonesia (3-0)
- Richie Stiller (0-3) hired in Dec 96
- Jamie Hewitt (1-1) hired in Aug 96
- Ashihei Bando (0-1)

Womens (100-145)
1 Sayoko Ebisawa (17-1) Current Champion (Dec 95)
2 Seka Mutsu (13-4-1) Former Champion (Mar 95 - Dec 95)
3 Kaoru Nanami (12-2)
4 Taniko Uchiyama (7-2)
5 Naora Kikuchi (10-2)
6 Chiyo Yanagimoto (10-2)
7 Ayame Kondo (16-6)
8 Romi Takahashi (6-0)
9 Yoko Kobayashi (9-11)
10 Janinha (11-2)
- Mio Mochizuki (7-11)
- Katarzyna Wojciechowska (8-5)
- Yutsuko Sasaki (7-5-1)
- Mizuki Watanabe (7-1)
- Yuya Shimizu (5-2)
- Hanako Shimizu (4-0)
- Echiko Watanabe (3-1)
- Kit Sakamoto (1-1)
- Machiko Fujii (0-2)
- Emiko Shikuk (0-1)

Pound For Pound
1 Tadamasa Yamada
2 Jeff Carlton
3 Hiro Arai
4 Hassan Fezzik
5 Grzegorz Boniek
6 Leon Banks
7 Paulo Roberto Bezerra
8 Kunimichi Kikuchi
9 Robun Yamazaki
10 Bakin Sakamoto

British Cage Fighting

Heavyweight (196-700)
1 Garry McSweegan (13-2) Current Champion (Nov 95)
2 Stafford Alois (19-7)
3 Mark Bicknell (10-3)
4 Nicolai Mickiewicz (10-1) hired in Jul 96
5 Eddie Whelan (11-2)
6 Daniel Hornsby (9-2)
7 Richard Smith (10-5)
8 Bob Dozier (6-2)
9 Rav Kapur (6-0)
10 Dave Lennon (7-2) hired in Aug 96
- Perry Barr (13-5)
- Brian Barnes (9-8)
- Curt Kitson (11-4)
- Aleksei Chekhov (9-3) hired in Jul 96
- Jesse Singh (5-5)
- Michael Bannon (5-5)

Middleweight (166-195)
1 Tucker Plumm (13-7) Former Lightweight Champion (Jan 96 - Apr 96)
2 Rob Baines (10-2)
3 Dennis Gallagher (6-1) Current Champion (Dec 96)
4 Korekiyo Anzai (6-1) hired in Jul 96
5 Uwe Maier (8-2)
6 Hans-Peter Schneider (9-3)
7 Davis Spyrou (12-5)
8 Robert Darrell (7-2)
9 Bixente Fontaine (10-4) hired in Jul 96
10 Andrew Rush (12-1) Former Champion (Jan 96 - Dec 96)
- Grant Capelli (16-39-2)
- George Laurent (12-3)
- Glenn Pimm (6-7) hired in Dec 96
- Marcelo Oberto (8-4) hired in Nov 96
- Casim Yenkini (7-4) hired in Jul 96
- Will Kane (8-1)

Lightweight (146-165)
1 Doug Hansen (15-3)
2 Marko Prochazka (12-2) hired in Jul 96
3 Jason Dalglish (10-2) Current Champion (Apr 96)
4 Dominykas Jankovic (9-4)
5 Lukas Mellberg (10-0)
6 Gordon Idle (7-2)
7 Milenko Rudonja (7-3)
8 Paul Duffell (8-5-2)
9 Rodolphe Gygax (16-8)
10 Henning Olsen (3-2)
- Lee Bould (7-9) hired in Jul 96
- William Powell (7-4)
- Jeremy Sproule (6-5)
- Brandon Sugar (7-3) hired in Jul 96
- Steven Griffin (3-1)
- Scott Gillespie (2-1)
- Jay Dorridge (1-0)

Pound For Pound
1 Garry McSweegan
2 Stafford Alois
3 Doug Hansen
4 Marko Prochazka
5 Jason Dalglish
6 Mark Bicknell
7 Nicolai Mickiewicz
8 Tucker Plumm
9 Dominykas Jankovic
10 Lukas Mellberg

Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts

Heavyweight (206-265)
1 James Foster (17-2) Former Champion (Aug 95 - Jun 96)
2 Rick Stanley (20-7-3)
3 Harry Milne (20-6) hired in Sep 96
4 Tim Boyer (17-3-2)
5 Tony McCall (20-4)
6 Fatuma Roy (17-5)
7 Lefter Oktay (6-1)
8 Raul Hughes (11-0) Current Champion (Jun 96)
9 Frank Sheedy (10-6)
10 Marvin Stevens (7-0-1)
- Gary Sampson (16-12)
- Vincent Chapin (10-8)
- Milton Harvey (9-8)
- Thomas Smith (6-2)
- Steve Mason (3-0)

Light Heavyweight (186-205)
1 Anthony LeToussier (13-5)
2 Ricky Heath (10-3)
3 Stuart Strange (9-3)
4 Lenny McFadden (10-4)
5 Zvonimir Asanovic (11-2) Former Champion (Dec 95 - Oct 96)
6 John Rivero (8-0)
7 JJ Reid (13-1)
8 Christopher Sharp (9-2)
9 Bryan Van Den Hauwe (12-8)
10 Nick Detroit (5-2)
- Elgar (10-6)
- Don Norman (6-9)
- Christian Mountfield (5-3)
- Ashley Ballard (5-1)
- Faas Smit (5-1)
- Mike Watson (4-0) Current Champion (Oct 96)
- Drew Jenks (3-1)
- Owen Hyde (3-0)

Middleweight (171-185)
1 Fernando Amaro (15-3) Former Champion (Jun 94 - Feb 95)
2 Maarten De Vries (13-4) Former Champion (Feb 95 - Jan 96)
3 Linfield Ballard (12-7)
4 Buddy Garner (10-0)
5 Patrick Thomas (8-1) Current Champion (Dec 96)
6 Greg Atteveld (15-10)
7 Phil Ball (7-6)
8 Dan Halvorsen (22-12-2) Former Champion (Nov 93 - Jun 94)
9 Neil Napier (6-0-1)
10 Matthew Dean (10-3) Former Champion (Jan 96 - Dec 96)
- Carl Ratcliffe (8-4)
- Alex Cole (5-5)
- Lloyd McAllister (4-0)
- Jethro Munter (1-2)
- Eric Dartmouth (0-0) hired in Sep 96
- Tyler Lass (0-0) hired in Sep 96

Welterweight (156-170)
1 Jack Humphreys (12-2) Former Champion (Apr 94 - Jun 96)
2 Ichisake Miyagi (15-6) Former ALPHA-1 Welterweight Champion (Oct 93 - Jun 94)
3 Alan Kendall (11-2)
4 Geoff Cahill (22-13)
5 Ray Eton (8-2)
6 Julio Regueiro (9-0-1) Current Champion (Jun 96)
7 Peter Bracewell (17-7)
8 Noach Van Der Capellen (10-3)
9 Luis Basora (7-0)
10 Joe Hinchcliffe (12-5)
- Simon Vine (7-5)
- Keith Plaice (5-6)
- David Allen (5-3)
- Randy Carsley (6-0)
- Dana Delaney (4-2)
- Nathan Chambers (5-0)
- Bruno Epps (3-2)

Lightweight (146-155)
1 Sean Morrison (12-4) Former Champion (Feb 95 - Nov 96)
2 Giovani Silva (21-9)
3 Mario de Souza (12-6)
4 Charles Stiles (8-1-1)
5 Beau Gorshin (22-14)
6 Callum Henson (5-0) Current Champion (Nov 96)
7 Duane Weatherly (11-7)
8 Jackson Gray (9-4)
9 Ian Linderman (3-2)
10 Kenny Magilton III (4-1)
- Juan Pablo Rique (4-6)
- Malcolm O'Hearn (4-2-1)
- Bruce Steven (4-2)
- Marcus Speed (2-0)
- Darren Southall (1-1)
- Liam O'Donnell (1-1)

Pound For Pound
1 James Foster
2 Rick Stanley
3 Jack Humphreys
4 Harry Milne
5 Fernando Amaro
6 Tim Boyer
7 Anthony LeToussier
8 Maarten De Vries
9 Tony McCall
10 Ichisake Miyagi

Women's Extreme Fighting Federation

Heavyweight (136-160)
1 Hester Maclean (8-0-1) Current Champion (Sep 96)
2 Chelsea Lawson (11-2) Former Champion (Mar 95 - Oct 95)
3 Hope Lehane (8-3)
4 Phoebe Bergman (14-5)
5 Tammy Westenra (13-6-2)
6 Henrietta Stein (9-4) hired in Jul 96
7 Temperance McCoy (6-2)
8 Karen Curtis (13-2) Former Champion (Oct 95 - Sep 96)
9 Veronika Sablikova (6-0)
10 Simone King (6-1)
- Rhonda Britton (15-10-2) hired in Jul 96
- Maja Ukraden (10-10-2) hired in Jul 96
- Tanya Duke (6-13)
- Verona Joseph (10-8)
- Serena Hill (5-8) hired in Jul 96
- Roz Wareing (8-2-1)
- Helen Fox (6-3)
- Kerry Silverman (4-2)
- Leslie Myers (4-0)
- Olivia Sweet (4-0) hired in Jul 96
- Hanae Maehata (2-1) hired in Jul 96
- Lisa Labone (1-0)

Lightweight (100-135)
1 Vicki Summers (11-2) hired in Jul 96
2 Sarah Vaughan (18-6) Former Champion (Jul 95 - Apr 96)
3 Erica Page (15-9)
4 Michelle Addams (7-0) Current Champion (Nov 96)
5 Emma Birch (10-5) hired in Jul 96
6 April Watson (14-6)
7 Rachel McGuiness (10-3) hired in Jul 96
8 Park Seong (8-4) hired in Nov 96
9 Maggie Martin (12-7)
10 Jenny DeNeuve (7-0)
- Charlotte DiSerra (10-7-1) hired in Dec 96
- Stella Massey (9-9)
- Steph Smith (11-5)
- Layla Holmes (10-5) hired in Jul 96
- Alison Beattie (10-4) Former Champion (Apr 96 - Nov 96)
- Jocelyn Hescott (7-6) hired in Jul 96
- Kirsten Page (8-4) hired in Jul 96
- Sandy Oliver (7-2)
- Pamela O'Neill (3-0)
- Gina Dixon (2-1)

Pound For Pound
1 Vicki Summers
2 Sarah Vaughan
3 Hester Maclean
4 Erica Page
5 Chelsea Lawson
6 Michelle Addams
7 Hope Lehane
8 Phoebe Bergman
9 Tammy Westenra
10 Emma Birch