Featherweight (MMA)

Featherweight (MMA)

The featherweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups competitors within 136 to 145 lb (61 to 66 kg). The featherweight division is popularly utilized by Pancrase; TKO, a Quebec-based promotion; U.S.-based King of the Cage, where it is known as the "bantamweight" division; and Shooto, where it is known as the "lightweight" division; and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The featherweight limit, as defined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, is 145 lb (66 kg). [cite web |url= http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-467.html#NAC467Sec7956|title= Nevada Revised Statutes: CHAPTER 467 - UNARMED COMBAT|accessdate=2007-02-20 |format= |work= http://www.leg.state.nv.us]

Due to the lack of a featherweight division in many of the larger promotions (e.g., PRIDE and UFC), many 145-pound fighters have either moved up, or are considering moving up in weight to the lightweight division to compete. Such fighters include Mark Hominick, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, and Gilbert Melendez.

Notable featherweights in MMA

*flagicon|USA Urijah Faber, WEC featherweight champion, former KOTC bantamweight champion, former Gladiator Challenge bantamweight champion
*flagicon|JPN Yoshiro Maeda, Pancrase featherweight champion
*flagicon|JPN Takeshi Inoue, former Shooto 143-pound champion
*flagicon|JPN Akitoshi Tamura, former Shooto 143-pound champion
*flagicon|JPN Hatsu Hioki, TKO featherweight champion
*flagicon|USA Jeff Curran, WEC PRIDE veteran, Former Shooto Lightweight Americas Champion
*flagicon|JPN Masakazu Imanari, Former DEEP featherweight champion
*flagicon|JPN Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto, K-1 HERO'S 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix champion
*flagicon|BRA Alexandre Franca Nogueira, former Shooto champion
*flagicon|CAN Mark Hominick, former TKO featherweight champion
*flagicon|CAN Antonio Carvalho, Shooto veteran
*flagicon|USA Jens Pulver, former UFC lightweight champion
*flagicon|USA Dan Hall, Former Shooto champion

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