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2010 NAAFS National Amateur Rankings

The initial National Amateur Rankings for the 2010 NAAFS season have been released. The members of the NAAFS Rankings committee have each submitted their top five rankings in each individual weight class, based on the following criteria:

1^st place vote = 5 points
2^nd place vote = 4 points
3^rd place vote = 3 points
4^th place vote = 2 points
5^th place vote = 1 point

Those who received a vote, but not enough total points for a ranking are listed in the Other’s Receiving Votes category. A fighter must have fought in the 2010 NAAFS season to be eligible for ranking, which includes the following events:

Midwest Combat Challenge 10
Caged Fury 9
Caged Fury 10
North Coast Showdown 5
Caged Fury 11
Midwest Combat Challenge 11

National Amateur Heavyweight Division (205- 265lbs)

1. Jason “Rampage” Rauch 10-1 (Main Street MMA)
2. Travis “Too Tough” Tackett 4-0 (Team Titan OH)
3. Nelson Best 4-1 (Team Impact)
4. Nathan Bryant 6-2 (Dragons Den WV)
5. Joey Caughey 2-2 (Team Bloody Buddy)

Others Receiving Votes: Terry Smith ,Scott Denamen, James Rankin, Devin Williams

National Amateur Light Heavyweight Division (186- 205lbs)

1. Jeff “Lights Out” Hughes 5-1(Instigator Fight Team)
2. Mike King 4-1 (Buckeye MMA)
3. Vincent Qurazzo 1-0 (Kick MMA)
4. Chris “Bam Bam” Green 8-4 (Team Impact)
5. Matt Garretson 4-3 (Team DMI)

Others Receiving Votes: Pat Schottenheimer, Cory Gwynn

National Amateur Middleweight Division (171- 185lbs)

1. “Chocolate Thunder” Milan Wesley 5-2 (Strong Style Fight Team)
2. Cory Bresson 4-1 (Warrior MMA)
3. Joe SanFilippo 2-0  (Relson Gracie Cleveland)
4. Bob Rech 3-1 (Team DNA)
5. John Burbol 3-2 (Team GriffonRawl)

Others Receiving Votes: Alan Charity

National Amateur Welterweight Division (156- 170lbs)

1. “The Contract Killer” Reggie Parks 8-2 (Team GriffonRawl)
2. “X-Rayted” Ray Halasz 4-0 (Strong Style Fight Team)
3. Bill Morosetti 5-2 (H2O MMA)
4. “The Boy” Grant Hoppel 7-4 (Buckeye MMA)
5. Brandon Conley 5-1 (Team Titan OH)

Others Receiving Votes: Travis Soto, Michael “Taco” Cardona, Joe Goyette, Dave Prologo

National Amateur Lightweight Division (146- 155lbs)

1. Bryon McCroskey 7-3 (Team GriffonRawl)
2. Kenny “The Black Spartan” Jackson 5-1 (Strong Style Fight Team)
3. Jeb Banovskey 6-3 (Team Impact)
4. Russ Halsey 6-5 (Pain Headquarters)
5. Andrew Jordan 3-0 (Kick MMA)

Others Receiving Votes: Clint Musser, Wally McDonald

National Amateur Featherweight Division (136- 145lbs)

1. Justin “The Hawk” Steave 10-5 (H2O MMA/Main Street MMA)
2. RJ Buck 6-1 (Ohio BJJC)
3. Tony Metsch 4-0 (Team Impact)
4. Clint Mussleman 3-1 (PM Fight Club)
5. Bhrandon “Bad Intentions” Poindexter 5-2 (Evolve MMA)

Others Receiving Votes: KJ Hannah, Francis Healy, CoDean Roff, Mike Ludwig

National Amateur Bantamweight Division (126 – 135lbs)

1. Isaiah Chapman 4-0 (Rock Hard MMA)
2. Stephen Morrison 4-1 (PM Fight Club)
3. Cody “No Love” Garbrandt 1-1 (Evolve MMA/Main Street MMA)
4. Levi Hively 3-0 (Campbell Martial Arts)
5. “Super” Mario McCale 3-3 (Evolve MMA)

Others Receiving Votes: Eric Noel, Danny Jones, Brett Gruber, Will “The Thrill” Logsdon

National Amateur Women’s Division (Pound for Pound)

1. Nola “The Python” Hessom 3-0 (Harris International) 130lbs
2. Shawna Brown 2-0 (Team Air-Gadfly)  110lbs
3. Jordan McDonald 2-1 (Fitness Edge MMA) 110lbs
4. Deanna Biesan 1-0 (Strong Style Fight Team) 125lbs
5. Trisha Barr 1-2 (Team Kana) 145lbs

About the NAAFS

The NAAFS is the fastest growing mixed martial arts organization in the sport featuring top level amateur and professional prospects as well as established stars including Jason Dent, Forrest Petz, Josh Hendricks, Matt Brown, Ben Rothwell, Ryan Madigan, Paul Bradley, Noah Inhofer, Jeff Cox, and Phil Davis among many others. The television program “NAAFS Cage Fighting” can be seen domestically Sunday nights at 11pm EST on the television home of the Cleveland Indians Sports Time Ohio, nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network, internationally via G-TV and globally via internet broadcasting leader Ustream.tv.

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