who is the best fighter in the world under 160?

Question

Vitor "Shaolin" Ribiero gets my vote. He is the current champion of Cage Rage and an extremely technical fighter.

Answer 1

BJ Penn at that weight. It's his natural fighting weight and he is Awesome when he is there!!!

Answer 2

Gomi is widely considered the #1 lightweight and BJ Penn has a win over him as well as being the most dominate lightweight in my opinion. His only loss at lightweight was to Jens Pulver and if you've seen that fight BJ dominated but Jens won by split decision which in my opinion was due to the fact that Jens was a bigger star at the time, in other words the decision was bogus BJ won that fight.

Answer 3

Pride's Gomi at 155. If BJ Penn goes back to his natural fighting weight of 155 he would dominate it again.

Answer 4

not now so much but in his day ken shamrock was the worlds most dangerous man..in the late 70 Chuck Norris ruled the world of kick boxing maybe not the best fighter in the world but elite non the less

Answer 5

Gotta go with BJ Penn or Gomi

Answer 6

Tony Ja, a Muay Thai fighter

Answer 7

Gomi

Answer 8

Gomi has been the most dominant lightweight over the last few years.

Answer 9

Gotta go with BJ Penn

Answer 10

Benny Urquidez

Urquidez was born in Los Angeles County California, the son of a wrestling mother and a boxing father, and is descended from Spaniards and Amerindians. He began competing in 1958, at the age of five, in "peewee" boxing in Los Angeles. This was followed by martial arts instruction at the age of 8, for which his first formal teacher was Bill Ryusaki. He received his black belt at the age of 14, a feat which was highly unusual during the 1960s. He entered the point circuit in 1964, and earned the reputation as an extremely colorful fighter. In the 1973 Internationals, he fought John Natividad in one of the greatest non-contact bouts in history. He also competed in England and Belgium as a member of Ed Parker's 1974 US team. Also, in 1974, he began his move away from the non-contact style by entering and winning the World Series of Martial Arts Championship, which was effectively a tough-man contest with few rules. Over the next two decades he fought under various different kickboxing organizations (NKL, WPKO, PKA, WKA, AJKBA, KATOGI, NJPW and MTN) to amass a record of 58 wins with no losses. There is a good deal of controversy surrounding this record.

In 1977, Urquidez travelled to Japan for the first time and fought under WKA rules which included leg kicks. In his first fight he defeated Katsuyuki Suzuki by 6th round KO (August 1977). To avenge this loss, the undefeated fighter Kunimatsu Okau came out of retirement to challenge Urquidez. Urquidez won this bout by 4th round KO (November 1977). After 1980, Urquidez' ring appearances became less frequent. Between 1981 and 1984 he fought only sporadically. In 1984, he fought Ivan Sprang in Amsterdam under Muay Thai rules, winning by 6th round TKO. His ring career largely came to a halt after 1985, after which he fought only two fights: once in 1989 against Nobuya Azuka, and once in 1993 (at the age of 41) against Yoshihisa Tagami. He won both fights by decision. From that time on, he devoted himself to acting, teaching kick boxing and martial arts choreography.

Urquidez has obtained black belts in nine styles: judo, kempo, shotokan, taekwondo, lima lama, white crane kung fu, jujutsu, aikido, and karate. He is the founder of Ukidokan Karate.Today, he continues to teach at "The Jets Gym" in North Hollywood, California. Urquidez has also authored various instructional books and videos.