Bantamweight (MMA)

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The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups competitors within 126 to 135 lb (57 to 61 kg). In Shooto, where a championship belt is circulated for 132-pound (60 kg) competitors, the division is known as featherweight. The bantamweight division sits between the lighter flyweight division, and the heavier lightweight division. Due to the weight class' relative sparsity, few organizations maintain a bantamweight division.

Prior to UFC 31, 150-pound (68 kg) fighters were known as bantamweights in the UFC. After which, the weight limit was raised to 155 lb (70 kg), and the division became reinstated as the lightweight class.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission's combat sports doctrine confines the bantamweight division to competitors between 126 and 135 lb.[1]

[edit] Notable bantamweights in MMA

  • Akitoshi Hokazono, Shooto 132-pound champion
  • Kenji Osawa, Shooto 132-pound contender


Weight divisions in mixed martial arts
Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
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