Welcome to the May edition of the Minnesota MMA News unified rankings.

Please remember the rules: Fighters must be active within the past 12 months and they must either be from Minnesota or compete in Minnesota on a regular basis to be considered for the rankings. (Fighters who have openly announced their retirement also have been removed this month ... also there's about a 30-day gap for wiggle room on the 12 months, so guys like Rich Taylor and Dave Menne are on the bubble this month.)

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OK ... it's rankings time:

Women's

1. Kelly Kobold (17-3-1)

2. Shana Olsen (4-1)

3. Kaitlin Young (4-5)

4. Aimee Slama (3-1)

5. Kendra Ruff (2-0)

6. Melissa Schiro (3-0)

7. Christina Jobe (2-3)

8. Mariah Johnson (4-4)

9. Sarah Bishop (1-0)

10. Hope Sanftner (1-2)

135-and-below

1. Travis Reddinger (15-3)

2. Brandon Merkt (11-0)

3. Jeremy Stetz (9-2)

4. Nick Kirk (5-0)

5. Billy Jochum (10-5)

6. Chris Barrera (13-4)

7. Marvin Blumer (4-1)

8. Donald Williams (2-1)

9. Rocco Maggiore (1-0)

10. Mike Jiang (11-3)

145

1. Rich Taylor (9-2)

2. Mitch Jackson (17-2)

3. Austin Judge (13-5-1)

4. Mike Richman (9-1)

5. Courtney Buck (9-4)

6. Melvin Blumer (3-0)

7. Ewan Niven (5-0, amateur)

8. Chris Hansmann (6-0, amateur)

9. Pat Schilling (3-1)

10. Jamal Galehdari (3-0, amateur)

155

1. Travis Perzynski (30-6-1)

2. Marcus LeVesseur (22-5)

3. Ashkan Morvari (12-4)

4. Zach Juusola (7-0)

5. Brandon Girtz (7-1)

6. Steve Merth (6-1)

7. Kyle Jensen (38-11-2)

8. Ben Neumann (4-0)

9. Dan Moret (12-0, amateur)

10. Nate Schut (17-5)

170

1. Brock Larson (30-5)

2. Tommy Speer (13-5)

3. Tat Romero (18-3)

4. Jeremy Lang (20-2)

5. Robbie Gotreau (9-1)

6. Adam McDonough (8-0)

7. Dylan Spicer (6-0)

8. Jay Wood (5-0)

9. Justin Kratzke (8-1, amateur)

10. Heath Rud (5-2, amateur)

185

1. Logan Clark (15-5)

2. Jeremy Hamilton (9-0)

3. Dave Menne (45-16-2)

4. Isaiah Larson (12-6)

5. Marzett Turner (7-0, amateur)

6. Garrett Olson (7-2)

7. Cody Lynch (4-0)

8. Tyler Klejeski (4-0)

9. Derek Smith (6-3)

10. Anthony Mix (5-0, amateur)

205

1. Karl Knothe (58-6)

2. Josh Janousek (6-1)

3. Jake Doerr (6-1)

4. Cully Butterfield (6-1)

5. Tommy Meadows (6-2)

6. Branden Noetzel (1-0, amateur)

7. Shane DeZee (20-13)

8. David Bowser (3-1)

9. Nate Hoffman (4-3)

10. Justin Rheaume (6-2, amateur)

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Travis Wiuff (63-14)

2. Kevin Asplund (16-1)

3. Reese Hernandez (9-2)

4. Zak Jensen (14-6)

5. Rene Vargas (4-1)

6. Raphael Butler (2-0)

7. Lee Isaacson (2-0)

8. Cam Befort (9-3)

9. Steve Shaw (4-0, amateur)

10. Kevin Garlitch (5-2)

POWER RANKINGS

1. Brock Lesnar (5-2)

2. Sean Sherk (34-4-1)

3. Jacob Volkmann (12-2)

4. Nik Lentz (19-3-2)

5. Cole Konrad (6-0)

6. Brett Rogers (11-2)

7. Paul Bradley (15-2)

8. Chris Tuchscherer (16-4)

9. Carey Vanier (8-3)

10. Roger Huerta (21-4-1)

11. Derrick Noble (26-14-1)