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18.9 st tony lopez united states cruiserweight 230 lb 104.3 kg ; 16.4 st wes combs australia light heavyweight 205 lb 93.0 kg ; 14.6 st tony lopez united states middleweight 185 lb 83.9 kg ; 13.2 st daniel madrid united states welterweight 170 lb 77.1 kg ; 12.1 st ben egli united states jr. welterweight 160 lb 72.6 kg ; 11.4 st ryan fillingame united states lightweight 155 lb 70.3 kg ; 11.1 st juan archuleta united states bantamweight 145 lb 65.8 kg ; 10.4 st juan archuleta united states flyweight 135 lb 61.2 kg ; 9.6 st derrick mandell united states jr. flyweight 125 lb 56.7 kg ; 8.9 st john devall united states women s divisions women s bantamweight 135 lb 61.2 kg ; 9.6 st shanna young united states women s interim bantamweight 135 lb 61.2 kg ; 9.6 st pam sorenson united states women s flyweight 125 lb 56.7 kg ; 8.9 st nicco montano united states women s strawweight 115 lb 52.2 kg ; 8.2 st danielle taylor united states women s atomweight 105 lb 47.6 kg ; 7.5 st andy nguyen united states see also edit mma portal list of king of the cage events list of kotc champions references edit hdnet to air live monthly king of the cage events starting next month . mmajunkie.com . retrieved january 30 2010 . external links edit king of the cage official website kotc event results at sherdog v t e professional mixed martial arts organizations asia oceania ex . japan current art of war afc brace one road fc sfl urcc defunct legend fc ruff brazil current jungle fight shooto brasil defunct ivc canada current hard knocks kotc canada mfc wsof canada defunct tfc europe current bamma bushido fc cage warriors ffc ksw m 1 mma raju r 1 respect.fc ucmma defunct 10th legion cage contender cage rage finnfight slamm japan current deep jewels igf pancrase rings rizin ff shooto vtj zst defunct cage force dream hero s pride fc risingon smackgirl src valkyrie united states current bellator cffc invicta fc kotc legacy fc rfa tpf titan fc ufc wsof xfc defunct amma affliction ef elitexc proelite ifl pfc shark fights strikeforce usa mma wec wfa category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title king of the cage & oldid 744505610 categories mixed martial arts organizationssports organizations of the united statesorganizations based in californiasports organisations established in 1998hidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais polskisuomi edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 17 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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