7. Rick Story
Record: 13-3
Promotion: UFC
Age: 26 years old
Reason:
All aboard the Rick Story bandwagon!
After not even making the list as an honorable mention in May, Rick Story has shot all the way up to No. 7 in June following his impressive victory over consensus top-5 welterweight Thiago Alves in late-May.
But it may not be just that victory that has this 26-year old moving up the rankings in such a quick fashion.
He also showed a lot of guts by taking a fight against Nate Marquardt, who will be making his welterweight debut this Sunday night at UFC on Versus 4, on just a few weeks’ notice.