MMA Rankings After UFC on Fox 8 Johnson vs. Moraga

(Pictured UFC HW Champion #1 Velasquez)

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez - UFC Champion
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Antonio Silva
5. Alistair Overeem
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Frank Mir
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Josh Barnett
10. Andrei Arlovski 

Other Contenders: Mark Hunt, Travis Browne, Stipe Miocic, Roy Nelson, Gabriel Gonzaga

Sergei Kharitonov is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff.

(Pictured UFC LH Champion #1 Jones)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
4. Rashad Evans
5. Alexander Gustafsson
6. Dan Henderson
7. Mauricio Rua
8. Phil Davis
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Ryan Bader

Other Contenders: Quinton Jackson, Thiago Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Rafael Cavalcante, Gegard Mousasi

(Pictured UFC MW
Champion #1 Weidman)

Middleweight

1. Chris Weidman - UFC Champion
2. Anderson Silva
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Michael Bisping
5. Yushin Okami
6. Mark Munoz
7. Constantinos Philippou
8. Hector Lombard
9. Tim Boetsch
10. Luke Rockhold


Other Contenders: Ronaldo Souza, Tim Kennedy, Cung Le, Rich Franklin, Ronny Markes

With Brian Stann now retired Ronny Markes enters the contenders list. 

(Pictured WW #6 MacDonald)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre - UFC Champion
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Carlos Condit
4. Nick Diaz
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Rory Macdonald +3
7. Jake Ellenberger -1
8. Jake Shields -1
9. Demian Maia -1
10. Robbie Lawler

Other Contenders: Josh Koscheck, Josh Burkman, Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Erick Silva

(Pictured LW contender Guillard)

Lightweight

1. Ben Henderson - UFC Champion
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. TJ Grant
4. Gray Maynard
5. Michael Chandler - Bellator Champion 
6. Eddie Alvarez 
7. Shinya Aoki - One FC Champion 
8. Anthony Pettis
9. Josh Thomson
10. Nate Diaz

Other Contenders: Donald Cerrone, Jim Miller, Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard

Pat Healy is ineligible for his suspension. He'll be re eligible once he fights once after his suspension. 

Melvin Guillard returns to the contender list with his knockout win over Mac Danzig.

(Pictured UFC FW Champion #1 Aldo)

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo - UFC Champion
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Ricardo Lamas
4. Chad Mendes
5. Pat Curran - Bellator Champion 
6. Cub Swanson
7. Hatsu Hioki
8. Clay Guida
9. Dustin Poirier
10. Nik Lentz

Other Contenders: Erik Koch, Dennis Siver, Diego Nunes, Patricio Freire, Daniel Straus

Chan Sung Jung is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

(Pictured UFC Interim BW
Champion #1 Barao)

Bantamweight

1. Renan Barao - Interim Champion
2. Urijah Faber
3. Eddie Wineland
4. Michael McDonald
5. Bibiano Fernandes - One FC & Dream Champion  
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Brad Pickett
8. George Roop
9. Marlon Moraes 
10. Miguel Torres 

Other Contenders: Tyson Nam, Eduardo Dantas, Marcos Galvao, Travis Marx, Raphael Assuncao

UFC Champion Dominick Cruz is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff.

Brian Bowles is ineligible for his suspension. He'll be re eligible once he fights once after his suspension.  

Flyweight

(Pictured UFC FLY Champion #1 Johnson)

1. Demetrious Johnson - UFC Champion
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. John Dodson
5. Jussier Da Silva
6. John Lineker
7. Yasuhiro Urushitani 
8. Yosuke Saruta 
9. Kentaro Watanabe 
10. Shinichi Kojima

Other Contenders: Ryuichi Miki, Haruo Ochi, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Mikihito Yamagami 

Louis Gaudinot is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

(Pictured pound 4 pound best fighter in the world
#1 Georges St Pierre)

Pound 4 Pound

1. George St. Pierre
2. Jose Aldo
3. Jon Jones
4. Renan Barao
5. Chris Weidman
6. Anderson Silva
7. Demetrious Johnson +1
8. Cain Velasquez -1 
9. Ben Henderson
10. Frankie Edgar

Other Contenders: Gilbert Melendez, Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez

UFC Champion Dominick Cruz is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

UFC on Fox 8 Johnson vs. Moraga Predictions and Betting lines

My Main Card Predictions & Bets:

#1 Johnson -470 vs. NR* Moraga +370

I'm picking Johnson because of his speed and ability to transition from position to position. Moraga is a credible opponent but he doesn't present anything Johnson hasn't seen. I think Johnson will cruise to a decision victory the way he normally does.

My bet: 47$ to win 10$ on Demetrious Johnson & 21.50$ to win 10$ on the fight going over 4 1/2 rounds

#6 Ellenberger +190 vs. #9 MacDonald -240

I'm picking MacDonald because everytime he fights you see a clear improvement to his game as if the MacDonald that fought BJ Penn wasn't scary enough. Ellenberger is dangerous too but generally only in the first round while MacDonald will be dangerous for all three rounds. I got MacDonald winning two out of the three rounds.

My bet: 24$ to win 10$ on MacDonald

#10 Lawler -290 vs. NR* Voelker +230

I'm picking Lawler because his opponent will be over matched and he took this fight on short notice being a full time student and a full time construction worker. Only God knows how he found time to train for Lawler. Lawler's had his opponent changed three times but they were all strikers so he didn't have to change much of his game plan and plus he did get his full training camp in so I got him winning by TKO in the later rounds.

My bet: 29$ to win 10$ on Lawler & 17.50$ to win 10$ on the fight going over 1 1/2 rounds

DR* Carmouche -600 vs. DR* Andrade +425

I'm picking Carmouche for the purpose of giving you my prediction but I'm not placing any bets because the line is too high. Carmouche is by far the better striker and I would say the better wrestler too but she is very submission prone and that's what Andrade's good at which is why you can't completely count her out. That being said Carmouche should defeat Andrade but if you're a betting person tread cautiously on Carmouche.

My bet: pass

My under card bets only:

28$ to win 10$ on Masvidal

21$ to win 10$ on Masvidal vs. Chiesa to go over 1 1/2 rounds

22.50$ to win 10$ on Castillo

20.50$ to win 10$ on Castillo vs. Means to go over 2 1/2 rounds

13.50$ to win 10$ on Cruickshank

18.50$ to win 10$ on Cruickshank vs. Edwards to go over 2 1/2 rounds

24.50$ to win 10$ on Albert

I am passing on:

Guillard vs. Danzig, Herman vs. Smith, Kedzie vs. de Randamie & Riley vs. Salas

NR - Not Ranked in the top 10 

DR - Don't Rank women currently 

Leonard Garcia's Record

Garcia's record should look like this: 2-7

Win Trujillo
Loss McKenzie
Win Holloway
Loss Grice
Loss Phan
Loss Sung Jung
Loss Phan
Loss Hominick
Loss Sung Jung

Instead in looks like this: 3-6

Win Trujillo
Loss McKenzie
Loss Holloway
Loss Grice
Loss Phan
Loss Sung Jung
Win Phan
Loss Hominick
Win Sung Jung

Chris Weidman's Chances of Losing the Middleweight Title

Future opponents chances from highest to lowest:

Anderson Silva                                          58% chance

Vitor Belfort                                               50% chance

Ronaldo Souza                                          22% chance

Yushin Okami                                            20% chance

Michael Bisping                                        19% chance

Hector Lombard                                        17% chance

Luke Rockhold                                          15% chance

Mark Munoz and Costa Philippou              14% chance

Tim Boetsch                                               9% chance

UFC on Fox 8 Johnson vs. Moraga Stats

Johnson by TKO/KO              84% chance
Moraga by TKO/KO               16% chance

Johnson by Submission         52% chance
Moraga by Submission          48% chance

Fight goes to decision           80% chance
Fight gets stopped                20% chance

Johnson wins                         82% chance
Moraga wins                          18% chance

MMA Rankings After UFC 162 Silva vs. Weidman

(Pictured HW contender Gonzaga)

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez - UFC Champion
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Antonio Silva
5. Alistair Overeem
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Frank Mir
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Josh Barnett
10. Andrei Arlovski 

Other Contenders: Mark Hunt, Travis Browne, Stipe Miocic, Roy Nelson, Gabriel Gonzaga

Sergei Kharitonov is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff.

(Pictured UFC LH Champion #1 Jones)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
4. Rashad Evans
5. Alexander Gustafsson
6. Dan Henderson
7. Mauricio Rua
8. Phil Davis
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Ryan Bader

Other Contenders: Quinton Jackson, Thiago Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Rafael Cavalcante, Gegard Mousasi


Middleweight

(Pictured, the New UFC MW
Champion #1 Chris Weidman)

1. Chris Weidman +2 - UFC Champion
2. Anderson Silva -1
3. Vitor Belfort -1
4. Michael Bisping
5. Yushin Okami
6. Mark Munoz +2 
7. Constantinos Philippou -1
8. Hector Lombard -1
9. Tim Boetsch
10. Luke Rockhold

Other Contenders: Ronaldo Souza, Brian Stann, Tim Kennedy, Cung Le, Rich Franklin

(Pictured UFC WW
Champion #1 St. Pierre)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre - UFC Champion
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Carlos Condit
4. Nick Diaz
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Jake Ellenberger
7. Jake Shields
8. Demian Maia
9. Rory Macdonald
10. Robbie Lawler


Other Contenders: Josh Koscheck, Josh Burkman, Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Erick Silva

(Pictured UFC LW
Champion #1 Henderson)

Lightweight

1. Ben Henderson - UFC Champion
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. TJ Grant
4. Gray Maynard
5. Michael Chandler - Bellator Champion 
6. Eddie Alvarez 
7. Shinya Aoki - One FC Champion 
8. Anthony Pettis
9. Josh Thomson
10. Nate Diaz

Other Contenders: Donald Cerrone, Jim Miller, Takanori Gomi, Diego Sanchez, Joe Lauzon

Pat Healy is ineligible for his suspension. He'll be re eligible once he fights once after his suspension. 

(Pictured #2 FW Edgar)

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo - UFC Champion
2. Frankie Edgar
3. Ricardo Lamas
4. Chad Mendes
5. Pat Curran - Bellator Champion 
6. Cub Swanson
7. Hatsu Hioki
8. Clay Guida
9. Dustin Poirier
10. Nik Lentz

Other Contenders: Erik Koch, Dennis Siver, Diego Nunes, Patricio Freire, Daniel Straus

Chan Sung Jung is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

(Pictured UFC BW Interim Champion
#1 Barao)

Bantamweight

1. Renan Barao - Interim Champion
2. Urijah Faber
3. Eddie Wineland
4. Michael McDonald
5. Bibiano Fernandes - One FC & Dream Champion  
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Brad Pickett
8. George Roop
9. Marlon Moraes 
10. Miguel Torres 

Other Contenders: Tyson Nam, Eduardo Dantas, Marcos Galvao, Travis Marx, Raphael Assuncao

UFC Champion Dominick Cruz is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff.

Brian Bowles is ineligible for his suspension. He'll be re eligible once he fights once after his suspension.  

(Pictured FLY contender
Yamagami)

Flyweight


1. Demetrious Johnson - UFC Champion
2. Joseph Benavidez
3. Ian McCall
4. John Dodson
5. Jussier Da Silva
6. John Lineker
7. Yasuhiro Urushitani 
8. Yosuke Saruta 
9. Kentaro Watanabe 
10. Shinichi Kojima

Other Contenders: Ryuichi Miki, Haruo Ochi, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Mikihito Yamagami 

Louis Gaudinot is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

Mikihito Yamagami enters the contenders list with a win over Mamoru Yamaguchi 


Pound 4 Pound

(Pictured #5 Weidman floors #6 Silva)

1. George St. Pierre +1
2. Jose Aldo +1
3. Jon Jones +1
4. Renan Barao +1
5. Chris Weidman +6
6. Anderson Silva -5
7. Cain Velasquez -1
8. Demetrious Johnson -1
9. Ben Henderson -1
10. Frankie Edgar -1

Other Contenders: Gilbert Melendez, Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez

Chris Weidman enters the pound 4 pound top 10 list with his knock out win over Anderson Silva. 

UFC Champion Dominick Cruz is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

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UFC 162 Silva vs. Weidman Stats

Silva by TKO/KO                                87.5% chance
Weidman by TKO/KO                        12.5% chance

Silva by submission                           11% chance
Weidman by submission                    89% chance

Fight goes to decision                       25% chance
Fight gets stopped                            75% chance

Silva wins                                           62.25% chance
Weidman wins                                    37.75% chance