Sunday, September 22, 2013

MMA Rankings After UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson

(#1 Velasquez)
HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 CAIN VELASQUEZ - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JUNIOR DOS SANTOS
#3 DANIEL CORMIER
#4 'BIGFOOT' SILVA
#5 TRAVIS BROWNE
#6 ALISTAIR OVEREEM
#7 FABRICIO WERDUM
#8 JOSH BARNETT
#9 FRANK MIR
#10 'MINOTAURO' NOGUEIRA

OTHER CONTENDERS: ANDREI ARLOVSKI, MARK HUNT, STIPE MIOCIC, ROY NELSON, GABRIEL GONZAGA

KHARITONOV is ineligible for inactivity. 


(#1 Jones)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 JON JONES - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON +3
#3 LYOTO MACHIDA -1
#4 RASHAD EVANS -1
#5 DAN HENDERSON -1
#6 CHAEL SONNEN
#7 'SHOGUN' RUA
#8 'MINOTORO' NOGUEIRA
#9 PHIL DAVIS
#10 GLOVER TEIXEIRA

OTHER CONTENDERS: RYAN BADER, 'RAMPAGE' JACKSON, THIAGO SILVA, WANDERLEI SILVA, RAFAEL 'FEIJAO'


(Carmont)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS:
#1 CHRIS WEIDMAN - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ANDERSON SILVA
#3 VITOR BELFORT
#4 LUKE ROCKHOLD
#5 'JACARE' SOUZA
#6 MICHAEL BISPING
#7 YUSHIN OKAMI
#8 MARK MUNOZ
#9 HECTOR LOMBARD +1
#10 TIM KENNEDY +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: CUNG LE, RICH FRANKLIN, LORENZ LARKIN, TOM LAWLOR, FRANCIS CARMONT

PHILIPPOU is kicked out of the top 10 and contenders list with his loss to CARMONT, who enters the contenders list along with LARKIN and LAWLOR.


(#1 St-Pierre)

WELTERWEIGHTS:
#1 GEORGES ST-PIERRE - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOHNY HENDRICKS
#3 CARLOS CONDIT
#4 NICK DIAZ
#5 RORY MACDONALD
#6 MARTIN KAMPMANN
#7 JAKE ELLENBERGER
#8 JAKE SHIELDS
#9 DEMIAN MAIA
#10 ROBBIE LAWLER

OTHER CONTENDERS: JOSH KOSCHECK, JOSH BURKMAN, JON FITCH, BJ PENN, ERICK SILVA





(Nurmagomedov)
LIGHTWEIGHTS:        
#1 ANTHONY PETTIS - UFC CHAMPION
#2 BEN HENDERSON
#3 GILBERT MELENDEZ
#4 TJ GRANT
#5 GRAY MAYNARD
#6 MICHAEL CHANDLER - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#7 EDDIE ALVAREZ
#8 SHINYA AOKI - ONE FC CHAMPION
#9 JOSH THOMSON
#10 NATE DIAZ


OTHER CONTENDERS: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV, PAT HEALY, JIM MILLER, MYLES JURY, REZA MADADI

HEALY returns to the contenders list but losses to NURMAGOMEDOV who now debuts on the contenders list.



(#1 Aldo)
FEATHERWEIGHTS:
#1 JOSE ALDO - UFC CHAMPION
#2 FRANKIE EDGAR
#3 RICARDO LAMAS
#4 CHAD MENDES
#5 PAT CURRAN - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#6 CUB SWANSON
#7 'THE KOREAN ZOMBIE'
#8 PATRICIO 'PITBULL'
#9 DARREN ELKINS
#10 HATSU HIOKI

OTHER CONTENDERS: CLAY GUIDA, DUSTIN POIRIER, NIK LENTZ, ERIK KOCH, DANIEL STRAUS

STRAUS returns to the contenders list after NUNES' knockout loss to 'PITBULL' lowers SIVER'S stock

(#1 Barao)
BANTAMWEIGHTS:
#1 RENAN BARAO - UFC INTERIM CHAMPION
#2 URIJAH FABER
#3 MICHAEL MCDONALD
#4 EDDIE WINELAND
#5 SCOTT JORGENSEN
#6 BRAD PICKETT
#7 GEORGE ROOP
#8 BIBIANO FERNANDES - ONE FC CHAMPION 
#9 MARLON MORAES 
#10 MIGUEL TORRES

OTHER CONTENDERS: TYSON NAM, EDUARDO DANTAS, MARCOS GALVAO, TRAVIS MARX, RAFAEL ASSUNCAO

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BOWLES is ineligible serving a suspension
(#1 Johnson)

FLYWEIGHTS:
#1 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
#3 IAN MCCALL
#4 JOHN DODSON
#5 JUSSIER 'FORMIGA'
#6 DARRELL MONTAGUE
#7 TIM ELLIOTT
#8 LOUIS GAUDINOT
#9 JOHN LINEKER
#10 MIKIHITO YAMAGAMI 

OTHER CONTENDERS:  MAMORU YAMAGUCHI, YOSUKE SARUTA, RYUICHI MIKI, KENTARO WATANABE, SHINICHI KOJIMA


(Best Fighter in the World #1 Aldo)
POUND 4 POUND:
#1 JOSE ALDO - P4P KING
#2 JON JONES +1
#3 GEORGES ST-PIERRE -1
#4 RENAN BARAO
#5 CHRIS WEIDMAN
#6 ANDERSON SILVA
#7 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON
#8 ANTHONY PETTIS
#9 CAIN VELASQUEZ
#10 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: FRANKIE EDGAR, BEN HENDERSON, GILBERT MELENDEZ, JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ, JUNIOR DOS SANTOS

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

GUSTAFSSON enters the top 10 p4p rankings after narrow loss to JONES