Monday, December 30, 2013

UFC Middleweight Roster Post 168

Rules for the UFC Roster Rankings: 
  1. Fighters can only rank in one weight class
  2. Fighters who decide to change their weight class will still be ranked in their previous weight class until they have fought at their new weight class
  3. Since MMA judging is often unreliable, wins and losses will be determined by mmadecisions.com
  4. Fighters on quasi-retirement will be ineligible
  5. Suspended fighters are still eligible to be ranked
  6. Fighters must make their UFC debut before being ranked, however, returning UFC fighters who've been re-signed to the UFC can be ranked immediately 
  7. The L's represent the losses they have to avenge in order to be ranked higher any irrelevant losses are no longer listed
  1. Chris Weidman
  2. Anderson Silva – L Weidman
  3. Vitor Belfort – L Silva
  4. Luke Rockhold – L Belfort
  5. Ronaldo Souza – L Rockhold
  6. Lyoto Machida
  7. Michael Bisping – L Belfort  
  8. Tim Kennedy – L Souza, L Rockhold
  9. Mark Munoz – L Machida, L Weidman
  10. Lorenz Larkin
  11. Alan Belcher – L Bisping 
  12. Yoel Romero
  13. Luke Barnatt
  14. Ronny Markes – L Romero
  15. Tom Lawlor +3 – L Weidman    
  16. Francis Carmont +3 – L Lawlor, L Larkin
  17. Costa Philippou +3 – L Carmont 
  18. Uriah Hall +7 – L Philippou, L Weidman
  19. Derek Brunson -4 – L Souza
  20. Andrew Craig -4 – L Markes, L Barnatt 
  21. Chris Leben -4 – L Craig, L Brunson, L Hall, L Bisping, L Munoz, L Silva 
  22. Thales Leites -1 – L Silva 
  23. Ed Herman -1 – L Leites, L Belcher,  L Souza
  24. Chris Camozzi -1 – L Carmont, L Larkin, L Souza 
  25. Rafael Natal +1 – L Craig, L Kennedy
  26. Nicholas Musoke +1
  27. Bradley Scott +1
  28. Magnus Cedenblad +1 – L Carmont
  29. Jared Hamman +1 – L Cedenblad, L Philippou
  30. Antonio Braga Neto +1
  31. Cezar Ferreira +1 – L Neto
  32. Brad Tavares +1
  33. CB Dollaway +1 – D Boetsch, L Hamman, L Lawlor, L Munoz
  34. Tim Boetsch +1 – D Dollaway, L Philippou, L Munoz 
  35. Daniel Sarafian +1 – L Dollaway, L Ferreira 
  36. Tom Watson +1 – L Tavares, L Leites 
  37. Stanislav Nedkov +1 – L Watson  
  38. Clint Hester +1
  39. Dylan Andrews +1 – L Hester
  40. Buddy Roberts +1
  41. Caio Magalhaes +1 – L Roberts 
  42. Nick Ring +1 – L Magalhaes, L Boetsch, L Camozzi
  43. Bubba McDaniel +1 – L Tavares   
  44. Omari Akhmedov +1
  45. Krzysztof Jotko +1
  46. Bruno Santos +1 – L Jotko
  47. Trevor Smith +1 – L Herman, L Kennedy
  48. Thiago Perpetuo +1 – L Akhmedov
  49. Tor Troeng +1 – L Natal, L Leites
  50. Brian Houston +1 – L Brunson
  51. Josh Samman +1
  52. Thiago Santos +1 – L Ferreira 
  • Cung Le - quasi-retirement 
  • Rich Franklin - quasi-retirement 
  • Claudio Henrique Da Silva - yet to debut 
  • Andy Enz - yet to debut 
  • Mats Nilsson - yet to debut