MMA Rankings After UFC Fight Night 104 & UFC 208

Heavyweight

1. stipe miocic

2. fabricio werdum

3. cain velasquez 

4. alistair overeem

5. junior dos santos

6. brock lesnar

7. daniel cormier

8. francis ngannou 

9.  josh barnett 

10. anthony johnson

11. mark hunt 

12. andrei arlovski 

13. frank mir 

14. derrick lewis +2

15. roy nelson -1

Light Heavyweight

1. jon jones

2. daniel cormier 

3. vitor belfort

4. anthony johnson

5. ryan bader

6. phil davis

7. lyoto machida

8. glover teixeira

9. rashad evans

10. alexander gustafsson 

11. liam mcgeary

12. tito ortiz

13. jimi manuwa 

14. kelly anundson +2 

15. volkan oezdemir +1

Middleweight 

1. michael bisping

2. luke rockhold 

3. yoel romero 

4. chris weidman 

5. ronaldo souza 

6. kelvin gastelum 

7. robert whittaker

8. anderson silva +1

9. tim kennedy -1

10. derek brunson

11. lyoto machida

12. gegard mousasi

13. uriah hall 

14. vitor belfort 

15. roan carneiro

Results

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Oezdemir b St Preux

Silva b Brunson 

MMA Rankings After UFC Fight Night 82, 83 & 84

Middleweight 

1. luke rockhold 

2. chris weidman

3. yoel romero +2

4. ronaldo souza +4  

5. tim kennedy +10

6. michael bisping +10

7. anderson silva -4

8. vitor belfort -4

9. robert whittaker -3 

10. lyoto machida -3  

11. kelvin gastelum -2  

12. uriah hall -2

13. derek brunson +3

14. gegard mousasi -3

15. roan carneiro -3

Welterweight: 

1. stephen thompson +8

2. georges st. pierre -1

3. robbie lawler -1

4. johny hendricks -1

5. rory macdonald -1

6. tyron woodley -1 

7. neil magny -1

8. carlos condit -1

9. kelvin gastelum -1

   

10. martin kampmann    

11. tarec saffiedine

12. jake ellenberger

13. hector lombard 

14. rousimar palhares

15. jake shields 

Bantamweight

1. dominick cruz

2. raphael assuncao

3. tj dillashaw

4. renan barao 

5. aljamain sterling 

6. urijah faber

7. joseph benavidez

8. johnny eduardo 

9. michael mcdonald

10. chris cariaso

11. takeya mizugaki

12. bryan caraway

13. john lineker

14. eddie wineland

15. thomas almeida +1  

Flyweight

1. demetrious johnson 

2. joseph benavidez  

3. john dodson  

4. ali bagautinov 

5. ian mccall  

6. henry cejudo

7. jussier da silva 

8. zach makovsky 

9. wilson reis

10. tim elliott 

11. john moraga 

12. kyoji horiguchi 

13. dustin ortiz

14. justin scoggins +2 

15. ray borg -1 

Results

Brunson b Carneiro

Bisping b Silva

Thompson b Hendricks

Pickett b Rivera

Scoggins b Borg      

MMA Rankings after UFC 73 & Bodog Fight

Light Heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua

2. Quinton Jackson

3. Chuck Liddell

4. Glover Teixeira

5. Thierry Sokoudjou

6. Randy Couture

7. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

8. Dan Henderson

9. Tito Ortiz

10. Rashad Evans +1



Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva +3

2. Paulo Filho -1

3. Robbie Lawler -1

4. Nate Marquardt -1

5. Frank Trigg

6. Kazuo Misaki

7. Dan Henderson

8. Rich Franklin

9. Denis Kang

10. Chael Sonnen +1

Results

Ortiz and Evans fight to a draw

Silva beat Marquardt

Sonnen beat Suloev

MMA Rankings after UFC 64

Middleweight

1. Nate Marquardt

2. Anderson Silva +7

3. Kazuo Misaki -1

4. Dan Henderson -1

5. Rich Franklin -1

6. Paulo Filho -1

7. Denis Kang -1

8. Amar Suloev -1

9. Murilo Bustamante -1

10. Chris Leben

Results

Silva beat Franklin

Middleweight Rankings Post UFC 168

1. Chris Weidman
2. Anderson Silva 
3. Vitor Belfort 
4. Luke Rockhold
5. Ronaldo Souza
6. Lyoto Machida 
7. Michael Bisping
8. Mark Munoz  
9. Tim Kennedy
10. Francis Carmont 
11. Lorenz Larkin 
12. Costa Philippou
13. Tim Boetsch
14. Yushin Okami
15. Alan Belcher 

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 

MMA Rankings Post UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2

Rules for the Top 10 MMA Rankings:

1. Fighters must fight within a year or have a fight confirmed within that year
2. Fighters can only rank in one weight class
3. 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
4. Since MMA judging is often unreliable, wins and losses will be determined by mmadecisions.com
5. Fighters on quasi-retirement will be ineligible 
6. Suspended fighters are ineligible until they have fought one time since their suspension
7. Any professional MMA fighter is eligible to ranked regardless of the organization they belong to 

HEAVYWEIGHT:

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

INELIGIBLE:

• Antonio Silva - suspended  

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion 
2. Alexander Gustafsson 
3. Rashad Evans 
4. Dan Henderson 
5. Chael Sonnen 
6. Mauricio Rua 
7. Glover Teixeira 
8. Ryan Bader 
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 
10. Quinton Jackson 

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

1. Chris Weidman - UFC Champion 
2. Anderson Silva 
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Luke Rockhold 
5. Ronaldo Souza 
6. Lyoto Machida 
7. Michael Bisping 
8. Tim Kennedy 
9. Yushin Okami 
10. Mark Munoz 

INELIGIBLE:

• Cung Le - inactive/quasi-retirement
• Rich Franklin - inactive/quasi-retirement

WELTERWEIGHT:

1. Johny Hendricks 
2. Carlos Condit 
3. Robbie Lawler 
4. Rory MacDonald 
5. Martin Kampmann 
6. Jake Ellenberger 
7. Jake Shields 
8. Hector Lombard 
9. Tarec Saffiedine 
10. Nate Marquardt 

INELIGIBLE:

• Georges St-Pierre - quasi-retirement 
• Nick Diaz - quasi-retirement 

LIGHTWEIGHT:

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

FEATHERWEIGHT:

1. Jose Aldo - UFC Champion 
2. Frankie Edgar 
3. Ricardo Lamas 
4. Chad Mendes 
5. Cub Swanson 
6. Chan Sung Jung 
7. Daniel Straus - Bellator Champion 
8. Pat Curran 
9. Patricio Freire 
10. Nik Lentz 

BANTAMWEIGHT:

1. Renan Barao - Interim Champion 
2. Urijah Faber 
3. Eddie Wineland 
4. Michael McDonald 
5. TJ Dillashaw 
6. Raphael Assuncao 
7. Brad Pickett 
8. Francisco Rivera
9. George Roop
10. Marlon Moraes 

INELIGIBLE:

• Dominick Cruz - UFC Champion - Inactive 
• Brian Bowles - suspended 

FLYWEIGHT:

1. Demetrious Johnson - UFC Champion 
2. John Dodson 
3. Joseph Benavidez 
4. Ian McCall 
5. Ali Bagautinov 
6. Tim Elliott
7. John Moraga
8. Jussier Da Silva 
9. Louis Gaudinot 
10. John Lineker 

POUND 4 POUND:

1. Jose Aldo - P4P King
2. Jon Jones 
3. Renan Barao 
4. Chris Weidman +3
5. Demetrious Johnson 
6. Anderson Silva -2
7. Cain Velasquez -1
8. Anthony Pettis 
9. Johny Hendricks 
10. Frankie Edgar 

INELIGIBLE:

• Dominick Cruz - inactive 
• Georges St-Pierre - quasi-retirement 

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 Card

Main Card: on par per view 

MW Title: (c) Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva 

WBW Title: (c) Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate 

HW: Josh Barnett vs. Travis Browne 

LW: Jim Miller vs. Fabricio Camoes

FW: Dustin Poirier vs. Diego Brandao

Preliminary Card: on Fox Sports 1 

MW: Chris Leben vs. Uriah Hall 

LW: Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau 

FW: Dennis Siver vs. Manny Gamburyan 

WW: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. John Howard 

Preliminary Card: online 

WW: Bobby Voelker vs. William Macario

FW: Robbie Peralta vs. Estevan Payan  

PROOF: I Picked Chris Weidman to Beat Anderson Silva