MMA Rankings after Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg, UFC 125 & UFC Fight Night 23

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Chael Sonnen

3. Yushin Okami

4. Nate Marquardt

5. Jake Shields

6. Demian Maia

7. Gegard Mousasi +4

8. Ronaldo Souza +3

9. Jorge Santiago -2

10. Robbie Lawler -2



Lightweight

1. Gilbert Melendez

2. Frankie Edgar +1

3. Gray Maynard -1

4. Shinya Aoki

5. BJ Penn

6. Eddie Alvarez

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri

8. Josh Thomson

9. Joachim Hansen

10. Gesias Cavalcante



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan

3. Diego Nunes +8

4. Rani Yahya +5

5. Mike Brown -2

6. Urijah Faber -2

7. Michihiro Omigawa -2

8. Hatsu Hioki -2

9. Dustin Poirier +2

10. Marlon Sandro -3

Results

Souza beat Lawler

Edgar and Maynard fight to a draw

Poirier beat Grispi

Yahya beat Brown

Nunes beat Brown

MMA Rankings after Strikeforce: Nashville, UFC 112 & WEC 48

Lightweight

1. Gilbert Melendez +4

2. Gray Maynard +7

3. Frankie Edgar +7

4. Shinya Aoki -3

5. BJ Penn -3

6. Eddie Alvarez -3

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri -3

8. Joachim Hansen -2

9. Gesias Cavalcante -2

10. Josh Thomson -2



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan +9

3. Mike Brown -1

4. Urijah Faber -1

5. Michihiro Omigawa -1

6. Hatsu Hioki -1

7. Masanori Kanehara -1

8. Leonard Garcia +3

9. George Roop +2

10. Chan Sung Jung -3



Bantamweight

1. Dominick Cruz

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. Brian Bowles

4. Miguel Torres

5. Damacio Page +6

6. Scott Jorgensen +5

7. Takeya Mizugaki +4

8. Rani Yahya -3

9. Mike Easton -3

10. Yoshiro Maeda -3

Results

Melendez beat Aoki

Edgar beat Penn

Gamburyan beat Brown

Garcia beat Sung Jung

Mizugaki beat Yahya

UFC Fight Night 40 & Bellator 119

Preview for Mondays Rankings 6th Edition: six fights that could effect the rankings

Bellator 119

Featherweights: Daniel Weichel #16 vs. Desmond Green 

If Green wins Fabricio Guerreiro and Frodo Khasbulaev will also enter the top 25 featherweight rankings as well since Green lost to Guerreiro and Guerreiro lost to Khasbulaev. If Weichel beats Green everything stays the same.

UFC Fight Night 40

Welterweights: Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva

If Silva wins he could be ranked at #25 if he wins more impressively than Seth Baczynski #25 who submitted Brown for his #25 spot. If Brown beats Silva everything stays the same since Brown lost to Baczynski who is occupying the last spot in the current top 25 welterweight rankings.

Middleweights: Costa Philippou #10 vs. Lorenz Larkin #16 

If Larkin beats Philippou both Brad Tavares #14 and Yoel Romero #13 will benefit from it since Larkin lost to Tavares and Tavares lost to Romero. If Philippou beats Larkin everything stays the same.

Flyweights: Darrell Montague #24 vs. Kyoji Horiguchi

If Horiguchi beats Montague he will enter the top 25 flyweight rankings. If Montague beats Horiguchi everything stays the same. 

Bantamweights: Eddie Wineland #3 vs. Johnny Eduardo

If Eduardo upsets Wineland he will enter the top 25 bantamweight rankings and Raphael Assuncao #23 will benefit from it too since he beat Eduardo. If Wineland beats Eduardo as expected then everything stays the same. 

Featherweights: Nik Lentz #14 vs. Manny Gamburyan #23

If Gamburyan beats Lentz then it will avenge his loss to Diego Nunes #21 who beat him by decision because Lentz beat Nunes. Dennis Siver #15 will also benefit from Gamburyan beating Lentz too since he beat Gamburyan and is currently ranked below Lentz. If Lentz beats Gamburyan everything stays the same.