MMA Rankings after UFC 167, UFC Fight Night 31, 32, TUF 18 Finale & Bellator 106

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Phil Davis

3. Lyoto Machida

4. Vitor Belfort +7

5. Rashad Evans -1

6. Alexander Gustafsson -1

7. Dan Henderson -1

8. Chael Sonnen -1

9. Glover Teixeira -1

10. Mauricio Rua -1



Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre +1

2. Johny Hendricks -1

3. Carlos Condit

4. Robbie Lawler +7

5. Martin Kampmann -1

6. Rory MacDonald -1

7. Jake Ellenberger -1

8. Jake Shields -1

9. Ben Askren -1

10. Douglas Lima -1



Lightweight

1. Anthony Pettis

2. Ben Henderson

3. Frankie Edgar

4. TJ Grant

5. Eddie Alvarez +3

6. Gilbert Melendez -1

7. Michael Chandler

8. Shinya Aoki +1

9. Tatsuya Kawajiri +1

10. Josh Thomson +1



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Chad Mendes

3. Ricardo Lamas

4. Darren Elkins

5. Clay Guida

6. Daniel Straus +5

7. Hatsu Hioki -1

8. Cub Swanson -1

9. Pat Curran -1

10. Patricio Freire -1




Bantamweight

1. Renan Barao

2. Dominick Cruz

3. Urijah Faber

4. Joseph Benavidez

5. Eddie Wineland

6. Francisco Rivera +5

7. George Roop -1

8. Michael McDonald -1

9. Brian Bowles -1

10. Demetrious Johnson -1



Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. John Dodson

4. Ali Bagautinov +7

5. Ian McCall -1

6. Tim Elliott -1

7. Jussier Da Silva -1

8. Louis Gaudinot -1

9. John Lineker -1

10. Yasuhiro Urushitani -1

Results

Belfort beat Henderson

Evans beat Sonnen

St. Pierre beat Hendricks

Lawler beat MacDonald

Alvarez beat Chandler

Diaz beat Maynard

Straus beat Curran

Rivera beat Roop

Bagautinov beat Elliott

MMA Rankings after UFC 161 & WSOF 3

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Lyoto Machida

3. Rashad Evans +7

4. Alexander Gustafsson -1

5. Dan Henderson -1

6. Mauricio Rua -1

7. Glover Teixeira -1

8. Ryan Bader -1

9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -1

10. Quinton Jackson -1



Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Martin Kampmann

3. Georges St. Pierre

4. Jake Ellenberger

5. Jake Shields

6. Carlos Condit

7. Demian Maia

8. Josh Burkman +3

9. Nick Diaz -1

10. Rory MacDonald -1

Results

Evans beat Henderson

Burkman beat Fitch

MMA Rankings after UFC 156 & UFC 157

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Daniel Cormier +1

4. Antonio Silva +3

5. Alistair Overeem -2

6. Brock Lesnar -1

7. Fabricio Werdum -1

8. Dan Henderson

9. Shane Carwin

10. Fedor Emelianenko



Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Lyoto Machida +3

3. Alexander Gustafsson -1

4. Dan Henderson -1 

5. Mauricio Rua -1

6. Glover Teixeira

7. Ryan Bader

8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +3

9. Quinton Jackson -1

10. Rashad Evans -1

Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Martin Kampmann

3. Georges St. Pierre

4. Jake Ellenberger

5. Jake Shields

6. Carlos Condit

7. Demian Maia +4

8. Nick Diaz -1

9. Rory MacDonald -1

10. Jon Fitch -1

Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson

2. Joseph Benavidez +3

3. John Dodson -1

4. Ian McCall -1

5. Jussier Da Silva -1

6. Louis Gaudinot

7. John Lineker

8. Kentaro Watanabe

9. Nam Jin Jo

10. Darrell Montague

Results

Silva beat Overeem

Machida beat Henderson

Nogueira beat Evans

Maia beat Fitch

Benavidez beat McCall

MMA Rankings after UFC 145, UFC on Fuel TV 2 & Bellator 66

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Dan Henderson

3. Mauricio Rua

4. Ryan Bader

5. Quinton Jackson

6. Lyoto Machida

7. Rashad Evans

8. Phil Davis +3

9. Alexander Gustafsson +2

10. Thiago Silva -2


Lightweight

1. Ben Henderson

2. Frankie Edgar

3. Gilbert Melendez

4. Gray Maynard

5. Michael Chandler +1

6. Eddie Alvarez +2

7. Shinya Aoki -2

8. BJ Penn -1

9. Tatsuya Kawajiri

10. Josh Thomson

Featherweight

1. Hatsu Hioki

2. Bart Palaszewski

3. Jose Aldo

4. Kenny Florian

5. Dennis Siver +6

6. Diego Nunes -1

7. Tyson Griffin -1

8. Chad Mendes -1

9. Manny Gamburyan -1

10. Rani Yahya -1

Bantamweight

1. Dominick Cruz

2. Urijah Faber

3. Joseph Benavidez

4. Michael McDonald +6

5. Brian Bowles -1

6. Demetrious Johnson -1

7. Renan Barao -1

8. Brad Pickett +3

9. Miguel Torres -2

10. Damacio Page -2

Results

Jones beat Evans

Gustafsson beat Silva

Alvarez beat Aoki

Siver beat Nunes

McDonald beat Torres

Pickett beat Page

MMA Rankings after UFC 108 & WEC 46

Light Heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida

2. Rashad Evans +9

3. Thiago Silva -1

4. Quinton Jackson -1

5. Dan Henderson -1

6. Vitor Belfort -1

7. Ryan Bader -1

8. Rich Franklin -1

9. James Irvin -1

10. Eric Schafer -1



Bantamweight

1. Brian Bowles

2. Miguel Torres

3. Dominick Cruz

4. Joseph Benavidez

5. Rani Yahya

6. Mike Easton

7. Yoshiro Maeda

8. Chase Beebe

9. Eddie Wineland

10. Charlie Valencia +1

Results

Evans beat Silva

Valencia beat Tamura

MMA Rankings after UFC 92, WEC 37 & Dynamite!! 2008

Heavyweight

1. Frank Mir +1

2. Fedor Emelianenko -1

3. Brock Lesnar

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Randy Couture

6. Tim Sylvia

7. Andrei Arlovski

8. Cain Velasquez

9. Junior Dos Santos

10. Fabricio Werdum



Light Heavyweight

1. Thiago Silva

2. Quinton Jackson +7

3. James Irvin -1

4. Eric Schafer -1

5. Wanderlei Silva -1

6. Houston Alexander -1

7. Rashad Evans +3

8. Keith Jardine -2

9. Forrest Griffin -2

10. Mauricio Rua -2



Lightweight

1. Shinya Aoki +3

2. BJ Penn -1

3. Eddie Alvarez -1

4. Joachim Hansen -1

5. Gesias Cavalcante

6. Andre Amade

7. Caol Uno

8. Josh Thomson

9. Gray Maynard

10. Frankie Edgar



Featherweight

1. Mike Brown

2. Urijah Faber

3. Fredson Paixao

4. Rani Yahya

5. Mark Hominick

6. Savant Young

7. Takeshi Inoue

8. Wagnney Fabiano +3

9. Hideki Kadowaki -1

10. Akitoshi Tamura -1

Results

Mir beat Nogueira

Jackson beat Silva

Evans beat Griffin

Aoki beat Alvarez

Fabiano beat Tamura

MMA Rankings after UFC Fight Night 15 & UFC 88

Light Heavyweight

1. Thiago Silva

2. James Irvin

3. Eric Schafer +8

4. Wanderlei Silva -1

5. Houston Alexander -1

6. Keith Jardine -1

7. Forrest Griffin -1

8. Mauricio Rua -1

9. Quinton Jackson -1

10. Rashad Evans +1

Results

Schafer beat Alexander

Evans beat Liddell

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

UFC Light Heavyweight Title Picture 2013 Update #1

Current Champion: Jon Jones

LH Landscape

Lyoto Machida:

After getting the wrong end of a controversial decision to Davis at UFC 163 Machida looks to drop down to 185 pounds. At this point Machida just wants the quickest route to a title fight. Now that Anderson Silva is no longer champion he might want to have a go with middleweight champion Chris Weidman (should he retain his belt in December). Machida is already scheduled to meet Top 15 middleweight Tim Kennedy on November 6th in Brazil. That's a step in the right direction.

Rashad Evans:

Evans recently snapped a 2-fight losing streak defeating Henderson by split decision. So, a title shot isn't in the immediate horizon for Evans at the moment. Evans instead will be fighting Sonnen at UFC 167 in Las Vegas. I expect Jones to fight Gustafsson and Teixeira before accepting rematches. So while Jones fights off fresh challengers Evans must keep winning in the mean time.

Dan Henderson:

Henderson was scheduled to face Jones at UFC 151 for the LH title but a knee injury forced him out of the fight. Upon returning he opted to stay active instead of continuing to wait for his title shot. By doing so he lost two razor close split decisions to the 2 men ranked above him; Machida and Evans. With back to back losses and at age 43 it's not looking good for Henderson title hopes. Hopefully for him he could turn things around in his rematch with Belfort.

Alexander Gustafsson:

After Jones refused to give Machida a rematch and Machida opted to stay active, Gustafsson gets his wish; a shot at the title. The two will meet on September 21st at UFC 165. 

Chael Sonnen:

I don't see Sonnen getting another title shot anytime soon. Sonnen was Jones' easiest title defense of them all and most recent one as well. So the one sided beatdown is still fresh in our minds, even with Sonnen's recent win over 'Shogun'. 

'Shogun' Rua:
Mauricio 'Shogun' is on the verge of losing his spot in the top 10. He either needs to regain his form that won him the LH title or fall further down the ladder. By no means will 'Shogun' get a title shot anytime soon but a win over Te Huna this December is a step in the right direction.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira:
Might I say this is the dark horse of the LH division? I think so. Since losing to Davis, Nogueira dominated Tito Ortiz, which avenges his loss to Bader, then upset Evans, which avenges his loss to Davis. Upon returning from his back injury, with proper matchmaking Nogueira could be close to title contention. In the mean time he's flying under the radar.

Phil Davis:
Officially Davis has earned the biggest win of his career, but unofficially most of the mma community thinks he lost to Machida. As a result of this controversial win he's not on the UFC's list of  possible title challengers  just yet.

Glover Teixeira:
Following his win over Bader, Teixeira was promised the next title shot by the UFC. Now nothing means anything until the cage door shuts, but with no other fresh challenger on a winning streak like him and Gustafsson currently have, who else is left?

Ryan Bader:
If Bader ever wants a title shot he's gonna to have to not just get better, but evolve because what he brings to the table has hit a glass ceiling and its not going to be enough to pick up crucial wins like the Machida and Teixeira fights. It'll be enough to beat Brilz and Matyushenko but there's a reason why those guys aren't in the UFC anymore. So if Bader wants a title shot he needs to pick up some signature wins, in order to do that he needs to evolve plain and simple.

MMA Rankings After UFC 161 Evans vs. Henderson

Heavyweight

(Pictured HW Contender Stipe Miocic)

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.

Stipe Miocic enters the contenders list with the win over Roy Nelson. 

(Pictured LH #4 Evans)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira +3
4. Rashad Evans +3
5. Alexander Gustafsson -2
6. Dan Henderson -2
7. Mauricio Rua -2
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 Silva)

Middleweight

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

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

(Pictured WW Contender Josh Burkman)

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 +4
8. Demian Maia -1
9. Rory Macdonald -1
10. Robbie Lawler -1 


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

Josh Burkman enters the contenders list with his upset over Jon Fitch. 

Jake Shields successfully returns to the welterweight division. 

(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. 

Featherweight

(Pictured UFC FW Champion #1 Aldo)

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

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

Bantamweight

(Pictured UFC Interim BW Champion #1 Barao)

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 UFC FLY
Champion #1 Johnson)

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, Mamoru Yamaguchi

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

Pound 4 Pound

(Pictured best pound for pound
fighter in the world Anderson Silva)

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

Other Contenders: Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez, Lyoto Machida

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