MMA Rankings After UFC 163 Aldo vs. 'Korean Zombie'

(Pictured UFC HW Champion
#1 Velasquez)

Heavyweight

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.

(Pictured #2 Machida)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
4. Rashad Evans
5. Alexander Gustafsson
6. Dan Henderson
7. Mauricio Rua
8. Phil Davis
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Ryan Bader

Other Contenders: Quinton Jackson, Thiago Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Rafael Cavalcante, Gegard Mousasi

Machida stays #2 because I felt the judges robbed him. 

(Pictured UFC MW
Champion #1 Weidman)

Middleweight

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


Other Contenders: Ronaldo Souza, Tim Kennedy, Cung Le, Rich Franklin, Ronny Markes

(Pictured UFC WW Champion
#1 St. Pierre)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre - UFC Champion
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Carlos Condit
4. Nick Diaz
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Rory Macdonald
7. Jake Ellenberger
8. Jake Shields
9. Demian Maia
10. Robbie Lawler

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

Lightweight

(Pictured UFC LW Champion
 #1 Henderson)

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, Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Melvin Guillard

Pat Healy is ineligible for his suspension. He'll be re eligible once he fights once after his suspension. 

(Pictured UFC FW Champion #1 Aldo)

Featherweight

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. Chan Sung Jung +2
10. Dustin Poirier -1


Other Contenders: Nik Lentz, Erik Koch, Dennis Siver, Diego Nunes, Patricio Freire

Chan Sung Jung returns from his layoff.

(Pictured UFC Interim BW
Champion #1 Barao)

Bantamweight

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.  

Flyweight

(Pictured #6 Lineker)

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, Mikihito Yamagami 

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

Pound 4 Pound

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

Other Contenders: Gilbert Melendez, Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez

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

UFC 163 Aldo vs. 'Korean Zombie' Predictions and Betting Lines

My Main Card Predictions and Bets:

#1 Aldo -700 vs. IE* Sung Jung +500

I am picking Aldo because I only see one path to victory for 'the Korean Zombie' and that's to make it to the championship rounds and hope that Aldo is tired out and to hunt for the late TKO/KO or submission win and that's a big if. At the very worst I see Aldo winning by decision destroying Jung with leg kicks in the process. Best case scenario Aldo wins by TKO or knockout. 

My bet: 111.66$ to win 15.69$ on Jose Aldo 

#2 Machida -355 vs. #8 Davis +280 

I am picking Machida because of his unique karate base striking, quick footwork and good takedown defense. Davis's only path to victory is take Machida down and attempt ground and pound or look for a submission which he has the skill set to do but I see Machida stuffing his takedown attempts and making this a striking match winning by decision. 

My bet: 77.26$ to win 19.48$ on Machida & 44$ to win 22$ on the fight to go over 2 1/2 rounds

NR* Ferreira -450 vs. NR* Santos +340

I am picking Ferreira for the purpose of giving you my prediction. I won't be placing any bets on this fight because I am not entirely familiar with his opponent Santos who is a newcomer to the promotion. Both guys are fairly green with less than 10 fights each. Judging by Santos's record at 8-1 he is a striker with most of his wins coming by TKO. Ferreira being a BJJ black belt and capoeira master he should be safe standing and on the ground cruising to a decision at worst. 

My bet: pass 

  

NR* Leites -130 vs. NR* Watson +100

I have gone back and forth with this fight and do not know who to pick and apparently neither do the odds makers with close to even odds on Leites and dead even on Watson. On the feet I favor Watson with most of his stoppage wins coming by TKO or knockout. Leites is not a bad striker himself but he favors the ground game being a black belt in BJJ and often winning by submission. Who ever can impose their gameplan should win this fight it's anybodies guess. 

My bet: pass 

#6 Lineker -445 vs. NR* Maria Tome +345 

I am picking Lineker because of his knockout power which is very rare in the flyweight division. Maria Tome's record looks impressive but its very deceiving. Although Tome is on a tremendous winning streak, he hasn't been tested with most of his opponents having more losses than wins on their record. I give Tome a grapplers chance being he is a submission guy but asking him to face and defeat a top 10 flyweight is a tall task I won't bank on. 

My bet: 81.06$ to win 18.51$ on Lineker & 17.40$ to win 12$ on the fight to go under 2 1/2 rounds

My under card bets only:

75.66$ to win 18.92$ on McCall 

69.66$ to win 18.59$ on Magalhaes

27.66$ to win 2.91$ on Yahya 

I am passing on:

Nunes vs. Gaff, Moraes vs. Magny, Andrade vs. Marunde & Oliveira vs. Barroso 

Previous Results: My UFC on Fox 8 betting results  

Lost 24.50$ on Albert 

Won 10$ on Cruickshank

Won 10$ on Cruickshank vs. Edwards to go over 2 1/2 rounds 

Won 10$ on Castillo 

Won 10$ on Castillo vs. Means to go over 2 1/2 rounds 

Won 10$ on Masvidal 

Won 10$ on Masvidal vs. Chiesa to go over 1 1/2 rounds 

Won 10$ on Lawler 

Lost 17.50$ on Lawler vs. Voelker to go over 1 1/2 rounds 

Won 10$ on MacDonald 

Won 10$ on Johnson 

Won 10$ on Johnson vs. Moraga to go over 4 1/2 rounds 

Profited 58$ 

NR - Not ranked in the top 10 

IE - in eligible to be ranked