MMA Rankings after UFC 165, UFC Fight Night 28 & Bellator 99

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Phil Davis

3. Lyoto Machida

4. Rashad Evans

5. Alexander Gustafsson

6. Dan Henderson

7. Chael Sonnen

8. Glover Teixeira +1

9. Mauricio Rua -1

10. Ryan Bader



Middleweight

1. Chris Weidman

2. Francis Carmont +9

3. Anderson Silva -1

4. Mark Munoz -1

5. Costas Philippou -1

6. Vitor Belfort +2

7. Gegard Mousasi +4

8. Luke Rockhold +3

9. Ronaldo Souza +2

10. Chael Sonnen -5

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Chad Mendes

3. Ricardo Lamas

4. Darren Elkins

5. Clay Guida

6. Hatsu Hioki

7. Cub Swanson

8. Pat Curran +3

9. Patricio Freire +2

10. Nik Lentz -2

Results

Jones beat Gustafsson

Teixeira beat Bader

Carmont beat Philippou

Souza beat Okami

Freire beat Nunes

MMA Rankings after UFC 155, UFC on Fox 5 & VTJ 1st

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez +2

2. Junior Dos Santos -1

3. Alistair Overeem -1

4. Daniel Cormier

5. Brock Lesnar

6. Fabricio Werdum

7. Antonio Silva

8. Dan Henderson

9. Shane Carwin

10. Fedor Emelianenko



Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Alexander Gustafsson +7

3. Dan Henderson -1

4. Mauricio Rua -1

5. Lyoto Machida -1

6. Ryan Bader -1

7. Quinton Jackson -1

8. Rashad Evans -1

9. Phil Davis -1

10. Thiago Silva



Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Costas Philippou +9

3. Chael Sonnen -1

4. Tim Boetsch -1

5. Yushin Okami -1

6. Chris Weidman -1

7. Nate Marquardt -1

8. Mark Munoz -1

9. Michael Bisping -1

10. Jake Shields -1



Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Martin Kampmann

3. Georges St. Pierre

4. Jake Ellenberger

5. Jake Shields

6. Carlos Condit

7. Nick Diaz

8. Rory MacDonald +3

9. Jon Fitch -1

10. BJ Penn -1


Bantamweight

1. Renan Barao

2. Dominick Cruz

3. Urijah Faber

4. Joseph Benavidez

5. Eddie Wineland +6

6. Michael McDonald -1

7. Brian Bowles -1

8. Demetrious Johnson -1

9. Marlon Moraes -1

10. Brad Pickett -1



Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson

2. John Dodson

3. Ian McCall

4. Jussier Da Silva

5. Joseph Benavidez

6. Louis Gaudinot

7. John Lineker

8. Kentaro Watanabe

9. Nam Jin Jo

10. Darrell Montague +1

Results

Velasquez beat Dos Santos

Gustafsson beat Rua

Philippou beat Boetsch

MacDonald beat Penn

Wineland beat Pickett

Montague beat Yamaguchi

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 126, UFC 127 & Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Brock Lesnar

4. Fabricio Werdum

5. Antonio Silva +6

6. Shane Carwin -1

7. Fedor Emelianenko -1

8. Frank Mir -1

9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -1

10. Alistair Overeem -1



Light Heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua

2. Quinton Jackson

3. Lyoto Machida

4. Rashad Evans

5. Thiago Silva

6. Dan Henderson

7. Jon Jones +4

8. Vitor Belfort -1

9. Forrest Griffin +2

10. Phil Davis +1



Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. BJ Penn +8

4. Jake Shields -1

5. Thiago Alves -1

6. Martin Kampmann -1

7. Carlos Condit -1

8. Jake Ellenberger -1

9. Mike Pyle -1

10. John Hathaway -1



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan

3. Diego Nunes

4. Rani Yahya

5. Mike Brown

6. Chad Mendes +5

7. Urijah Faber -1

8. Michihiro Omigawa -1

9. Hatsu Hioki -1

10. Dustin Poirier -1

Results

Silva beat Fedor

Griffin beat Franklin

Jones beat Bader

Gustafsson beat Te Huna

Fitch and Penn fight to a draw

Mendes beat Omigawa

MMA Rankings After UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson

(#1 Velasquez)

HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 CAIN VELASQUEZ - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JUNIOR DOS SANTOS
#3 DANIEL CORMIER
#4 'BIGFOOT' SILVA
#5 TRAVIS BROWNE
#6 ALISTAIR OVEREEM
#7 FABRICIO WERDUM
#8 JOSH BARNETT
#9 FRANK MIR
#10 'MINOTAURO' NOGUEIRA

OTHER CONTENDERS: ANDREI ARLOVSKI, MARK HUNT, STIPE MIOCIC, ROY NELSON, GABRIEL GONZAGA

KHARITONOV is ineligible for inactivity. 

(#1 Jones)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 JON JONES - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON +3
#3 LYOTO MACHIDA -1
#4 RASHAD EVANS -1
#5 DAN HENDERSON -1
#6 CHAEL SONNEN
#7 'SHOGUN' RUA
#8 'MINOTORO' NOGUEIRA
#9 PHIL DAVIS
#10 GLOVER TEIXEIRA

OTHER CONTENDERS: RYAN BADER, 'RAMPAGE' JACKSON, THIAGO SILVA, WANDERLEI SILVA, RAFAEL 'FEIJAO'

(Carmont)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS:
#1 CHRIS WEIDMAN - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ANDERSON SILVA
#3 VITOR BELFORT
#4 LUKE ROCKHOLD
#5 'JACARE' SOUZA
#6 MICHAEL BISPING
#7 YUSHIN OKAMI
#8 MARK MUNOZ
#9 HECTOR LOMBARD +1
#10 TIM KENNEDY +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: CUNG LE, RICH FRANKLIN, LORENZ LARKIN, TOM LAWLOR, FRANCIS CARMONT

PHILIPPOU is kicked out of the top 10 and contenders list with his loss to CARMONT, who enters the contenders list along with LARKIN and LAWLOR.

(#1 St-Pierre)

WELTERWEIGHTS:
#1 GEORGES ST-PIERRE - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOHNY HENDRICKS
#3 CARLOS CONDIT
#4 NICK DIAZ
#5 RORY MACDONALD
#6 MARTIN KAMPMANN
#7 JAKE ELLENBERGER
#8 JAKE SHIELDS
#9 DEMIAN MAIA
#10 ROBBIE LAWLER

OTHER CONTENDERS: JOSH KOSCHECK, JOSH BURKMAN, JON FITCH, BJ PENN, ERICK SILVA

(Nurmagomedov)

LIGHTWEIGHTS:        
#1 ANTHONY PETTIS - UFC CHAMPION
#2 BEN HENDERSON
#3 GILBERT MELENDEZ
#4 TJ GRANT
#5 GRAY MAYNARD
#6 MICHAEL CHANDLER - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#7 EDDIE ALVAREZ
#8 SHINYA AOKI - ONE FC CHAMPION
#9 JOSH THOMSON
#10 NATE DIAZ


OTHER CONTENDERS: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV, PAT HEALY, JIM MILLER, MYLES JURY, REZA MADADI

HEALY returns to the contenders list but losses to NURMAGOMEDOV who now debuts on the contenders list.

(#1 Aldo)

FEATHERWEIGHTS:
#1 JOSE ALDO - UFC CHAMPION
#2 FRANKIE EDGAR
#3 RICARDO LAMAS
#4 CHAD MENDES
#5 PAT CURRAN - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#6 CUB SWANSON
#7 'THE KOREAN ZOMBIE'
#8 PATRICIO 'PITBULL'
#9 DARREN ELKINS
#10 HATSU HIOKI

OTHER CONTENDERS: CLAY GUIDA, DUSTIN POIRIER, NIK LENTZ, ERIK KOCH, DANIEL STRAUS

STRAUS returns to the contenders list after NUNES' knockout loss to 'PITBULL' lowers SIVER'S stock

(#1 Barao)

BANTAMWEIGHTS:
#1 RENAN BARAO - UFC INTERIM CHAMPION
#2 URIJAH FABER
#3 MICHAEL MCDONALD
#4 EDDIE WINELAND
#5 SCOTT JORGENSEN
#6 BRAD PICKETT
#7 GEORGE ROOP
#8 BIBIANO FERNANDES - ONE FC CHAMPION 
#9 MARLON MORAES 
#10 MIGUEL TORRES

OTHER CONTENDERS: TYSON NAM, EDUARDO DANTAS, MARCOS GALVAO, TRAVIS MARX, RAFAEL ASSUNCAO

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BOWLES is ineligible serving a suspension

(#1 Johnson)

FLYWEIGHTS:

#1 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
#3 IAN MCCALL
#4 JOHN DODSON
#5 JUSSIER 'FORMIGA'
#6 DARRELL MONTAGUE
#7 TIM ELLIOTT
#8 LOUIS GAUDINOT
#9 JOHN LINEKER
#10 MIKIHITO YAMAGAMI 

OTHER CONTENDERS:  MAMORU YAMAGUCHI, YOSUKE SARUTA, RYUICHI MIKI, KENTARO WATANABE, SHINICHI KOJIMA

(Best Fighter in the World #1 Aldo)

POUND 4 POUND:
#1 JOSE ALDO - P4P KING
#2 JON JONES +1
#3 GEORGES ST-PIERRE -1
#4 RENAN BARAO
#5 CHRIS WEIDMAN
#6 ANDERSON SILVA
#7 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON
#8 ANTHONY PETTIS
#9 CAIN VELASQUEZ
#10 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: FRANKIE EDGAR, BEN HENDERSON, GILBERT MELENDEZ, JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ, JUNIOR DOS SANTOS

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

GUSTAFSSON enters the top 10 p4p rankings after narrow loss to JONES

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.