MMA Rankings After UFC on Fox 17, UFC 194, UFC Fight Night 80 & TUF 22 Finale

Heavyweight

1. fabricio werdum 

2. cain velasquez 

3. alistair overeem +10

4. junior dos santos -1

5. daniel cormier -1

6. anthony johnson -1

7. andrei arlovski -1

8. stipe miocic -1

9. frank mir -1

10. mark hunt -1

11. antonio silva -1

12. travis browne -1

13. ben rothwell -1

14. brock lesnar 

15. dan henderson

Middleweight 

1. luke rockhold +3

2. chris weidman -1

3. anderson silva -1

4. vitor belfort -1

5. yoel romero

6. robert whittaker  

7. lyoto machida  

8. ronaldo souza  

9. kelvin gastelum  

10. uriah hall

11. gegard mousasi

12. roan carneiro

13. mark munoz  

14. chael sonnen 

15. tim kennedy  

lightweight

1. khabib nurmagomedov

2. rafael dos anjos

3. anthony pettis

4. donald cerrone

5. ben henderson

6. nate diaz +10 

7. myles jury -1

8. beneil dariush -1

9. eddie alvarez -1

10. michael johnson -1

11. tony ferguson +5

12. frankie edgar -2

13. tj grant -2

14. will brooks -2

15. gilbert melendez -2

Featherweight

1. conor mcgregor +1

2. jose aldo -1

3. frankie edgar +1

4. chad mendes -1

5. ricardo lamas

6. max holloway

7. daniel straus

8. cub swanson

9. patricio freire

10. charles oliveira   

11. daniel weichel

12. jeremy stephens

13. pat curran

14. darren elkins

15. chan sung jung

Bantamweight

1. raphael assuncao

2. tj dillashaw

3. renan barao

4. dominick cruz

5. aljamain sterling +4

6. urijah faber -1

7. joseph benavidez -1

8. johnny eduardo -1

9. michael mcdonald -1

10. chris cariaso

11. takeya mizugaki

12. bryan caraway

13. john lineker

14. eddie wineland

15. francisco rivera 

Results

overeem b dos santos

rockhold b souza

ferguson b barboza

diaz b johnson

edgar b mendes

mcgregor b aldo

sterling b eduardo 

MMA Rankings after WEC 51

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Thiago Alves

4. Martin Kampmann

5. Paulo Thiago

6. Josh Koscheck

7. Matt Hughes

8. BJ Penn

9. Chris Lytle

10. Matt Serra



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan

3. Mike Brown

4. Urijah Faber

5. Michihiro Omigawa

6. Marlon Sandro

7. Hatsu Hioki

8. Josh Grispi +3

9. Rani Yahya +2

10. Mark Hominick +1

Results

Aldo beat Gamburyan

Hominick beat Garcia

MMA Rankings after Sengoku 11 & WEC 44

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Nate Marquardt

3. Jake Shields

4. Demian Maia

5. Robbie Lawler

6. Chael Sonnen

7. Mamed Khalidov +4

8. Frank Trigg -1

9. Paulo Filho -1

10. Jorge Santiago -1



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo +10

2. Mike Brown -1

3. Urijah Faber -1

4. Michihiro Omigawa +2

5. Hatsu Hioki -2

6. Masanori Kanehara -2

7. Chan Sung Jung -2

8. Mackens Semerzier -1

9. Wagnney Fabiano -1

10. Fredson Paixao -1

Results

Khalidov beat Santiago

Aldo beat Brown

Omigawa beat Hioki

MMA Rankings Post UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2

Heavyweights (265 lbs)

1. Cain Velasquez - UFC Champion

2. Junior Dos Santos 

3. Daniel Cormier 

4. Antonio Silva

5. Mark Hunt

6. Travis Browne

7. Alistair Overeem

8. Fabricio Werdum

9. Josh Barnett

10. Frank Mir 

Light Heavyweights (205 lbs)

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion 

2. Alexander Gustafsson 

3. Phil Davis 

4. Rashad Evans 

5. Dan Henderson 

6. Chael Sonnen 

7. Glover Teixeira 

8. Mauricio Rua 

9. Ryan Bader 

10. Quinton Jackson +1

Ineligible: 

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - Inactive

Middleweights (185 lbs)

1. Chris Weidman - UFC Champion

2. Anderson Silva 

3. Vitor Belfort 

4. Lyoto Machida

5. Luke Rockhold

6. Ronaldo Souza 

7. Michael Bisping

8. Mark Munoz

9. Brad Tavares

10. Tim Kennedy

Welterweights (170 lbs)

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Carlos Condit 

3. Robbie Lawler 

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Jake Ellenberger

6. Jake Shields

7. Demian Maia 

8. Hector Lombard

9. Tarec Saffiedine

10. Nate Marquardt

Ineligible:

Georges St. Pierre - Quasi-retirement

Nick Diaz - Quasi -retirement

Martin Kampmann - Quasi-retirement

Lightweights (155 lbs)

1. Anthony Pettis - UFC Champion 

2. Ben Henderson 

3. Gilbert Melendez

4. Josh Thomson 

5. Eddie Alvarez - Bellator Champion

6. Michael Chandler

7. TJ Grant

8. Nate Diaz 

9. Gray Maynard

10. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Featherweights (145 lbs)

1. Jose Aldo - UFC Champion

2. Frankie Edgar

3. Ricardo Lamas +8

4. Chad Mendes -1

5. Cub Swanson -1

6. Daniel Straus -1 - Bellator Champion

7. Pat Curran -1

8. Patricio Freire -1

9. Chan Sung Jung -1

10. Jeremy Stephens -1

Bantamweights (135 lbs)

1. Renan Barao - UFC Champion

2. Urijah Faber 

3. Michael McDonald

4. Eddie Wineland

5. Raphael Assuncao

6. TJ Dillashaw

7. Brad Pickett

8. Francisco Rivera

9. George Roop

10. Brian Bowles 

Ineligible:

Dominick Cruz - Inactive

Flyweights (125 lbs)

1. Demetrious Johnson - UFC Champion

2. John Dodson

3. Joseph Benavidez

4. Ian McCall 

5. Ali Bagautinov

6. Tim Elliott

7. Louis Gaudinot

8. John Lineker

9. John Moraga

10. Jussier Da Silva

UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber 2 Predictions & Betting Lines

Last Event: UFC on Fox 10: Henderson vs. Thomson 

• Martin went 8-3 and profited -70$
• Bryam went 7-4 and profited -270$

Overall Record and payout:

• Martin is 24-9 and profited +465$
• Bryam is 23-10 and profited +230$

Note: these odds were taken at the time of our predictions the lines may change a bit between now and the night of the fights

BW: Renan Barao -260 vs. Urijah Faber +240

• Martin - Barao 
• Bryam - Barao

FW: Jose Aldo -660 vs. Ricardo Lamas +540

• Martin - Aldo 
• Bryam - Aldo

HW: Alistair Overeem -340 vs. Frank Mir +300

• Martin - Overeem 
• Bryam - Overeem

FLY: Ali Bagautinov -135 vs. John Lineker +125

• Martin - Bagautinov 
• Bryam - Bagautinov 

LW: Jamie Varner -135 vs. Abel Trujillo +125

• Martin - Varner 
• Bryam - Varner 

LW: John Makdessi -155 vs. Alan Patrick +135

• Martin - Makdessi 
• Bryam - Makdessi 

FLY: Chris Cariaso -145 vs. Danny Martinez +135

• Martin - Cariaso 
• Bryam - Cariaso 

MW: Tom Watson -170 vs. Nick Catone +160

• Martin - Watson 
• Bryam - Watson 

LW: Al Iaquinta -235 vs. Kevin Lee +215

• Martin - Iaquinta 
• Bryam - Iaquinta 

MW: Clint Hester -185 vs. Andy Enz +160

• Martin - Hester 
• Bryam - Hester 

LW: Rashid Magomedov -260 vs. Tony Martin +220

• Martin - Magomedov
• Bryam - Magomedov 

WW: Gasan Umalatov -185 vs. Neil Magny +160

• Martin - Umalatov 
• Bryam - Umalatov

#1 Aldo vs. #3 Lamas booked for UFC 169

#1 Jose Aldo will defend his title against #3 Ricardo Lamas on February 1st in Newark, NJ. Aldo vs. Lamas has been a long time coming. When #1 LW Anthony Pettis pulled out the FW title fight against Jose Aldo, Ricardo Lamas was left without a dance partner when the UFC opted to put #7 'The Korean Zombie' in for Pettis. UFC 169 will mark a year layoff for Lamas since his last win in the Octagon against Erik Koch earlier this year. Aldo is coming off a controversial TKO win over 'The Korean Zombie'. 

NOTE; this fight has been added to the 'UPCOMING FIGHTS' tab. 

Picture courtesy of globo.com

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 

UFC 163 Aldo vs. 'Korean Zombie' Stats

Aldo by TKO/KO                   92% chance
Jung by TKO/KO                   8% chance

Aldo by Submission              86% chance
Jung by Submission             14% chance

Fight gets stopped               75% chance
Fight goes to decision          25% chance

Aldo wins                              89% chance
Jung wins                             11% chance

UFC on Fox 8 Johnson vs. Moraga Predictions and Betting lines

My Main Card Predictions & Bets:

#1 Johnson -470 vs. NR* Moraga +370

I'm picking Johnson because of his speed and ability to transition from position to position. Moraga is a credible opponent but he doesn't present anything Johnson hasn't seen. I think Johnson will cruise to a decision victory the way he normally does.

My bet: 47$ to win 10$ on Demetrious Johnson & 21.50$ to win 10$ on the fight going over 4 1/2 rounds

#6 Ellenberger +190 vs. #9 MacDonald -240

I'm picking MacDonald because everytime he fights you see a clear improvement to his game as if the MacDonald that fought BJ Penn wasn't scary enough. Ellenberger is dangerous too but generally only in the first round while MacDonald will be dangerous for all three rounds. I got MacDonald winning two out of the three rounds.

My bet: 24$ to win 10$ on MacDonald

#10 Lawler -290 vs. NR* Voelker +230

I'm picking Lawler because his opponent will be over matched and he took this fight on short notice being a full time student and a full time construction worker. Only God knows how he found time to train for Lawler. Lawler's had his opponent changed three times but they were all strikers so he didn't have to change much of his game plan and plus he did get his full training camp in so I got him winning by TKO in the later rounds.

My bet: 29$ to win 10$ on Lawler & 17.50$ to win 10$ on the fight going over 1 1/2 rounds

DR* Carmouche -600 vs. DR* Andrade +425

I'm picking Carmouche for the purpose of giving you my prediction but I'm not placing any bets because the line is too high. Carmouche is by far the better striker and I would say the better wrestler too but she is very submission prone and that's what Andrade's good at which is why you can't completely count her out. That being said Carmouche should defeat Andrade but if you're a betting person tread cautiously on Carmouche.

My bet: pass

My under card bets only:

28$ to win 10$ on Masvidal

21$ to win 10$ on Masvidal vs. Chiesa to go over 1 1/2 rounds

22.50$ to win 10$ on Castillo

20.50$ to win 10$ on Castillo vs. Means to go over 2 1/2 rounds

13.50$ to win 10$ on Cruickshank

18.50$ to win 10$ on Cruickshank vs. Edwards to go over 2 1/2 rounds

24.50$ to win 10$ on Albert

I am passing on:

Guillard vs. Danzig, Herman vs. Smith, Kedzie vs. de Randamie & Riley vs. Salas

NR - Not Ranked in the top 10 

DR - Don't Rank women currently