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 UFC 90

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Randy Couture

4. Tim Sylvia

5. Andrei Arlovski

6. Cain Velasquez

7. Frank Mir

8. Junior Dos Santos +3

9. Brock Lesnar -1

10. Fabricio Werdum -1

Results

Dos Santos beat Werdum

MMA Rankings After UFC 166 Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 (Updated)

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 
#11 ANDREI ARLOVSKI +5
#12 MARK HUNT +4
#13 STIPE MIOCIC +3
#14 ROY NELSON +2
#15 GABRIEL GONZAGA +1 

OTHER CONTENDERS:  ben rothwell, brendan schaub, cheick kongo, matt mitrione, stefan struve

SERGEI KHARITONOV is ineligible for inactivity

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 JON JONES - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON 
#3 LYOTO MACHIDA 
#4 RASHAD EVANS 
#5 DAN HENDERSON 
#6 CHAEL SONNEN
#7 'SHOGUN' RUA
#8 'MINOTORO' NOGUEIRA
#9 PHIL DAVIS
#10 GLOVER TEIXEIRA
#11 RYAN BADER +5
#12 'RAMPAGE' JACKSON +4
#13 THIAGO SILVA +3 
#14 WANDERLEI SILVA +2
#15 RAFAEL 'FEIJAO' +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: gegard mousasi, matt hamill, james te-huna, ryan jimmo, anthony johnson 

TITO ORTIZ is ineligible for inactivity

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 TIM KENNEDY +1
#10 CUNG LE +6
#11 RICH FRANKLIN +5
#12 LORENZ LARKIN +4
#13 TOM LAWLOR +3 
#14 FRANCIS CARMONT +2
#15 CONSTANTINOS PHILIPPOU +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: alan belcher, ronny markes, derek brunson, andrew craig, alexander shlemenko 

HECTOR LOMBARD is ineligible for changing weight class

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 
#11 JOSH KOSCHECK +5
#12 JOSH BURKMAN +4 
#13 JON FITCH +3
#14 BJ PENN +2
#15 MIKE PIERCE +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: dong hyun kim, erick silva, kelvin gastelum, brian melancon, seth baczynski 

ROUSIMAR PALHARES is ineligible serving a suspension

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 JOSH THOMSON +1 
#9 NATE DIAZ +1 
#10 KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV +6 
#11 PAT HEALY +5 
#12 JIM MILLER +4
#13 MYLES JURY +3
#14 REZA MADADI +2
#15 MICHAEL JOHNSON +1

OTHER CONTENDERS:  joe lauzon, evan dunham, gleison tibau, rafael dos anjos, donald cerrone 

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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 
#11 CLAY GUIDA +5 
#12 DUSTIN POIRIER +4
#13 NIK LENTZ +3
#14 ERIK KOCH +2
#15 DANIEL STRAUS +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: dennis siver, diego nunes, hacran dias, rani yahya, tatsuya kawajiri

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 
#11 TYSON NAM +5 
#12 EDUARDO DANTAS +4
#13 MARCOS GALVAO +3
#14 TJ DILLASHAW +2
#15 TRAVIS MARX +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: raphael assuncao, masakatsu ueda, takeya mizugaki, mike easton, wilson reis  

UFC CHAMPION DOMINICK CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BRIAN BOWLES is ineligible serving a suspension

FLYWEIGHTS:

#1 'MIGHTY MOUSE' - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
#3 JOHN DODSON +1
#4 IAN MCCALL -1 
#5 TIM ELLIOTT +2
#6 JUSSIER 'FORMIGA' -1
#7 DARRELL MONTAGUE -1
#8 LOUIS GAUDINOT
#9 JOHN LINEKER
#10 MIKIHITO YAMAGAMI  
#11 MAMORU YAMAGUCHI +5
#12 YOSHIRO MAEDA +4
#13 YOSUKE SARUTA +3
#14 RYUICHI MIKI +2
#15 KENTARO WATANABE +1

OTHER CONTENDERS:  shinichi kojima, yasuhiro urushitani, ale cali, haruo ochi, kiyotaka shimizu 

JESSE TAITANO is ineligible for inactivity 

POUND 4 POUND:
#1 JOSE ALDO - P4P KING
#2 JON JONES  
#3 GEORGES ST-PIERRE 
#4 RENAN BARAO 
#5 CAIN VELASQUEZ +4
#6 CHRIS WEIDMAN -1
#7 ANDERSON SILVA -1
#8 'MIGHTY MOUSE' -1
#9 ANTHONY PETTIS -1 
#10 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON  
#11 FRANKIE EDGAR +5 
#12 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ +4
#13 JUNIOR DOS SANTOS +3
#14 BEN HENDERSON +2
#15 GILBERT MELENDEZ +1

OTHER CONTENDERS: johny hendricks, john dodson, daniel cormier, lyoto machida, carlos condit 

UFC CHAMPION DOMINICK CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

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UFC 166 Velasquez vs. Dos Santos Stats

Velasquez by TKO/KO                       57% chance                                
Dos Santos by TKO/KO                     43% chance

Velasquez by submission                   89% chance
Dos Santos by submission                 11% chance

Fight goes the distance                     42.3% chance
Fight gets stopped                           58.7% chance

Velasquez wins                                68.45% chance
Dos Santos wins                              31.55% chance

UFC Heavyweight Title Picture 2013 Update #1

Current Champion: Cain Velasquez

HW Landscape

Junior Dos Santos:

Despite losing to Velasquez quite decisively just last December, Dos Santos gets his rematch on October 19th at UFC 166. Although the HW division has grown over the last few years it still lacking in the title challengers department. It only took one win to get right back into a title fight with Velasquez. To his credit he does have a win over Velasquez and has made it pretty clear he's the best HW out there to fight Velasquez (even for the third time).

Daniel Cormier:

If Cormier and Velasquez weren't friends and training partners we would have seen them fight each other at UFC 160. They both have made it pretty clear they're not going to fight each other. On the very same card on October 19th, Cormier intends to fight for the last time as a HW against Roy Nelson. Even if Dos Santos wins at UFC 166 Cormier already has his eyes set on the LH title. Him and Jon Jones have been exchanging  words these past few months and he could find himself fighting Jones in the near future. But he's gotta get past Nelson first.

Antonio 'BigFoot' Silva:

Notice above at the chart where you can see losses to Velasquez highlighted in yellow. That's not a good thing. Reason being is obvious; with a loss to the current champion its going to be very hard to get a rematch. Which makes things all the worst for 'Bigfoot' because he has two losses to the champion. With two losses to Velasquez it only puts 'Bigfoot' in no-mans-land. 'Bigfoot' will fight Mark Hunt in Australia in December but a win over Hunt doesn't take him out of his predicament.

Travis Browne:

Realistically speaking Browne could be one win away from title shot. In my eyes he should be the next in line for the title but it seems the UFC are headed in a different direction. Browne is rumored to be fighting Stipe Miocic on December on the UFC on Fox 9 card. With a win over Miocic people will be buzzing for Browne's inevitable title shot in 2014.

Alistair Overeem:

Upon signing with the UFC, Overeem turned down two title shots. Now, Overeem is nowhere near a title shot. Lets rewind. Overeem entered the UFC ranked #3 behind Velasquez and Dos Santos. Instead of fighting the winner of their match, Overeem opted to fight Brock Lesnar and he did so successfully and gets his title shot against JDS. Just weeks before his title fight he tests positive and is suspended ultimately returning at UFC 156 getting knocked out by 'Bigfoot' Silva followed by Browne this past August.

Fabricio Werdum:

Since losing to Overeem, Werdum has made a successful transition back into the UFC going 3-0 as of today. With back to back wins over Nelson, Russow, and Nogueira he may have enough on his resume to win over the UFC's vote and get the next title shot. I personally disagree because I believe Browne has surpassed him but it looks like the UFC is headed in that direction.

Josh Barnett:

The dark horse of the HW division is not so dark anymore. Even though is win over Mir ended in controversy, he did put his name into the hat of possible title challengers for Velasquez or Dos Santos. I personally would like a Werdum-Barnett title eliminator but your guess is as good as mine as to whats next for the Warmaster.

Frank Mir:

It's no secret Mir is fighting for his job on November 16th at UFC 167. Obviously crazier things have happened. If there is anyone who's immune from getting cut by the UFC its Mir. But for competitive reasons even if the UFC doesn't cut him (should he lose to Overeem) he might consider retirement. So a title shot is a foregone conclusion right now. Mir better just worry about getting back on the win column.

Antonio Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira:

Nogueira has obviously seen better days. Since losing the Interim title Nogueira has exchanged wins and losses. Since those wins have been to non top 10 competition he has only fallen down the rankings and he hasn't recovered. Nogueira seems to be fighting for the sake of competing. I think its safe to say his days fighting for a title are over.

Mark Hunt: 

With Barnetts win over Mir Hunt has become my new dark horse of the HW division. Before losing to JDS, Hunt was riding the 4 fight winning streak. Even in defeat Hunt looked exceptionally good against JDS. Hunt will fight 'Bigfoot' in his native Australia on December 21st. A win over 'Bigfoot' puts him in a good spot for a title shot.