MMA Rankings after UFC Fight Night 50, 51, UFC 178 & Bellator 123

Heavyweight 

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Daniel Cormier

4. Anthony Johnson +12

5. Andrei Arlovski +11 

6. Fabricio Werdum -2

7. Antonio Silva -2

8. Mark Hunt -2

9. Travis Browne -2

10. Ben Rothwell +6

11. Alistair Overeem -3

12. Brock Lesnar -3

13. Dan Henderson -3

14. Shane Carwin -3

15. Josh Barnett -3

Middleweight 

1. Chris Weidman

2. Lyoto Machida

3. Anderson Silva

4. Vitor Belfort

5. Luke Rockhold

6. Ronaldo Souza +1

7. Gegard Mousasi -1

8. Mark Munoz

9. Thales Leites

10. CB Dollaway

11. Francis Carmont

12. Yoel Romero +4

13. Costa Philippou -1

14. Chael Sonnen -1

15. Tim Kennedy -1

Lightweight 

1. Anthony Pettis

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Rafael Dos Anjos

4. Ben Henderson

5. Donald Cerrone +11

6. Frankie Edgar -1

7. TJ Grant -1

8. Eddie Alvarez -1

9. Will Brooks -1

10. Gilbert Melendez -1

11. Michael Chandler -1

12. Shinya Aoki -1

13. Bobby Green -1

14. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

15. Josh Thomson -1

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Chad Mendes

3. Ricardo Lamas

4. Cub Swanson

5. Patricio Freire +11

6. Jeremy Stephens -1

7. Pat Curran -1

8. Frankie Edgar -1

9. Conor McGregor +3

10. Charles Oliveira -2

11. Darren Elkins -2

12. Chan Cung Jung -2

13. Dustin Poirier -2

14. Diego Brandao -1

15. Dennis Bermudez -1

Results

Rothwell beat Overeem

Arlovski beat Silva

Souza beat Mousasi

Romero beat Kennedy

Cerrone beat Alvarez

Freire beat Curran

McGregor beat Poirier

MMA Rankings after UFC Fight Night 26, UFC Fight Night 27, UFC 163 & UFC 164

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Daniel Cormier

4. Antonio Silva

5. Travis Browne +6

6. Alistair Overeem -1

7. Brock Lesnar -1

8. Fabricio Werdum -1

9. Dan Henderson -1

10. Shane Carwin -1

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Phil Davis +9

3. Lyoto Machida -1

4. Rashad Evans -1

5. Alexander Gustafsson -1

6. Dan Henderson -1

7. Chael Sonnen +4

8. Mauricio Rua  -2

9. Glover Teixeira  -2

10. Ryan Bader  -2



Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Georges St. Pierre +2

3. Carlos Condit +4

4. Martin Kampmann -2

5. Rory MacDonald -2

6. Jake Ellenberger -1

7. Jake Shields -1

8. Demian Maia

9. Josh Burkman

10. Nick Diaz

Lightweight

1. Anthony Pettis +10

2. Ben Henderson -1

3. Frankie Edgar -1

4. TJ Grant -1

5. Gilbert Melendez -1

6. Gray Maynard -1

7. Michael Chandler -1

8. Eddie Alvarez -1

9. Shinya Aoki -1

10. BJ Penn -1



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo +3

2. Chad Mendes +3

3. Ricardo Lamas -2

4. Darren Elkins +7

5. Clay Guida -3

6. Hatsu Hioki -3

7. Cub Swanson -1

8. Nik Lentz -1

9. Kenny Florian -1

10. Dennis Siver -1



Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. John Dodson

4. Ian McCall

5. Tim Elliott +6

6. Jussier Da Silva -1

7. Louis Gaudinot -1

8. John Lineker -1

9. Yasuhiro Urushitani -1

10. Ryuichi Miki -1

Results

Browne beat Overeem

Davis beat Machida

Sonnen beat Rua

Condit beat Kampmann

Pettis beat Henderson

Mendes beat Guida

Elkins beat Hioki

Elliott beat Gaudinot

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 141

Heavyweight

1. Junior Dos Santos

2. Alistair Overeem +1

3. Cain Velasquez -1

4. Daniel Cormier

5. Brock Lesnar

6. Fabricio Werdum

7. Antonio Silva

8. Dan Henderson

9. Shane Carwin

10. Fedor Emelianenko



Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks +10

2. Georges St. Pierre -1

3. Nick Diaz -1

4. Jake Ellenberger -1

5. Jon Fitch -1

6. BJ Penn -1

7. Jake Shields -1

8. Diego Sanchez -1

9. Martin Kampmann -1

10. Carlos Condit -1



Featherweight

1. Bart Palaszewski

2. Jose Aldo

3. Kenny Florian +1

4. Diego Nunes +3

5. Tyson Griffin -2

6. Chad Mendes -1

7. Manny Gamburyan -1

8. Rani Yahya

9. Mike Brown

10. Darren Elkins

Results

Overeem beat Lesnar

Hendricks beat Fitch

Nunes beat Gamburyan

MMA Rankings after UFC 131, UFC on Versus 4 & Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Alistair Overeem +7

4. Brock Lesnar -1

5. Fabricio Werdum -1

6. Antonio Silva -1

7. Shane Carwin -1

8. Fedor Emelianenko -1

9. Frank Mir -1

10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -1



Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Chael Sonnen

3. Yushin Okami

4. Nate Marquardt

5. Mark Munoz +6

6. Jake Shields -1

7. Demian Maia -1

8. Gegard Mousasi -1

9. Brian Stann -1

10. Ronaldo Souza -1



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Tyson Griffin +9

3. Kenny Florian +8

4. Manny Gamburyan -2

5. Diego Nunes -2

6. Rani Yahya -2

7. Mike Brown -2

8. Chad Mendes -2

9. Darren Elkins +2

10. Urijah Faber -3

Results 

Dos Santos beat Carwin

Overeem beat Werdum

Munoz beat Maia

Florian beat Nunes

Griffin beat Gamburyan

Elkins beat Omigawa

MMA Rankings after UFC 113, UFC 114, Strikeforce: St. Louis & Dream 14

Heavyweight

1. Shane Carwin

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Cain Velasquez

4. Fedor Emelianenko

5. Frank Mir

6. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

7. Alistair Overeem +4

8. Randy Couture -1

9. Brett Rogers -1

10. Antonio Silva +1



Light Heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua +10

2. Lyoto Machida -1

3. Rashad Evans -1

4. Thiago Silva -1

5. Quinton Jackson -1

6. Dan Henderson -1

7. Vitor Belfort -1

8. Ryan Bader -1

9. Rich Franklin -1

10. James Irvin -1



Bantamweight

1. Dominick Cruz

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. Brian Bowles

4. Miguel Torres

5. Damacio Page

6. Scott Jorgensen

7. Takeya Mizugaki

8. Rani Yahya

9. Mike Easton

10. Kenji Osawa +1

Results

Silva beat Arlovski

Overeem beat Rogers

Rua beat Machida

Evans beat Jackson

Osawa beat Maeda

MMA Rankings after Pride Total Elimination Absolute

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mark Hunt

4. Mirko Filipovic

5. Josh Barnett

6. Jeff Monson

7. Marcio Cruz

8. Frank Mir

9. Tim Sylvia

10. Fabricio Werdum +1

Results

Werdum beat Overeem

MMA Rankings after UFC 57 & Pride 31

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mark Hunt

4. Mirko Filipovic

5. Josh Barnett

6. Marcio Cruz +5

7. Frank Mir -1

8. Andrei Arlovski -1

9. Alistair Overeem +2

10. Tim Sylvia -2

Results

Cruz beat Mir

Overeem beat Kharitonov