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 162, UFC on Fox 8 & Shoot 3rd Round 2013

Middleweight

1. Chris Weidman +5

2. Anderson Silva -1

3. Mark Munoz +6

4. Costas Philippou -2

5. Chael Sonnen -2

6. Tim Boetsch -2

7. Yushin Okami -2

8. Vitor Belfort -1

9. Nate Marquardt -1

10. Michael Bisping



Welterweight

1. Johny Hendricks

2. Martin Kampmann

3. Rory MacDonald +7

4. Georges St. Pierre -1

5. Jake Ellenberger -1

6. Jake Shields -1

7. Carlos Condit -1

8. Demian Maia -1

9. Josh Burkman -1

10. Nick Diaz -1

Featherweight

1. Ricardo Lamas

2. Clay Guida

3. Hatsu Hioki

4. Jose Aldo

5. Chad Mendes +3

6. Cub Swanson +5

7. Nik Lentz -2

8. Kenny Florian -2

9. Dennis Siver -2

10. Diego Nunes -1



Flyweight

1. Demetrious Johnson

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. John Dodson

4. Ian McCall

5. Jussier Da Silva

6. Louis Gaudinot

7. John Lineker +1

8. Yasuhiro Urushitani +3

9. Ryuichi Miki +2

10. Yosuke Saruta -3

Results

Weidman beat Silva

Munoz beat Boetsch

MacDonald beat Ellenberger

Swanson beat Siver

Miki and Saruta fight to a draw

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 148, UFC on Fuel TV 4 & UFC 149

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Chael Sonnen

3. Tim Boetsch

4. Yushin Okami

5. Chris Weidman +1

6. Nate Marquardt -1

7. Mark Munoz

8. Jake Shields

9. Demian Maia

10. Gegard Mousasi



Bantamweight

1. Renan Barao +6

2. Dominick Cruz -1

3. Urijah Faber -1

4. Joseph Benavidez -1

5. Michael McDonald -1

6. Brian Bowles -1

7. Demetrious Johnson -1

8. Brad Pickett

9. Miguel Torres

10. Damacio Page

Results

Silva beat Sonnen

Weidman beat Munoz

Barao beat Faber

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 Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals & UFC Fight Night 25

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Alistair Overeem

4. Daniel Cormier +7

5. Brock Lesnar -1

6. Fabricio Werdum -1

7. Antonio Silva -1

8. Dan Henderson -1

9. Shane Carwin -1

10. Fedor Emelianenko -1



Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Chael Sonnen

3. Yushin Okami

4. Nate Marquardt

5. Mark Munoz

6. Jake Shields

7. Demian Maia

8. Gegard Mousasi

9. Luke Rockhold +2

10. Brian Stann -1



Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jake Ellenberger +7

3. Jon Fitch -1

4. BJ Penn -1

5. Jake Shields -1

6. Diego Sanchez -1

7. Martin Kampmann -1

8. Carlos Condit -1

9. Rory MacDonald -1

10. Mike Pyle

Results

Cormier beat Silva

Rockhold beat Souza

Ellenberger beat Shields

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 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 UFC 92, WEC 37 & Dynamite!! 2008

Heavyweight

1. Frank Mir +1

2. Fedor Emelianenko -1

3. Brock Lesnar

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Randy Couture

6. Tim Sylvia

7. Andrei Arlovski

8. Cain Velasquez

9. Junior Dos Santos

10. Fabricio Werdum



Light Heavyweight

1. Thiago Silva

2. Quinton Jackson +7

3. James Irvin -1

4. Eric Schafer -1

5. Wanderlei Silva -1

6. Houston Alexander -1

7. Rashad Evans +3

8. Keith Jardine -2

9. Forrest Griffin -2

10. Mauricio Rua -2



Lightweight

1. Shinya Aoki +3

2. BJ Penn -1

3. Eddie Alvarez -1

4. Joachim Hansen -1

5. Gesias Cavalcante

6. Andre Amade

7. Caol Uno

8. Josh Thomson

9. Gray Maynard

10. Frankie Edgar



Featherweight

1. Mike Brown

2. Urijah Faber

3. Fredson Paixao

4. Rani Yahya

5. Mark Hominick

6. Savant Young

7. Takeshi Inoue

8. Wagnney Fabiano +3

9. Hideki Kadowaki -1

10. Akitoshi Tamura -1

Results

Mir beat Nogueira

Jackson beat Silva

Evans beat Griffin

Aoki beat Alvarez

Fabiano beat Tamura

MMA Rankings after UFC 84, Shooto Tradition 1 & Dream 3

Light Heavyweight

1. Thiago Silva

2. James Irvin

3. Wanderlei Silva +8

4. Houston Alexander -1

5. Keith Jardine -1

6. Forrest Griffin -1

7. Mauricio Rua -1

8. Quinton Jackson -1

9. Chuck Liddell -1

10. Lyoto Machida -1



Lightweight

1. BJ Penn

2. Shinya Aoki +7

3. Gesias Cavalcante +8

4. Eddie Alvarez +7

5. Andre Amade +6

6. Caol Uno +5

7. Takanori Gomi -5

8. Mitsuhiro Ishida -5

9. Gilbert Melendez -5

10. Gray Maynard -5



Featherweight

1. Urijah Faber

2. Hideki Kadowaki

3. Akitoshi Tamura

4. Savant Young +7

5. Hiroyuki Takaya -1

6. Takeshi Inoue -1

7. Antonio Carvalho -1

8. Ivan Menjivar -1

9. Fredson Paixao -1

10. Masakazu Imanari -1

Results

Silva beat Jardine

Uno beat Ishida

Young beat Inoue

MMA Rankings after Pride 33

Light Heavyweight

1. Mauricio Rua

2. Chuck Liddell

3. Glover Teixeira +8

4. Thierry Sokoudjou +7

5. Randy Couture -2

6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -2

7. Dan Henderson +1

8. Tito Ortiz -3

9. Wanderlei Silva -3

10. Ricardo Arona -3



Middleweight

1. Paulo Filho

2. Nate Marquardt

3. Anderson Silva

4. Frank Trigg +7

5. Kazuo Misaki -1

6. Dan Henderson -1

7. Rich Franklin -1

8. Denis Kang -1

9. Amar Suloev -1

10. Murilo Bustamante -1

Results

Sokoudjou beat Nogueira

Henderson beat Silva

Trigg beat Misaki

UFC Fight Night 40 & Bellator 119

Preview for Mondays Rankings 6th Edition: six fights that could effect the rankings

Bellator 119

Featherweights: Daniel Weichel #16 vs. Desmond Green 

If Green wins Fabricio Guerreiro and Frodo Khasbulaev will also enter the top 25 featherweight rankings as well since Green lost to Guerreiro and Guerreiro lost to Khasbulaev. If Weichel beats Green everything stays the same.

UFC Fight Night 40

Welterweights: Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva

If Silva wins he could be ranked at #25 if he wins more impressively than Seth Baczynski #25 who submitted Brown for his #25 spot. If Brown beats Silva everything stays the same since Brown lost to Baczynski who is occupying the last spot in the current top 25 welterweight rankings.

Middleweights: Costa Philippou #10 vs. Lorenz Larkin #16 

If Larkin beats Philippou both Brad Tavares #14 and Yoel Romero #13 will benefit from it since Larkin lost to Tavares and Tavares lost to Romero. If Philippou beats Larkin everything stays the same.

Flyweights: Darrell Montague #24 vs. Kyoji Horiguchi

If Horiguchi beats Montague he will enter the top 25 flyweight rankings. If Montague beats Horiguchi everything stays the same. 

Bantamweights: Eddie Wineland #3 vs. Johnny Eduardo

If Eduardo upsets Wineland he will enter the top 25 bantamweight rankings and Raphael Assuncao #23 will benefit from it too since he beat Eduardo. If Wineland beats Eduardo as expected then everything stays the same. 

Featherweights: Nik Lentz #14 vs. Manny Gamburyan #23

If Gamburyan beats Lentz then it will avenge his loss to Diego Nunes #21 who beat him by decision because Lentz beat Nunes. Dennis Siver #15 will also benefit from Gamburyan beating Lentz too since he beat Gamburyan and is currently ranked below Lentz. If Lentz beats Gamburyan everything stays the same. 

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. 

Chris Weidman's Chances of Losing the Middleweight Title

Future opponents chances from highest to lowest:

Anderson Silva                                          58% chance

Vitor Belfort                                               50% chance

Ronaldo Souza                                          22% chance

Yushin Okami                                            20% chance

Michael Bisping                                        19% chance

Hector Lombard                                        17% chance

Luke Rockhold                                          15% chance

Mark Munoz and Costa Philippou              14% chance

Tim Boetsch                                               9% chance

MMA Rankings After UFC 162 Silva vs. Weidman

(Pictured HW contender Gonzaga)

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 UFC LH Champion #1 Jones)

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


Middleweight

(Pictured, the New UFC MW
Champion #1 Chris Weidman)

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

Other Contenders: Ronaldo Souza, Brian Stann, Tim Kennedy, Cung Le, Rich Franklin

(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. Jake Ellenberger
7. Jake Shields
8. Demian Maia
9. Rory Macdonald
10. Robbie Lawler


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

(Pictured UFC LW
Champion #1 Henderson)

Lightweight

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, Takanori Gomi, Diego Sanchez, Joe Lauzon

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

(Pictured #2 FW Edgar)

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. Dustin Poirier
10. Nik Lentz

Other Contenders: Erik Koch, Dennis Siver, Diego Nunes, Patricio Freire, Daniel Straus

Chan Sung Jung is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

(Pictured UFC BW Interim 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.  

(Pictured FLY contender
Yamagami)

Flyweight


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. 

Mikihito Yamagami enters the contenders list with a win over Mamoru Yamaguchi 


Pound 4 Pound

(Pictured #5 Weidman floors #6 Silva)

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

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

Chris Weidman enters the pound 4 pound top 10 list with his knock out win over Anderson Silva. 

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