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 Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Alistair Overeem

4. Brock Lesnar

5. Fabricio Werdum

6. Antonio Silva

7. Dan Henderson +4

8. Shane Carwin -1

9. Fedor Emelianenko -1

10. Frank Mir -1

Results

Henderson beat Fedor

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 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 121 & Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez +4

2. Junior Dos Santos -1

3. Brock Lesnar -1

4. Fabricio Werdum -1

5. Shane Carwin -1

6. Fedor Emelianenko

7. Frank Mir

8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Randy Couture



Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Jake Shields +8

4. Thiago Alves -1

5. Martin Kampmann -1

6. Carlos Condit +5

7. Jake Ellenberger +4

8. Mike Pyle +3

9. John Hathaway +2

10. Diego Sanchez +1




Lightweight

1. Gilbert Melendez

2. Gray Maynard

3. Frankie Edgar

4. Shinya Aoki

5. BJ Penn

6. Eddie Alvarez

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri

8. Josh Thomson +2

9. Joachim Hansen -1 

10. Gesias Cavalcante -1 

Results

Velasquez beat Lesnar

Shields beat Kampmann

Sanchez beat Thiago

Thomson beat Cavalcante

MMA Rankings after Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum & Sengoku 13

Heavyweight

1. Junior Dos Santos +10

2. Fabricio Werdum +9

3. Shane Carwin -2

4. Brock Lesnar -2

5. Cain Velasquez -2

6. Fedor Emelianenko -2

7. Frank Mir -2

8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -2

9. Alistair Overeem -2

10. Randy Couture -2

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan

3. Mike Brown

4. Urijah Faber

5. Michihiro Omigawa

6. Marlon Sandro +5

7. Hatsu Hioki -1

8. Masanori Kanehara -1

9. Leonard Garcia -1

10. George Roop -1

Results

Werdum beat Fedor

Sandro beat Kanehara

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 Strikeforce: Nashville, UFC 112 & WEC 48

Lightweight

1. Gilbert Melendez +4

2. Gray Maynard +7

3. Frankie Edgar +7

4. Shinya Aoki -3

5. BJ Penn -3

6. Eddie Alvarez -3

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri -3

8. Joachim Hansen -2

9. Gesias Cavalcante -2

10. Josh Thomson -2



Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Manny Gamburyan +9

3. Mike Brown -1

4. Urijah Faber -1

5. Michihiro Omigawa -1

6. Hatsu Hioki -1

7. Masanori Kanehara -1

8. Leonard Garcia +3

9. George Roop +2

10. Chan Sung Jung -3



Bantamweight

1. Dominick Cruz

2. Joseph Benavidez

3. Brian Bowles

4. Miguel Torres

5. Damacio Page +6

6. Scott Jorgensen +5

7. Takeya Mizugaki +4

8. Rani Yahya -3

9. Mike Easton -3

10. Yoshiro Maeda -3

Results

Melendez beat Aoki

Edgar beat Penn

Gamburyan beat Brown

Garcia beat Sung Jung

Mizugaki beat Yahya

MMA Rankings after Strikeforce: Evolution

Lightweight 

1. Shinya Aoki

2. BJ Penn

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri

5. Gilbert Melendez +6

6. Joachim Hansen -1

7. Gesias Cavalcante -1

8. Josh Thomson -1

9. Gray Maynard -1

10. Frankie Edgar -1



Bantamweight

1. Brian Bowles

2. Miguel Torres

3. Dominick Cruz

4. Joseph Benavidez

5. Rani Yahya

6. Mike Easton

7. Yoshiro Maeda

8. Chase Beebe

9. Eddie Wineland

10. Akitoshi Tamura

Results

Melendez beat Thomson

MMA Rankings After UFC 99 & Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields

Heavyweight

1. Frank Mir

2. Fedor Emelianenko

3. Brock Lesnar

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Randy Couture

6. Brett Rogers +5

7. Tim Sylvia -1

8. Andrei Arlovski -1

9. Cain Velasquez -1

10. Junior Dos Santos -1



Light Heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida

2. Thiago Silva

3. Quinton Jackson

4. Dan Henderson +7

5. Rich Franklin +6

6. James Irvin -2

7. Eric Schafer -2

8. Wanderlei Silva -2

9. Houston Alexander -2

10. Rashad Evans -2



Middleweight

1. Jake Shields +10

2. Demian Maia -1

3. Anderson Silva -1

4. Robbie Lawler -1

5. Chael Sonnen -1

6. Nate Marquardt -1

7. Frank Trigg-1

8. Paulo Filho -1

9. Jorge Santiago -1

10. Kazuo Misaki -1



Lightweight

1. Shinya Aoki

2. BJ Penn

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri

5. Joachim Hansen

6. Gesias Cavalcante

7. Josh Thomson +2

8. Gray Maynard +2

9. Frankie Edgar +2

10. Sean Sherk +1

Results

Rogers beat Arlovski

Franklin beat Silva

Shields beat Lawler

Fisher beat Uno

MMA Rankings after Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson

Lightweight

1. BJ Penn

2. Shinya Aoki

3. Gesias Cavalcante

4. Eddie Alvarez

5. Andre Amade

6. Caol Uno

7. Takanori Gomi

8. Josh Thomson +2

9. Misuhiro Ishida -1

10. Gilbert Melendez -1 

Results

Thomson beat Melendez

MMA Rankings after Pride Bushido 11 & Strikeforce Revenge

Middleweight

1. Dan Henderson

2. Rich Franklin

3. Paulo Filho +5

4. Amar Suloev +7

5. Murilo Bustamante -2

6. David Loiseau -2

7. Evan Tanner -2

8. David Terrell -2

9. Matt Lindland -2

10. Robbie Lawler -1



Lightweight 

1. Mitsuhiro Ishida +10

2. BJ Penn -1

3. Marcus Aurelio -1

4. Takanori Gomi -1

5. Hayato Sakurai -1

6. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

7. Vitor Ribeiro -1 

8. Joachim Hansen -1

9. Gilbert Melendez +2

10. Mark Hominick -2

Results

Suloev beat Bustamante

Ishida beat Aurelio

Melendez beat Guida