MMA Rankings After UFC Fight Night 28: Teixeira vs. Bader

(#1 Velasquez)

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

OTHER CONTENDERS: ANDREI ARLOVSKI, MARK HUNT, STIPE MIOCIC, ROY NELSON, GABRIEL GONZAGA

KHARITONOV is ineligible for inactivity. 

(#10 Teixeira)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:
#1 JON JONES - UFC CHAMPION
#2 LYOTO MACHIDA
#3 RASHAD EVANS
#4 DAN HENDERSON
#5 ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON
#6 CHAEL SONNEN
#7 'SHOGUN' RUA
#8 'MINOTORO' NOGUEIRA
#9 PHIL DAVIS
#10 GLOVER TEIXEIRA

OTHER CONTENDERS: RYAN BADER, 'RAMPAGE' JACKSON, THIAGO SILVA, WANDERLEI SILVA, RAFAEL 'FEIJAO'

(#5 'Jacare')

MIDDLEWEIGHTS:
#1 CHRIS WEIDMAN - UFC CHAMPION
#2 ANDERSON SILVA
#3 VITOR BELFORT
#4 LUKE ROCKHOLD +3 
#5 'JACARE' SOUZA +3
#6 MICHAEL BISPING -2
#7 YUSHIN OKAMI -2
#8 MARK MUNOZ -2
#9 'COSTA' PHILIPPOU
#10 HECTOR LOMBARD

OTHER CONTENDERS: TIM BOETSCH, TIM KENNEDY, CUNG LE, RICH FRANKLIN, ALAN BELCHER

(#1 St-Pierre)

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

OTHER CONTENDERS: JOSH KOSCHECK, JOSH BURKMAN, JON FITCH, BJ PENN, ERICK SILVA

(#1 Pettis)

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 SHINYA AOKI - ONE FC CHAMPION
#9 JOSH THOMSON
#10 NATE DIAZ

OTHER CONTENDERS: JIM MILLER, MYLES JURY, REZA MADADI, MICHAEL JOHNSON, JOE LAUZON

PAT HEALY is ineligible serving a suspension 

(#1 Aldo)

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

OTHER CONTENDERS: CLAY GUIDA, DUSTIN POIRIER, NIK LENTZ, ERIK KOCH, DENNIS SIVER

(#1 Barao)

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

OTHER CONTENDERS: TYSON NAM, EDUARDO DANTAS, MARCOS GALVAO, RAFAEL ASSUNCAO, TRAVIS MARX 

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BOWLES is ineligible serving a suspension

FLYWEIGHTS:

(#2 Benavidez)

#1 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
#3 IAN MCCALL
#4 JOHN DODSON
#5 JUSSIER 'FORMIGA'
#6 DARRELL MONTAGUE
#7 TIM ELLIOTT
#8 LOUIS GAUDINOT
#9 JOHN LINEKER
#10 MIKIHITO YAMAGAMI 

OTHER CONTENDERS:  MAMORU YAMAGUCHI, YOSUKE SARUTA, RYUICHI MIKI, KENTARO WATANABE, SHINICHI KOJIMA

(Best Fighter in the World #1 Aldo)

POUND 4 POUND:
#1 JOSE ALDO - P4P KING
#2 GEORGES ST-PIERRE
#3 JON JONES
#4 RENAN BARAO
#5 CHRIS WEIDMAN
#6 ANDERSON SILVA
#7 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON
#8 ANTHONY PETTIS
#9 CAIN VELASQUEZ
#10 FRANKIE EDGAR

OTHER CONTENDERS: BEN HENDERSON, GILBERT MELENDEZ, JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ, JUNIOR DOS SANTOS, JOHNY HENDRICKS

CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BENAVIDEZ returns to the contenders list with his knockout win over DA SILVA