TUF Nations Finale, Bellator 117, UFC on Fox 11 & Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol 16

Preview for next weeks rankings:

TUF Nations Finale

Middleweights: Tim Kennedy #14 vs. Michael Bisping #16

Featherweights: Dustin Poirier #13 vs. Akira Corassani

Light Heavyweights: Ryan Jimmo #15 vs. Sean O'Connell

Bantamweights: George Roop #5 vs. Dustin Kimura








Bellator 117: Lima vs. Hawn

Welterweights: Douglas Lima #14 vs. Rick Hawn
















UFC on Fox 11: Werdum vs. Browne

Heavyweights: Travis Browne #5 vs. Fabricio Werdum #7

Lightweights: Donald Cerrone #18 vs. Edson Barboza

Middleweights: Brad Tavares #13 vs. Yoel Romero #18

Lightweights: Khabib Nurmagomedov #12 vs. Rafael Dos Anjos #16

Welterweights: Seth Baczynski #24 vs. Thiago Alves

Lightweights: Pat Healy #14 vs. Jorge Masvidal





Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 16

Flyweights: Yosuke Saruta #14 vs. Masaaki Sugawara

Heavyweight Rankings Post UFC 168

1. Cain Velasquez 
2. Junior Dos Santos 
3. Daniel Cormier 
4. Antonio Silva 
5. Mark Hunt
6. Travis Browne
7. Alistair Overeem
8. Fabricio Werdum 
9. Josh Barnett
10. Frank Mir 
11. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
12. Vitaly Minakov 
13. Sergei Kharitonov 
14. Alexander Volkov
15. Andrei Arlovski 

UFC Heavyweight Roster Post UFC 168

Rules for the UFC Roster Rankings: 

1. Fighters can only rank in one weight class
2. Fighters who decide to change their weight class will still be ranked in their previous weight class until they have fought at their new weight class
3. Since MMA judging is often unreliable, wins and losses will be determined by mmadecisions.com
4. Fighters on quasi-retirement will be ineligible
5. Suspended fighters are still eligible to be ranked
6. Fighters must make their UFC debut before being ranked, however, returning UFC fighters who've been re-signed to the UFC can be ranked immediately 
7. The L's represent the losses they have to avenge in order to be ranked higher any irrelevant losses are no longer listed

1. Cain Velasquez –   
2. Junior Dos Santos – L Velasquez    
3. Daniel Cormier –  
4. Antonio Silva +1 – L Cormier, L Velasquez 
5. Travis Browne +2 – L Silva 
6. Josh Barnett -2 – L Browne, L Cormier 
7. Mark Hunt -1 – L Barnett, L Dos Santos   
8. Alistair Overeem – L Browne, L Silva
9. Fabricio Werdum – L Overeem, L Dos Santos
10. Frank Mir – L Barnett, L Cormier, L Dos Santos  
11. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – L Mir, L Werdum, L Velasquez 
12. Stipe Miocic –  
13. Roy Nelson – L Miocic, L Mir, L Werdum, L Cormier, L Dos Santos  
14. Gabriel Gonzaga – L Werdum, L Browne, L Dos Santos
15. Ben Rothwell – L Gonzaga, L Hunt, L Velasquez   
16. Brendan Schaub – L Rothwell, L Nelson, L Nogueira  
17. Brandon Vera – L Rothwell, L Werdum  
18. Stefan Struve – L Nelson, L Hunt, L Browne, L Dos Santos  
19. Shawn Jordan – L Gonzaga
20. Matt Mitrione – L Schaub, L Nelson
21. Soa Palelei – L Cormier 
22. Todd Duffee – L Overeem  
23. Pat Barry – L Palelei, L Jordan, L Struve
24. Jared Rosholt –    
25. Daniel Omielanzuk 
26. Walt Harris – L Rosholt 
27. Nikita Krylov – L Palelei

• Derrick Lewis - yet to debut 
• Oleksiy Oliynyk - yet to debut
• Geronimo Dos Santos - yet to debut 
• Guto Inocente - yet to debut 

MMA Rankings Post UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2

Rules for the Top 10 MMA Rankings:

1. Fighters must fight within a year or have a fight confirmed within that year
2. Fighters can only rank in one weight class
3. Fighters who decide to change their weight class will still be ranked in their previous weight class until they have fought at their new weight class
4. Since MMA judging is often unreliable, wins and losses will be determined by mmadecisions.com
5. Fighters on quasi-retirement will be ineligible 
6. Suspended fighters are ineligible until they have fought one time since their suspension
7. Any professional MMA fighter is eligible to ranked regardless of the organization they belong to 

HEAVYWEIGHT:

1. Cain Velasquez - UFC Champion 
2. Junior Dos Santos 
3. Daniel Cormier 
4. Travis Browne +2
5. Josh Barnett -1
6. Mark Hunt -1
7. Alistair Overeem 
8. Fabricio Werdum 
9. Frank Mir 
10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 

INELIGIBLE:

• Antonio Silva - suspended  

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion 
2. Alexander Gustafsson 
3. Rashad Evans 
4. Dan Henderson 
5. Chael Sonnen 
6. Mauricio Rua 
7. Glover Teixeira 
8. Ryan Bader 
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 
10. Quinton Jackson 

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

1. Chris Weidman - UFC Champion 
2. Anderson Silva 
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Luke Rockhold 
5. Ronaldo Souza 
6. Lyoto Machida 
7. Michael Bisping 
8. Tim Kennedy 
9. Yushin Okami 
10. Mark Munoz 

INELIGIBLE:

• Cung Le - inactive/quasi-retirement
• Rich Franklin - inactive/quasi-retirement

WELTERWEIGHT:

1. Johny Hendricks 
2. Carlos Condit 
3. Robbie Lawler 
4. Rory MacDonald 
5. Martin Kampmann 
6. Jake Ellenberger 
7. Jake Shields 
8. Hector Lombard 
9. Tarec Saffiedine 
10. Nate Marquardt 

INELIGIBLE:

• Georges St-Pierre - quasi-retirement 
• Nick Diaz - quasi-retirement 

LIGHTWEIGHT:

1. Anthony Pettis - UFC Champion 
2. Ben Henderson 
3. Gilbert Melendez 
4. TJ Grant 
5. Josh Thomson 
6. Nate Diaz 
7. Gray Maynard 
8. Eddie Alvarez - Bellator Champion 
9. Michael Chandler 
10. Khabib Nurmagomedov 

FEATHERWEIGHT:

1. Jose Aldo - UFC Champion 
2. Frankie Edgar 
3. Ricardo Lamas 
4. Chad Mendes 
5. Cub Swanson 
6. Chan Sung Jung 
7. Daniel Straus - Bellator Champion 
8. Pat Curran 
9. Patricio Freire 
10. Nik Lentz 

BANTAMWEIGHT:

1. Renan Barao - Interim Champion 
2. Urijah Faber 
3. Eddie Wineland 
4. Michael McDonald 
5. TJ Dillashaw 
6. Raphael Assuncao 
7. Brad Pickett 
8. Francisco Rivera
9. George Roop
10. Marlon Moraes 

INELIGIBLE:

• Dominick Cruz - UFC Champion - Inactive 
• Brian Bowles - suspended 

FLYWEIGHT:

1. Demetrious Johnson - UFC Champion 
2. John Dodson 
3. Joseph Benavidez 
4. Ian McCall 
5. Ali Bagautinov 
6. Tim Elliott
7. John Moraga
8. Jussier Da Silva 
9. Louis Gaudinot 
10. John Lineker 

POUND 4 POUND:

1. Jose Aldo - P4P King
2. Jon Jones 
3. Renan Barao 
4. Chris Weidman +3
5. Demetrious Johnson 
6. Anderson Silva -2
7. Cain Velasquez -1
8. Anthony Pettis 
9. Johny Hendricks 
10. Frankie Edgar 

INELIGIBLE:

• Dominick Cruz - inactive 
• Georges St-Pierre - quasi-retirement 

UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 Card

Main Card: on par per view 

MW Title: (c) Chris Weidman vs. Anderson Silva 

WBW Title: (c) Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate 

HW: Josh Barnett vs. Travis Browne 

LW: Jim Miller vs. Fabricio Camoes

FW: Dustin Poirier vs. Diego Brandao

Preliminary Card: on Fox Sports 1 

MW: Chris Leben vs. Uriah Hall 

LW: Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau 

FW: Dennis Siver vs. Manny Gamburyan 

WW: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. John Howard 

Preliminary Card: online 

WW: Bobby Voelker vs. William Macario

FW: Robbie Peralta vs. Estevan Payan  

#5 Browne vs. #8 Barnett gets added to UFC 168

The ever growing UFC 168 card adds another blockbuster fight, this time #5 Travis Browne vs. #8 Josh
Barnett. Since losing to #4 'Bigfoot' Silva, Browne has won 2 in a row both via first round knockout (over #15 Gonzaga and #6 Overeem). #8 Barnett's lone loss in the last 7 years has only been to #3 Daniel Cormier, most recently beating #9 Frank Mir by TKO.

NOTE: This fight has already been added to the 'UPCOMING FIGHTS' tab. You can see the rest of the top 15 already scheduled fights there also.

MMA Rankings After UFC Fight Night 26: 'Shogun' vs. Sonnen

NOTE: This is the first rankings with my new implemented rules

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 FRANK MIR
#9 'MINOTAURO' NOGUEIRA
#10 JOSH BARNETT

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

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

WELTERWEIGHTS:
#1 GEORGES ST-PIERRE - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOHNY HENDRICKS
#3 CARLOS CONDIT
#4 NICK DIAZ
#5 MARTIN KAMPMANN
#6 RORY MACDONALD
#7 JAKE ELLENBERGER
#8 JAKE SHIELDS
#9 DEMIAN MAIA
#10 ROBBIE LAWLER

LIGHTWEIGHTS:
#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

FEATHERWEIGHTS:
#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 CHAN SUNG JUNG
#9 PATRICIO 'PITBULL' 
#10 CLAY GUIDA

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

FLYWEIGHTS:
#1 'MIGHTY MOUSE' JOHNSON - UFC CHAMPION
#2 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
#3 IAN MCCALL
#4 JOHN DODSON
#5 JUSSIER 'FORMIGA'
#6 DARRELL MONTAGUE
#7 JOHN LINEKER
#8 MIKIHITO YAMAGAMI
#9 MAMORU YAMAGUCHI
#10 YOSUKE SARUTA

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 CAIN VELASQUEZ
#9 FRANKIE EDGAR
#10 BEN HENDERSON