MMA Rankings After UFC Fight Night 31: Kennedy vs. Natal

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 

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

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

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 

LIGHTWEIGHTS:        
#1 ANTHONY PETTIS - UFC CHAMPION
#2 BEN HENDERSON
#3 GILBERT MELENDEZ
#4 TJ GRANT
#5 GRAY MAYNARD
#6 EDDIE ALVAREZ +1 - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#7 MICHAEL CHANDLER -1
#8 JOSH THOMSON
#9 NATE DIAZ 
#10 KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV 

FEATHERWEIGHTS:
#1 JOSE ALDO - UFC CHAMPION
#2 FRANKIE EDGAR
#3 RICARDO LAMAS 
#4 CHAD MENDES
#5 CUB SWANSON +1 
#6 'THE KOREAN ZOMBIE' +1 
#7 DANIEL STRAUS +4 - BELLATOR CHAMPION
#8 PAT CURRAN -3
#9 PATRICIO 'PITBULL' -1
#10 DARREN ELKINS -1

DANIEL STRAUS re-enters the top 10 with a win over PAT CURRAN

BANTAMWEIGHTS:
#1 RENAN BARAO - UFC INTERIM CHAMPION
#2 URIJAH FABER
#3 MICHAEL MCDONALD
#4 EDDIE WINELAND
#5 SCOTT JORGENSEN
#6 BRAD PICKETT
#7 FRANCISCO RIVERA +4
#8 GEORGE ROOP -1 
#9 MARLON MORAES -1
#10 BIBIANO FERNANDES -1 - ONE FC CHAMPION 

UFC CHAMPION DOMINICK CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

BRIAN BOWLES is ineligible serving a suspension

FRANCISCO RIVERA debuts in the top 10 with a win over GEORGE ROOP

FLYWEIGHTS:

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

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

UFC CHAMPION DOMINICK CRUZ is ineligible for inactivity

Pictures are courtesy of ufc.com © 

Natal replaces Machida, meets #10 Kennedy at UFC Fight Night 31

After losing Lyoto Machida as an opponent for UFC's third 'Fight for the Troops' card. #10 Tim Kennedy went haywire calling people out. Rafael Natal replied on Twitter and now we get Natal vs. Kennedy. Now Natal was scheduled to meet Ed Herman at UFC 167 which now puts Herman at a limbo. But Herman is still expected to fight at UFC 167. Natal is coming off a recent win over Tor Troeng while Kennedy is also coming off a win over Roger Gracie. 


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