MMA Rankings after UFC 180 & UFC Fight Night 57 & UFC Fight Night 56

Heavyweight 

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Daniel Cormier

4. Anthony Johnson

5. Fabricio Werdum +1

6. Andrei Arlovski -1

7. Antonio Silva

8. Mark Hunt

9. Travis Browne 

10. Ben Rothwell

11. Alistair Overeem

12. Brock Lesnar

13. Dan Henderson

14. Shane Carwin 

15. Josh Barnett 

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones 

2. Vitor Belfort 

3. Anthony Johnson 

4. Phil Davis 

5. Lyoto Machida 

6. Daniel Cormier 

7. Rashad Evans 

8. Alexander Gustafsson 

9. Dan Henderson 

10. Chael Sonnen 

11. Glover Teixeira 

12. Ryan Bader +1

13. Ovince St. Preux +3

14. Mauricio Rua -2

15. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -1

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Johny Hendricks

3. Robbie Lawler

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Tyron Woodley

6. Carlos Condit

7. Kelvin Gastelum +9

8. Martin Kampmann -1

9. Jake Ellenberger -1

10. Hector Lombard -1

11. Jake Shields -1

12. Ben Askren -1

13. Rousimar Palhares -1

14. Douglas Lima -1

15. Steve Carl -1

Lightweight 

1. Anthony Pettis

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Rafael Dos Anjos

4. Ben Henderson

5. Donald Cerrone

6. Frankie Edgar

7. TJ Grant

8. Eddie Alvarez

9. Will Brooks

10. Gilbert Melendez

11. Edson Barboza +5

12. Michael Chandler -1

13. Shinya Aoki -1

14. Bobby Green -1

15. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

Featherweight

1. Jose Aldo

2. Frankie Edgar +6

3. Chad Mendes -1

4. Ricardo Lamas -1

5. Cub Swanson -1

6. Patricio Freire -1

7. Jeremy Stephens -1

8. Pat Curran -1

9. Conor McGregor

10. Charles Oliveira

11. Darren Elkins

12. Chan Cung Jung

13. Dustin Poirier

14. Diego Brandao

15. Dennis Bermudez 

Results

Werdum beat Hunt

St. Preux beat Rua 

Gastelum beat Ellenberger 

Barboza beat Green 

Edgar beat Swanson 

MMA Rankings after UFC 172 & UFC on Fox 11

Heavyweight

1. Cain Velasquez

2. Junior Dos Santos

3. Daniel Cormier

4. Fabricio Werdum +5

5. Antionio Silva -1

6. Mark Hunt -1

7. Travis Browne -1 

8. Alistair Overeem -1

9. Brock Lesnar -1 

10. Dan Henderson



Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones

2. Vitor Belfort +2

3. Anthony Johnson +8

4. Phil Davis -2

5. Lyoto Machida -2

6. Rashad Evans -1

7. Alexander Gustafsson -1

8. Dan Henderson -1

9. Chael Sonnen -1

10. Glover Teixeira -1

Results

Werdum beat Browne

Jones beat Teixeira

Johnson beat Davis

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 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 90

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Randy Couture

4. Tim Sylvia

5. Andrei Arlovski

6. Cain Velasquez

7. Frank Mir

8. Junior Dos Santos +3

9. Brock Lesnar -1

10. Fabricio Werdum -1

Results

Dos Santos beat Werdum

MMA Rankings after UFC 80

Heavyweight

1. Randy Couture

2. Fedor Emelianenko

3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira +2

4. Tim Sylvia +4

5. Andrei Arlovski +5

6. Fabricio Werdum +5

7. Gabriel Gonzaga -4

8. Cheick Kongo -4

9. Mirko Filipovic -3

10. Josh Barnett -3

Results

Werdum beat Gonzaga

MMA Rankings after Pride Critical Countdown Absolute

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Josh Barnett +2

4. Mark Hunt -1

5. Mirko Filipovic -1

6. Jeff Monson

7. Marcio Cruz

8. Frank Mir

9. Tim Sylvia

10. Fabricio Werdum

Results

Barnett beat Hunt

MMA Rankings after Pride Total Elimination Absolute

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mark Hunt

4. Mirko Filipovic

5. Josh Barnett

6. Jeff Monson

7. Marcio Cruz

8. Frank Mir

9. Tim Sylvia

10. Fabricio Werdum +1

Results

Werdum beat Overeem

MMA Rankings after UFC 57 & Pride 31

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianenko

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

3. Mark Hunt

4. Mirko Filipovic

5. Josh Barnett

6. Marcio Cruz +5

7. Frank Mir -1

8. Andrei Arlovski -1

9. Alistair Overeem +2

10. Tim Sylvia -2

Results

Cruz beat Mir

Overeem beat Kharitonov

Rankings #3 Update: Werdum Wins Title Eliminator

Results over the Weekend:

UFC on FOX 11

Fabricio Werdum #7 beat Travis Browne #5 by UD

Donald Cerrone #18 beat Edson Barboza by first round SUB (rear-naked choke)

Yoel Romero #18 beat Brad Tavares #13 by UD

Khabib Nurmagomedov #12 beat Rafael Dos Anjos #16 by UD

Thiago Alves beat Seth Baczynski #24 by UD

Jorge Masvidal beat Pat Healy #14 by UD

Other Results: (from Shooto Gig Tokyo Vol. 16)

Yosuke Saruta #14 beat Masaaki Sugawara by UD

Other Results this past week:

TUF NATIONS FINALE

BELLATOR 117

MMA World Heavyweight Rankings #3

1. Cain Velasquez

 W-Junior Dos Santos (TKO)
 W-Antonio Silva (TKO)
 W-Junior Dos Santos (UD)
 W-Antonio Silva (TKO)
  L-Junior Dos Santos (KO)




2. Junior Dos Santos 

 L-Cain Velasquez (TKO)
 W-Mark Hunt (KO)
 L-Cain Velasquez (UD)
 W-Frank Mir (TKO)
 W-Cain Velasquez (KO)




3. Fabricio Werdum 

 W-Travis Browne (UD)
 W-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (SUB)
 W-Mike Russow (TKO)
 W-Roy Nelson (UD)
 L-Alistair Overeem (UD)




4. Antonio Silva 

 D-Mark Hunt (MD)
 L-Cain Velasquez (TKO)
 W-Alistair Overeem (KO)
 W-Travis Browne (TKO)
 L-Cain Velasquez (TKO)




5. Mark Hunt 

 D-Antonio Silva (MD)
 L-Junior Dos Santos (KO)
 W-Stefan Struve (TKO)
 W-Cheick Kongo (KO)
 W-Ben Rothwell (UD)




6. Travis Browne 

 L-Fabricio Werdum (UD) 
 W-Josh Barnett (KO)
 W-Alistair Overeem (KO)
 W-Gabriel Gonzaga (KO)
 L-Antonio Silva (TKO)




7. Alistair Overeem

 W-Frank Mir (UD)
 L-Travis Browne (KO)
 L-Antonio Silva (KO)
 W-Brock Lesnar (TKO)
 W-Fabricio Werdum (UD)




8. Josh Barnett

 L-Travis Browne (KO)
 W-Frank Mir (TKO)
 W-Nandor Guelmino (SUB)
 L-Daniel Cormier (UD)
 W-Sergei Kharitonov (SUB)




9. Frank Mir  

 L-Alistair Overeem (UD)
 L-Josh Barnett (TKO)
 L-Daniel Cormier (UD)
 L-Junior Dos Santos (TKO)  
 W-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (SUB)




10. Stipe Miocic


 W-Gabriel Gonzaga (UD) 
 W-Roy Nelson (UD)
 L-Stefan Struve (TKO)      
 W-Shane Del Rosario (TKO)
 W-Phil De Fries (KO)  



11. Roy Nelson


 W-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (KO)
 L-Daniel Cormier (UD)
 L-Stipe Miocic (UD)
 W-Cheick Kongo (KO)
 W-Matt Mitrione (TKO)
                 


12. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

 L-Roy Nelson (KO)
 L-Fabricio Werdum (SUB)
 W-Dave Herman (SUB)
 L-Frank Mir (SUB)
 W-Brendan Schaub (KO)
              



13. Sergei Kharitonov

 W-Tyler East (TKO)
 W-Alexei Kudin (TKO)
 W-John Delgado (SUB)
 L-Josh Barnett (SUB)
 W-Andrei Arlovski (KO)

       

                     
14. Andrei Arlovski 

 W-Mike Kyle (UD)   
 L-Anthony Johnson (UD) 
 W-Mike Hayes (UD)   
 W-Devin Cole (TKO)
 NC-Tim Sylvia                                    
           
             


15. Gabriel Gonzaga

 L-Stipe Miocic (UD)  
 W-Shawn Jordan (KO)
 W-Dave Herman (KO)
 L-Travis Browne (KO)
 W-Ben Rothwell (SUB)


                

16. Ben Rothwell 

 W-Brandon Vera (TKO)
 L-Gabriel Gonzaga (SUB)
 W-Brendan Schaub (KO)
 L-Mark Hunt (UD)
 W-Gilbert Yvel (UD)

                 

          
17. Vitaly Minakov 


 W-Cheick Kongo (UD)
 W-Alexander Volkov (TKO)
 W-Ryan Martinez (TKO)
 W-Ron Sparks (TKO)
 W-Vladimir Starcencov (TKO)






18. Brendan Schaub 

 W-Matt Mitrione (SUB)
 W-Lavar Johnson (UD)
 L-Ben Rothwell (KO)
 L-Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (KO)
 W-Mirko Filipovic (KO)




19. Cheick Kongo 


 L-Vitaly Minakov (UD)
 W-Peter Graham (UD)
 W-Mark Godbeer (TKO)
 L-Roy Nelson (KO)
 W-Shawn Jordan (UD)



20. Matt Mitrione 

 W-Shawn Jordan (KO)
 L-Brendan Schaub (SUB)
 W-Phil De Fries (KO)
 L-Roy Nelson (TKO)
 L-Cheick Kongo (UD)




21. Damian Grabowski 

 W-Kenny Garner (SUB)
 W-Tadas Rimkevicius (SUB)
 W-Stav Economou (SD)
 W-Dave Huckaba (UD)
 W-Eddie Sanchez (SUB)




22. Chris Lokteff 

 W-Tony Johnson Jr. (SD)
 W-Cam Bracewell (SUB)
 W-Andrew Machin (SUB)
 W-Peter Kennedy (TKO)
 W-Santos Risetto (TKO)




23. Satoshi Ishii 

 W-Phil De Fries (UD)
 W-Kazuyuki Fujita (UD)
 W-Jeff Monson (MD)
 W-Clayton Jones (TKO)
 W-Pedro Rizzo (UD)




24. Tony Johnson Jr.

 L-Chris Lokteff (SD)
 W-Tim Sylvia (TKO)
 W-Derrick Lewis (UD)
 W-Boban Simic (UD)
 L-Daniel Cormier (SUB)




25. Alexander Volkov 

 W-Siala Siliga (KO)
 W-Mark Holata (TKO)
 L-Vitaly Minakov (TKO)
 W-Richard Hale (UD)
 W-Vinicius Quieroz (TKO)
                



Ineligible

Stefan Struve

                 Inactive

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. 

MMA Rankings After UFC on Fuel TV 10 Nogueira vs. Werdum II

(Pictured #6 HW Werdum)

Heavyweight

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

Other Contenders: Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson, Travis Browne, Gabriel Gonzaga, Stefan Struve

Sergei Kharitonov is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. With Kharitonov ineligible Stefan Struve enters the contenders list. 

(Pictured LH contender
Thiago Silva)

Light Heavyweight

1. Jon Jones - UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Alexander Gustafsson
4. Dan Henderson
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7. Rashad Evans
8. Phil Davis
9. Glover Teixeira
10. Ryan Bader

Other Contenders: Quinton Jackson, Thiago Silva, Wanderlei Silva, Rafael Cavalcante, Gegard Mousasi

Thiago Silva and Rafael Cavalcante return from suspension to the contenders list. 

(Pictured UFC MW Champion #1 Silva)

Middleweight

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

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

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

(Pictured WW contender Erick Silva)

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre - UFC Champion
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Carlos Condit
4. Nick Diaz
5. Martin Kampmann
6. Jake Ellenberger
7. Demian Maia
8. Rory Macdonald
9. Robbie Lawler
10. Josh Koscheck

Other Contenders: Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Erick Silva, Kyle Noke, Mike Pyle

(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. 

Featherweight

(Pictured UFC FW Champion #1 Aldo)

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

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

(Pictured BW contender Raphael Assuncao)

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 +1 
10. Miguel Torres +1 

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. With Bowles ineligible Raphael Assuncao enters the contenders list.  

(Pictured UFC FLY
Champion #1 Johnson)

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, Mamoru Yamaguchi

Louis Gaudinot is ineligible for inactivity. He'll be re eligible once he returns from layoff. 

Pound 4 Pound

(Pictured best pound for pound
fighter in the world Anderson Silva)

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

Other Contenders: Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez, Lyoto Machida

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