MMA Rankings After UFC on Fox 24, UFC 210, Bellator 178 & Fight Night Global 64

Heavyweight

1. stipe miocic

2. fabricio werdum

3. cain velasquez 

4. alistair overeem

5. junior dos santos

6. brock lesnar

7. daniel cormier

8. francis ngannou 

9.  josh barnett 

10. anthony johnson 

11. mark hunt 

12. andrei arlovski 

13. frank mir 

14. vitaly minakov +2

15. alexander volkov +1 

Middleweight 

1. michael bisping

2. robert whittaker +5

3. luke rockhold -1

4. yoel romero -1

5. ronaldo souza

6. gegard mousasi +6 

7. chris weidman -3

8. kelvin gastelum -2

9. anderson silva -1

10. tim kennedy -1

11. derek brunson -1

12. lyoto machida -1

13. uriah hall 

14. vitor belfort 

15. roan carneiro

lightweight

1. conor mcgregor

2. khabib nurmagomedov

3. tony ferguson

4. eddie alvarez

5. rafael dos anjos 

6. edson barboza 

7. anthony pettis 

8. donald cerrone +2

9. charles oliveira +7

10. will brooks -2

11. michael chandler -1

12. ben henderson -1

13. michael chiesa -1

14. nate diaz -1

15. myles jury -1

Featherweight

1. conor mcgregor 

2. jose aldo

3. frankie edgar

4. chad mendes

5. max holloway

6. patricio freire +4

7. ricardo lamas -1

8. daniel straus -1

9. cub swanson -1

10. anthony pettis -1

11. charles oliveira  

12. renato carneiro +4

13. daniel weichel -1

14. jeremy stephens -1

15. pat curran -1

Bantamweight

1. cody garbrandt 

2. dominick cruz

3. tj dillashaw

4. raphael assuncao 

5. bryan caraway

6. renan barao 

7. jimmie rivera

8. aljamain sterling

9. urijah faber

10. john lineker

11. joseph benavidez

12. john dodson +4

13. johnny eduardo -1

14. michael mcdonald -1

15. eddie wineland -1

Flyweight

1. demetrious johnson 

2. joseph benavidez

3. kyoji horiguchi 

4. tyson nam +12 

5. yoni sherbatov +11 

6. john dodson -2

7. ali bagautinov -2   

8. ian mccall -2  

9. henry cejudo -2  

10. ray borg -2

11. jussier da silva -2

12. sergio pettis -2

13. matheus nicolau -2

14. wilson reis -2

15. brandon moreno +1 

Results

Volkov b Nelson

Mousasi b Weidman

Whittaker b Souza

Oliveira b Brooks

Carneiro b Stephens

Freire b Straus

Dodson b Wineland

Moreno b Ortiz

Nam b Bagautinov 

MMA Rankings After Titov Fight Night, UFC 205, UFC Fight Night 98, 99, 101, Bellator 164 & 165

Heavyweight

1. stipe miocic

2. fabricio werdum

3. cain velasquez 

4. alistair overeem

5. junior dos santos

6. brock lesnar

7. daniel cormier

8.  josh barnett

9. anthony johnson 

10. mark hunt 

11. andrei arlovski 

12. frank mir 

13. roy nelson

14. stefan struve

15. ivan shtyrkov +1 

Middleweight 

1. michael bisping

2. luke rockhold 

3. yoel romero +1

4. chris weidman -1

5. ronaldo souza 

6. robert whittaker +3

7. tim kennedy -1

8. anderson silva -1

9. derek brunson -1

10. lyoto machida

11. gegard mousasi +2

12. kelvin gastelum -1

13. uriah hall -1

14. vitor belfort 

15. roan carneiro

lightweight

1. conor mcgregor +15 

2. khabib nurmagomedov -1 

3. tony ferguson +11

4. eddie alvarez -2 

5. rafael dos anjos -2

6. edson barboza -2 

7. anthony pettis -2

8. will brooks +8

9. michael chandler +7

10. donald cerrone -4

11. ben henderson -4

12. michael chiesa -4 

13. nate diaz -4

14. myles jury -4

15. beneil dariush -4

Flyweight

1. demetrious johnson 

2. joseph benavidez

3.  kyoji horiguchi +9

4. john dodson -1  

5. ali bagautinov -1  

6. ian mccall -1   

7. henry cejudo -1  

8. jussier da silva -1  

9. zach makovsky -1  

10. wilson reis -1  

11. tim elliott -1  

12. john moraga -1  

13. dustin ortiz

14. justin scoggins 

15. ray borg 

Results

Shtyrkov b Silva

romero b weidman

mousasi b hall

whittaker b brunson

ferguson b dos anjos  

mcgregor b alvarez

chandler b henderson

horguchi b bagautinov  

Middleweight Rankings Post UFC 168

1. Chris Weidman
2. Anderson Silva 
3. Vitor Belfort 
4. Luke Rockhold
5. Ronaldo Souza
6. Lyoto Machida 
7. Michael Bisping
8. Mark Munoz  
9. Tim Kennedy
10. Francis Carmont 
11. Lorenz Larkin 
12. Costa Philippou
13. Tim Boetsch
14. Yushin Okami
15. Alan Belcher 

UFC Middleweight Roster Post 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. Chris Weidman
2. Anderson Silva – L Weidman
3. Vitor Belfort – L Silva
4. Luke Rockhold – L Belfort
5. Ronaldo Souza – L Rockhold
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Michael Bisping – L Belfort  
8. Tim Kennedy – L Souza, L Rockhold
9. Mark Munoz – L Machida, L Weidman
10. Lorenz Larkin
11. Alan Belcher – L Bisping 
12. Yoel Romero
13. Luke Barnatt
14. Ronny Markes – L Romero
15. Tom Lawlor +3 – L Weidman    
16. Francis Carmont +3 – L Lawlor, L Larkin
17. Costa Philippou +3 – L Carmont 
18. Uriah Hall +7 – L Philippou, L Weidman
19. Derek Brunson -4 – L Souza
20. Andrew Craig -4 – L Markes, L Barnatt 
21. Chris Leben -4 – L Craig, L Brunson, L Hall, L Bisping, L Munoz, L Silva 
22. Thales Leites -1 – L Silva 
23. Ed Herman -1 – L Leites, L Belcher,  L Souza
24. Chris Camozzi -1 – L Carmont, L Larkin, L Souza 
25. Rafael Natal +1 – L Craig, L Kennedy
26. Nicholas Musoke +1
27. Bradley Scott +1
28. Magnus Cedenblad +1 – L Carmont
29. Jared Hamman +1 – L Cedenblad, L Philippou
30. Antonio Braga Neto +1
31. Cezar Ferreira +1 – L Neto
32. Brad Tavares +1
33. CB Dollaway +1 – D Boetsch, L Hamman, L Lawlor, L Munoz
34. Tim Boetsch +1 – D Dollaway, L Philippou, L Munoz 
35. Daniel Sarafian +1 – L Dollaway, L Ferreira 
36. Tom Watson +1 – L Tavares, L Leites 
37. Stanislav Nedkov +1 – L Watson  
38. Clint Hester +1
39. Dylan Andrews +1 – L Hester
40. Buddy Roberts +1
41. Caio Magalhaes +1 – L Roberts 
42. Nick Ring +1 – L Magalhaes, L Boetsch, L Camozzi
43. Bubba McDaniel +1 – L Tavares   
44. Omari Akhmedov +1
45. Krzysztof Jotko +1
46. Bruno Santos +1 – L Jotko
47. Trevor Smith +1 – L Herman, L Kennedy
48. Thiago Perpetuo +1 – L Akhmedov
49. Tor Troeng +1 – L Natal, L Leites
50. Brian Houston +1 – L Brunson
51. Josh Samman +1
52. Thiago Santos +1 – L Ferreira 

• Cung Le - quasi-retirement 
• Rich Franklin - quasi-retirement 
• Claudio Henrique Da Silva - yet to debut 
• Andy Enz - yet to debut 
• Mats Nilsson - 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  

PROOF: I Picked Chris Weidman to Beat Anderson Silva

Chris Weidman's Chances of Losing the Middleweight Title

Future opponents chances from highest to lowest:

Anderson Silva                                          58% chance

Vitor Belfort                                               50% chance

Ronaldo Souza                                          22% chance

Yushin Okami                                            20% chance

Michael Bisping                                        19% chance

Hector Lombard                                        17% chance

Luke Rockhold                                          15% chance

Mark Munoz and Costa Philippou              14% chance

Tim Boetsch                                               9% chance

MMA Rankings After UFC 162 Silva vs. Weidman

(Pictured HW contender Gonzaga)

Heavyweight

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

Other Contenders: Mark Hunt, Travis Browne, Stipe Miocic, Roy Nelson, Gabriel Gonzaga

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

(Pictured UFC LH Champion #1 Jones)

Light Heavyweight

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

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


Middleweight

(Pictured, the New UFC MW
Champion #1 Chris Weidman)

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

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

(Pictured UFC WW
Champion #1 St. Pierre)

Welterweight

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


Other Contenders: Josh Koscheck, Josh Burkman, Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Erick Silva

(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. 

(Pictured #2 FW Edgar)

Featherweight

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

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

(Pictured UFC BW Interim Champion
#1 Barao)

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 
10. Miguel Torres 

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.  

(Pictured FLY contender
Yamagami)

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, Mikihito Yamagami 

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

Mikihito Yamagami enters the contenders list with a win over Mamoru Yamaguchi 


Pound 4 Pound

(Pictured #5 Weidman floors #6 Silva)

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

Other Contenders: Gilbert Melendez, Junior Dos Santos, Johny Hendricks, Daniel Cormier, Joseph Benavidez

Chris Weidman enters the pound 4 pound top 10 list with his knock out win over Anderson Silva. 

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