UPDATED 2-2-09
Reminder: These rankings are based on who will get a title shot sooner. In no way am I stating that any one fighter is better than another. Feel free to leave feedback in the comments section. Your opinion helps me make these rankings more accurate.
Heavyweight Champion: Brock Lesnar (3-1) (2-1) 0TD
Interim Heavyweight Champion: Frank Mir (12-3) (10-3)
1. Randy Couture (16-9) (13-6)
2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueiro (31-5-1) (2-1)
3. Gabriel Gonzaga (10-3) (5-2)
4. Cheick Kongo (13-4-1) (6-2)
5. Heath Herring (28-14) (2-3)
6. Junior Dos Santos (7-1) (1-0)
7. Shane Carwin (10-0) (2-0)
8. Cain Velasquez (4-0) (2-0)
9. Antoni Hardonk (8-4) (4-2)
10. Pat Barry (4-0) (1-0)
Best of the Rest: Jake O’Brien (11-2) (4-2), Eddie Sanchez (8-3) (3-3), Christian Wellisch (8-5) (2-3), Mustapha al Turk (6-4) (0-1)
The Rest: Dan Evensen (10-4) (0-2), Neil Wain (4-1) (0-1), Josh Hendricks (15-5) (0-1), Mike Wessel (6-1) (0-1), Justin McCully (9-4-2) (2-1)
Light Heavyweight Champion: Rashad Evans (13-0-1) (8-0-1)
1. Ryota Machida (14-0) (6-0)
2. Quinton Jackson (29-7) (4-1)
3. Forrest Griffin (16-5) (7-3)
4. Chuck Liddell (21-6) (16-5)
5. Keith Jardine (14-3-1) (6-2)
6. Dan Henderson (24-7) (4-2)
7. Mauricio Rua (17-3) (1-1)
8. Rich Franklin (24-4) (10-3)
9. Thiago Silva (13-1) (4-1)
10. Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) (2-4)
Best of the Rest: Luis Arthur Cane (9-1) (2-1), Stephan Bonnar (11-5) (5-4), Tim Boetsch (8-2) (2-1), Matt Hamill (5-2) (5-2), Jason Brilz (16-1-1) (1-0), Steve Cantwell (7-1) (1-0), Goran Reljic (8-0) (1-0), Ryan Bader (8-0) (1-0), Krzysztof Soszynski (16-8) (1-0), Jon Jones (7-0) (2-0), Eliot Marshall (6-1) (1-0), Eric Schafer (9-3-2) (3-2), Mark Coleman (15-9) (6-4)
The Rest: Houston Alexander (8-4) (2-3), Antonio Mendes (14-4) (0-2), Andre Gusmao (5-1) (0-1), Michael Patt (12-3) (0-1), Brad Morris (9-4) (0-2), Ryan Jensen (13-5) (0-3), Razak Al-Hassan (6-1) (0-1), Kyle Kingsbury (7-2) (0-1), Tom Lawlor (5-1) (1-0), Jules Bruchez (0-1) (0-1), Shane Primm (1-1) (0-1), Vinicius Magalhaes (2-3) (0-1), Thomas Drwal (15-2) (1-1), Ivan Serati (10-3) (1-1)
Middleweight Champion: Anderson Silva (23-4) (8-0) 6 TD
1. Thales Leites (12-1) (3-1)
2. Yoshin Okami (23-4) (7-1)
3. Nathan Marquardt (27-8-2) (6-2)
4. Mike Bisping (17-1) (7-1)
5. Dan Henderson (24-7) (4-2)
6. Demian Maia (9-0) (4-0)
7. Wilson Gouveia (12-5) (6-3)
8. Rousimar Palhares (9-2) (2-1)
9. Alan Belcher (13-5) (4-3)
10. CB Dollaway (8-1) (2-1)
Best of the Rest: Nathan Quarry (10-3) (5-2), Kendall Grove (9-5) (4-2), Rob Kimmons (21-4) (1-1), Ricardo Almeida (9-3) (2-3), Chris Leben (18-5) (8-4), INJ:Amir Sadollah (1-0) (1-0), Tim Credeur (11-2) (2-0), Dan Miller (10-1) (2-0), Jason MacDonald (21-11) (5-4), Denis Kang (31-11-1) (0-1) INJ: Patrick Cote (13-5) (4-5)
The Rest: Ed Herman (14-7) (3-4), Jorge Rivera (15-7) (4-5), Alessio Sakara (13-7) (4-4), Andrew McFedries (7-5) (3-4), Jeremy Horn (80-19-5) (5-7), Rob Yundt (6-2) (0-2), Matt Riddle (1-0) (1-0), Matt Arroyo (3-3) (1-2), Jesse Taylor (7-3) (0-1), Cale Yarbrough (0-1) (0-1), Nate Loughran (9-1) (1-1), Johnny Rees (10-2) (0-2), Jason Lambert (23-9) (4-4), Mike Massenzio (11-3) (1-1), Joe Vedepo (7-2) (0-1), Matt Horwich (22-11-1) (0-1), Jason Day (17-6) (1-1), Dan Cramer (1-0) (1-0)
Welterweight Champion: Georges St.Pierre (18-2) (12-2) 2TD
1. Thiago Alves (16-3) (9-2)
2. Matt Serra (9-5) (6-5)
3. Jon Fitch (17-3) (9-1)
4. Josh Koscheck (12-3) (9-3)
5. Diego Sanchez (19-2) (8-2)
6. Matt Hughes (41-7) (15-5)
7. Mike Swick (13-2) (8-1)
8. Marcus Davis (15-4) (7-2)
9. Martin Kampmann (14-2) (5-1)
10. Karo Parisyan (19-5) (9-3)
Best of the Rest: Dan Hardy (20-6) (1-0), Chris Lytle (26-17-5) (5-9), Ben Saunders (7-0-2) (3-0), George Sotiropoulos (9-2) (2-0), Dong Hyun Kim (11-1-1) (2-1), Rory Markham (16-4) (1-0), Brad Blackburn (16-9-1) (2-0), Akihiro Gono (28-14-7) (1-2), Dustin Hazelett (12-4) (5-2)
The Rest: Luke Cummo (6-6) (3-4), Roan Carneiro (12-8) (2-3), Paul Taylor (9-4-1) (2-3), Jason Tan (5-3) (0-2), Anthony Johnson (6-2) (3-2), Tamden McCrory (9-2) (2-2), Jonathan Goulet (22-10) (4-4), Roman Mitichyan (4-2) (1-1), Jon Koppenhaver (5-2) (1-1), Paul Kelly (7-1) (1-1), David Bielkheden (13-6) (1-1), Luigi Fioravanti (12-4) (4-4), Chris Wilson (14-5) (1-2), Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-3) (1-1), Brodie Farber (13-5) (0-2), James Giboo (11-3) (0-1), Ryan Thomas (9-3) (0-2), Steve Bruno (12-4) (1-1), Matt Brown (8-7) (2-1), Pete Sell (8-4) (2-4), Brandon Wolff (7-3) (0-1), Kevin Burns (7-2) (2-1), Ryo Chonan (15-9) (1-2), John Howard (11-4) (1-0), John Hathaway (10-0) (1-0), Tom Egan (3-1) (0-1)
Lightweight Champion: BJ Penn (13-5-1) (9-4-1) 1TD
1. Kenny Florian (10-3) (9-2)
2. Sean Sherk (33-3-1) (7-3)
3. Frank Edgar (9-1) (4-1)
4. Joe Stevenson (29-9) (6-3)
5. Roger Huerta (19-2-1) (5-1)
6. Tyson Griffin (12-2) (5-2)
7. Spencer Fisher (22-4) (7-3)
8. Gray Maynard (6-0) (4-0)
9. Clay Guida (25-9) (5-3)
10. Nathan Diaz (10-3) (5-1)
Best of the Rest: Jim Miller (13-1) (2-0), Mac Danzig (18-5-1) (2-1), Hermes Franca (19-7) (6-4), Joe Lauzon (17-4) (4-1), Matt Wiman (10-4) (4-2), Cole Miller (14-3) (3-1), Robert Emerson (8-6) (2-0), Phillipe Nover (5-1-1) (0-1), Efrain Escudero (11-0) (1-0), Junie Browning (3-0) (1-0)
The Rest: Marcus Aurelio (16-7) (2-3), Rich Clementi (32-13-1) (5-4), Jeremy Stephens (14-3) (3-2), Kurt Pellegrino (12-4) (4-3), Terry Etim (11-2) (2-2), Matt Grice (9-1) (1-1), Mark Bocek (6-2) (2-2), Joe Veres (4-3) (0-2), Alvin Robinson (9-4) (1-3), Sam Stout (13-5-1) (2-4), Per Eklund (13-3-1) (2-1), Dennis Siver (12-6) (2-3), INJ: Corey Hill (2-2) (1-2), Justin Buchholz (8-2) (1-1), Melvin Guillard (21-7-2) (3-3), Samy Schiavo (10-6) (0-2), Josh Neer (24-7-1) (3-4), Thiago Taveres (14-3) (4-3), Dale Hartt (6-1) (1-1), Kyle Bradley (13-6) (0-2), Shannon Gugerty (10-3) (1-1), David Baron (16-3) (0-1), Aaron Riley (27-10-1) (1-2), Rafael dos Anjos (11-3) (0-1), Dave Kaplin (2-2) (0-1), Shane Nelson (11-3) (1-0), George Roop (8-4) (0-1), Roli Delgado (6-3-1) (1-0), John Polakowski (2-2) (0-1), Manvel Gamburyan (8-4) (2-3), Nate Mohr (8-6) (1-3), Alexanre Barros (13-6) (0-1)
TD = Title Defenses
INJ = Injured
+/- indicates that the fighter fought but did not move up or down in the rankings.
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November 1, 2007 at 10:46 am |
You seem to have left wanderlia silvia off your light heavyweight ranks
November 7, 2007 at 7:58 pm |
I left Silva off on purpose. Until a fighter avtually steps into the Octagon, I don’t rank them. The only exception to this rule is when a fighter is given a title shot off the bat. The only time I can remember this happening was Dan Henderson, and, technically, Randy Couture when he came out of retirement.
PEACE
Brett
PS Thanks for the feedback, I’ll be sure to add a little note to the next rankings to explain that.
June 25, 2008 at 6:56 pm |
fightstalker family, i have to leave u, your 2 updates at most a day arent enough, i get 8 news bits anywhere else everyday, i love you opinons so ill be by once a week to check out that but you really need to start updating more or people that used to be loyal like me will leave. I checked you out everyday but not anymore, its a waste to see the same tid bit of info almost everyday i come to this website. No tx, good luck and take care
July 2, 2008 at 5:46 pm |
I’m sorry to hear that brother. This website is something different. We aren’t Sherdog, MMAweekly or UFC Junkie. We aren’t a corporate entity. We simply want to deliver the best information on MMA that we can.
July 7, 2008 at 6:32 am |
So you think Matt Serra will get another title shot before Alves? I don’t see him getting another title shot. I could be wrong. Also You have Tito listed at number 9. Is he still with the UFC? I thought he had his last fight and no longer was a part of the UFC? Sokoudjou ahead of Rashad? Anyway good read…..ps I still like the website…..lol
July 11, 2008 at 4:52 pm |
You bring up some good points. Serra is hard to judge because he’s only fought once over the last year. I think he sucks and will fall like harder then a Lindsey Lohan record, but he’s still the former champ. Alves’ next fight should make or break him and, if he wins, he’ll likely be the number one contender.
Either way, good feedback. Keep it coming.
Brett
PS The only reason Tito’s still ranked is because he has yet to officially sign with another organization. As soon as he does, he’s out.
October 21, 2008 at 4:36 pm |
why is thiago silva not in the top 10 in light heavyweight?
October 28, 2008 at 4:30 am |
Due to the ridiculously stacked light heavyweight division, I could not find a spot for Silva among the top ten in the division. That doesn’t mean anything about Silva as a fighter. The only thing keeping Silva out of a higher ranking (I recently added him to the rankings) is his competition. Once he defeats a ranked opponent on a televised card he’ll skyrocket up the rankings.
That’s for the input. Keep it coming. The more I hear from the readers, the better the rankings will get.
PEACE
Brett “The Conqueror” Beverly
December 15, 2008 at 8:56 pm |
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