MMA Rankings

HEAVYWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	Fedor Emelianenko	Affliction	Arlovski (#4) 1/24
2	Andrei Arlovski	Affliction	Emelianenko (#2) 1/24
3	Josh Barnett	Affliction	Yvel (NR) 1/24
4	Brock Lesnar	UFC
5	Frank Mir	UFC
6	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	UFC
7	Randy Couture	UFC
8	Gabriel Gonzaga	UFC
9	Tim Sylvia	Affliction
10	Cheick Kongo	UFC
11	Alistair Overeem	DREAM
12	Aleksander Emelianenko	Affliction
13	Mirko Cro Cop	DREAM
14	Sergei Kharitonov	DREAM
15	Ben Rothwell	Affliction
16	Roy Nelson	Affliction
17	Cain Velasquez	UFC
18	Fabricio Werdum
19	Antonio Silva	EliteXC?
20	Shane Carwin	UFC
21	Heath Herring	UFC
22	Junior Dos Santos	UFC
23	Brett Rogers	EliteXC?
24	Jeff Monson	EliteXC?
25	Pedro Rizzo

 Also Considered: Mike Russow, Ricco Rodriguez, Dave Herman

 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	Rashad Evans	UFC
2	Quinton Jackson	UFC
3	Lyoto Machida	UFC	T. Silva (#10) 1/31
4	Forrest Griffin	UFC
5	Mauricio “Shogun” Rua	UFC	Coleman (NR), 1/17
6	Dan Henderson	UFC	Franklin (#12), 1/17
7	Wanderlei Silva	UFC
8	Keith Jardine	UFC	3/7
9	Chuck Liddell	UFC	3/7
10	Thiago Silva	UFC	Machida (#3), 1/31
11	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	Affliction	Matyushenko (#14) 1/24
12	Rich Franklin	UFC	Henderson (#7), 1/17
13	Brandon Vera	UFC	Patt (NR) 3/7
14	Vladimir Matyushenko	Affliction	Nogueira (#11) 1/24
15	Luiz Cane	UFC
16	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Affliction	Sobral (#18) 1/24
17	Ricardo Arona
18	Renato “Babalu” Sobral	Affliction	Sokoudjou (#16) 1/24
19	Matt Hamill	UFC
20	Tito Ortiz
21	Rafael Feijao	EliteXC?
22	Steve Cantwell	UFC
23	Stephan Bonnar	UFC	Jones (NR), 1/31
24	James Irvin	UFC
25	Brian Stann	UFC

Others Considered: Jon Jones, Tim Boetsch, Bobby Southworth, and Mark Coleman

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	Anderson Silva	UFC
2	Rich Franklin	UFC	Next Fight at LHW
3	Dan Henderson	UFC	Next Fight at LHW
4	Robbie Lawler	EliteXC
5	Yushin Okami	UFC
6	Nate Marquardt	UFC	Gouveia (#23) 3/7
7	Matt Lindland	Affliction	Belfort (#25 ) 1/24
8	Gegard Mousasi	DREAM
9	Paulo Filho
10	Thales Leites	UFC	Silva (#1)
11	Patrick Cote	UFC
12	Michael Bisping	UFC
13	Yoshihiro Akiyama
14	Ronaldo “Jacare” de Sousa	DREAM
15	Jorge Santiago	WVR
16	Chael Sonnen	UFC	Maia (#17) 3/7
17	Kazuo Misaki
18	Demian Maia	UFC	Sonnen (#16) 3/7
19	Nate Quarry	UFC
20	Joey Villasenor	EliteXC?
21	Cung Le	Strikeforce
22	Chris Leben	UFC
23	Wilson Gouveia	UFC	Marquardt (#7) 3/7
24	Frank Trigg
25	Vitor Belfort	Affliction	Lindland (#7) 1/24

 Others Considered: Denis Kang, Dan Miller, Ricardo Almeida, Rousimar Palhares,  Jason MacDonald, Frank Shamrock, David Louiseau, Scott Smith and Goran Reljic

  

 WELTERWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	Georges St. Pierre	UFC	Penn (LW #1) 1/31
2	Thiago Alves	UFC
3	Jake Shields	EliteXC?
4	Jon Fitch	UFC	Gono (#22) 1/31
5	Josh Koscheck	UFC
6	Carlos Condit	WEC
7	Diego Sanchez	UFC	Stevenson @ LW
8	Karo Parisyan	UFC	Kim (#24), 1/31
9	Matt Hughes	UFC
10	Matt Serra	UFC
11	Mike Swick	UFC
12	Marcus Davis	UFC	Lytle (#16) 1/17
13	Hayato Sakurai
14	Nick Thompson	EliteXC?
15	Brock Larson	WEC
16	Chris Lytle	UFC	Davis (#12), 1/17
17	Jay Hieron	Affliction	High (NR) 1/24
18	Dustin Hazelett	UFC
19	Chris Wilson	UFC	Howard (NR) 1/31
20	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	UFC
21	Dan Hardy	UFC
22	Akihiro Gono	UFC	Fitch (#4) 1/31
23	Dong Hyun Kim	UFC	Parisyan (#8), 1/17
24	Luigi Fiorvanti	UFC
25	Brad Blackburn	UFC

Others Considered: Ryo Chonan, Rory Markham, T.J. Grant

 LIGHTWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	B.J. Penn	UFC	St. Pierre (#1 WW) 1/31
2	Shinya Aoki	DREAM
3	Sean Sherk	UFC
4	Mitsuhiro Ishida	DREAM/Strikeforce
5	Tatsuya Kawajiri	DREAM
6	Kenny Florian	UFC
7	Eddie Alvarez
8	Josh Thomson	Strikeforce
9	Joe Stevenson	UFC
10	Gesias Calvancante	DREAM
11	Joachim Hansen	DREAM
12	Gilbert Melendez	Strikeforce
13	Jamie Varner	WEC	Cerrone (NR) 1/25
14	Gray Maynard	UFC
15	Roger Huerta	UFC
16	Tyson Griffin	UFC
17	Frank Edgar	UFC
18	Takanori Gomi	WVR
19	Satoru Kitaoka	WVR
20	Nate Diaz	UFC
21	K.J. Noons	EliteXC?
22	Joe Lauzon	UFC
23	Nick Diaz	EliteXC
24	Spencer Fisher	UFC
25	Eiji Mitsuoka	WVR

Others Considered: Caol Uno, Vitor Ribeiro, Clay Guida, Hermes Franca, Jim Miller, Jorge Masvidal , Rich Clementi, and Mac Danzig.

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Rank	Name	Organization	Next Fight
1	Urijah Faber	WEC
2	Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto
3	Mike Thomas Brown	WEC	Pulver (#7) 1/25
4	Waggney Fabiano	WEC	Tamura (#5), 12/3
5	Akitoshi Tamura	WEC	Fabiano (#4), 12/3
6	Leonard Garcia	WEC
7	Jens Pulver	WEC	Faber (#1) 1/25
8	Hatsu Hioki
9	Hiroyuki Takaya	WEC
10	Jeff Curran	WEC
11	Bao Quach	EliteXC
12	Wilson Reis	EliteXC
13	Dokonjonosuke Mishima
14	Masakazu Imanari
15	Takeshi Inoue
16	Josh Grispi	WEC	Nunes (#25), 12/5
17	Nam Phan
18	Hideki Kadowaki
19	Raphael Assuncao
20	Mark Hominick
21	Enoch Wilson
22	Jong Man Kim
23	Micah Miller
24	Jose Aldo	WEC
25	Cub Swanson	WEC