The Sports Brief's MMA Rankings
(Updated 3/3/2012)
Heavyweight:
1. Junior Dos Santos
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Shane Carwin
6. Frank Mir
7. Fabricio Werdum
8. Daniel Cormier
9. Antonio Silva
10. Roy Nelson
Light Heavyweight:
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Maurcio "Shogun" Rua
5. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Ryan Bader
8. Thiago Silva
9. Randy Couture
10. Phil Davis
Middleweight:
1. Anderson Silva
2. Vitor Belfort
3. Chael Sonnen
4. Nate Marquardt
5. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
6. Yushin Okami
7. Robbie Lawler
8. Hector Lombard
9. Brian Stann
10. Michael Bisping
Welterweight:
1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Carlos Condit
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Nick Diaz
5. Josh Koscheck
6. B.J. Penn
7. Jon Fitch
8. Paul Daley
9. Jake Shields
10.Martin Kampmann
Lightweight:
1. Gilbert Melendez
2. Benson Henderson
3. Frankie Edgar
4. Gray Maynard
5. Eddie Alvarez
6. Shinya Aoki
7. Michael Chandler
8. Tatsuya Kawajiri
9. Benson Henderson
10. Jim Miller
Featherweight:
1. Jose Aldo
2. Chad Mendes
3. Kenny Florian
4. Diego Nunes
5. Manny Gamburyan
6. Mark Hominick
7. Hatsu Hioki
8. Josh Grispi
9. Dustin Poirier
10.Hiroyuki Takaya
Bantamweight:
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Urijah Faber
3. Brian Bowles
4. Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson*
5. Joseph Benavidez*
6. Scott Jorgenson
7. Miguel Torres
8. Michael McDonald
9. Brad Pickett
10. Masakatsu Ueda
Flyweight:
TBD...
*Joseph Benavidez will fight for 1st ever UFC Flyweight Title against the winner of Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson and Ian McCall, who had an error in judging in their recent bout. It was actually a draw and the two will fight again.
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