Sports Brief MMA Rankings 5-10-13

Heavyweight:

1.      Cain Velasquez

2.      Junior Dos Santos

3.      Alistair Overeem

4.      Daniel Cormier

5.      Antonio Silva

6.      Fabricio Werdum

7.      Roy Nelson 

8.      Josh Barnett

9.      Frank Mir

10.  Mark Hunt 

Light Heavyweight:

1.      Jon Jones

2.      Lyoto Machida

3.      Dan Henderson

4.      Rashad Evans

5.      Alexander Gustafsson

6.      Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

7.      Glover Texieria

8.      Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

9.      Phil Davis

10.  Gegard Mousasi

Middleweight:

1.      Anderson Silva

2.      Chris Weidman

3.      Vitor Belfort 

4.      Chael Sonnen

5.      Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

6.      Luke Rockhold

7.      Yushin Okami

8.      Mark Munoz

9.      Michael Bisping

10.  Hector Lombard 

Welterweight:

1.      Georges St. Pierre

2.      Johny Hendricks

3.      Carlos Condit

4.      Jake Ellenberger

5.      Rory MacDonald

6.      Nick Diaz

7.      Martin Kampmann

8.      Demian Maia

9.      Josh Koscheck

10.  Ben Askren 

Lightweight:

1.      Benson Henderson

2.      Gilbert Melendez

3.      Gray Maynard

4.      Anthony Pettis

5.      Michael Chandler

6.      Eddie Alvarez

7.      Josh Thomson

8.      Nate Diaz

9.      Pat Healy

10.  Jim Miller

Featherweight:

1.      Jose Aldo

2.      Frankie Edgar

3.      Pat Curran

4.      Ricardo Lamas

5.      Chad Mendes

6.      Cub Swanson

7.      Dennis Siver

8.      Dustin Poirier

9.      Eric Koch

10.  Chan Sung Jung 

Bantamweight:

1.      Renan Bareo

2.      Urijah Faber

3.      Michael McDonald

4.      Eddie Wineland

5.      Brad Pickett

6.      Bibiano Fernades

7.      Scott Jorgenson

8.      Eduardo Dantas

9.      Erik Perez

10.  Mike Easton

Flyweight:

1.      Demetrious Johnson

2.      Joseph Benevidez

3.      John Dodson

4.      Ian McCall

5.      John Moraga

6.      Jussier Da Silva

7.      Darrell Montague

8.      Louis Gaudinot

9.      Chris Cariaso

10.  John Lineker

MMA Rankings 2-10-10

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianko

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Frank Mir

4. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera

5. Randy Couture

6. Josh Barnett

7. Cain Velasquez

8. Shane Carwin

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Brett Rogers

Junior Dos Santos, Gabe Gonzaga, Fabricio Werdum, Ben Rothwell, Cheick Kongo

Light Heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida

2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

3. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

4. Anderson Silva

5. Rashad Evans

6. Gegard Mousasi

7. Forrest Griffin

8. Thiago Silva

9. Antonio Rogerio Noguirea

10. Randy Couture

Luiz Cane, Rich Franklin, Jon Jones, Brandon Vera, Keith Jardine

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Dan Henderson

3. Vitor Belfort

4. Chael Sonnen

5. Nate Marquardt

6. Jake Shields

7. Robbie Lawler

8. Yoshihiro Akiyama

9. Michael Bisping

10. Yushin Okami

Demian Maia, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Ronaldo Souza, Nick Diaz, Wanderlei Silva

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jake Shields

3. Jon Fitch

4. Thiago Alves

5. Nick Diaz

6. Paulo Thiago

7. Josh Koscheck

8. Paul Daley

9. Martin Kampmann

10. Matt Hughes

Dan Hardy, Marius Zaromskis, Matt Serra, Jay Hieron, Mike Swick

Lightweight

1. B.J. Penn

2. Shinya Aoki

3. Eddie Alverez

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri

6. Kenny Florian

7. Diego Sanchez

8. Frankie Edgar

9. Gilbert Melendez

10. JZ Cavalcante

Gray Maynard, Mizuto Hirota, Satoru Kitoaka, Sean Sherk, Josh Thomson

-The Sports Brief

The Sports Brief's MMA Rankings 11/23/09

There has been 3 big MMA events since our last rankings, Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers; UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera; and UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II. Needless to say the rankings have changed since last month. Coming up in December we have The Ultimate Fighter Finale, UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez, Strikeforce: Thompson vs. Melendez, WEC 45, and another SENGOKU event. But before all that let's take a look at the rankings heading into the last month of 2009.

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianko

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Josh Barnett

4. Frank Mir

5. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera

6. Randy Couture

7. Cain Velasquez

8. Shane Carwin

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Brett Rogers

Junior Dos Santos, Cheick Kongo, Gabe Gonzaga, Fabricio Werdum, Ben Rothwell

Light Heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida

2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

3. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

4. Anderson Silva

5. Rashad Evans

6. Forrest Griffin

7. Gegard Mousasi

8. Thiago Silva

9. Antonio Rogerio Noguirea

10. Randy Couture

Luiz Cane, Rich Franklin, Keith Jardine, Tito Ortiz, Babalu Sobral

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Dan Henderson

3. Vitor Belfort

4. Nate Marquardt

5. Robbie Lawler

6. Yoshihiro Akiyama

7. Jake Shields

8. Michael Bisping

9. Chael Sonnen

10. Yushin Okami

Demian Maia, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Ronaldo Souza, Nick Diaz, Wanderlei Silva

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jake Shields

3. Jon Fitch

4. Thiago Alves

5. Josh Koscheck

6. Paul Daley

7. Martin Kampmann

8. Matt Hughes

9. Dan Hardy

10. Mike Swick

Paulo Thiago, Marius Zaromskis, Jay Hieron, Nick Thompson, Carlos Condit

Lightweight

1. B.J. Penn

2. Shinya Aoki

3. Eddie Alverez

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri

6. Kenny Florian

7. Diego Sanchez

8. Frankie Edgar

9. Gilbert Melendez

10. JZ Cavalcante

Gray Maynard, Mizuto Hirota, Satoru Kitoaka, Sean Sherk, Josh Thomson

The Sports Brief's MMA Rankings (11-5-09)

A pair of big free fight weekends coming up here in November. This Saturday CBS will be showing their Strikeforce event featuring the #1 Heavyweight in the world Fedor vs. the #10 Heavyweight (according to The Sports Brief) Brett Rogers. Also on the card Jakes Shields fights Jason "Mayhem" Miller at middleweight and Gegard Mousasi battles Sokoju. (You'll find 3 out of those 4 names below.)

And then a week from Saturday you get UFC 105 from Manchester, England, Live and Free... (well tape delayed and free) on Spike TV. Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera at Light Heavyweight is the headliner, but it also features Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy, and Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang.

These rankings are sure to change after those two cards are complete, but let's take a look at where we stand right now.

MMA RANKINGS

Heavyweight

1. Fedor Emelianko

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Josh Barnett

4. Frank Mir

5. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera

6. Randy Couture

7. Cain Velasquez

8. Shane Carwin

9. Alistair Overeem

10. Brett Rogers

Junior Dos Santos, Cheik Kongo, Gabe Gonzaga, Ben Rothwell, Heath Herring

Light Heavyweight

1. Lyoto Machida

2. Quentin “Rampage” Jackson

3. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

4. Anderson Silva

5. Rashad Evans

6. Forrest Griffin

7. Gegard Mousasi

8. Luiz Cane

9. Thiago Silva

10. Babalu Sobral

Rich Franklin, Keith Jardine, Brandon Vera, Antonio Rogerio Noguirea, Tito Ortiz

Middleweight

1. Anderson Silva

2. Dan Henderson

3. Vitor Belfort

4. Nate Marquardt

5. Robbie Lawler

6. Jorge Santiago

7. Yoshihiro Akiyama

8. Chael Sonnen

9. Yushin Okami

10. Demian Maia

Michael Bisping, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Denis Kang, Ronaldo Souza, Nick Diaz

Welterweight

1. Georges St. Pierre

2. Jake Shields

3. Jon Fitch

4. Thiago Alves

5. Josh Koscheck

6. Mike Swick

7. Paul Daley

8. Martin Kampmann

9. Matt Hughes

10. Paulo Thiago

Marius Zaromskis, Jay Hieron, Nick Thompson, Dan Hardy, Carlos Condit

Lightweight

1. B.J. Penn

2. Shinya Aoki

3. Eddie Alverez

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri

6. Kenny Florian

7. Diego Sanchez

8. Frankie Edgar

9. Gilbert Melendez

10. JZ Cavalcante

Gray Maynard, Mizuto Hirota, Satoru Kitoaka, Sean Sherk, Josh Thomson

-Besse & Keefe