MMA Rankings 2-8-2012 by Forum contributor Leroy. There are a few major changes in the ranks for this edition. Most notably, GSP has been removed since it’s been over a here since his last fight, and it doesn’t appear he’ll be stepping into the Octagon any time soon. The Interim Champ is your interim #1 at 170. Also, Overeem won’t be able to apply for a license until very late this year, so I’ve removed him as well. Here are the upcoming events before the next anticipated update:
Bellator 68 – 05/11
UFC on Fuel – 05/15
Bellator 69 – 05/18
Strikeforce GP – 05/19
Bellator 70 – 05/25
UFC 146 – 05/26
A lot of big heavyweight fights over the next two weeks. Here are the ranks…
Heavyweight (206lb – 265lb)
1. Junior dos Santos (F. Mir – 05/26)
2. Cain Velasquez (A. Silva – 05/26)
3. Fabricio Werdum
4. Frank Mir (J. dos Santos – 05/26)
5. Josh Barnett (D. Cormier – 05/19)
6. Daniel Cormier (J. Barnett - 05/19)
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. Antonio Silva (C. Velasquez – 05/26)
9. Travis Browne
10. Mike Russow
HM: Fedor Emelianenko, Mark Hunt (S. Struve – 05/26), Roy Nelson (D. Herman – 05/26), Ben Rothwell, Stefan Struve (M. Hunt – 05/26)
Light Heavyweight 205
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Mauricio Rua
5. Lyoto Machida
6. Phil Davis
7. Alexander Gustafsson
8. Forrest Griffin
9. Ryan Bader
10. Quinton Jackson
HM: Rafael Cavalcante (M. Kyle – 05/19), Vladimir Matyushenko, Gegard Mousasi, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Thiago Silva
Middleweight 185
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Mark Munoz
4. Vitor Belfort
5. Michael Bisping
6. Yushin Okami
7. Tim Boetsch
8. Brian Stann
9. Alan Belcher
10. Chris Weidman
HM: Hector Lombard, Ronny Markes, Rousimar Palhares, Luke Rockhold, Ronaldo Souza
Welterweight 170
1. Carlos Condit
2. Nick Diaz
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Johny Hendricks
5. Jon Fitch
6. Josh Koscheck
7. Jake Shields
8. Diego Sanchez
9. Martin Kampmann
10. Rory MacDonald
HM: Ben Askren, Charlie Brenneman, Brian Ebersole, Dong-Hyun Kim, Mike Pierce, Tyron Woodley
Lightweight 155
1. Ben Henderson
2. Frank Edgar
3. Gilbert Melendez (J. Thomson – 05/19)
4. Gray Maynard
5. Clay Guida
6. Nate Diaz
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Jim Miller
9. Michael Chandler
10. Eddie Alvarez
HM: Shinya Aoki, Edson Barboza (J. Varner – 05/26), Donald Cerrone (J. Stephens – 05/15), Gleison Tibau, Jacob Volkmann (P. Sass – 05/15)
Featherweight 145
1. Jose Aldo
2. Chad Mendes
3. Hatsu Hioki
4. Dustin Poirier (C. Jung – 05/15)
5. Erik Koch
6. Pat Curran
7. Yuri Alcantara
8. Marlon Sandro (D. Straus – 05/11)
9. Ricardo Lamas
10. Chan Sung Jung (D. Poirier – 05/15)
HM: Darren Elkins (D. Brandao – 05/26), Patricio Freire, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Dennis Siver, Cub Swanson
Bantamweight 135
1. Dominick Cruz
2. Urijah Faber
3. Renan Barao
4. Michael McDonald
5. Brian Bowles
6. Scott Jorgensen
7. Brad Pickett
8. Eduardo Dantas
9. Bibiano Fernandes
10. Miguel Torres
HM: Antonio Banuelos, Chris Cariaso, Zach Makovsky, Ivan Menjivar, Eddie Wineland
Talk about it in the forum: http://mma-fighter.com/forum/threads/29961-Rankings-%2805-09-12%29
