MMA Rankings 2-8-2012 by Forum contributor Leroy. Discuss in the forum with Leroy here. Two big fight weekends in a row, but not much in the way of major shake-ups in the ranks. Next update will be after the first weekend in March. I’m adding a new feature where fighters who have a bout scheduled before the next update will be highlighted. Here are the upcoming events:
2/15 - UFC on Fuel TV – Ellenberger vs. Sanchez
2/25 – UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson
3/3 – UFC on FX 2: Alves vs. Kampmann
3/3 – Strikeforce Tate vs. Rousey
Heavyweight (206lb – 265lb)
1. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (UFC Champion 14-1)
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Fabricio Werdum
5. Frank Mir
6. Shane Carwin
7. Josh Barnett
8. Daniel Cormier
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10. Antonio Silva
Honorable Mention: Travis Browne, Fedor Emelianenko, Cheick Kongo (vs. Mark Hunt – 2/25), Roy Nelson, Brendan Schaub
Light Heavyweight 205
1. Jon Jones
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Quinton Jackson (vs. Ryan Bader – 2/25)
5. Mauricio Rua
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Forrest Griffin
8. Phil Davis
9. Alexander Gustafsson
10. Gegard Mousasi (vs. Mike Kyle – 3/3)
Honorable Mention: Ryan Bader (vs. Rampage Jackson – 2/25), Rafael Cavalcante, Vladimir Matyushenko, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Middleweight 185
1. Anderson Silva
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Yushin Okami (vs. Tim Boetsch – 2/25)
4. Mark Munoz
5. Vitor Belfort
6. Michael Bisping
7. Brian Stann
8. Chris Weidman
9. Demian Maia
10. Rousimar Palhares
Honorable Mention: Alan Belcher, Tim Boetsh (vs. Yushin Okami - 2/25), Hector Lombard, Luke Rockhold, Ronaldo Souza
Welterweight 170
1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion 22-2)
2. Carlos Condit (UFC Interim Champion 28-5)
3. Nick Diaz
4. Jake Ellenberger (vs. Diego Sanchez – 2/15)
5. Johny Hendricks
6. Jon Fitch
7. Josh Koscheck
8. Jake Shields (vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama – 2/25)
9. Thiago Alves (vs. Martin Kampmann – 3/3)
10. Ben Askren
HM: Charlie Brenneman, Paul Daley (vs. Kazuo Misaki – 3/3), Martin Kampmann (vs. Thiago Alves - 3/3), Rory MacDonald, Diego Sanchez (vs. Jake Ellenberger – 2/15), Tyron Woodley
Lightweight 155
1. Frank Edgar (vs. Benson Henderson – 2/25) (UFC Champion 14-1-1)
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. Gray Maynard
4. Benson Henderson (vs. Frankie Edgar – 2/25)
5. Shinya Aoki
6. Clay Guida
7. Anthony Pettis (vs. Creepy Joe Lauzon – 2/25)
8. Jim Miller
9. Michael Chandler
10. Nate Diaz
Honorable Mention: Eddie Alvarez, Donald Cerrone, Joe Lauzon (vs. Anthony Pettis – 2/25), Gleison Tibau, Jacob Volkmann
Featherweight 145
1. Jose Aldo (UFC Champion 21-1)
2. Chad Mendes
3. Hatsu Hioki (vs. Bart Palaszewski – 2/24)
4. Diego Nunes
5. Dustin Poirier
6. Erik Koch
7. Pat Curran
8. Joe Warren
9. Yuri Alcantara
10. Ricardo Lamas
Honorable Mention: Darren Elkins, Patricio Freire, Mark Hominick, Chan Sung Jung, Tatsuya Kawajiri
Bantamweight 135
1. Dominick Cruz (UFC Champion 19-1)
2. Urijah Faber
3. Renan Barao
4. Brian Bowles
5. Scott Jorgensen
6. Brad Pickett
7. Miguel Torres
8. Michael McDonald
9. Bibiano Fernandes
10. Zach Makovsky
Honorable Mention: Antonio Banuelos, Eduardo Dantas, Ivan Menjivar (vs. John Albert – 2/15), Takeya Mizugaki (vs. Chris “Kamikaze” Cariaso – 2/25), Masakatsu Ueda
