This is the second installment of the Ringside Report official MMA Top 10 rankings.
There was some movement in the heavyweight division rankings in August. Fedor Emelianenko drops out of the Top 10 with a loss to Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight champion Dan Henderson on July 30. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira moves back into the Top 10 Heavyweights in the world with an impressive knockout victory over Brendan Schaub. Nogueira had been absent from the octagon since February of 2010 when he lost to Cain Velasquez.
Heavyweights
1. Cain Velasquez (9-0, UFC Heavyweight Champion) Last fight: TKO win over Brock Lesnar on October 23, 2010. Next fight: Junior Dos Santos on November 19, 2011.
2. Junior Dos Santos (13-1) (No. 1 contender in UFC HW division) Last fight: UD win over Shane Carwin on June 11. Next fight: Cain Velasquez on November 19, 2011.
3.Alistair Overeem (35-11-1) Last fight: UD win over Fabricio Werdum on June 18. Next fight: TBA
4 Brock Lesnar (5-2) Last fight: TKO loss to Cain Velasquez in October 2010. Next fight: TBA
5. Antonio Silva (16-2) Last fight: TKO win over Fedor Emelianenko on February 12.Next fight: Daniel Cormier on September 10, 2011 in Strikeforce HW GP semi-finals
6. Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1) Last fight: UD loss to Alistair Overeem on June 18. Next fight: TBA
7. Josh Barnett (30-5) Last fight: submission win over Brett Rogers on June 18. Next fight: Sergei Kharitonov on September 10, 2011 in Strikeforce HW GP semi-finals
8. Shane Carwin (12-2) Last fight: UD loss to Junior Dos Santos on June 11. Next fight TBA.
9. Frank Mir (15-5) Last fight: UD win over Roy Nelson on May 28. Next fight TBA
10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (33-6) Last fight: KO win over Brendan Schaub on August 27. Next fight: TBA
Honourable mentions: Sergei Kharitonov, Brendan Schaub,, Fedor Emelianenko, Matt Mitrione, Daniel Cormier
The only movement in the light-heavyweight rankings this month is the addition of Alexander Gustafsson to the top 10. Gustafsson scored a TKO victory over Matt Hamill on August 6 to bump Antonio Rogerio Nogueira out of the top 10. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s win over Forrest Griffin on August 27 does nothing to make a change in either fighters ranking.
Light-Heavyweights
1. Jon Jones (13-1, UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion) Last fight: TKO win over Mauricio Shogun Rua on March 19, 2011. Next fight: Quinton Rampage Jackson on September 24, 2011.
2. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-5) Last fight: KO win over Forrest Griffin on August 27, 2011. Next fight: TBA
3. Lyoto Machida (17-2) Last fight: KO win over Randy Couture on April 30, 2011 Next fight: TBA
4. Rashad Evans (15-1-1D) Last fight: TKO win over Tito Ortiz on August 6, 2011. Next fight: expected to face winner of Jon Jones- Rampage Jackson LHW title bout.
5. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (32-8) Last fight: UD win over Matt Hamill on May 28, 2011. Next fight v. Jon Jones for UFC LHW title on September 24, 2011.
6. Dan Henderson (27-8, Strikeforce LHW champion) Last fight: TKO win over Fedor Emelianenko on July 30, 2011. Next fight: TBA
7. Phil Davis (9-0) Last fight: UD win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on March 26, 2011 Next fight: TBA
8. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (10-3) Last fight: TKO loss to Dan Henderson on March 5, 2011 for SF LHW title. Next fight: v. Yoel Romero (4-0) on September 10, 2011 on preliminary card of Strikeforce HW GP semi-finals.
9. Forrest Griffin (18-6) Last fight: KO loss to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua on August 27, 2011. Next fight: TBA
10. Alexander Gustafsson (12-1) Last fight: TKO win over Matt Hamill on August 6, 2011. Next fight: TBA
Honourable mentions: Gegard Mousasi, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal, Matt Hamill, Tito Ortiz, Roger Gracie, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
No movement in the middleweight rankings for September 2011. Anderson Silva retains his number position with a TKO win over Yushin Okami on August 27. Okami remains the 3rd ranked middleweight while Nate Marquardt is still listed as a middleweight as he has yet to make his welterweight debut.
Middleweights
1. Anderson Silva (30-4, UFC Middleweight Champion) Last fight: TKO win over Yushin Okami on August 27, 2011. Next fight: TBA
2. Chael Sonnen (25-11-1D) Last fight: submission loss to Anderson Silva on August 7, 2010 for UFC MW title. Next fight v. Brian Stann on October 8, 2011.
3. Yushin Okami (26-5) Last fight: TKO loss to Anderson Silva on August 27, 2011. Next fight: TBA
4. Nate Marquardt (31-10-2) Last fight: UD win over Dan Miller on March 19, 2011. Next fight: TBA
5. Mark Munoz (11-2) Last fight: UD win over Demian Maia on June 11, 2011. Next fight: Chris Leben on November 5, 2011.
6. Demian Maia (14-3) Last fight: UD loss to Mark Munoz on June 11, 2011. Next fight: Jorge Santiago on October 8, 2011.
7. Ronaldo Jacare Souza (14-2-1NC, SF MW champion) Last fight: submission win over Robbie Lawler on Janaury 29, 2011. Next fight: Luke Rockhold on September 10, 2011 defending his SF MW title.
8. Vitor Belfort (19-9) Last fight: KO win over Yoshihiro Akiyama on August 6, 2011. Next fight: TBA
9. Brian Stann (11-3) Last fight: TKO win over Jorge Santiago on May 28, 2011. Next fight v. Chael Sonnen on October 8, 2011.
10. Michael Bisping (21-3) Last fight: TKO win over Jorge Rivera on February 27, 2011. Next fight: Jason Miller on December 3, 2011.
Honourable mentions: Mamed Khalidov, Hector Lombard, Jorge Santiago, Rousimar Palhares, Luke Rockhold
With a victory over the tough Mike Pyle (21-8-1) on August 6, Rory MacDonald enters the top 10 list this month at number 8. Rick Story gets bumped down to 9th and Charlie Brenneman to 10th, knocking Dong Hyun Kim out of the top 10.
Welterweights
1. Georges St-Pierre (22-2 UFC Welterweight Champion) Last fight: UD win over Jake Shields on April 30, 2011 Next fight: Nick Diaz on October 29, 2011 defending his UFC WW title.
2. Jon Fitch (23-3-1NC-1D) Last fight: majority draw v. B.J. Penn on February 27, 2011. Next fight: TBA
3. Jake Shields (26-5-1D) Last fight: UD loss to Georges St-Pierre on April 30, 2011 for UFC WW title. Next fight v. Jake Ellenberger on September 17, 2011.
4. Josh Koscheck (15-5) Last fight: UD loss to GSP on December 10, 2010 for UFC WW title. Next fight: rumored to be fighting at middleweight on November 19, 2011 at UFC 139.
5. B.J. Penn (16-7-2D) Last fight: majority draw v. Jon Fitch on February 27, 2011. Next fight: Carlos Condit on October 29, 2011.
6. Nick Diaz (25-7-1D) Last fight: TKO win over Paul Daley on April 9, next fight v. Georges St-Pierre for UFC WW title on October 29, 2011.
7. Carlos Condit (27-5) Last fight: KO win over Dong Hyun Kim on July 2, 2011. Next fight: B.J. Penn on October 29, 2011.
8. Rory MacDonald (12-1) Last fight: TKO win over Mike Pyle on August 6, 2011. Next fight: TBA
9. Rick Story (13-4) Last fight: UD loss to Charlie Brenneman on June 26, 2011. Next fight: v. Martin Kampmann on November 19, 2011.
10. Charlie Brenneman (14-2) Last fight: UD win over Rick Story on June 26, 2011. Next fight: Anthony Johnson on October 1, 2011.
Honourable mentions: Martin Kampmann, Diego Sanchez, Jake Ellenberger, Dong Hyun Kim, John Hathaway, Johny Hendricks.
Benson Henderson’s victory over Jim Miller shook up the lightweight division this month. Henderson was previously ranked 9th and faced the 4th ranked Jim Miller. Henderson’s victory bumps him up to 6th on the list while Miller drops to 7th. The fact that Anthony Pettis is one of the few men to hold a victory over Henderson is enough to move him from 8th ranked in August, to 5th in September. The fact that Clay Guida is one of the few to hold a win over Anthony Pettis will also earn him a boost in the rankings as he switches places with Jim Miller and goes from 7th to 4th. Shinya Aoki and Eddie Alvarez move from 5th and 6th respectively to 8th and 9th due to their lack of facing top 10 level competition.
Lightweights
1. Frankie Edgar (13-1-1, UFC Lightweight Champion) Last fight: draw with Gray Maynard on January 1, 2011 to retain UFC LW title. Next fight : Gray Maynard on October 8, 2011 for UFC LW title.
2. Gray Maynard (10-0-1D-1NC) Last fight: draw with Frankie Edgar on Janaury 1, 2011. Next fight: Frankie Edgar on October 8, 2011 for UFC LW title.
3. Gilbert Melendez (19-2) Last fight: TKO win over Tatsuya Kawajiri on April 4, 2011. Next fight: expected to fight Jorge Masvidal for Strikeforce LW title on December 17, 2011.
4. Clay Guida (29-11) Last fight: UD win over Anthony Pettis on June 4, 2011. Next fight rumoured to be fighting Benson Henderson on November 12, 2011.
5. Anthony Pettis (13-2) Last fight: UD loss to Clay Guida on June 4, 2011. Next fight Jeremy Stephens on October 8, 2011.
6. Benson Henderson (13-2) Last fight: UD win over Jim Miller on August 14, 2011. Next fight: rumoured to be fighting Clay Guida on November 12, 2011.
7. Jim Miller (20-2) Last fight: Unanimous Decision loss to Benson Henderson on August 14, 2011. Next fight: TBA
8. Shinya Aoki (28-5-1NC, DREAM LW champion ) Last fight: submission win over Rich Clementi on May 29, 2011 to defend DREAM LW title. Next fight: Rob McCullough on September 24.
9. Eddie Alvarez (22-2, Bellator Lightweight champion) Last fight: UD win over Pat Curran on April 2, 2011 to defend Bellator LW title. Next fight: Michael Chandler for Bellator LW title on October 15.
10. Melvin Guillard (29-8-2D-1NC) Last fight KO win over Shane Roller on July 2, 2011. Next fight: Joe Lauzon on October 8, 2011.
Honourable mentions: Rafael Dos Anjos, Jorge Masvidal, Dennis Siver, Donald Cerrone.
Only movement in the featherweight division this month is Pat Curran knocking out Marlon Sandro on August 20 to take his place at 9th in the world.
Featherweights
1. Jose Aldo (19-1, UFC Featherweight Champion) Last fight: UD win over Mark Hominick on April 30, 2011 to retain UFC FW title. Next fight v. Kenny Florian on October 8, 2011 for UFC FW title.
2. Chad Mendes (11-0) Last fight: UD win over Rani Yahya on August 6, 2011. Next fight: TBA
3. Hatsu Hioki (24-4-1) Last fight: submission win over Donald Sanchez on April 29, 2011. Next fight v. George Roop at UFC 137 on October 29, 2011.
4. Mark Hominick (20-9) Last fight: UD loss to Jose Aldo on April 30, 2011 for UFC FW title. Next fight: TBA
5. Kenny Florian Last Fight: UD win over Diego Nunes on June 11, 2011. Next fight: Jose Aldo for FW title on October 8, 2011 for UFC FW title.
6. Diego Nunes (16-2) Last fight: UD loss to Kenny Florian on June 11, 2011. Next fight: Manvel Gamburyan on September 24, 2011.
7. Joe Warren (7-1, Bellator FW champion) Last fight: UD win over Marcus Galvao on April 16, 2011. Next fight: Alexis Vila on September 24 in Bellator BW tournamen
8. Eric Koch (12-1) Last fight: KO win over Raphael Assuncao on March 19, 2011. Next fight v. Jonathan Brookins on September 17, 2011
9. Pat Curran (16-4) Last fight: KO win over Marlon Sandro to win Bellator FW tournament on August 20, 2011. Next fight: TBA
10. Patricio”Pitbull”Freire (17-1) Last Fight: UD win over Daniel Straus on May, 21, 2011 to win Bellator FW tournament. Next Fight: versus Joe Warren for Bellator FW title, date TBA.
Honourable mentions: Dustin Poirier, Manny Gamburyan, Patricio Tyson Griffin, Marlon Sandro.
We mistakenly had Joachim Hansen at bantamweight in August but he is currently competing at featherweight. DREAM bantamweight grand prix winner Hideo Tokoro steps in at number 10.
Bantamweights
1. Dominick Cruz (18-1, UFC Bantamweight Champion) Last fight: UD win over Urijah Faber on July 2, 2011 to retain UFC BW title. Next fight: Demetrious Johnson on October 1, 2011 for UFC BW title.
2. Brian Bowles (10-1) Last fight: UD win over Takeya Mizugaki on July 2, 2011. Next fight: Urijah Faber on November 19, 2011.
3. Joseph Benavidez (14-2) Last fight: UD win over Eddie Wineland on August 14, 2011. Next fight: TBA
4. Demetrious Johnson (10-1) Last fight: UD win over Miguel Torres on May 28, 2011. Next fight : Dominick Cruz on October 1, 2011 for UFC BW title.
5. Urijah Faber (25-5) Last fight: UD loss to Dominick Cruz on July 2, 2011 for UFC BW title. Next fight v. Brian Bowles on November 19, 2011.
6. Scott Jorgensen (12-4) Last fight: KO win over Ken Stone on June 4, 2011. Next fight v. Jeff Curran on October 29, 2011.
7. Miguel Torres (39-4) Last fight: UD loss to Demetrious Johnson on May 28, 2011. Next fight TBA
8. Brad Pickett (20-5) Last fight: UD win over Ivan Menjivar on December 16 2010. Next fight v. Renan Barao on November 5, 2011.
9. Michael McDonald (13-1) Last fight: SD win over Chris Cariaso on May 28, 2011. Next fight: TBA.
10. Hideo Tokoro (30-23-1) Last fight: UD win over Masakazu Imanari to win DREAM BW GP. Next fight: v. Antonio Banuelos in DREAM BW GP on September 24, 2011.
Honourable mentions: Eddie Wineland, Takeya Mizugaki, Damacio Page
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