It is hard to look back now and remember that everyone thought Mike Ricci was going to destroy Pat Curran at Bellator 14. I was sitting there is press row, and everyone I asked about the fight simply said “Ricci.” (Except the guy from Bleacher Report. He said “Ricky who?”)

Including that dramatic knockout, Curran has gone 6-1 in Bellator. His only defeat came against Eddie Alvarez with the lightweight title on the line. In his most recent outing, he picked up the biggest win of his career, and once again, he did it with a huge knockout.

With his victory over the former Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro, Curran jumps into the featherweight rankings at number five. Kenny Florian moves up to number four. Former UFC title challenger Mark Hominick falls out of the top ten.

Heavyweight

  1. Cain Velasquez (UFC Champion)
  2. Brock Lesnar (UFC)
  3. Junior dos Santos (UFC)
  4. Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce Champion)
  5. Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce)
  6. Shane Carwin (UFC)
  7. Antonio Silva (Strikeforce)
  8. Frank Mir (UFC)
  9. Fedor Emelianenko (M-1/Strikeforce)
  10. Roy Nelson (UFC)

Upcoming Fights
#7 Antonio Silva vs. Daniel Cormier (9/10/2011)
#10 Roy Nelson vs. Mirko Filipovic (10/19/2011)
#1 Cain Velasquez vs. #3 Junior dos Santos (11/19/2011)

Light heavyweight

  1. Jon Jones (UFC Champion)
  2. Mauricio Rua (UFC)
  3. Rashad Evans (UFC)
  4. Quinton Jackson (UFC)
  5. Lyoto Machida (UFC)
  6. Forrest Griffin (UFC)
  7. Dan Henderson (Strikeforce Champion)
  8. Phil Davis (UFC)
  9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (UFC)
  10. Rafael Cavalcante (Strikeforce)

Upcoming Fights
#10 Rafael Cavalcante vs. Yoel Romero (9/10/2011)
#1 Jon Jones vs. #4 Quinton Jackson (9/24/2011)
#5 Lyoto Machida vs. #8 Phil Davis (TBA)

Middleweight

  1. Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
  2. Chael Sonnen (UFC)
  3. Yushin Okami (UFC)
  4. Nate Marquardt (UFC)
  5. Ronaldo Souza (Strikeforce Champion)
  6. Vitor Belfort (UFC)
  7. Mark Munoz (UFC)
  8. Demian Maia (UFC)
  9. Michael Bisping (UFC)
  10. Hector Lombard (Bellator Champion)

Upcoming Fights
#10 Hector Lombard vs. Jesse Taylor (9/3/2011)
#5 Ronald Souza vs. Luke Rockhold (9/10/2011)
#8 Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago (10/8/2011)
#2 Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann (10/8/2011)
#7 Mark Munoz vs. Chris Leben (11/5/2011)
#9 Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller (12/3/2011)

Welterweight

  1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion)
  2. Jon Fitch (UFC)
  3. Jake Shields (UFC)
  4. Josh Koscheck (UFC)
  5. Nick Diaz (UFC)
  6. B.J. Penn (UFC)
  7. Carlos Condit (UFC)
  8. Charlie Brenneman(UFC)
  9. Rick Story (UFC)
  10. Thiago Alves (UFC)

Upcoming Fights
#3 Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger (9/17/2011)
#8 Charlie Brenneman vs. Anthony Johnson (10/1/2011)
#1 Georges St. Pierre vs. #5 Nick Diaz (10/29/2011)
#6 B.J. Penn vs. #7 Carlos Condit (10/29/2011)
#10 Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi (11/5/2011)
#2 Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks (11/19/2011)
$9 Rick Story vs. Martin Kampmann (11/19/2011)
#4 Josh Kocheck vs. TBA (11/19/2011)

Lightweight

  1. Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
  2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
  3. Gray Maynard (UFC)
  4. Shinya Aoki (Dream Champion)
  5. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator Champion)
  6. Benson Henderson (UFC)
  7. Jim Miller (UFC)
  8. Tatsuya Kawajiri (DREAM)
  9. Sean Sherk (UFC)
  10. Clay Guida (UFC)

#4 Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough (9/24/2011)
#7 Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Joachim Hansen (Featherweight) (9/24/2011)
#1 Frankie Edgar vs. #3 Gray Maynard (10/8/2011)
#5 Eddie Alvarez vs. Michael Chandler (10/15/2011)
#2 Gilbert Melendez vs. Jorge Masvidal (12/17/2011)
#4 Shinya Aoki vs. #5 Eddie Alvarez (TBA)

Featherweight

  1. Jose Aldo (UFC Champion)
  2. Hatsu Hioki (UFC)
  3. Chad Mendes (UFC)
  4. Kenny Florian (UFC)
  5. Pat Curran (Bellator)
  6. Marlon Sandro (Bellator)
  7. Diego Nunes (UFC)
  8. Joe Warren (Bellator Champion)
  9. Tyson Griffin (UFC)
  10. Manny Gamburyan (UFC)

Upcoming Fights
#4 Marlon Sandro vs. Pat Curran (8/20/2011)
#8 Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila (Bantamweight) (9/24/2011)
#1 Jose Aldo vs. #4 Kenny Florian (10/8/2011)
#9 Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski (10/29/2011)
#2 Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop (10/29/2011)
#8 Joe Warren vs. Patricio Freire (TBA)
#5 Pat Curran vs. #8 Joe Warren (TBA)

Bantamweight

  1. Dominick Cruz (UFC Champion)
  2. Joseph Benavidez (UFC)
  3. Urijah Faber (UFC)
  4. Scott Jorgensen (UFC)
  5. Brian Bowles (UFC)
  6. Takeya Mizugaki (UFC)
  7. Brad Pickett (UFC)
  8. Demetrious Johnson (UFC)
  9. Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto)
  10. Miguel Torres (UFC)

Upcoming Fights
#9 Masakatsu Ueda vs. Royler Gracie (Lightweight) (9/14/2011)
#6 Takeya Mizugaki vs. Cole Escovedo (9/24/2011)
#1 Dominick Cruz vs. #8 Demetrious Johnson (10/1/2011)
#4 Scott Jorgensen vs. Jeff Curran (10/29/2011)
#7 Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao (11/5/2011)
#3 Urijah Faber vs. #5 Brian Bowles (11/19/2011)

Flyweight

  1. Yasuhiro Urushitani (Shooto World Champion)
  2. Ian McCall (Tachi Palace)
  3. Jussier da Silva (Tachi Palace)
  4. Shinichi Kojima (Shooto)
  5. Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto/Tachi Palace)
  6. Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
  7. Darrell Montague (Tachi Palace Champion)
  8. Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase)
  9. Fumihiro Kitahara (Shooto)
  10. Ulysses Gomez (Tachi Palace)

Upcoming Fights
Ryuichi Miki (dropped) vs. Haruo Ochi (9/24/2011)
#10 Ulysses Gomez vs. Cody Gibson (Bantamweight) (12/2/2011)

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