Rankings

Heavyweight

  1. Junior dos Santos (UFC Champion)
  2. Cain Velasquez (UFC)
  3. Alistair Overeem (UFC)
  4. Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce)
  5. Shane Carwin (UFC)
  6. Frank Mir (UFC)
  7. Daniel Cormier (Strikeforce)
  8. Josh Barnett (Strikeforce)
  9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC)
  10. Antonio Silva (Strikeforce)

Upcoming Fights
#7 Daniel Cormier vs. #8 Josh Barnett (3/5/2012)
#1 Junior dos Santos vs.#3 Alistair Overeem (TBA)

Light heavyweight

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

Upcoming Fights
#4 Rashad Evans vs. #8 Phil Davis (1/28/2012)
#5 Quinton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader (2/26/2012)

Middleweight

  1. Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
  2. Chael Sonnen (UFC)
  3. Yushin Okami (UFC)
  4. Mark Munoz (UFC)
  5. Nate Marquardt (BAMMA)
  6. Vitor Belfort (UFC)
  7. Demian Maia (UFC)
  8. Brian Stann (UFC)
  9. Michael Bisping (UFC)
  10. Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Champion)

Upcoming Fights
#10 Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine (1/7/2012)
#6 Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson (1/14/2012)
#2 Chael Sonnen vs. #4 Mark Munoz (1/28/2012)
#7 Demian Maia vs. #9 Michael Bisping (1/28/2012)
#4 Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (welterweight) (2/11/2012)
#3 Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch (2/26/2012)
#6 Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva (TBA)

Welterweight

  1. Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion)
  2. Nick Diaz (UFC)
  3. Josh Koscheck (UFC)
  4. Jake Ellenberger (UFC)
  5. Jake Shields (UFC)
  6. B.J. Penn (UFC)
  7. Carlos Condit (UFC)
  8. Johny Hendricks(UFC)
  9. Jon Fitch (UFC)
  10. Martin Kampmann (UFC)

Upcoming Fights
#2 Nick Diaz vs. #7 Carlos Condit (2/4/2012)
#2 Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce (2/4/2012)
#4 Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez (2/15/2012)
#5 Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (2/26/2012)
#10 Martin Kampmann vs. Thiago Alves (3/3/2012)

Lightweight

  1. Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
  2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
  3. Gray Maynard (UFC)
  4. Shinya Aoki (Dream Champion)
  5. Benson Henderson (UFC)
  6. Jim Miller (UFC)
  7. Clay Guida (UFC)
  8. Anthony Pettis (UFC)
  9. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
  10. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)

#6 Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard (1/20/2012)
#1 Frankie Edgar vs. #5 Benson Henderson (2/26/2012)
#8 Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon (2/26/2012)

Featherweight

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

Upcoming Fights
#1 Jose Aldo vs. #3 Chad Mendes (1/14/2012)
#2 Hatsu Hioki vs. #9 Bart Palaszewski (2/26/2012)
#4 Pat Curran vs. #10 Joe Warren (TBA)

Bantamweight

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

Upcoming Fights
#8 Masakatsu Ueda vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (1/8/2012)
#4 Scott Jorgensen vs. #7 Renan Barao (2/4/2012)
#3 Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani (flyweight) (3/3/2012)
#6 Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall (flyweight) (3/3/2012)
#1 Dominick Cruz vs. #2 Urijah Faber (TBA)

Flyweight

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

Upcoming Fights
#1 Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. Joseph Benavidez (3/3/2012)
#2 Ian McCall vs. Demetrious Johnson (3/3/2012)

The Pro MMA Now World MMA Rankings were last updated on Dec. 2 2011. If you have thoughts regarding the rankings we would love to hear your opinions.

  • Alex

    Fedor should get the opportunity to fight the winner of the up cominng ficght with Mir and Lesnar

  • http://esolgsmnews.blogspot.com breaking news

    How we can get to that who is on top ranking in fighting right now.As it is a website power or a human power.

    What is the best way to gather info.

  • Brandon

    are these rankings current?? because machida demolished rashad and fedor looked terrible againgst Arlovski and anderson silva will buckle anyone in the top 5 middlewights damion maia stands the best chance i wanna see that fight..

  • http://promma.info promma

    no we’re a little behind on these brandon. thank u.

  • blake

    hi im blake ive been in mma since i was 12 i have four differnet fight exsperences im 15 now and have been ranking up really fast in Ishinryo im now a yellow belt in that i plan to be a black belt before im 16. i love to fight and im currently top in my gym besides my sensay he is a black belt in two different karates but i am just as good i just dont know all the tricks. i learn quickly and ive been looking for jounor mma fights around camden, arkansas were i live. i would love to find a jounor ufc fight that i could join. im a camo belt in tiquandow i think that is how you spell it, im very skilled in boxing and kickboxing, but im also a street fighter and im in ishinryo. i live to fight and fight to live in this world. so if anyone can help send me an email at blakenutt@rock.com or facebook haha write me back soon. thanks….

  • LMFAO

    LOL at this comment ^ WTF. That can’t be real

  • Colin Bellmore

    How can Gino Carano be ranked #1 in the world when she lost her last fight which happened to be a World Title fight

  • http://promma.info promma

    Notice the date of the last update Colin.

  • Manx

    Respectable rankings…but comments to the side show that they are quite biased…which has no place when ranking…

  • Big Nate

    Come one already with the Lesnar hate….

  • http://www.prommanow.com Richard Mann

    Lesnar hate is good for the soul

  • http://www.ufc.com UFC Monster

    No one can defeat Brock. He will crush Carwin and everyone else in the top ten. UFC has the greatest champion they could ever want.

  • http://prommanow.com Kelvin Hunt

    lol@ UFC Monster’s thoughts back then…but he is a PPV machine..so I agree he is the greatest champion in that sense.

  • http://www.babybusters.org Anthony Brancato

    What I wouldn’t mind seeing is for you to rank more than just the top 10 in each weight class.

    The top 25 would be awesome – and why even stop there?

    The more the merrier, I say.

  • http://prommanow.com Kelvin Hunt

    Ehh..once you get past the top ten..it doesn’t really matter anymore…hell…most of the time…6-10 are pretty interchangable…plus naming 25 would be brutal for me…lol.

  • http://www.yahoo.com/ Wind

    Yup, that’ll do it. You have my appriceation.

  • Makomike

    I think your missing some solid 185ers. Hector Lombard would be need to be on the top 5 in the world for sure..

  • vereal

    we are to ufc bring weman fighters octagun

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