Nothing shakes up the ProMMANow World Rankings like an upset, and this past weekend featured two high-profile shockers. Luke Rockhold defeated Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza to not only claim the Strikeforce middleweight title, but also enter the rankings for the first time. In the heavyweight division, two-time U.S. Olympian Daniel Cormier continued his undefeated run with a first-round knockout of Antonio Silva. He will meet Josh Barnett, who also moved into the top-ten with a victory over Sergei Kharitonov.
Heavyweight
- Cain Velasquez (UFC Champion)
- Brock Lesnar (UFC)
- Junior dos Santos (UFC)
- Alistair Overeem (UFC)
- Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce)
- Shane Carwin (UFC)
- Frank Mir (UFC)
- Daniel Cormier (Strikeforce)
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Antonio Silva)
- Josh Barnett (Strikeforce)
Upcoming Fights
#1 Cain Velasquez vs. #3 Junior dos Santos (11/12/2011)
#7 Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (12/10/2011)
#2 Brock Lesnar vs. #4 Alistair Overeem (12/30/2011)
#8 Daniel Cormier vs. #10 Josh Barnett (TBA)
Light heavyweight
- Jon Jones (UFC Champion)
- Mauricio Rua (UFC)
- Rashad Evans (UFC)
- Quinton Jackson (UFC)
- Lyoto Machida (UFC)
- Forrest Griffin (UFC)
- Dan Henderson (Strikeforce Champion)
- Phil Davis (UFC)
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (UFC)
- Rafael Cavalcante (Strikeforce)
Upcoming Fights
#10 Rafael Cavalcante vs. Yoel Romero (9/10/2011)
#1 Jon Jones vs. #4 Quinton Jackson (9/24/2011)
#9 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz (12/10/2011)
#5 Lyoto Machida vs. #8 Phil Davis (TBA)
Middleweight
- Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
- Chael Sonnen (UFC)
- Yushin Okami (UFC)
- Nate Marquardt (UFC)
- Vitor Belfort (UFC)
- Mark Munoz (UFC)
- Demian Maia (UFC)
- Michael Bisping (UFC)
- Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Champion)
- Ronaldo Souza (Strikeforce)
Upcoming Fights
#7 Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago (10/8/2011)
#2 Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann (10/8/2011)
#6 Mark Munoz vs. Chris Leben (11/5/2011)
#8 Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller (12/3/2011)
Welterweight
- Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion)
- Jon Fitch (UFC)
- Jake Shields (UFC)
- Josh Koscheck (UFC)
- Nick Diaz (UFC)
- B.J. Penn (UFC)
- Carlos Condit (UFC)
- Charlie Brenneman(UFC)
- Rick Story (UFC)
- 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. #7 Carlos Condit (10/29/2011)
#6 B.J. Penn vs. #5 Nick Diaz (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. Matt Hughes (11/24/2011)
Lightweight
- Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
- Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
- Gray Maynard (UFC)
- Shinya Aoki (Dream Champion)
- Eddie Alvarez (Bellator Champion)
- Benson Henderson (UFC)
- Jim Miller (UFC)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri (Dream)
- Sean Sherk (UFC)
- 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
- Jose Aldo (UFC Champion)
- Hatsu Hioki (UFC)
- Chad Mendes (UFC)
- Kenny Florian (UFC)
- Pat Curran (Bellator)
- Marlon Sandro (Bellator)
- Diego Nunes (UFC)
- Joe Warren (Bellator Champion)
- Tyson Griffin (UFC)
- Manny Gamburyan (UFC)
Upcoming Fights
#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
- Dominick Cruz (UFC Champion)
- Joseph Benavidez (UFC)
- Urijah Faber (UFC)
- Scott Jorgensen (UFC)
- Brian Bowles (UFC)
- Takeya Mizugaki (UFC)
- Brad Pickett (UFC)
- Demetrious Johnson (UFC)
- Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto)
- 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
- Yasuhiro Urushitani (Shooto World Champion)
- Ian McCall (Tachi Palace Champion)
- Jussier da Silva (Tachi Palace)
- Shinichi Kojima (Shooto)
- Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto/Tachi Palace)
- Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
- Darrell Montague (Tachi Palace)
- Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase)
- Fumihiro Kitahara (Shooto)
- Ulysses Gomez (Tachi Palace)
Upcoming Fights
Ryuichi Miki (dropped) vs. Haruo Ochi (9/24/2011)
#2 Ian McCall vs. Will Campuzano (12/2/2011)
#10 Ulysses Gomez vs. Cody Gibson (Bantamweight) (12/2/2011)
The Pro MMA Now World MMA Rankings were last updated on Setp. 12 2011. If you have thoughts regarding the rankings we would love to hear your opinions.