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

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

  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)
#9 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz (12/10/2011)
#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. Vitor Belfort (UFC)
  6. Mark Munoz (UFC)
  7. Demian Maia (UFC)
  8. Michael Bisping (UFC)
  9. Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Champion)
  10. 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

  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. #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

  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
#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 Champion)
  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)
  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)
#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.

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