Since the last update to the ProMMANow.com World Rankings, late September, a lot of things have changed. Perhaps the biggest change was the fall of former number-one heavyweight Cain Velasquez. Despite all the shifting, Junior dos Sanots is the only new number-one heavyweight fighter.
Heavyweight
- Junior dos Santos (UFC)
- Cain Velasquez (UFC Champion)
- Brock Lesnar (UFC)
- Alistair Overeem (UFC)
- Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce)
- Shane Carwin (UFC)
- Frank Mir (UFC)
- Daniel Cormier (Strikeforce)
- Josh Barnett (Strikeforce)
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC)
Upcoming Fights
#7 Frank Mir vs. #10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (12/10/2011)
#2 Brock Lesnar vs. #4 Alistair Overeem (12/30/2011)
#8 Daniel Cormier vs. #9 Josh Barnett (TBA)
Light heavyweight
- Jon Jones (UFC Champion)
- Dan Henderson (UFC)
- Mauricio Rua (UFC)
- Rashad Evans (UFC)
- Quinton Jackson (UFC)
- Lyoto Machida (UFC)
- Forrest Griffin (UFC)
- Phil Davis (UFC)
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (UFC)
- Rafael Cavalcante (Strikeforce)
Upcoming Fights
#1 Jon Jones vs. #6 Lyoto Machida (12/10/2011)
#9 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz (12/10/2011)
#4 Rashad Evans vs. #8 Phil Davis (1/28/2012)
#5 Quniton Jackson vs. Ryan Bader (2/26/2012)
Middleweight
- Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
- Chael Sonnen (UFC)
- Yushin Okami (UFC)
- Mark Munoz (UFC)
- Nate Marquardt (BAMMA)
- Vitor Belfort (UFC)
- Demian Maia (UFC)
- Brian Stann (UFC)
- Michael Bisping (UFC)
- Luke Rockhold (Strikeforce Champion)
Upcoming Fights
#8 Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller (12/3/2011)
#10 Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine (1/7/2012)
#6 Vitor Belfort vs. Anthony Johnson (1/14/2012)
#4 Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (welterweight) (2/11/2012)
#3 Yushin Okami vs. Tim Boetsch (2/26/2012)
Welterweight
- Georges St. Pierre (UFC Champion)
- Jon Fitch (UFC)
- Nick Diaz (UFC)
- Josh Koscheck (UFC)
- Jake Ellenberger (UFC)
- Jake Shields (UFC)
- B.J. Penn (UFC)
- Carlos Condit (UFC)
- Johny Hendricks(UFC)
- Martin Kampmann (UFC)
Upcoming Fights
#2 Jon Fitch vs. #9 Johny Hendricks (12/30/2011)
#1 Georges St. Pierre vs. #3 Nick Diaz (2/4/2012)
#4 Josh Koscheck vs. #8 Carlos Condit (2/4/2012)
#5 Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez (2/15/2012)
#6 Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (2/26/2012)
Lightweight
- Frankie Edgar (UFC Champion)
- Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce Champion)
- Gray Maynard (UFC)
- Shinya Aoki (Dream Champion)
- Benson Henderson (UFC)
- Jim Miller (UFC)
- Clay Guida (UFC)
- Anthony Pettis (UFC)
- Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
- Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
#2 Gilbert Melendez vs. Jorge Masvidal (12/17/2011)
#4 Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka (12/31/2011)
#6 Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard (1/20/2012)
#8 Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon (2/26/2012)
Featherweight
- Jose Aldo (UFC Champion)
- Hatsu Hioki (UFC)
- Chad Mendes (UFC)
- Pat Curran (Bellator)
- Kenny Florian (UFC)
- Marlon Sandro (Bellator)
- Diego Nunes (UFC)
- Dustin Poirier (UFC)
- Bart Palaszewski (UFC)
- Joe Warren (Bellator Champion)
Upcoming Fights
#7 Diego Nunes vs. Manny Gamburyan (12/30/2011)
#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
- Dominick Cruz (UFC Champion)
- Urijah Faber (UFC)
- Joseph Benavidez (UFC)
- Scott Jorgensen (UFC)
- Brian Bowles (UFC)
- Demetrious Johnson (UFC)
- Renan Barao (UFC)
- Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto)
- Brad Pickett (UFC)
- Miguel Torres (UFC)
Upcoming Fights
#8 Masakatsu Ueda vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (1/8/2012)
Flyweight
- Yasuhiro Urushitani (Shooto World Champion)
- Ian McCall (Tachi Palace Champion)
- Jussier da Silva (Tachi Palace)
- Shinichi Kojima (Shooto)
- Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto/Tachi Palace)
- Darrell Montague (Tachi Palace)
- Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
- Kiyotaka Shimizu (King of Pancrase)
- Fumihiro Kitahara (Shooto)
- Ulysses Gomez (Tachi Palace)
Upcoming Fights
#10 Ulysses Gomez vs. Cody Gibson (Bantamweight) (12/2/2011)
#3 Jussier da Silva vs. Rodrigo Santos (12/15/2011)