Got UFC?: October MMA Rankings Update

Jones succeed defending the belt against tough ex-champion Quinton Jackson.
Jones smiles during post fight interview.

The remaining months of 2011 will provide possibilities of ranking changes with almost every division’s top ranked fighters are scheduled for fight. Since my last update on September, light heavyweight, featherweight and bantamweight champions have had impressive fights to prove statuses as No. 1.

Jon Jones succeeded keeping his status as the world’s No. 1 205-pound fighter in September, defeating tough ex-champion Quinton Jackson in fourth round. At 135 pounds, it was Dominick Cruz won by unanimous decision over top contender Demetrious Johnson. Also, featherweight champions Jose Aldo succeed defending the title against Kenny Florian.

Heavyweight

Consensus Rankings posted September 30, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Cain Velasquez	100	UFC	1
2	Junior dos Santos	95	UFC	2
3	Alistair Overeem	90	UFC	3
4	Brock Lesnar	86	UFC	4
5	Fabricio Werdum	79	Strikeforce	6
6	Frank Mir	74	UFC	7
7	Shane Carwin	73	UFC	8
8	Josh Barnett	68	Strikeforce	9
9	Daniel Cormier	67	Strikeforce	20
10	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	64	UFC	11
11	Antonio Silva	46	Strikeforce	5
12	Fedor Emelianenko	39	M-1	12
13	Cheick Kongo	33	UFC	15
14	Brendan Schaub	31	UFC	10
15	Roy Nelson	28	UFC	14
16	Sergei Kharitonov	25	Strikeforce	13
16	Travis Browne	25	UFC	16
18	Matt Mitrione	23	UFC	17
19	Mike Russow	22	UFC	18
20	Cole Konrad	22	Bellator	19
21	Mark Hunt	16	UFC	NR
22	Pat Barry	14	UFC	25
23	Stefan Struve	14	UFC	24
23	Shane del Rosario	14	Strikeforce	27
25	Mirko Filipovic	13	UFC	27

Light Heavyweight

Consensus Rankings posted September 30, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jon Jones	100	UFC	1
2	Mauricio Rua	94	UFC	3
3	Rashad Evans	93	UFC	2
4	Quinton Jackson	87	UFC	4
5	Lyoto Machida	85	UFC	5
6	Dan Henderson	78	UFC	7
7	Phil Davis	72	UFC	8
8	Forrest Griffin	68	UFC	6
9	Rafael Cavalcante	49	Strikeforce	10
10	Gegard Mousasi	47	Strikeforce	9
11	Muhammed Lawal	40	Strikeforce	16
12	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	38	UFC	12
13	Thiago Silva	37	UFC	11
14	Rich Franklin	37	UFC	13
15	Alexander Gustafsson	36	UFC	15
16	Tito Ortiz	31	UFC	14
17	Ryan Bader	26	UFC	17
18	Vladimir Matyushenko	19	UFC	19
19	Renato Sobral	17	Strikeforce	18
20	Cyrille Diabate	16	UFC	21
21	Stanislav Nedkov	14	UFC	NR
22	Randy Couture	14	UFC	23
23	Roger Gracie	13	Strikeforce	20
24	Keith Jardine	12	Strikeforce	24
25	Brandon Vera	12	UFC	25
25	Jason Brilz	12	UFC	30
25	Kyle Kingsbury	12	UFC	26

Middleweight

Consensus Rankings posted September 30, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Anderson Silva	100	UFC	1
2	Yushin Okami	90	UFC	2
3	Chael Sonnen	88	UFC	3
4	Mark Munoz	79	UFC	5
5	Vitor Belfort	77	UFC	6
6	Brian Stann	71	UFC	7
7	Demian Maia	67	UFC	9
8	Michael Bisping	66	UFC	8
9	Nate Marquardt	59	BAMMA	10
10	Luke Rockhold	53	Strikeforce	28
11	Ronaldo Souza	53	Strikeforce	4
12	Chris Leben	44	UFC	11
13	Hector Lombard	40	Bellator	12
14	Alan Belcher	36	UFC	16
15	Tim Kennedy	34	Strikeforce	14
16	Rousimar Palhares	27	UFC	19
17	Jorge Santiago	27	UFC	13
18	Wanderlei Silva	24	UFC	17
19	Mamed Khalidov	23	KSW	15
20	Robbie Lawler	19	Strikeforce	18
21	Chris Weidman	17	UFC	24
22	Yoshihiro Akiyama	16	UFC	20
23	Dan Miller	16	UFC	23
24	Tim Boetsch	15	UFC	36
25	Jason Miller	15	UFC	21

Welterweight

Consensus Rankings posted September 30, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Georges St. Pierre	100	UFC	1
2	Jon Fitch	95	UFC	2
3	Carlos Condit	84	UFC	5
4	Nick Diaz	81	UFC	4
5	Josh Koscheck	80	UFC	7
6	Jake Shields	78	UFC	3
7	B.J. Penn	75	UFC	6
8	Jake Ellenberger	72	UFC	16
9	Charlie Brenneman	51	UFC	10
10	Rick Story	50	UFC	8
11	Thiago Alves	48	UFC	9
12	Diego Sanchez	44	UFC	11
13	Rory MacDonald	41	UFC	14
14	Martin Kampmann	41	UFC	12
15	Anthony Johnson	33	UFC	15
16	Paulo Thiago	29	UFC	18
17	Ben Askren	26	Bellator	17
18	Tyron Woodley	25	Strikeforce	21
19	Jay Hieron	25	Bellator	19
20	Johny Hendricks	24	UFC	20
21	Brian Ebersole	21	UFC	24
22	Matt Hughes	21	UFC	13
23	John Hathaway	20	UFC	23
24	Mike Pyle	20	UFC	26
25	Dong Hyun Kim	19	UFC	25

Lightweight

Consensus Rankings posted October 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Frankie Edgar	100	UFC	1
2	Gray Maynard	95	UFC	2
3	Gilbert Melendez	92	Strikeforce	3
4	Shinya Aoki	81	DREAM	4
5	Eddie Alvarez	79	Bellator	5
6	Ben Henderson	75	UFC	7
7	Clay Guida	72	UFC	6
8	Jim Miller	66	UFC	8
9	Melvin Guillard	64	UFC	9
10	Anthony Pettis	48	UFC	10
11	B.J. Penn	37	UFC	11
12	Dennis Siver	36	UFC	14
13	Sean Sherk	30	UFC	13
14	Nate Diaz	29	UFC	NR
15	Tatsuya Kawajiri	28	DREAM	12
16	Rafael dos Anjos	25	UFC	15
17	Evan Dunham	24	UFC	16
18	Donald Cerrone	22	UFC	18
19	Gleison Tibau	21	UFC	17
20	Jorge Masvidal	19	Strikeforce	20
21	Sam Stout	17	UFC	23
22	Josh Thomson	16	K-1	22
23	George Sotiropoulos	15	UFC	24
24	Matt Wiman	14	UFC	25
25	Mizuto Hirota	14	DEEP	32

Featherweight

Consensus Rankings posted October 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jose Aldo	100	UFC	1
2	Hatsu Hioki	91	UFC	3
3	Chad Mendes	91	UFC	2
4	Kenny Florian	80	UFC	4
5	Pat Curran	64	Bellator	12
6	Marlon Sandro	63	Bellator	6
7	Mark Hominick	62	UFC	5
8	Diego Nunes	59	UFC	7
9	Tyson Griffin	53	UFC	8
10	Manny Gamburyan	49	UFC	9
11	Erik Koch	44	UFC	13
12	Dustin Poirier	43	UFC	10
13	Joe Warren	40	Bellator	11
14	Hiroyuki Takaya	35	DREAM	14
15	Michihiro Omigawa	30	UFC	17
16	Bibiano Fernandes	28	DREAM	15
17	Patricio Freire	27	Bellator	16
18	Rani Yahya	26	UFC	19
19	Tatsuya Kawajiri	25	DREAM	27
20	Darren Elkins	22	UFC	18
21	Robert Peralta	19	UFC	21
22	Takeshi Inoue	18	DREAM	24
23	Mike Brown	17	UFC	20
24	Masanori Kanehara	16	Battle of Moscow	22
25	Kazuyuki Miyata	15	DREAM	23

Bantamweight

Consensus Rankings posted October 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	%	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Dominick Cruz	100	UFC	1
2	Joseph Benavidez	93	UFC	2
3	Brian Bowles	91	UFC	3
4	Urijah Faber	90	UFC	4
5	Demetrious Johnson	82	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	79	UFC	6
7	Miguel Torres	68	UFC	7
8	Brad Pickett	59	UFC	8
9	Takeya Mizugaki	51	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	43	Amazon Forest Combat	10
11	Wagnney Fabiano	36	UFC	12
12	Renan Barao	34	UFC	11
13	Eddie Wineland	33	UFC	13
14	Michael McDonald	32	UFC	14
15	Antonio Banuelos	27	DREAM	20
16	Alexis Vila	25	Bellator	NR
17	Zach Makovsky	25	Bellator	15
18	Damacio Page	25	UFC	16
19	Bibiano Fernandes	23	DREAM	27
20	Masakazu Imanari	21	DREAM	17
21	Joe Warren	18	Bellator	21
22	Hideo Tokoro	18	DREAM	18
23	Charlie Valencia	14	UFC	22
24	Takafumi Otsuka	13	DREAM	19
24	Raphael Assuncao	13	UFC	NR