Got UFC?: December MMA Rankings Update

Junior dos Santos became new undisputed UFC heavyweight champion by his 64 second destruction of former #1 Cain Velasquez on the UFC's first debut on Fox

Following Junior dos Santos' 64 second TKO of former champion Cain Velasquez on the UFC's debut on Fox, Junior became the undisputed #1 heavyweight in the world as well as UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Following a fight of the year performance against #4 Mauricio Rua in his return to the UFC, #2 Dan Henderson moved ahead of top fighters like #3 Rashad Evans, #4 Quinton Jackson and #6 Lyoto Machida.

UFC 140 on December 10 will have a heavyweight rematch between #6 Frank Mir and #10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. #4 Brock Lesnar will also fight with #3 Alistair Overeem at UFC 141 on December 30 to decide who will be having title shot against Junior dos Santos next year.

Machida's inactivity is approaching its end though as he is set to challenge #1 Jon Jones for the title at UFC 140 next Saturday.

Fortunately, the new year promises a return to action from #3 Yushin Okami and #5 Vitor Belfort among others.

UFC 141 on December 30 promises better 170 lb action though, with #2 Jon Fitch meeting #17 Johny Hendricks and #27 Dong Hyun Kim facing unranked Sean Pierson.

#8 Mark Hominick will return to the Octagon for the first time to challenge #1 Jose Aldo when he defeats #38 Chan Sung Jung at UFC 140.

Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Junior dos Santos	400	UFC	2
2	Cain Velasquez	382	UFC	1
3	Alistair Overeem	364	UFC	3
4	Brock Lesnar	330	UFC	4
5	Fabricio Werdum	325	Strikeforce	5
6	Frank Mir	304	UFC	6
7	Shane Carwin	287	UFC	7
8	Daniel Cormier	276	Strikeforce	9
9	Josh Barnett	265	Strikeforce	8
10	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	248	UFC	10
11	Antonio Silva	186	Strikeforce	11
12	Fedor Emelianenko	166	M-1 Global	12
13	Cheick Kongo	132	UFC	13
14	Brendan Schaub	122	UFC	14
14	Roy Nelson	122	UFC	15
16	Sergei Kharitonov	105	Strikeforce	17
17	Travis Browne	102	UFC	16
18	Mike Russow	97	UFC	19
19	Cole Konrad	87	Bellator	20
20	Matt Mitrione	74	UFC	18
21	Stefan Struve	70	UFC	22
22	Mark Hunt	69	UFC	21
23	Pat Barry	57	UFC	25
24	Dan Henderson	56	UFC	26
25	Gabriel Gonzaga	55	Reality Fighting	23

Light Heavyweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jon Jones	400	UFC	1
2	Dan Henderson	375	UFC	6
3	Rashad Evans	364	UFC	3
4	Mauricio Rua	352	UFC	2
5	Quinton Jackson	336	UFC	4
6	Lyoto Machida	332	UFC	5
7	Phil Davis	286	UFC	7
7	Forrest Griffin	266	UFC	8
9	Gegard Mousasi	194	Strikeforce	9
10	Rafael Cavalcante	191	Strikeforce	10
11	Muhammed Lawal	167	Strikeforce	11
12	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	162	UFC	12
13	Alexander Gustafsson	153	UFC	13
14	Thiago Silva	146	UFC	16
15	Rich Franklin	138	UFC	14
16	Tito Ortiz	124	UFC	15
17	Ryan Bader	118	UFC	17
18	Vladimir Matyushenko	79	UFC	18
19	Renato Sobral	78	Strikeforce	20
20	Stanislav Nedkov	67	UFC	21
21	Stephan Bonnar	63	UFC	29
22	Ryan Jimmo	62	UFC	22
23	Roger Gracie	61	Strikeforce	22
24	Brandon Vera	58	UFC	25
25	Luiz Cane	56	UFC	27

Middleweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Anderson Silva	400	UFC	1
2	Chael Sonnen	384	UFC	2
3	Yushin Okami	359	UFC	3
4	Mark Munoz	333	UFC	4
5	Demian Maia	298	UFC	6
5	Vitor Belfort	298	UFC	5
7	Michael Bisping	259	UFC	7
8	Brian Stann	244	UFC	8
9	Luke Rockhold	233	Strikeforce	10
9	Nate Marquardt	233	BAMMA	9
11	Ronaldo Souza	194	Strikeforce	11
12	Hector Lombard	182	Bellator	12
13	Alan Belcher	141	UFC	14
14	Tim Kennedy	138	Strikeforce	15
15	Chris Leben	128	UFC	13
16	Wanderlei Silva	116	UFC	18
17	Mamed Khalidov	104	KSW	19
18	Rousimar Palhares	102	UFC	16
19	Jorge Santiago	98	UFC	17
20	Chris Weidman	90	UFC	21
21	Robbie Lawler	79	Strikeforce	20
22	Alexander Shlemenko	65	Bellator	31
23	Alessio Sakara	62	UFC	28
24	Jake Shields	61	UFC	27
25	Dan Henderson	60	UFC	23

Welterweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Georges St. Pierre	400	UFC	1
2	Jon Fitch	376	UFC	2
3	Nick Diaz	343	UFC	5
4	Jake Ellenberger	335	UFC	6
5	Carlos Condit	333	UFC	3
6	Josh Koscheck	328	UFC	4
7	Jake Shields	304	UFC	7
8	B.J. Penn	238	UFC	8
9	Martin Kampmann	216	UFC	14
10	Anthony Johnson	199	UFC	10
11	Diego Sanchez	165	UFC	12
12	Thiago Alves	164	UFC	11
13	Rory MacDonald	152	UFC	13
14	Ben Askren	145	Bellator	18
15	Rick Story	139	UFC	9
16	Charlie Brenneman	129	UFC	14
17	Johny Hendricks	124	UFC	19
18	Tyron Woodley	108	Strikeforce	17
19	Paulo Thiago	106	UFC	16
20	Jay Hieron	103	Bellator	20
21	Brian Ebersole	78	UFC	21
22	Paul Daley	77	Ring Side	26
23	John Hathaway	72	UFC	22
24	Siyar Bahadurzada	71	Ultimate Glory	27
25	Douglas Lima	70	Bellator	32

Lightweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Frankie Edgar	400	UFC	1
2	Gilbert Melendez	377	Strikeforce	2
3	Gray Maynard	367	UFC	3
4	Ben Henderson	352	UFC	4
5	Shinya Aoki	321	DREAM	6
6	Clay Guida	289	UFC	7
7	Jim Miller	277	UFC	8
8	Donald Cerrone	241	UFC	13
9	Anthony Pettis	230	UFC	9
10	Michael Chandler	226	Bellator	42
11	Eddie Alvarez	185	Bellator	4
12	Joe Lauzon	113	UFC	15
13	Nate Diaz	112	UFC	12
14	Gleison Tibau	109	UFC	19
15	Melvin Guillard	105	UFC	11
16	Dennis Siver	95	UFC	10
17	B.J. Penn	93	UFC	14
18	Sean Sherk	87	UFC	16
19	Evan Dunham	80	UFC	17
20	Rafael dos Anjos	77	UFC	18
21	Matt Wiman	71	UFC	20
21	Sam Stout	71	UFC	22
23	Josh Thomson	69	Strikeforce	23
24	Jorge Masvidal	68	Strikeforce	21
25	Kenny Florian	67	UFC	25

Featherweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted December 1, 2011

Rank	Fighter	Points	Promotion	Last Rank
1	Jose Aldo	400	UFC	1
2	Chad Mendes	369	UFC	2
3	Hatsu Hioki	362	UFC	3
4	Pat Curran	315	Bellator	4
5	Marlon Sandro	281	Bellator	6
6	Diego Nunes	248	UFC	8
7	Kenny Florian	234	UFC	5
8	Mark Hominick	231	UFC	7
9	Dustin Poirier	223	UFC	12
10	Erik Koch	205	UFC	10
11	Bart Palaszewski	167	UFC	NR
12	Manny Gamburyan	146	UFC	11
13	Tyson Griffin	135	UFC	9
14	Hiroyuki Takaya	134	DREAM	14
15	Patricio Freire	133	Bellator	16
16	Tatsuya Kawajiri	132	DREAM	15
17	Joe Warren	121	Bellator	13
18	Darren Elkins	101	UFC	20
19	Michihiro Omigawa	99	UFC	17
20	Robert Peralta	97	UFC	21
21	Bibiano Fernandes	96	DREAM	18
22	Rani Yahya	89	UFC	18
23	Ricardo Lamas	69	UFC	36
24	Masanori Kanehara	69	XPlode Fight Series	24
25	Mike Brown	66	UFC	22
25	Kazuyuki Miyata	66	DREAM	23

Bantamweight MMA

Consensus Rankings posted October 27, 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	80	UFC	5
6	Scott Jorgensen	79	UFC	6
7	Miguel Torres	68	UFC	7
8	Brad Pickett	62	UFC	8
9	Takeya Mizugaki	54	UFC	9
10	Masakatsu Ueda	41	Shooto	10
11	Renan Barao	35	UFC	12
12	Wagnney Fabiano	33	UFC	11
13	Eddie Wineland	30	UFC	13
13	Michael McDonald	30	UFC	14
15	Alexis Vila	27	Bellator	16
16	Bibiano Fernandes	26		19
17	Antonio Banuelos	25		15
18	Damacio Page	23		18
19	Zach Makovsky	22	Bellator	17
20	Masakazu Imanari	20		20
21	Joe Warren	18	Bellator	21
22	Hideo Tokoro	16		22
23	Charlie Valencia	14	UFC	23
24	Takafumi Otsuka	13		24
25	Raphael Assuncao	13		25