Issue Date: 1/29/2012 (Official Release: #236)

Middleweight (176-190 lbs) fighter ranks

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Rank	↑ ↓	Fighter	Record	Points
1		Anderson Silva Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC]	31-4-0	1009
2		Chael Sonnen Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	27-11-1	529
3		Vitor Belfort Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]  Next Fight: 6/29/2012 [UFC] vs [#23 MW] Wanderlei Silva	21-9-0	368
4		Mark Munoz Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]	12-2-0	353
5		Luke Rockhold Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	9-1-0	349
6		Hector Lombard Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC]	31-2-1	329
7	14	Chris Weidman Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	8-0-0	315
8	1	Yushin Okami Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#26 MW] Tim Boetsch	26-6-0	309
9	1	Nate Marquardt Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/11/2012 [BAoMMA] vs [#139 WW] Yoshiyuki Yoshida	31-10-2	309
10	1	Tim Kennedy Last Fight: 7/30/2011 [Strike Force]	14-3-0	268
11	2	Michael Bisping Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	22-4-0	264
12		Mamed Khalidov Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW]	24-4-2	260
13		Brian Stann Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#40 MW] Alessio Sakara	11-4-0	242
14		Ronaldo Souza Last Fight: 9/10/2011 [Strike Force]	14-3-0	236
15		Rousimar Palhares Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	14-3-0	235
16	6	Demian Maia Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC]	15-4-0	234
17	1	Alan Belcher Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]	17-6-0	233
18	1	Robbie Lawler Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	19-8-0	211
19	1	Alexander Shlemenko Last Fight: 12/17/2011 [FEFoMP]	44-7-0	209
20	1	Keith Jardine Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force]	17-11-2	199
21	1	Chris Leben Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC]	22-8-0	197
22		Thales Leites Last Fight: 4/30/2011 [Superior Chal.]	19-4-0	189
23		Wanderlei Silva Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 6/29/2012 [UFC] vs [#3 MW] Vitor Belfort	34-11-1	187
24		Anthony Johnson Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC]	10-4-0	181
25		Jorge Santiago Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]	23-10-0	172
26		Tim Boetsch Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs [#8 MW] Yushin Okami	14-4-0	159
27		Jake Rosholt Last Fight: 7/15/2011 [Shark Fight]	12-3-0	139
28		Constantinos Philippou Last Fight: 12/10/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#46 MW] Court McGee	9-2-0	135
29		Dan Miller Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC]	13-6-0	133
30		Ed Herman Last Fight: 8/14/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#93 MW] Clifford Starks	17-8-0	130
31		Jesse Taylor Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW]	20-8-0	128
32		Derek Brunson Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force]	9-0-0	125
33		Kendall Grove Last Fight: 1/21/2012 [ProElite]  Next Fight: 2/16/2012 [Superior Cage Combat] vs [#119 MW] Jay Silva	14-9-0	123
34		Michal Materla Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW]	16-3-0	121
35		Seung Bae Whi Last Fight: 7/24/2011 [Road Fighting Championship]	7-3-0	121
36		Aaron Simpson Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs [#42 LHW] Ronny Markes	11-2-0	121
37		Brett Cooper Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC]	16-7-0	118
38		Vitor Vianna Last Fight: 11/12/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#107 MW] Brian Rogers	12-2-1	114
39	1	Giva Santana Last Fight: 10/08/2011 [BellatorFC]  Next Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#79 MW] Bruno Santos	17-1-0	114
40	1	Alessio Sakara Last Fight: 3/03/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#13 MW] Brian Stann	15-8-0	114
41		Andrew Craig Last Fight: 9/16/2011 [Legacy Promotions]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#85 MW] Kyle Noke	6-0-0	112
42	1	Robert McDaniel Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Fight Game]	19-6-0	111
43	1	Francis Carmont Last Fight: 10/29/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs [#113 MW] Magnus Cedenblad	17-7-0	111
44		Bryan Baker Last Fight: 10/15/2011 [BellatorFC]	16-3-0	110
45		Nick Ring Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [UFC]	12-1-0	110
46		Court McGee Last Fight: 9/17/2011 [UFC]  Next Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs [#28 MW] Constantinos Philippou	15-1-0	109
47		John Salter Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [Pure Fighting Championships]	8-2-0	107
48		Gerald Harris Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [DREAM]  Next Fight: 2/24/2012 [Legacy Promotions] vs [#154 MW] Artenas Young	19-4-0	105
49		Matt Horwich Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW]	26-20-1	104
50		Tom Watson Last Fight: 5/21/2011 [BAoMMA]	14-4-0	104

Issue Date: 1/29/2012 (Official Release: #236)

Previous Official Release: 1/22/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#241] Yuki Kondo-, [#312] Danilo Pereira+, [#344] Eder Jones!, [#349] Mike Wiatko!, [#350] Eun Soo Kim!

Drop out symbols: * = Inactive (450d), + = Moved Divisions (Up), - = Moved Divisions (Down), % = Forced, ! = Results/Other

Comments (163)

163 Comments

• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC 143 (02-04-2012) says:

  February 1, 2012 at 10:38 am

  [...] (185) [#30] Ed Herman (17-8-0) vs. [#93] Clifford Starks [...]

  Reply
• Dj Linderman says:

  January 31, 2012 at 5:07 pm

  On your middle weight ranks Gerald Harris is fighting me (Dj Linderman I’m ranked 35 in the LHW

  Reply
• Fight Matrix | FightMatrix Program: UFC on FOX 2 (01-28-2012) says:

  January 26, 2012 at 11:08 am

  [...] No common opposition or both are winless against common opposition. . Middleweight (185) [#2] Chael Sonnen (26-11-1) vs. [#9] Michael Bisping (22-3-0) Chael Sonnen is the All-Time #6 ranked Middleweight [...]

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