Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Middleweight (176-190 lbs) fighter ranks

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Ranked Fighters:
1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250 | 251-300 | 301-350 | 351-400


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Rank ↑ ↓ Fighter Record Points
1
 
Anderson Silva 31-4-0
1003
Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC] vs  [#17 MW] Yushin Okami
Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#2 MW] Chael Sonnen
2
 
Chael Sonnen 27-11-1
525
Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC] vs  [#14 MW] Michael Bisping
Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#1 MW] Anderson Silva
3
 
Vitor Belfort 21-9-0
366
Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC] vs  [#25 MW] Anthony Johnson
Next Fight: 6/23/2012 [UFC] vs [#21 MW] Wanderlei Silva
4
 
Mark Munoz 12-2-0
350
Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC] vs  [#20 MW] Chris Leben
Next Fight: 7/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#7 MW] Chris Weidman
5
 
Luke Rockhold 9-1-0
346
Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force] vs  [#30 MW] Keith Jardine
Next Fight: 7/14/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#12 MW] Tim Kennedy
6
 
Hector Lombard 31-2-1
327
Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC] vs  [#33 LHW] Trevor Prangley
Next Fight: 8/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#13 MW] Brian Stann
7
 
Chris Weidman 8-0-0
312
Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC] vs  [#16 MW] Demian Maia
Next Fight: 7/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#4 MW] Mark Munoz
8
 
Alan Belcher 18-6-0
312
Last Fight: 5/05/2012 [UFC] vs  [#22 MW] Rousimar Palhares
 
9
 
Tim Boetsch 15-4-0
276
Last Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs  [#17 MW] Yushin Okami
Next Fight: 7/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#14 MW] Michael Bisping
10
 
Mamed Khalidov 25-4-2
275
Last Fight: 5/12/2012 [KSW] vs  [#59 MW] Rodney Wallace
 
11
 
Nate Marquardt 31-10-2
271
Last Fight: 3/19/2011 [UFC] vs  [#34 MW] Dan Miller
Next Fight: 7/14/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#15 WW] Tyron Woodley
12
 
Tim Kennedy 14-3-0
265
Last Fight: 7/30/2011 [Strike Force] vs  [#18 MW] Robbie Lawler
Next Fight: 7/14/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#5 MW] Luke Rockhold
13
 
Brian Stann 12-4-0
259
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs  [#62 MW] Alessio Sakara
Next Fight: 8/04/2012 [UFC] vs [#6 MW] Hector Lombard
14
 
Michael Bisping 22-4-0
254
Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC] vs  [#2 MW] Chael Sonnen
Next Fight: 7/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#9 MW] Tim Boetsch
15
 
Ronaldo Souza 15-3-0
241
Last Fight: 3/03/2012 [Strike Force] vs  [#75 MW] Bristol Marunde
 
16
 
Demian Maia 15-4-0
232
Last Fight: 1/28/2012 [UFC] vs  [#7 MW] Chris Weidman
Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#27 WW] Dong Hyun Kim
17
 
Yushin Okami 26-7-0
220
Last Fight: 2/26/2012 [UFC] vs  [#9 MW] Tim Boetsch
Next Fight: 8/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#38 LHW] Luiz Cane
18
 
Robbie Lawler 19-8-0
209
Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force] vs  [#54 MW] Adlan Amagov
Next Fight: 7/14/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#51 LHW] Lorenz Larkin
19
 
Alexander Shlemenko 45-7-0
207
Last Fight: 4/07/2012 [Super Fight League] vs  [#187 MW] Ikuhisa Minowa
 
20
 
Chris Leben 22-8-0
195
Last Fight: 11/05/2011 [UFC] vs  [#4 MW] Mark Munoz
 
21
 
Wanderlei Silva 34-11-1
186
Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [UFC] vs  [#87 MW] Cung Le
Next Fight: 6/23/2012 [UFC] vs [#3 MW] Vitor Belfort
22
 
Rousimar Palhares 14-4-0
178
Last Fight: 5/05/2012 [UFC] vs  [#8 MW] Alan Belcher
 
23
 
Jorge Santiago 24-10-0
162
Last Fight: 3/02/2012 [Titan Fighting] vs  [#261 MW] Leonardo Pecanha
 
24
 
Constantinos Philippou 10-2-0
157
Last Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs  [#63 MW] Court McGee
Next Fight: 7/07/2012 [UFC] vs [#55 MW] Riki Fukuda
25
 
Anthony Johnson 10-4-0
157
Last Fight: 1/14/2012 [UFC] vs  [#3 MW] Vitor Belfort
Next Fight: 5/25/2012 [Titan Fighting] vs [#51 MW] David Branch
26
 
Ed Herman 20-8-0
147
Last Fight: 2/04/2012 [UFC] vs  [#101 MW] Clifford Starks
Next Fight: 8/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#6 WW] Jake Shields
27
 
Michal Materla 17-3-0
142
Last Fight: 5/12/2012 [KSW] vs  [#46 MW] Jay Silva
 
28
 
Jake Rosholt 12-3-0
139
Last Fight: 7/15/2011 [Shark Fight] vs  [#43 MW] Matt Horwich
 
29
 
Ronny Markes 13-1-0
131
Last Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs  [#39 MW] Aaron Simpson
 
30
 
Keith Jardine 17-11-2
131
Last Fight: 1/07/2012 [Strike Force] vs  [#5 MW] Luke Rockhold
Next Fight: 7/14/2012 [Strike Force] vs [#21 LHW] Roger Gracie
31
 
Bruno Santos 13-0-0
130
Last Fight: 3/16/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#69 MW] Giva Santana
 
32
 
Jesse Taylor 20-8-0
127
Last Fight: 11/26/2011 [KSW] vs  [#10 MW] Mamed Khalidov
Next Fight: 5/24/2012 [CageWarriors] vs [#105 WW] Gael Grimaud
33
 
Andrew Craig 7-0-0
126
Last Fight: 3/03/2012 [UFC] vs  [#89 MW] Kyle Noke
 
34
 
Dan Miller 13-6-0
126
Last Fight: 8/27/2011 [UFC] vs  [#22 MW] Rousimar Palhares
Next Fight: 6/22/2012 [UFC] vs [#240 WW] Ricardo Funch
35
 
Francis Carmont 18-7-0
124
Last Fight: 4/14/2012 [UFC] vs  [#155 MW] Magnus Cedenblad
 
36
 
Derek Brunson 9-0-0
123
Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force] vs  [#49 MW] Nate James
 
37
 
Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves 30-4-0
121
Last Fight: 4/20/2012 [BellatorFC] vs  [#74 MW] Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
Next Fight: 5/18/2012 [BellatorFC] vs [#60 MW] Andreas Spang
38
 
Seung Bae Whi 7-3-0
120
Last Fight: 7/24/2011 [Road Fighting Championship] vs  [#94 MW] Denis Kang
 
39
 
Aaron Simpson 11-3-0
118
Last Fight: 2/15/2012 [UFC] vs  [#29 MW] Ronny Markes
Next Fight: 7/11/2012 [UFC] vs [#12 WW] Jon Fitch
40
 
Brett Cooper 16-7-0
117
Last Fight: 11/19/2011 [BellatorFC] vs  [#103 MW] Jared Hess
 
41
 
Tor Troeng 15-4-1
115
Last Fight: 5/06/2012 [The Zone FC] vs  [#97 MW] Mats Nilsson
 
42
 
Tom Watson 15-4-0
115
Last Fight: 3/24/2012 [BAoMMA] vs  [#173 MW] Jack Marshman
 
43
NR
Matt Horwich 27-21-1
114
Last Fight: 5/12/2012 [KSW] vs  [#116 MW] Antoni Chmielewski
 
44
 
Robert McDaniel 19-6-0
110
Last Fight: 12/02/2011 [Fight Game] vs  [#77 MW] Eric Schambari
 
45
1
Nick Ring 12-1-0
109
Last Fight: 9/24/2011 [UFC] vs  [#9 MW] Tim Boetsch
Next Fight: 7/21/2012 [UFC] vs [#63 MW] Court McGee
46
1
Jay Silva 8-6-0
106
Last Fight: 5/12/2012 [KSW] vs  [#27 MW] Michal Materla
 
47
 
John Salter 8-2-0
106
Last Fight: 12/09/2011 [Pure Fighting Championships] vs  [#141 MW] Ryan Machan
Next Fight: 6/22/2012 [X-treme FC] vs [#257 MW] Reggie Pena
48
 
Shungo Oyama 13-13-0
105
Last Fight: 2/05/2012 [Road Fighting Championship] vs  [#195 MW] Hae Suk Son
Next Fight: 6/02/2012 [Pancrase] vs [#106 MW] Ryo Kawamura
49
 
Nate James 13-8-1
103
Last Fight: 11/18/2011 [Strike Force] vs  [#36 MW] Derek Brunson
 
50
 
Danillo Villefort 13-4-0
103
Last Fight: 8/12/2011 [Strike Force] vs  [#49 MW] Nate James
 

Issue Date: 5/16/2012 (Official Release: #253)

Previous Official Release: 5/12/2012

Fighters who have dropped out: [#43] Gerald Harris-, [#97] David Loiseau*, [#199] Marcin Naruszczka-, [#380] Rod Pucak+, [#398] Billy Colon-

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


Ranked Fighters:
1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250 | 251-300 | 301-350 | 351-400

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