Light Heavyweight
[#2] Quinton Jackson vs. [#12] Keith Jardine

Heavyweight
[#9] Gabriel Gonzaga vs. [#39] Shane Carwin

Welterweight
[#33] Pete Sell vs. [#113] Matt Brown

Light Heavyweight
[#24] Matt Hamill vs. [#92] Mark Munoz

Lightweight
[#9] Jim Miller vs. [#12] Gray Maynard

Welterweight
[#66] Tamdan McCrory vs. [#185] Ryan Madigan

Middleweight
[#41] Jason Day vs. [#69] Kendall Grove

Light Heavyweight
[#45] Tim Boetsch vs. [#62] Jason Brilz

Light Heavyweight
[#17] Brandon Vera vs. [#133] Mike Patt

Lightweight
[#93] Aaron Riley vs. [#185] Shane Nelson

Ranking Notes: Dark green font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Lightweight
[#8 WW] Diego Sanchez vs. [#31] Joe Stevenson

Middleweight
[#7] Nate Marquardt vs. [#15] Wilson Gouveia

Middleweight
[#5] Chael Sonnen vs. [#10] Demian Maia

Welterweight
[#10] Dan Hardy vs. [#40] Rory Markham

Welterweight
[#5] Josh Koscheck vs. [#62] Paulo Thiago

Lightweight
[#42] Brian Cobb vs. [#49] Terry Etim

Heavyweight
[#8] Junior dos Santos vs. [#46] Stefan Struve

Heavyweight
[#45 LHW] Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. [#43] Neil Grove

Lightweight
[#75] Per Eklund vs. [#149] Evan Dunham

Welterweight
[#131] Paul Kelly vs. [#375] Troy Mandaloniz

Ranking Notes: Dark green font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Notable Info

• Rankings updated with effects from minor shows in the prior week.

We’ve seen fighters decline tremendously in recent years, but the bottom has really fallen out of Drew Fickett’s FightMatrix rating. Below, you’ll find a graph of how Fickett’s rating hit an all-time high in early 2008, and has since dropped into journeyman status. On January 30th, Fickett was knocked out by Ferrid Kheder to cap off a 1-3 record in his last four fights.

What makes this drop even worse, is that these values were not time adjusted. With FightMatrix ratings, the value of a point has gotten increasingly lower through time as competition thickens.

Lightweight
[#42] Joe Lauzon vs. [#44] Jeremy Stephens

Heavyweight
[#28] Cain Velasquez vs. [#146] Denis Stojnic

Lightweight
[#34] Josh Neer vs. [#49] Mac Danzig

Welterweight
[#34] Anthony Johnson vs. [#41] Luigi Fioravanti

Lightweight
[#61] Kurt Pellegrino vs. [#65] Rob Emerson

Middleweight
[#21] Dan Miller vs. [#106] Jake Rosholt

Lightweight
[#99] Matt Veach vs. [NR] Matt Grice

Lightweight
[#38] Rich Clementi vs. [#92] Gleison Tibau

Middleweight
[#84] Derek Downey vs. [#125 WW] Nick Catone

Welterweight
[#77] Steve Bruno vs. [#196 MW] Matt Riddle

Ranking Notes: Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Notable Info

• Rankings updated with effects from recent shows from Shooto, UFC, and others.
• Some older shows have been updated and/or added for increased accuracy.
• Slightly optimized the ranking pages. Should now load about 3% faster.

Update: O’Brien/Wellisch was not assigned to the proper division, plus I forgot about the Pancrase card so I re-ran the ratings.

Welterweight
[#1] Georges St. Pierre vs. [#1 LW] B.J. Penn

Light Heavyweight
[#4] Lyoto Machida vs. [#14] Thiago Silva

Light Heavyweight
[NR] Stephan Bonnar vs. [#57] Jon Jones

Welterweight
[#11] Karo Parisyan vs. [#45] Dong Hyun Kim

Lightweight
[#18] Clay Guida vs. [#28] Nathan Diaz

Welterweight
[#4] Jon Fitch vs. [#15] Akihiro Gono

Lightweight
[#102] Thiago Tavares vs. [#215] Manvel Gamburyan

Welterweight
[#20] Chris Wilson vs. [#130] John Howard

Heavyweight
[#43] Jake O’Brien vs. [#92] Christian Wellisch

Welterweight
[#500] Matt Arroyo vs. [NR] Dan Cramer

Ranking Notes: Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Notable Info

• Ratings updated with recent shows from Affliction, WEC, Extreme Challenge, Beast of the East, ZST, and others.

Heavyweight
[#1] Fedor Emelianenko vs. [#5] Andrei Arlovski

Heavyweight
[#6] Josh Barnett vs. [#30] Gilbert Yvel

Light Heavyweight
[#12] Sokoudjou vs. [#13] Renato Sobral

Middleweight
[#15] Vitor Belfort vs. [#20] Matt Lindland

Lightweight
[#40] Dan Lauzon vs. [#100] Bobby Green

Heavyweight
[#43] Paul Buentello vs. [#180] Kirill Sidelnikov

Light Heavyweight
[#16] Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. [#17] Vladimir Matyushenko

Welterweight
[#12] Jay Hieron vs. [#140] Jason High

Featherweight
[#8 BW] Bao Quach vs. [#29] LC Davis

Featherweight
[#32 BW] Antonio Duarte vs. [#52 BW] Albert Rios

Welterweight
[#33] Brett Cooper vs. [#206] Patrick Speight

Ranking Notes: Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

 Notable Info

• Ratings updated with recent shows from UFC, Shooto, and others.

Other interesting notes…

• Rich Franklin proves that he belongs near the top of the Light Heavyweight division, nearly taking a decision from Dan Henderson.  Henderson re-enters Light Heavy at #5, while Franklin drops to #6.
• In a disappointing performance against Coleman, Rua re-enters Light Heavy at #8.  Coleman enters the list just outside of the Top 20.
• Martin Kampmann makes a successful debut at Welterweight, entering at #23.  Though, in the UFC, there’s a tough road to climb to the top of the Welterweight division.
• Although he is the Shooto Flyweight champion, Shinichi Kojima nearly lost the top spot at Flyweight with a draw against (4-4-2) Jess Taitano.  Taitano shoots back into the Top 10, where he was before we discovered and entered some unreported losses on his record.

Light Heavyweight
[#3 MW] Dan Henderson vs. [#5] Rich Franklin

Light Heavyweight
[NR] Mauricio Rua vs. [NR] Mark Coleman

Middleweight
[#18] Denis Kang vs. [#43] Alan Belcher

Welterweight
[#22] Marcus Davis vs. [#26] Chris Lytle

Middleweight
[#37] Rousimar Palhares vs. [#59] Jeremy Horn

Welterweight
[#34 MW] Martin Kampmann vs. [#123] Alexandre Barros

Light Heavyweight
[#34] Eric Schafer vs. [#60] Antonio Mendes

Light Heavyweight
[NR] Tomasz Drwal vs. [#134] Ivan Serati

Welterweight
[#162 MW] John Hathaway vs. [#300] Thomas Egan

Lightweight
[#210] Dennis Siver vs. [*] Nate Mohr

Ranking Notes:  Rankings are projected when a fighter is fighting in a new weight class.  Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Notable Info

• Ratings updated with recent shows from M-1, Ring of Fire, and others.
• Inserted some previously missing older shows.

Notable Info

• Ratings updated with recent shows from Sengoku and others.

Other interesting notes…

• Higher ranked fighters Satoru Kitaoka, and Jorge Santiago strengthen their positions with big wins over Takanori Gomi, and Kazuo Misaki respectively.
• Alexis Vila, former Cuban wrestling champion, is now properly placed in the Flyweight division.  His point total allows him to debut at #11 in the rankings.

Notable Info

• Ratings updated with recent shows from UFC and K-1, as well as some minor shows.

Other interesting notes…

• Frank Mir’s win shakes up the Heavyweight division as he shoots up to #2, while Nogueira drops to #4.
• The Griffin/Evans and Jackson/Silva results create a strange scenario at the top of the Light Heavyweight division.  Evans takes the top spot, while Jackson’s win was enough to keep him at #2.  Griffin drops to #3.  Is Jackson/Evans next?
• A similar situation happened at Lightweight, with Aoki submitting Alvarez, which was unexpected considering Hansen-Alvarez and Hansen-Aoki.

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
[#1] Forrest Griffin vs. [#4] Rashad Evans

UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship
[#2] Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. [#26] Frank Mir

Light Heavyweight
[#2] Quinton Jackson vs. [#5] Wanderlei Silva

Middleweight
[#39] Mike Massenzio vs. [#175] C.B. Dollaway

Heavyweight
[#12] Cheick Kongo vs. [#86] Mustafa al Turk

Middleweight
[#15] Yushin Okami vs. [#25] Dean Lister

Light Heavyweight
[#29] Matt Hamill vs. [#42] Reese Andy

Welterweight
[#22] Brad Blackburn vs. [#27] Ryo Chonan

Welterweight
[#114] Dan Evensen vs. [#200] Pat Barry

 Ranking Notes:  Rankings are projected when a fighter is fighting in a new weight class.  Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.