UFC 112: How they stack up
UFC Middleweight Championship
[#1] Anderson Silva vs. [#8] Demian Maia
UFC Lightweight Championship
[#1] B.J. Penn vs. [#7] Frankie Edgar
Welterweight
[#10] Matt Hughes vs. [*] Renzo Gracie
Lightweight
[#31] Terry Etim vs. [#87] Rafael dos Anjos
Middleweight
[#30] Kendall Grove vs. [#60] Mark Munoz
Light Heavyweight
[#29] Phil Davis vs. [#31] Alexander Gustafsson
Lightweight
[#115 WW] Paul Taylor vs. [#126] John Gunderson
Welterweight
[#31] Rick Story vs. [#107] Nick Osipczak
Welterweight
[#40] Brad Blackburn vs. [#83] DaMarques Johnson
Lightweight
[#95] Matt Veach vs. [#166] Paul Kelly
Heavyweight
[#118] Mostapha Al-Turk vs. [#164] Jon Madsen
Featured Upcoming Bouts (Outside of UFC)
| Saturday, July 18th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Austin: Van Steenis vs. Eblen 2 | |||
 [#6 MW] Costello Van Steenis |  [#12 MW] Johnny Eblen | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 3/20/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#16 MW] Fabian Edwards Last 5: L W W W W | Last Fight Date: 3/28/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#51 MW] Bryan Battle Last 5: W W W L W | ||
| Saturday, June 27th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL San Diego: McKee vs. Isbulaev | |||
| [#7 W125] Liz Carmouche |  [#13 W125] Viviane Araujo | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 8/15/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#16 W125] Jena Bishop Last 5: W L W W W | Last Fight Date: 4/11/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#62 W125] Shanna Young Last 5: W L W L W | ||
| Sunday, May 31st 2026: Shooto Professional Shooto 2026 Vol. 4 | |||
 [#11 SW] Koyuru Tanoue | [#12 SW] Kazusa Kurobe | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 11/16/2025 [Shooto] Last Opponent: [#243 FLW] Jo Arai Last 5: W W W W L | Last Fight Date: 1/18/2026 [Shooto] Last Opponent: [#38 SW] Ken Asahina Last 5: W W W W W | ||
Featured Fighters
| [#1 MW] | Sean Strickland | [#175 FW] |  George Mangos | |
| [#29 LW] |  Salahdine Parnasse | [#34 FW] |  Doo Ho Choi | |
| [#78 FW] | Juan Archuleta | [#186 MW] |  Christian Eckerlin | |
| [NR] |  Conor McGregor | [NR] |  Matt Marriot | |
| [NR] | Suzu Ooi | [#58 WW] | Mike Perry |
Fedor in danger of losing the #1 spot this summer?
Although we’ve only been posting rankings since (outside of some beta testing) January 2008, Fedor would’ve likely been the #1 ranked heavyweight since his win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on 12/31/04, over 5 years ago. He followed that up with some big wins, but has been relatively inactive since the beginning of 2008, only having fought three times. His inability to come to an agreement with the UFC has limited him to fighting the best heavyweights not in the organization, which has stymied his potential point total. As a result, other top heavyweights are slowly creeping toward #1, and a win over Werdum won’t do much to hold them off.
Should Brock Lesnar pull off a dominant victory against Shane Carwin in their title fight, he will likely overtake Fedor for the top heavyweight position. Should Carwin win, Fedor will likely stay at #1, with Carwin at #2, and Lesnar at #3 — unless a fight such as Velasquez/dos Santos comes off, which would cause more shuffling at the top.
TUF 11: Episode 2 Results
Fight Outcome
[#1] Kyle Noke W-SUB(1) [#13] Clayton McKinney
New Rankings After Episode 2 Results
1. Kyle Noke
2. Chris Camozzi
3. Court McGee
4. Joe Henle
5. Brad Tavares
6. Kyacey Uscola
7. Josh Bryant
8. Nick Ring
9. Charles Blanchard
10. Jim Hammortree
11. Kris McCray
12. Rich Attonito
13. Clayton McKinney*
14. Jamie Yager
Rankings remain unchanged.
Note: We are going to keep all original 14 fighters ranked due to “wildcard” possibilities. Fighters who have lost are tagged with an asterisk.
Introducing Organization & Country Filtered Rankings
We’ve added a new feature in this release: the ability to filter all divisional rankings by country and organization.
For example, here’s the UFC’s heavyweight division at a glance:
http://www.fightmatrix.com/mma-ranks/heavyweight-265-lbs/?OrgFilter=UFC
or, a list of all currently ranked Japanese flyweights:
http://www.fightmatrix.com/mma-ranks/flyweight/?NatFilter=JP
Just select an organization and/or country in the “Last Fought In” and “Country” dropdown lists that appear at the top of the divisional rankings, and watch a cross-section of that division.
Keep in mind that this data is not always 100% accurate: sometimes we may have a fighter’s nationality wrong in our database, or a fighter may appear on the org that he last fought in long after it becomes known that he is no longer with the organization (for example, Dan Henderson and UFC/Strikeforce). If you notice any errors, or have suggestion on how to further improve this feature, please let us know in our forums!
MMA Rankings Updated: 4/4/2010
Notable Info
- We did some serious database maintenance in the past week to increase overall accuracy of database bout history. As a result, there will be some moderate fluctuations throughout the rankings.
TUF 11: New Rankings After Episode 1
This year, we are going to provide rankings on a post-by-post basis that include the TUF 11 results throughout the season. Please note, these fights will NOT be included in our standard rankings.
New Rankings After Episode 1 Results (Remaining Fighters Only)
1. Kyle Noke
2. Chris Camozzi
3. Court McGee
4. Joe Henle
5. Brad Tavares
6. Kyacey Uscola
7. Josh Bryant
8. Nick Ring
9. Charles Blanchard
10. Jim Hammortree
11. Kris McCray
12. Rich Attonito
13. Clayton McKinney
14. Jamie Yager
The biggest jumps between the initial posting and this one were made by Brad Tavares (+22) and Joe Henle (+16). Henle was able to secure victory from the hands of defeat with an arm-bar, and Tavares backed up his professional undefeated record by beating another undefeated fighter in Jordan Smith, who has been a ranked fighter at FightMatrix for quite a while.
Ultimate Fight Night 21 Review
Ultimate Fight Night 21 took place in Charlotte, NC and was headlined by the long-awaited UFC debut of the last Pride FC lightweight champion, Takanori Gomi, taking on one of UFC’s top lightweight contenders Ken Florian. Serving as a lead-in for the premiere of the eleventh season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ series, UFN 21 also featured past ‘Ultimate Fighter’ winners Roy Nelson and Ross Pearson trying to make a mark in their respective divisions. A middleweight bout between veterans Nate Quarry and Jorge Rivera rounded out the televised card, while the preliminaries featured mostly lightweight matchups.
Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver (155 lbs)
Round 1: Pearson has a reach advantage over Siver, and is a bit quicker on the feet, outlanding Siver for most of the round in what is mostly kickboxing action. Siver throws unorthodox front kicks but doesn’t land anything significant. A small cut is open under Siver’s eye. Pearson gets a takedown from a clinch and gets Siver’s back, then mounts Dennis. Siver pushes Pearson off and pops up, landing a flurry of hooks to finish the round. Round 10-9 Pearson
Round 2: Once again Pearson is scoring with punches and kicks on Siver. Siver hangs in there and shoots for a takedown but is stuffed. More striking exchanges and Siver gets the takedown and briefly takes Pearson’s back but can’t control the position. Siver with his patented spin kick attempt, which falls just short of the target. Round 10-9 Pearson
Round 3: Both fighters look a bit tired but are still exchanging at a decent pace. Pearson still outlanding Siver. Siver gets a takedown and briefly works from guard but Pearson escapes. Pearson scores a takedown of his own. Back to the feet and another takedown from Siver and quick escape by Pearson. Round 10-9 Pearson
Ross Pearson wins a unanimous decision, 30-27 on all scorecards.
Aftermath: Ross Pearson continues to improve as a fighter and shows a lot of potential. As an ‘Ultimate Fighter’ winner and one of the more promising British fighters in the UFC, he will likely be brought along slowly and kept away from the many strong wrestlers of the division who could derail his progress. He should face Sam Stout next for another exciting display of stand-up fighting.
Denis Siver, who is usually a mainstay of the UFC’s European events, has had decidedly mixed results in the Octagon. Siver has been the recepient of multiple ‘Knockout of the Night’ awards in the past, and with Siver and Pearson earning the ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus for this bout, Siver’s place in the lower tier of the lightweight division is safe for now.
Fight Grade: 4/5
TUF 11: The Line-Up
The TUF 11 participants have been listed based on their projected Middleweight rating and tiered appropriately. Often times, records for TUF participants are incomplete and will fill in soon after the season debuts.
The A-Team
1. Kyle Noke
2. Constantinos Phillippou
3. Jordan Smith
The Next Best Thing
4. Victor O’Donnell
5. Court McGee
6. Kyacey Uscola
7. Chris Camozzi
8. Josh Bryant
9. Nick Ring
Worth Keeping an Eye On
10. Charles Blanchard
11. Seth Baczynski
12. Charley Lynch
Lost In The Crowd
13. Rich Attonio
14. Jim Hammortree
15. Kris McCray
16. Norman Paraisy
Long-Shots
17. Greg Rebello
18. Cleburn Walker
19. Brent Cooper
20. Joe Henle
The Rest
21. Woody Weatherby
22. Jacen Flynn
23. Warren Thompson
24. Lyle Steffens
25. Jamie Yager
26. Clayton McKinney
27. Brad Tavares
28. Ben Stark
Ultimate Fight Night 21: How They Stack Up
Lightweight
[#3] Kenny Florian vs. [#10] Takanori Gomi
Heavyweight
[#36] Roy Nelson vs. [#32] Stefan Struve
Middleweight
[#25] Nate Quarry vs. [#57] Jorge Rivera
Lightweight
[#65] Ross Pearson vs. [#73] Dennis Siver
Lightweight
[#191] Rob Emerson vs. [#71] Nik Lentz
Lightweight
[#29] Gleison Tibau vs. [#33] Caol Uno
Lightweight
[#64] Rafaello Oliveira vs. [#172] Andre Winner
Lightweight
[#121] Ronys Torres vs. [#79 WW] Jacob Volkmann
Middleweight
[#18] Yushin Okami vs. [#88] Lucio Linhares
Middleweight
[#58] Gerald Harris vs. [#58 LHW] Mario Miranda
Welterweight
[#107] Charlie Brenneman vs. [#57] Jason High
UFC 111 Review
UFC is having a very busy month – UFC 111 came less than a week after the inaugural ‘UFC on Versus’ event, and only a few days before Fight Night 21 and the debut of 11th season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’. Sandwiched between the two smaller events, 111 held it’s own in the fight line-up, with welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre defending his belt against Dan Hardy, and heavyweights Frank Mir and Shane Carwin meeting for the interim title. Welterweights Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves were supposed to have a rematch in the third featured bout, however a pre-fight CAT scan revealed an abnormality in Thiago’s brain, which prevented him from being licensed for the fight and resulted in Ben Saunders stepping in to face Fitch. Saunders’ originally scheduled opponent Jake Ellenberger was scratched for the card (receiving both ‘show’ and ‘win’ money for his troubles). Here’s how it all went down:
Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown (170 lbs)
Round 1: Brown throws a high kick and gets taken down. He gets up but Almeida plants him back down again. Brown uses the cage to escape to his feet. They clinch and it’s a stalemate. Referee breaks up the clinch but Almeida is not having any part of Brown’s stand up and goes right back to clinching against the cage looking for takedowns. Very little action, with Almeida landing a couple of good elbows. Almeida edges out a very boring round to the loud boo’s of the crowd. Round 10-9 Almeida
Round 2: Brown again starts the round with a kick, leading to an instant takedown. Brown up and back down. Brown up again and back to clinch against the fence. A repeat of the first round. Almeida lands an elbow combination that cuts Brown, then takes him down and quickly passes his guard. Brown rolls; Almeida locks in a body triangle and transitions to Matt’s back, locks in a rear naked choke and Brown is forced to tap.
Aftermath: Ricardo Almeida’s welterweight debut was a successful one, despite boring the fans out of their minds for the first and much of the second round. He needs to be matched up with another elite grappler – preferably Matt Serra or Matt Hughes.
The usually exciting Matt Brown has his game shut out by a much superior grappler; his clinching and takedown defense clearly need some work. In the meanwhile, a fight with Brian Foster should make for some fireworks.
Fight Grade: 2.5/5
UFC 111 Analysis: Shane Carwin vs Frank Mir
The stage is set this Saturday from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey for the co-main event at UFC 111: St. Pierre VS Hardy as Shane Carwin battles Frank Mir for the UFC interim heavyweight title. More importantly, on the line is a shot at Brock Lesnar and you have to know that is the real prize for the winner. Sports betting fans need all the analysis they can get on this match-up as Mir and Carwin are pretty evenly matched.
Both men are just itching to get their shot at the former WWE star who has been away from the octagon for what seems like an eternity due to medical reasons. Carwin was slated to challenge Lesnar for his belt at UFC 106 in November, and then again at UFC 108, but the champ pulled out due to a severe case of diverticulitis, leaving Carwin in limbo for almost a year.
Most MMA fans know the history between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar, but if you’re new to this sport, I’ll give you a little history lesson. These two heavyweights met at UFC 81 and early it was Lesnar dominating the action before Mir, the experienced jiu-jitsu fighter, caught Lesnar’s leg and submitted him via knee-bar. These two met again at UFC 100 and it was an utter destruction of Frank Mir.
But it wasn’t so much the loss that people were talking about after, but how Lesnar humiliated him and wiped it in everyone’s face afterwards. Since the loss, Mir has been a man possessed and is on a crusade to get redemption for what Lesnar did to him.
He has fully dedicated himself to the gym and has packed-on some 20 pounds of muscle to try and match Lesnar’s size. Fans got to see his new frame on display in a fight with Cheick Kongo, as he choked out the French fighter with ease at UFC 107.
Carwin is a man that has always been dedicated to the gym, and is quite the specimen himself. “The Engineer” comes into this fight with a perfect 11-0 record, with all his wins coming via knockout. Fans got to see just how powerful this guy is in his last outing at UFC 96, where Carwin put Gabriel Gonzaga to sleep in the 1st Round after connecting with a short-right hook. When I say short right hook, I mean a punch that most people would toss at their buddy’s shoulder but he has so much power that it knocked Gonzaga out cold.
The problem with Carwin is that he is unpolished and was losing that fight to Gonzaga badly before connecting with the one big shot. Having that power is nice, but you’re not always going to get lucky and Frank Mir isn’t a guy you want to expect to get lucky against.
Mir’s only blemish lately was that loss to Lesnar at UFC 100 last July, and has won four of his last five fights. With that rubber match on the line, I just don’t see how Mir can lose this. At -155, I’ll take Frank Mir and sit and wait for what is going to be the most legendary fight in the UFC history, Mir vs. Lesnar III.
UFC 111: How they stack up
UFC Welterweight Championship
[#1] Georges St. Pierre vs. [#6] Dan Hardy
UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship
[#5] Frank Mir vs. [#10] Shane Carwin
Lightweight
[#29] Kurt Pellegrino vs. [#43] Fabricio Camoes
Welterweight
[#2] Jon Fitch vs. [#28] Ben Saunders
Lightweight
[#14] Jim Miller vs. [#44] Mark Bocek
Welterweight
[#25 LW] Nate Diaz vs. [#88] Rory Markham
Welterweight
[#21 MW] Ricardo Almeida vs. [#52] Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight
[#44] Rodney Wallace vs. [#78] Jared Hamman
Middleweight
[#24] Rousimar Palhares vs. [#28] Tomasz Drwal
Welterweight
[#111] Greg Soto vs. [#188] Matt Riddle
February Archive published
Fightmatrix.com Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Archive has been updated with the rankings as of February 7, 2010.
This will likely be the final release of the ranking archives in the current format, as we are working on improving & expanding our historical rankings section.