We recently updated our all-time divisional MMA rankings. You can check them out here: All-Time Rankings
Featured Upcoming Bouts (Outside of UFC)
| Friday, October 16th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Chicago 2: Carmouche vs. Bishop 2 | |||
 [#6 W125] Liz Carmouche | [#14 W125] Jena Bishop | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 6/27/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#15 W125] Viviane Araujo Last 5: L W W W W | Last Fight Date: 6/27/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#37 W125] Ariane Lipski da Silva Last 5: W W L W W | ||
| Thursday, December 31st 2026: Rizin FF New Years Eve Event | |||
 [#5 FW] Rajabali Shaidullaev |  [#16 FW] Kyoma Akimoto | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 9/10/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation] Last Opponent: [#7 FW] A.J. McKee Last 5: W W W W W | Last Fight Date: 8/11/2026 [Rizin Fighting Federation] Last Opponent: [#25 FW] Kleber Koike Erbst Last 5: W W W W W | ||
| Saturday, November 14th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Returns to Dubai: Nemkov vs. Bilostenniy | |||
 [#6 HW] Vadim Nemkov | [#16 HW] Sergey Bilostenniy | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 12/13/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#20 HW] Renan Ferreira Last 5: W W W W W | Last Fight Date: 5/02/2026 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#20 HW] Renan Ferreira Last 5: W W L W W | ||
Featured Fighters
| [#49 LW] | Mikuru Asakura | [#5 FW] | Rajabali Shaidullaev | |
| [#1 WW] | Islam Makhachev | [#1 FW] |  Alexander Volkanovski | |
| [#29 FW] | Ren Hiramoto | [#96 FW] | Tommy McMillen | |
| [#33 LW] | Akbar Abdullaev | [#7 FW] | A.J. McKee | |
| [#2 LW] |  Ilia Topuria | [#4 FW] | Movsar Evloev |
MMA Rankings Updated: 7/11/2010
UPDATE: Ratings will be updated shortly. There was a bug found.
Biggest Point-Based Upsets in 2010 (so far)
When considering upsets for the list, we took the winner’s rating at the first of that month and divided it by the loser’s rating at the first of that month. The list is sorted by the loser’s rating in descending order and we limited it to fights where the losing fighter’s rating was equal to or more than 3 times greater than the winner’s. Fighters coming back from inactivity are excluded from the list as they did not have a current rating.
Biggest Point-Based Upsets -(Sorted by Quotient of Winner/Loser with a Quotient >= 3)
1. Fabricio Werdum SUB(1) Fedor Emelianenko
2. Luis Palomino SD(3) Jorge Masvidal
3. Ben Askren UD(3) Dan Hornbuckle
4. Amir Sadollah UD(3) Brad Blackburn
5. Mike Campbell UD(3) Yves Edwards
6. John Salter TKO(1) Jason MacDonald
7. Shuichiro Katsumura SUB(2) Masakatsu Ueda
8. Tony Johnson Jr. UD(5) Tony Lopez
9. Drew Fickett SUB(2) Derrick Noble
10. Kamal Shalorus UD(3) Dave Jansen
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In the following list, we sorted by quotient, but enforced a minimum of 100 rating for the loser. A different look at it…
Biggest Point-Based Upsets -(Sorted by Quotient of Winner/Loser with Loser Rating >= 100)
1. Mike Campbell SD(3) Yves Edwards
2. Luis Palomino SD(3) Jorge Masvidal
3. John Salter TKO(1) Jason MacDonald
4. Fabricio Werdum SUB(1) Fedor Emelianenko
5. Ben Askren UD(3) Dan Hornbuckle
6. Amir Sadollah UD(3) Brad Blackburn
7. Travis Wiuff SD(3) Jeff Monson
8. Cung Le KO(2) Scott Smith
9. Muhammad Lawal UD(5) Gegard Mousasi
10. Sahmil Abdurahimov MD(3) Jeff Monson
UFC 116 Review
I’ve been slacking on reviewing the slew of MMA events in the past month, but we’re back with a vengeance for what was one of the most anticipated shows of the year this far. A huge (in every sense of the word) heavyweight title unification bout between champion Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin was backed by a superstar of Japanese MMA Yoshihiro Akiyama taking on Chris Leben (a last-minute substitution for the legendary Wanderlei Silva who was hurt while training for the fight). A lightweight matchup between two streaking prospects Kurt Pellegrino and George Sotiropoulos capped off the undercard of UFC 116. And here’s how it all went down:
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero (205 lbs)
Round 1: They quickly engage and exchange kicks. Romero looks for a takedown. Petruzelli defends and hurts Romero with punches. Romero clinches to recover. Petruzelli backs up then lands another combination but slips while throwing a kick. Romero gets Petruzelli’s back in a scramble. Petruzelli sweeps and pounds away from guard. Romero with a reversal of his own and mounts Petruzelli. Romero looking for a submission; Seth rolls out of it and stands, dropping Romero with an uppercut. Romero holds on to Petruzelli’s leg as Seth lands some odd and sloppy ‘double axe-handle’ strikes. Round 10-9 Petruzelli
Round 2: Romero looks for a takedown early and eats a knee on the way in. He staggers but keeps trying for the takedown. Petruzelli takes his back in a scramble and transitions to an armbar; Romero reverses and ends up in top guard. Romero’s nose is leaking blood. Petruzelli attempts a triangle and Romero uses the submission attempt to pass into side control. Romero secures the crucifix position and looks for a kimura then turns it into a straight armbar. Petruzelli taps out, in obvious pain.
Aftermath: Romero’s UFC debut was unspectacular but a win is a win, and he will have a chance to do better in his next Octagon outing – maybe against Krzysztof Soszynski or Jared Hamman. Seth Petruzelli should take on Steve Cantwell or Kyle Kingsbury next.
Ranking Impact: Ricardo Romero, previously ranked at #77 HW, makes his LHW debut at #49. Seth Petruzelli falls 38 spots to #111 LHW.
Fight Grade: 3/5
MMA Rankings Updated (Again): 7/5/2010
Notable Info
- We got some Asian results in late this weekend, so not to be outdone, we decided to release another set of the rankings.
MMA Rankings Updated: 6/29/2010
We have released an update to fix a data display bug related to the statistics shown on fighter mouse overs.
UFC 116: How they stack up
UFC Heavyweight Championship
[#1] Brock Lesnar vs. [#4] Shane Carwin
Middleweight
[#13] Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. [#25] Chris Leben
Welterweight
[#23] Chris Lytle vs. [#68] Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight
[#36] Krzysztof Soszynski vs. [#83] Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight
[#10] George Sotiropoulos vs. [#14] Kurt Pellegrino
Heavyweight
[#36] Chris Tuchscherer vs. [#131] Brendan Schaub
Light Heavyweight
[#73] Seth Petruzelli vs. [#77] Ricardo Romero
Middleweight
[#47] Kendall Grove vs. [#101] Goran Reljic
Middleweight
[#41] Gerald Harris vs. [#83] Dave Branch
Welterweight
[#66] Forrest Petz vs. [#145] Daniel Roberts
Heavyweight
[#101] Jon Madsen vs. [#144] Karlos Vemola
MMA Rankings Updated: 06/27/2010
Notable Info
- The unthinkable has happened. Werdum moves up to #2, while Fedor drops to #3.
- There is currently a display bug in the Quality Performance %. The numbers listed are incorrect and will be fixed upon the next update.