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UFC 82: Ranking Impact

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Oleg

Here is how UFC 82 affected the the Top-10 rankings across all divisions:

Heavyweight and above: Andrei Arlovski moves up to #5 with a TKO stoppage of Jake O’Brien. Heath Herring moves up to #8 for his first Top-10 appearance in quite some time, while Cheick Kongo drops to #10.

Rank

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Fighter

Record

Points

Fedor Emelianenko
Last Fight: 12/31/2007 [Yarennoka]

27-1-0

520

Randy Couture
Last Fight: 8/25/2007 [UFC]

16-8-0

399

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Last Fight: 2/2/2008 [UFC]

31-4-1

374

Fabricio Werdum
Last Fight: 1/19/2008 [UFC]

10-3-1

235

Andrei Arlovski
Last Fight: 3/1/2008 [UFC]

12-5-0

193

Gabriel Gonzaga
Last Fight: 1/19/2008 [UFC]

8-3-0

190

Mirko Filipovic
Last Fight: 9/8/2007 [UFC]

22-6-2

184

Heath Herring
Last Fight: 3/1/2008 [UFC]

28-13-0

176

Tim Sylvia
Last Fight: 2/2/2008 [UFC]

25-4-0

172

Cheick Kongo
Last Fight: 3/1/2008 [UFC]

11-4-1

165

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UFC 82 Review

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Oleg

In a return to Columbus, Ohio, UFC 82 “Pride of a Champion” was headlined by a title unification bout between the defending UFC 185-lbs champion Anderson Silva and the last Pride FC 183-lbs champion, Dan Henderson.

John Fitch vs Chris Wilson

The televised broadcast started off with John Fitch (7-0 in his UFC career) taking on UFC newcomer Chris Wilson in a welterweight bout. Wilson started strong, surprising Fitch with crisp standup and excellent takedown defense. Fitch secured a takedown late in the first round but was not able to capitalize. Wilson appeared to have won Round 1.

In the following two rounds, Fitch was able to get the takedown earlier in the round and controlled Wilson on the ground, scoring points but not damaging his opponent. Wilson had some submission attempts and the final round ended with Fitch inside of Wilson’s triangle, but it was not enough. Fitch took the unanimous decision with the scores of 29-20, 30-27, 30-27 in what was a fairly boring fight. Keep Reading

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Last Opponent: [#23 SW] Daichi Kitakata
Last 5: L L W L W

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[#6 SW] Sora Sugiyama

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Last Fight Date: 9/20/2026 [DEEP]
Last Opponent: [NR] Musashi Musashi
Last 5: W W W L W

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Last Opponent: [#42 SW] Toshiya Takashima
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Thursday, December 31st 2026: Rizin FF New Years Eve Event

[#4 FW] Rajabali Shaidullaev

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Last Opponent: [#7 FW] A.J. McKee
Last 5: W W W W W

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Last 5: W W W W W

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Rating Set #11 released.

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Jason

Rating Set #11 released on March 2, 2008.

Be sure to check out all of the divisions, as there are many changes across the board.

UFC 82: How they stack up

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Jason

Unified Middleweight Championship
[#1] Anderson Silva vs. [#3] Dan Henderson (Projected MW Ranking)

Heavyweights
[#5] Cheick Kongo vs. [#17] Heath Herring

Middleweights
[#10] Yushin Okami vs. [NR] Evan Tanner

Middleweights
[#15] Chris Leben vs. [#51] Alessio Sakara (Projected MW Ranking)

Welterweights
[#5] Jon Fitch vs. [#17] Chris Wilson

Heavyweights
[#8] Andrei Arlovski vs. [NR] Jake O’Brien

Welterweights
[#68] Luke Cummo vs. [#49] Luigi Fioravanti

Welterweights
[#9] Diego Sanchez vs. [#240] David Bielkheden

Welterweights
[#8] Josh Koscheck vs. [#24] Dustin Hazelett

Lightweights
[#129] Jorge Gurgel vs. [#175] John Halverson

Ranking Note: 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.

A shout-out to our contributors!

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Oleg

We would like to thank our readers Rabbit, IcyB, and GaryMac for helping us out with the Unknown Division fighter list, as well as making other contributions to improve the accuracy of our rankings.

You too can be a FightMatrix.com contributor! Leave us a message in our forum if you would like to help us out!

Rating Set #10 Released

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Jason

Set #10 primarily includes changes due to database maintenance. It will be a common trend (at least for the near future) to see maintenance releases between the typical post-show releases. Maintenance simply means that in my spare time, I’ll go through Sherdog bout information and resolve errors, omissions, or bad data in order to provide the most accurate ratings.

Of course, this will result in fluctuations.

Jon Fitch to tie Royce Gracie’s record

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Oleg

Should he defeat his opponent Chris Wilson in their upcoming UFC 82 bout, Jon Fitch will become only the second fighter in the UFC history to achieve eight consecutive victories in the Octagon. But not without some controversy:

Royce Gracie holds the current record for most consecutive wins in the UFC. Gracie accomplished his eight victories over the course of the first three UFC tournaments. After defeating Kimo Leopoldo in the opening round of the UFC 3 tournament, Royce was not able to continue fighting. Instead of withdrawing from the tournament between bouts, Gracie entered the Octagon to face Harold Howard in the semi-final — only to have his corner throw in the towel as soon as the bout began.

MMA pundits disagree on whether to count “the fight that wasn’t” as a loss on Gracie’s record. Sherdog.com lists it as a loss; so does UFC.com. FCFighter.com shows this bout as a No Contest. UFC lore has it that Royce chose to enter the Octagon and throw in the towel instead of quitting between bouts so that he would receive the “show money” for the second fight. Had he skipped that fight completely, he would have extended his streak to eleven consecutive wins following his performance in the UFC 4 tournament – a record not likely to be disputed for a long time to come.

But wait, there’s more! It turns out there is another fighter who can make a claim to already have matched Royce Gracie’s record. Keep Reading

Rating Set #9 is online.

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Jason

Rating set #9 is now available. Please refer to the previously related post for the special considerations regarding this update.

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Posted on February 24, 2008 by Oleg

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Rating Set #9 to be released 2/25/08

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Jason

Ratings to be updated with the following considerations:

– Takanori Gomi has entered the inactive penalty stage several days ago, and will be dropped from the Lightweight rankings due to over 365 days of inactivity. Gesias Calvancanti will be the new #1 ranked Lightweight.

– Results of recent cards from Shooto, HDNet, DEEP, and others, will be reflected.

– Minor maintenance was performed with regards to fighter divisions. Some fighters will receive their accurate division assignment per the guidelines of the system. This is simply a maturation process of the system.

– Through my independent research, I have verified that fights taking place during the Ultimate Fighter: Season 2, were in fact, officially sanctioned pro bouts. Other than the finals, this is the only season where this is the case. As such, they will be added to the rating system database. This was confirmed with the Nevada State Athletic Commission web site.

– Other minor bouts in past years have been added to the MMA database.

It is needless to say, that all of these points will cause some moderate shuffling within the rankings.