UFC Releases First Official Rankings
Tired of conflicting rankings from different mma media outlets (us included)? The UFC would like to clarify that picture with an official rankings. No, don’t expect to see Bellator fighters here, this is Zuffa only fighters.
Pound-for-Pound
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jon Jones
3 Georges St-Pierre
4 Jose Aldo
5 Benson Henderson
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Dominick Cruz
8 Demetrious Johnson
9 Frankie Edgar
10 Dan Henderson
Flyweight
Champion : Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 Jussier Da Silva
6 Louis Gaudinot
7 Chris Cariaso
8 John Lineker
9 Darren Uyenoyama
10 Ulysses Gomez
Bantamweight
Champion : Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2 Michael McDonald
3 Urijah Faber
4 Eddie Wineland
5 Brad Pickett
6 Brian Bowles
7 Rafael Assuncao
8 Scott Jorgensen
9 Mike Easton
10 Ivan Menjivar
Featherweight
Champion : Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Chan Sung Jung
4 Frankie Edgar
5 Dennis Siver
6 Cub Swanson
7 Dustin Poirier
8 Nik Lentz
9 Erik Koch
10 Clay Guida
Lightweight
Champion : Benson Henderson
1 Gilbert Melendez
2 Anthony Pettis
3 Gray Maynard
4 Nate Diaz
5 Jim Miller
6 Donald Cerrone
7 TJ Grant
8 Rafael dos Anjos
9 Joe Lauzon
10 Khabib Nurmagomedov
Welterweight
Champion : Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Nick Diaz
4 Rory MacDonald
5 Demian Maia
6 Jake Ellenberger
7 Martin Kampmann
8 Josh Koscheck
9 Jon Fitch
10 Tarec Saffiedine
Middleweight
Champion : Anderson Silva
1 Chris Weidman
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Michael Bisping
4 Yushin Okami
5 Mark Munoz
6 Constantinos Philippou
7 Luke Rockhold
8 Hector Lombard
9 Alan Belcher
10 Tim Boetsch
Light Heavyweight
Champion : Jon Jones
1 Dan Henderson
2 Lyoto Machida
3 Alexander Gustafsson
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Rashad Evans
7 Mauricio Rua
8 Phil Davis
9 Ryan Bader
10 Gegard Mousasi
Heavyweight
Champion : Cain Velasquez
1 Junior dos Santos
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Daniel Cormier
4 Antonio Silva
5 Frank Mir
6 Alistair Overeem
7 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8 Roy Nelson
9 Stefan Struve
10 Shane Carwin
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Rankings are a joke.
Jones finishes fights, GSP doesn’t.
their rankings are actually accurate imo.. i have aldo ahead of gsp too tho cuz of the streak and finishes
Jon finch should not be 9th behind koscheck in my opinion
Silva surpassing Jones as always
Yes Cause Jones finishes fights GSP don’t finish fights
Very close.
I agree with Jones being ahead of GSP i mean come GSP has been gone for a long time cuz of injury while others were putting work in… I also have aldo ahead of him too especially after he beat frankie… I mean come on he sould be 4 if not 5 on the Ranking not 3
I think Edgar should be higher.
Jones has fought more than GSP lately too.
top 3 are ok. the rest from 4-8 is tight to call but id put benson and cruz 4 & 5.
9-10 are a joke!
JDS not in the Top 10 Pound 4 Pound!?!?! WTF?!?!?
Move cain, cruz, and johnson ahead of benson henderson for a start. Then drop edgar and dan henderson off the list in favor of Glover Texeira and Junior Dos Santos and you have yourself a real list. Glover would be favored against Dan Henderson and Lyotto Machida right now and JDS loses a rematch with Cain and he’s off the list behind Henderson and Edgar who have lost multiple times in the last few fights? Definite room for improvement here, but then again this is the same list that had Rampage a top ten light heavyweight a couple weeks ago as well despite him losing the majority of his recent fights and not even training full-time.
Gsp never ends a fight. I hope diaz bully the fuck out pf him
just because jones finishs doesnt put him over gsp. gsp has been tested and put through adversity already jones hasnt
Clay should be higher
You guys do understnad Jones only won 3 fights while GSP was away?? It’s not like Jones has as many wins or surpassed GSP in anyway record why’s.
These are completely biased.. Only including the champs and what they consider to be the top contenders. I mean honestly, how has Rory Mac earned a spot above Fitch, Maia, Koscheck, ect. Pointless to go by these
Rory being on there is a fucking joke….
Not only is bones Jones rightfully ahead of gsp, I think aldo is ahead of gsp. St. Pierre is overrated. Lay n pray boring “fighter”. he’s as exciting as Ben askren
I wish UFC would have never released rankings. Everyone has their own opinion, therefore people are going to grip because it doesn’t look the way they believe it should.
The P4P rankings go by skill alone. I would say Aldo would be number one. He has no holes in his game whatsoever
@ Randy Casjens you are clearly not a fan of grappling at all Ben askren is awesome and destroyed in his last title defence. I find it sad everyone gets mad GSP is a wizard on the mat but maybe you should be mad that no one can stop him.
@Brandon the only person who’s going to get bullied is Diaz… GSP gonna whoop dat assss. Dead man walking.
The only reason i watch gsp fights is to see him get ktfo. I have been disappointed for awhile now, lol.
@Randy Casjen same reason i watch Jones hope someone will shut that kid up. Seriouly man watch some grappling try to understand it what GSP doe’s on the ground is crazy and against the level guys he does it is amazing. I mean think about it If you where the best puncher in the world why would you do anything else to win?? GSP just happens to be the Best Wrestler at 170lbs his bread and butter
how can edgar be above henderson and he beat edgar twice
Frankie Edgar lost his last 3 fights, how the fuck is he on the best P4P. This shit is ridiculous
How do they have Edgar on the P4P list, but also have him listed 4th in his own weight division?
I agree with the “Pound for Pound” ranking, and with the fact that Sonnen is nowhere in the LHW rankings. And I think Johny should be the next fight for GSP.
Where is Renan Barao on the P4P list? He’s not only a current UFC title holder but he is also on a 29 fight winning streak.
Why is mir ranked higher than Carwin, didnt Carwin smash mir? lol