UFC Publishes First Set of Official Rankings

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The UFC published their official rankings on Monday, the first time the promotion has done so in their near-20-year history.

Rankings included those in every men’s UFC weight class from flyweight up to heavyweight. Additionally, a pound-for-pound list was voted on with middleweight champion Anderson Silva taking the top place on that list.

Notably, no women’s rankings were included in the post, and UFC officials told GRACIEMAG.com on Monday there is no current timeframe to add a women’s list. UFC women’s champion Ronda Rousey and No. 1 contender Liz Carmouche will be the first females to compete in the octagon later this month at UFC 157.

Rankings were voted on by several members of the media, and their individual ballots were made public for all to see.

Here are the complete lists:

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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