MMA Rankings Updated July 15th

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MMA Rankings- Heavyweights:

1. Brock Lesnar UFC Champion
2. Alistair Overeem (+100) Strikeforce Champion
3. Fedor (+100)
4. Cain Velasquez (+100) closes the gap on Lesnar and Fedor
5. Shane Carwin (+100) big question about cardio now, but nearly had the title.
6. Junior Dos Santos (+260) tons of confidence now
7. Big Nog (+400) no change after loss to cain
8. Antonio Silvia (+400) interesting combination of skills and size, still improving
9. Fabricio Werdum (+400)
10. Josh Barnett (+420)
11. Frank Mir (+420) still way behind the top guys
12. Aleks Emelianenko (+420)
13. Cheick Kongo (+420) young guns are all moving past him, needs to beat a top shelf fighter.
14. Gabriel Gonzaga (+420) No match for JDS, hard to see him as a contender anymore
15. Bobby Lashley (+420) lot a questions still, but he's a physical force.
16. Brett Rogers (+420) dominated by Overeem
17. Ben Rothwell (+480)
18. Roy Nelson (+480)
19. Andrei Arlovski (+500) losses piling up
20. Heath Herring (+600)
21. Stefan Struve (+680) Needs to mature and gain experience, dangerous if he gets into his game.
22. Tim Sylvia (+700)
23. Mirko Cro Cop (+700)
24. Pat Barry (+700)
25. Kimbo Slice (+1700) Fought his way out of UFC.

MMA Rankings-Light Heavyweights:

1. Shogun Rua UFC Champion
2. Lyoto Machida (+80) puzzle solved?
3. Rashad Evans (+80) solid/smart win over Rampage
4. Jon Jones (+140) dominating everyone he faces
5. Quinton Jackson (+160) problems "getting off" against Rashad is not a good sign.
6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (+200) impressive win over Cane, squeeker over Brilz.
7. Dan Henderson (+200) dominated by Shields
8. Thiago Silva (+200) frustrated by Rashad's effective wrestling
9. Forrest Griffin (+280) solid win over Tito
10. Ryan Bader (+280) fits somewhere in the +280 group
11. Muhammed Lawal (+300) Strikeforce LHW Champion Dominant takedowns against Mousasi
12. Phil Davis (+300) tons of potential.
13. Gegard Mousasi (+300) Dream MW GP Champion No answer for King Mo's wrestling
14. Vitor Belfort (+300)
15. Rich Franklin (+300) retired Chuck
16. Matt Hamill (+300) Bones Jones destroyed him
17. Stephan Bonnar (+300) Great win over Krysztof
18. Ricardo Arona (+300)
19. Babalu Sobral (+320) surprising stand up against Lawler
20. Krzysztof Soszynski (+320) continues to improve
21. Keith Jardine (+340)
22. Jason Brilz (+340)
23. Steve Cantwell (+360)
24. Luiz Cane (+400) bad loss to Diabate raises questions about his talent level
25. Sokoudjou (+420)
26. Randy Couture (+460) Win over Coleman doesn't prove much
27. Brandon Vera (+460) hype is finally over
28. Tito Ortiz (+460) very limited offense
29. Brian Stann (+480) nothing off his back, but dangerous as a striker.

MMA Rankings-Middleweights:

1. Anderson Silva UFC Champion
2. Jake Shields (+120) Strikeforce Champion proved a lot with his win over Hendo
3. Chael Sonnen (+120) Consecutive wins over Marq and Okami
4. Nate Marquardt (+200) dominated by Sonnen's wrestling
5. Jorge Santiago (+200) Sengoku Champion big win over Khalidov
6. Dan Henderson (+360) dominated by Shields
7. Yushin Okami (+400) win over Linhares was impressive, but do he needs to win against a top opponent
8. Hector Lombard (+400) Bellator Champion
9. Demian Maia (+540) no chance against Silva
10. Mark Munoz (+540)
11. Ronaldo Souza (+540) he fits somewhere in here, tons of potential
12. Alan Belcher (+540) lots of talent, time to take on some top quality fighters
13. Chris Leben (+540)
14. Yoshihiro Akiyama (+540)
15. Kazuo Misaki (+540)
16. Michael Bisping (+540) quality win over Dan Miller
17. Robbie Lawler (+540) bad loss against Babalu.
18. Kendall Grove (+540) always dangerous
19. Benji Radach (+540)
20. Mamed Khalidov (+540)
21. Tim Kennedy (+540) good win over a tough Prangley, good size and wrestling.
22. Melvin Manhoef (+580)
23. Cung Le (+580)
24. Jake Rosholt (+580) dominating Kendall, but still inexperienced
25. Aaron Simpson (+580)
26. Wanderlei Silva (+580) hard to see him favored over anyone listed above
27. Dan Miller (+640)
28. Rousimar Palhares (+640) didn't learn much with his quick/fluky win at UFC 111.
29. Patrick Cote (+700) looked like he'd been off 18 months against Belcher
30. Tom Lawlor (+700) inexplicable loss to Doerkson. tons of talent, can't get it all together
31. Jorge Rivera (+720) best fighting of his career

MMA Rankings-Welterweights:

1. Georges St. Pierre UFC Champion another dominant win over Hardy
2. Josh Koscheck (+320) dismissed Daley just like Leben.
3. Jake Shields (+320)
4. Thiago Alves (+320)
5. Jon Fitch (+330)
6. Anthony Johnson (+360) competed well against Koscheck
7. Nick Diaz (+360) Strikeforce Champion possibly the only real threat to GSP?
8. John Hathaway (+400) the secret is out.
9. Dan Hardy (+500) drops in relative strength
10. Ricky Story (+540)
11. Mike Pierce (+560) had Fitch in trouble late
12. Martin Kampmann (+680) inconsistent, but very good against Thiago
13. Ricardo Almeida (+560)
14. Nick Osipczak (+640) split decision loss to Story at 112
15. Carlos Condit (+640) GREAT win over Rory MacDonald
16. Paulo Thiago (+640)
17. Matt Hughes (+640) win over Gracie doesn't mean much
18. Chris Lytle (+640)
19. Ben Saunders (+640) impressive win over a quality striker, beat Davis at his own game
20. Jake Ellenberger (+640) two solid performances in the UFC
21. Rory MacDonald (+640) tons of allround talent
22. Paul Daley (+660) one dimensional
23. Lyman Good (+660) Bellator Champion
24. Johny Hendricks (+660) Nice win against TJ Grant at 113
25. Dong Hyun Kim (+660) dominanting win over Sadollah
26. Nate Diaz (+660)
27. Paul Daley (+660) one dimensional
28. Mike Swick (+680) struggling against the top guys
29. Marcus Davis (+680) sharp win over Goulet, but needs to prove it against the top guys
30. Jay Hieron (+680)
31. Matt Brown (+680)
32. Evangelista Santos (+680)
33. Danillo Villefort (+700)
34. John Howard (+700)
35. Dustin Hazelett (+700) terrible against Daley
36. Marius Zaromskis (+800) Dream Champion

MMA Rankings-Lightweights:

1. BJ Penn still favored over everyone in the division
2. Kenny Florian (+180) impressive win, still improving
3. Frankie Edgar (+200) UFC Champion Great win over Penn
4. George Sotiropoulous (+200) legitimate ground skills, proven against Stevenson and Batman
5. Gray Maynard (+200)
6. Evan Dunham (+200)
7. Tyson Griffin (+200)
8. Diego Sanchez (+200) dominated by Hathaway, not sure what weight class he'll end up in.
9. Gilbert Melendez (+200) Strikeforce Champion dominated Aoki,
10. Josh Thomson (+200) on even terms with Melendez
11. Joe Stevenson (+260)
12. Eddie Alvarez (+280) Bellator Champion
13. Shinya Aoki (+320) Dream Champion
14. Joachim Hansen (+320)
15. Tatsuya Kawajiri (+360)
16. Kurt Pellegrino (+360) never got in his game against Georgie S.
17. Gesias Calvancante (+380)
18. Sean Sherk (+400)
19. Ross Pearson (+400) impressive since entering UFC
20. Rafael Dos Anjos +(400)
21. Gleison Tibau (+400)
22. KJ Noons (+400) Solid win over Heun
23. Clay Guida (+400) solid win against an inferior opponent at UFC on Versus
24. Jeremy Stephens(+400) impressive win over Stout
25. Melvin Guillard (+400) Move to Jackson paying off???
26. Jim Miller (+400)
27. Sam Stout (+400) tough loss to Stephens. he'll move forward though.
28. Ben Henderson (+400) WEC Champion Just keeps winning & improving
29. Mark Bocek (+420) tough loss against Miller
30. Matt Wiman (+420) starting to see a complete fighter having success
31. Jamie Varner (+420) hard to figure, talented when things are right
32. Mizuto Hirota (+420) Sengoku Champion
33. Shane Roller(+460)
34. Nik Lentz (+460)

MMA Rankings- Featherweights:

1. Jose Aldo WEC Champion
2. Mike Brown (+300)
3. Urijah Faber (+300)
4. Bibiano Fernandes +(400) Dream Champion quality win over Hanson
5. Marlon Sandro (+400) exciting striker, gathering some quality wins
6. Masanori Kanehara (+500) still solid despite spectacular loss to Sandro
7. Joe Warren (+520) won Bellator's toughest tournament
8. Pitbull Freire (+520) lost a close fight to Warren
9. Hatsu Hioki (+580)
10. Josh Grispi (+580)
11. Joe Soto (+580) Bellator Champion
12. LC Davis (+600)
13. Manny Gamburyan (+600) Huge KO of Mike Brown
14. Deividas Taurosevicius (+600)
15. Diego Nunes (+600) close win over Assuncao, close loss to Davis
16. Raphael Assuncao (+620)
17. Chad Mendes (+620)
18. Darren Uyenoyama (+620)
19. Michihiro Omigawa (+620)
20. Chan Sung Jung (+620) robbed against Garcia
21. Leonard Garcia (+640) great battler, lots of holes standing
22. Cub Swanson (+660)
23. Hiroyuki Takaya (+680)

MMA Rankings - Bantamweights:

1. Dominick Cruz WEC Champion unique skills frustrate opponents, don't overlook his wrestling.
2. Joseph Benavidez (+20) constantly improving, great fight camp.
3. Brian Bowles (+40) best power in the division
4. Scott Jorgensen (+40) destroying everyone
5. Miguel Torres (+100)
6. Wagnney Fabianno (+160) former contender at FW
7. Antonio Banuelos (+300)
8. Masakazu Imanari (+300)
9. Damacio Page (+300)
10. Masakatsu Ueda (+300) no longer unbeaten
11. Takaya Mizugaki (+460)
12. Akitoshi Tamura (+500)
13. Shuichiro Katsumura (+500) win over Ueda puts him on the map, Ueda would be favored in a rematch.

MMA Rankings Notes July 15th

• thanks to zwarrior2 for his help this week.