Rankings

HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Fedor Emelianenko, 2. Josh Barnett, 3. Andrei Arlovski, 4. Frank Mir, 5. Rodrigo Nogueira, 6. Brock Lesnar, 7. Tim Sylvia, 8.Randy Couture, 9. Junior dos Santos, 10. Fabricio Werdum

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Lyoto Machida, 2. Rashad Evans, 3. Forrest Griffin, 4. Quinton Jackson, 5. Mauricio Rua, 6. Wanderlei Silva, 7. Renato Sobral, 8. Rogerio Nogueira, 9. Luiz Arthur Cane, 10. Thiago Silva

*With his victory over Evans, Machida moves up from number 4 to the top spot. Evans, Griffin,and Jackson all drop one spot because of this.

MIDDLEWEIGHT
1. Anderson Silva, 2. Dan Henderson, 3. Yushin Okami, 4. Robbie Lawler, 5. Demian Maia, 6. Nathan Marquardt, 7. Jorge Santiago, 8. Thales Leites, 9. Kazuo Misaki, 10. Vitor Belfort

*Gegard Mousasi exits from the number 7 spot to campaign at higher weight classes so Santiago, Leites, and Misaki all move up one spot. Vitor Belfort joins the rankings at number 10.

WELTERWEIGHT
1. Georges St. Pierre, 2. Thiago Alves, 3. Jake Shields, 4. Jon Fitch, 5. Matt Hughes, 6. Karo Parisyan, 7. Paulo Thiago, 8. Josh Koscheck, 9. Martin Kampmann, 10. Nick Thompson

*With his loss to Matt Hughes, Matt Serra exits the rankings from the 9 spot. This bumps Kampmann up one spot to number 9 and allows Nick Thompson to debut in the rankings at number 10.

LIGHTWEIGHT
1. BJ Penn, 2. Joachim Hansen, 3. Kenny Florian, 4. Tatsuya Kawajiri, 5. Eddie Alvarez, 6. Frankie Edgar, 7. Sean Sherk, 8. Gesias Calvancanti 9. Hayato Sakurai, 10. Shinya Aoki.

*Two big fights shook ip the rankings big time. Frankie Edgar debuts at number 6 following his decision victory over Sean Sherk who drops from 3 to 7. Tatsuya Kawajiri goes from 7 up to 4 with his victory over Gesias Calvancanti who drops from 4 to 8. With the reshuffling, Kenny Florian rises from 5 to 3. Eddie Alvarez rises one spot to 5. And with Edgar entering the rankings, Sakurai and Aoki both drop one spot each.

FEATHERWEIGHT
1. Mike Thomas Brown, 2. Urijah Faber, 3. Leonard Garcia, 4. Wagnney Fabiano, 5. Takeshi Inoue, 6. Akitoshi Tamura, 7. Hatsu Hioki, 8. Jose Aldo, 9. Dokonojonosuke Mishima, 10. Marlon Sandro

*Reshuffling as Hiroyuki Takaya and Hideki Kadowaki exit the rankings. Takeshi Inoue moves up two spots with his victory over Rumina Sato. Hatsu Hioki and Jose Aldo both move up two spots each while Mishima and Sandro both enter the rankings for the first time.

BANTAMWEIGHT
1. Miguel Torres, 2. Shinichi Kojima, 3. Eduardo Dantas, 4. Mamaru Yamaguchi, 5. Masakatsu Ueda, 6. Akitoshi Hokazono, 7. Yuki Shoujou, 8. Yasuhiro Urushitani, 9. So Tazawa, 10. Joseph Benavidez

POUND-FOR-POUND
1. Anderson Silva, 2. Georges St. Pierre, 3. Fedor Emelianenko, 4. Lyoto Machida, 5. Miguel Torres, 6. BJ Penn, 7. Rashad Evans, 8. Mike Thomas Brown, 9. Forrest Griffin, 10. Quinton Jackson

*Machida, with his destruction of Evans shoots up from 10 to 4. Evans with the loss drops from 5 to 7. Torres drops one spot to make accomodations for Machida. Brown, Griffin, and Jackson all drop one spot each.