MMA Rankings: Big week on tap for the big guys

By Adam Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal

9 years ago

Daniel Cormier grabs the leg of Anthony Johnson during their light heavyweight title fight at UFC 187 Saturday, May 23, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Cormier won the belt via submission in the third round. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

While it has been a busy week for mixed martial arts news, there wasn’t a whole lot of action in the cage.

That means the rankings are unchanged this week.

There could be some major shakeups this week, however. A light heavyweight bout between Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader on the UFC on Fox 18 card in Newark, N.J., could dramatically alter the top five in that very competitive division.

There is also a matchup of top ten heavyweights on the card as Josh Barnett meets Ben Rothwell.

Stay tuned each Monday for the latest updates and keep in mind, while the ranked weight classes are those used by the UFC, fighters competing outside the organization are eligible.

MEN

Heavyweight

Fabricio Werdum

Cain Velasquez

Stipe Miocic

Ben Rothwell

Alistair Overeem

Travis Browne

Andrei Arlovski

Junior dos Santos

Josh Barnett

Mark Hunt

Light Heavyweight

Jon Jones

Daniel Cormier

Anthony Johnson

Ryan Bader

Alexander Gustafsson

Phil Davis

Glover Teixeira

Liam McGeary

Rashad Evans

Ovince St. Preux

Middleweight

Luke Rockhold

Chris Weidman

Yoel Romero

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

Vitor Belfort

Lyoto Machida

Tim Kennedy

Michael Bisping

Gegard Mousasi

Robert Whittaker

Welterweights

Robbie Lawler

Rory MacDonald

Carlos Condit

Johny Hendricks

Ben Askren

Tyron Woodley

Hector Lombard

Matt Brown

Demian Maia

Stephen Thompson

Lightweights

Rafael dos Anjos

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Eddie Alvarez

Anthony Pettis

Benson Henderson

Tony Ferguson

Donald Cerrone

Nate Diaz

Gilbert Melendez

Will Brooks

Featherweight

Conor McGregor

Jose Aldo

Frankie Edgar

Max Holloway

Chad Mendes

Ricardo Lamas

Daniel Straus

Cub Swanson

Charles Oliveira

Patricio Freire

Bantamweights

Dominick Cruz

TJ Dillashaw

Renan Barao

Urijah Faber

Raphael Assuncao

Aljamain Sterling

Bibiano Fernandes

Marlon Moraes

Marcos Galvao

John Lineker

Flyweights

Demetrious Johnson

Joseph Benavidez

John Dodson

Henry Cejudo

Ali Bagautinov

Jussier Formiga

Kyoji Horiguchi

John Moraga

Dustin Ortiz

Zach Makovsky

WOMEN

Bantamweight

Holly Holm

Ronda Rousey

Miesha Tate

Amanda Nunes

Alexis Davis

Julianna Pena

Cat Zingano

Jessica Eye

Sara McMann

Valentina Shevchenko

Strawweight

Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Claudia Gadelha

Rose Namajunas

Jessica Aguilar

Valerie Letourneau

Tecia Torres

Carla Esparza

Paige VanZant

Jessica Penne

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

OVERALL

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