Saturday, December 31, 2011

UFC Rankings exiting UFC 141

UFC141 had some heavy hitters.  And when the dust settled there were some obvious winners, and some surprise losers.   Probably the biggest news is that Brock Lesner is gong to retire.  No surprise as he fought Diverculosis twice and does not look the same. At least he recognized its time to go.


HEAVYWEIGHT
  1. Junior Dos Santos (W-T/Valezquez)
  2. Alistair Overeem (W/Lesner ->Dos Santos
  3. Frank Mir (W/Nogueira)
  4. Travis Browne (W/Broughton -> Griggs)
  5. Stefan Struve (W/Berry -> Herman)
  6. Cain Valezquez (L-T/Dos Santos)
  7. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (L/Mir)
  8. Cheick Kongo (W/Mitrione -> Hunt)
  9. Matt Mitrione (L/Kongo)
  10. Brandan Schaub (L/Nogueira ->Rothwell)
  11. Brock Lesner (L/Overeem -> RETIRED)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
  1. Jon Jones (W-TD/Machida)
  2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz -> Davis)
  3. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> Evans)
  4. Ryan Bader (W/Britlz -> Jackson)
  5. Dan Henderson (W/Rua)
  6. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Vladimir Matyushenko)
  7. Shogun Rua (L/Henderson) 
  8. Rampage Jackson (L/Jones -> Bader)
  9. Lyoto Machida (L/Jones)
  10. Kyle Kingsbury (L/Bonner)
MIDDLEWEIGHT
  1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Okami -> Injured)
  2. Chael Sonnen (W/Stann -> Munoz)
  3. Mark Munoz (W/Leben -> Sonnen)
  4. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama -> Anthony Johnson)
  5. Micheal Bisping (W/Miller -> Maia)
  6. Yushin Okami (L->Silva)
  7. Brian Stann (L/Sonnen)
  8. Rousimar Palhares (W/Miller ->Massenzio)
  9. Damian Maia (W/Santiago ->Bisping)
WELTERWEIGHT
  1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields -> Injured)
  2. Nick Diaz (W/Penn -> Condit)
  3. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> Diaz)
  4. Jake Ellenberger (W/Shields ->Sanchez) 
  5. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle -> Che Mills)
  6. Josh Koscheck (W/Hughes -> Mike Pierce)
  7. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> Ellenberger)
  8. Jon Fitch (L/Johnny Hendricks ) 
  9. Jake Shields (L/Ellenberger -> Akiyama)
  10. Johnny Hendricks (W/ Fitch )
LIGHTWEIGHT
  1. Frankie Edgar (W/Maynard ->Henderson)
  2. Ben Henderson (W/Guida -> Edgar)
  3. Anthony Pettis (W/Stephens ->Lauzon)
  4. Gray Maynard (L-TS/Edgar
  5. Nate Diaz (W/Cerrone)
  6. Donald Cerrone (L/Diaz)
  7. Clay Guida (L/Henderson)
  8. Jim Miller (L/Henderson -> Gillard)
  9. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos -> Gleison Tibau)
  10. Dennis Siver (L/Cerrone)
FEATHERWEIGHT
  1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Florian -> Mendes)
  2. Chad Mendes (W/Yahya -> Aldo)
  3. Mackens Semerzier (L/Peralta)
  4. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Hominick) 
  5. Diego Brandeo (W/Dennis Bermudez; TUF14)
  6. Dustin Poirier (W/Garza -> Koch)
  7. Bart Palaszewski (W/Griffin -> Hioki) 
  8. Richardo Lamas (W/Swanson) 
  9. Dennis Bermudez (L/Brandeo; TUF14)
  10. Jimy Hittes (W/Pham)
BANTAMWEIGHT
  1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Johnson -> Faber)
  2. Urijah Faber (W/Bowles ->Cruz)
  3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland)
  4. Scott Jorgensen (W/Curran ->Barao)
  5. Jon Dodson (W/Dillishaw;Tuf14)
  6. TJ Dillashaw (L/Dodson; TUF14)
  7. Demetrious Johnson (L/Cruz)
  8. Brian Bowles (L/Faber)
  9. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
  10. Eddie Wineland (L/Benavidez)
FLYWEIGHT

  1. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland -> Urushitani)
  2. Demetrious Johnson (L/Cruz -> McCall)
  3. Ian McCall (-> Johnson)
  4. Yasuhiro Urushitani (-> Benavidez)

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