Light Heavyweight Division Rankings

April 5, 2011

Phil Davis notched his biggest win over an MMA vet, did that push Lil Nog out of the picture? Jones demolished Shogun, how far down the ladder did that push Rua? How far did Hendo skyrocket after his KO of Feijao? Where does Mousasi rank before his big fight with the Dean of Mean this Saturday? All these questions answered in this weeks edition of our Light Heavyweight rankings!

BUT FIRST

We will address questions, comments, criticism and all types of feedback from our previous weeks rankings this weeks article. Since we are still pretty new and do not have much feedback, we still had a couple of comments to last weeks rankings.

Big Foot top six?

Why not? Fabricio caught Fedor with a submission for the first time in Fedors career, Big Foot totally dominated Fedor. Even if the fight went on there was no way Fedor was going to overcome the size advantage Big Foot had on him. Overeem, Fedor, Mir and Nelson do not deserve to be ahead of him. Overeem, as much as I want to rank him higher I can't due to the lack of competitive opponents he has faced. Fedor, well that is self explanatory. Mir, after getting completely obliterated by Carwin a lackluster performance against Cro Cop does not justify a higher ranking. In regards to Nelson well he still has some competition to face. So yes, Big Foot does deserve that sixth spot and I think he will continue to rise as he seems to have found a groove in using his size advantage.

Hows Big Nog not on this list?

Big Nog has not been in action for over a year. They are probably still trying to find his head on Pluto since Cain blasted him away. All of these fighters that are on the list have been more active than Nogeuira. All of them except Fedor have racked up a win since Noguiera lost. I hope Big Nog will make an appearance soon and maybe he will get into the top 10 with a significant win.

Individual Rankings 

Manpreet Jhass

1) Jon Jones

2) Rashad Evans

3) Mauricio Rua

4) Quinton Jackson

5) Lyoto Machida

6) Dan Henderson

7) Forrest Griffin

8) Rich Franklin

9) Ryan Bader

10) Phil Davis

Tony Kwatra

1) Jon Jones

2) Rashad Evans

3) Mauricio Rua

4) Quinton Jackson

5) Lyoto Machida

6) Dan Henderson

7) Forrest Griffin

8) Rich Franklin

9) Ryan Bader

10) Phil Davis

Prab Jhass

1) Jon Jones

2) Rashad Evans

3) Mauricio Rua

4) Quinton Jackson

5) Lyoto Machida

6) Dan Henderson

7) Randy Couture

8) Forrest Griffin

9) Gegard Mousasi

10) Phil Davis

1) Jon Jones - 30 Points

MMA Record: 13-1

Height: 6'4"

Reach: 84.5"

Fighting out of: Endicott, New York

Promotion: UFC

Last Win: 

vs. Mauricio Rua - TKO (Punches and Knees) - UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones - March 19, 2011

Last "Loss":

vs. Matt Hamill - DQ (Illegal Elbows) - The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale - December 9, 2009

Next Fight: 

vs. Rashad Evans - TBD

2) Rashad Evans - 27 Points

MMA Record: 15-1

Height: 5'11"

Reach: 74.5"

Fighting out of: Boca Raton, Florida

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. Quinton Jackson - Unanimous Decision - UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans - May 29, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Lyoto Machida - KO (Punches) - UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida - May 23, 2009

Next Fight:

vs. Jon Jones - TBD

3) Mauricio Rua - 24 Points

MMA Record: 19-5

Height: 6'1"

Reach: 76"

Fighting out of: Curitiba, Brazil

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. Lyoto Machida - KO (Punches) - UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 - May 8, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Jon Jones - TKO (Punches and Knees) - UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones - March 19, 2011

Next Fight:

TBD

4) Quinton Jackson - 21 Points

 

MMA Record: 31-8

Height: 6'1"

Reach: 73"

Fighting out of: Irvine, California

Promotion: UFC

Last Win: 

vs. Lyoto Machida - Split Decision - UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida - November 20, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Rashad Evans - Unanimous Decision - UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans - May 29, 2010

Next Fight: 

vs. Matt Hamill - UFC 130: Edgar vs. Maynard 3 - May 28, 2011

5) Lyoto Machida - 18 Points

MMA Record: 16-2

Height: 6'1"

Reach: 74"

Fighting out of: Belem, Brazil

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. Mauricio Rua - Unanimous Decision - UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun - October 24, 2009

Last Loss:

vs. Quinton Jackson - Split Decision - UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida - November 20, 2010

Next Fight:

vs. Randy Couture - UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields - April 30, 2011

6) Dan Henderson - 15 Points

MMA Record: 27-8

Height: 5'11"

Reach: 74"

Fighting out of: Temecula, California

Promotion: Strikeforce

Last Win:

vs. Rafael Cavalcante - TKO (Punches) - Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson - March 5, 2011

Last Loss:

vs. Jake Shields - Unanimous Decision - Strikeforce: Nashville - April 17, 2010

Next Fight:

TBD

7) Forrest Griffin - 11 Points

MMA Record: 18-6

Height: 6'3"

Reach: 77"

Fighting out of: Las Vegas, Nevada

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. Rich Franklin - Unanimous Decision - UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort - February 5, 2011

Last Loss:

vs. Anderson Silva - KO (Punch) - UFC 101: Declaration - August 8, 2009

Next Fight:

TBD

8) Rich Franklin - 6 Points

MMA Record: 28-6

Height: 6'1"

Reach: 76"

Fighting out of: Cincinnati, Ohio

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. Chuck Liddell - KO (Punch) - UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin - June 12, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Forrest Griffin - Unanimous Decision - UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort - February 5, 2011

Next Fight:

TBD

9*)Ryan Bader - 4 Points

MMA Record: 12-1

Height: 6'2"

Reach: 74"

Fighting out of: Tempe, Arizona

Promotion: UFC

Last Win: 

vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira - Unanimous Decision - UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop - September 25, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Jon Jones - Submission (Guillotine Choke) - UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort - February 5, 2011

Next Fight:

vs. Tito Ortiz - UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2 - July 2, 2011

9*) Randy Couture - 4 Points

MMA Record: 19-10

Height: 6'1"

Reach: 75"

Fighting out of: Las Vegas, Nevada

Promotion: UFC

Last Win:

vs. James Toney - Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) - UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 - August 28, 2010

Last Loss:

vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Unanimous Decision - UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira - August 29, 2009

Next Fight:

vs. Lyoto Machida - UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields - April 30, 2011

Honourable Mention: 

Phil Davis - 3 Points

Gegard Mousasi - 2 Points

Thats it for this week! Leave comments either on this blog, or on our facebook page and we will address it next week when we rank the Middleweights!