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Power MMA Rankings – April 13: Nelson cracks top 10, Woodley climbs

Apr 14, 2014, 9:35 PM | Updated: 9:35 pm

Following UFC Fight Night 39, find out who moved up and who fell down the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings.

Fighters who have been inactive for at least one year are not eligible for ranking.

POUND-FOR-POUND

  1. Jon Jones
  2. Jose Aldo
  3. Cain Velasquez
  4. Renan Barão
  5. Demetrious Johnson
  6. Chris Weidman
  7. Anthony Pettis
  8. Anderson Silva
  9. Johny Hendricks
  10. Ronda Rousey

HEAVYWEIGHT (206 – 265-pounds)

  1. Cain Velasquez (13-1) (UFC Champion)
  2. Junior dos Santos (16-3)
  3. Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1)
  4. Travis Browne (16-1-1)
  5. Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (18-5-1)
  6. Josh Barnett (33-7)
  7. Alistair Overeem (37-13)
  8. Mark Hunt (9-8-1)
  9. Stipe Miocic (11-1)
  10. Roy Nelson (20-9) arrow_up_1-20110809171533-00032NR

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (186 – 205-pound)

  1. Jon Jones (19-1) (UFC Champion)
  2. Alexander Gustafsson (16-2)
  3. Rashad Evans (19-3-1)
  4. Glover Teixeira 22-2)
  5. Phil Davis (12-1)
  6. Daniel Cormier (14-0)
  7. Dan Henderson (30-11)
  8. Chael Sonnen (28-14-1)
  9. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (22-9)
  10. Ryan Bader (16-4)

MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (171 – 185-pounds)

  1. Chris Weidman (11-0) (UFC Champion)
  2. Vitor Belfort (24-10)
  3. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (19-3)
  4. Anderson Silva (33-6)
  5. Lyoto Machida (20-4)
  6. Michael Bisping (24-5)
  7. Luke Rockhold (11-2)
  8. Francis Carmont (22-7)
  9. Mark Muñoz (13-4)
  10. Gegard Mousasi (34-2-1)

WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (156 – 170-pounds)

  1. Johny Hendricks (16-2) (UFC Champion)
  2. Robbie Lawler (22-10)
  3. Carlos Condit (29-8)
  4. Rory MacDonald (16-2)
  5. Ben Askren (12-0)
  6. Tyrone Woodley (13-2) arrow_up_1-20110809171533-000324
  7. Jake Ellenberger (29-7)
  8. Demian Maia (18-6)
  9. Hector Lombard (34-4-1)
  10. Matt Brown (18-11)arrow_up_1-20110809171533-00032NR

LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (146 – 155-pounds)

  1. Anthony Pettis (17-2) (UFC Champion)
  2. Benson Henderson (20-3)
  3. Gilbert Melendez (22-3)
  4. TJ Grant (21-5)
  5. Eddie Alvarez (25-3) (Bellator MMA Champion)
  6. Michael Chandler (12-1)
  7. Josh Thomson (20-6)
  8. Khabib Nurmagomedov (21-0)
  9. Nate Diaz (17-9)
  10. Rafael dos Anjos (20-6)

FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (136 – 145 pounds)

  1. Jose Aldo (24-1) (UFC Champion)
  2. Chad Mendes (16-1)
  3. Ricardo Lamas (13-3)
  4. Cub Swanson (20-5)
  5. Frankie Edgar (16-4-1)
  6. Dustin Poirier (15-3)
  7. Pat Curran (20-5) (Bellator MMA Champion)
  8. Daniel Straus (22-5)
  9. ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung (13-4)
  10. Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire (21-2)

BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (126 – 135 pounds)

  1. Renan Barão (32-1) (UFC Champion)
  2. Urijah Faber (30-7)
  3. Raphael Assuncao (22-4)
  4. Michael McDonald (16-3) (-1)
  5. Bibiano Fernandes (15-3) (ONE FC, Dream Champion)
  6. Eddie Wineland (20-9-1)
  7. Eduaro Dantas (16-3) (Bellator MMA Champion)
  8. TJ Dillashaw (9-2) -1
  9. Takeya Mizugaki (19-7-2)
  10. Marlon Moraes (12-4-1)

FLYWEIGHT DIVISION (125 pounds and below)

  1. Demetrious Johnson (19-2) (UFC Champion)
  2. Joseph Benavidez (19-4)
  3. John Dodson (15-6)
  4. Ali Bagautinov (13-2)
  5. Ian McCall (12-4-1)
  6. John Moraga (14-2)
  7. Jon Lineker (23-7)
  8. Jussier ‘Formiga’ da Silva (16-3)
  9. Tim Elliott (10-4-1)
  10. Zach Makovsky (17-4)

WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND (all weight classes)

  1. Ronda Rousey (9-0) (UFC Bantamweight Champion)
  2. Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino (12-1) (Invicta FC Fetherweight Champion)
  3. Cat Zingano (8-0)
  4. Alexis Davis (16-5)
  5. Sarah Kaufman (16-2)
  6. Jessica Eye (10-2)
  7. Jessica Aguilar (17-4) (WSOF Straweight Champion)
  8. Sara McMann (7-1)
  9. Barb Honchak (9-2) (Invica FC Flyweight Champion)
  10. Michelle Waterson (11-3) (Invicta FC Atomweight champion)

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