Power MMA Rankings – Feb. 17: The reshaping of the middleweight division
Feb 17, 2014, 9:30 PM | Updated: 9:31 pm
Following UFC Fight Night 36, find out who moved up and who fell down in the Power MMA Show’s official pound-for-pound rankings.
Fighters who are 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. Benson Henderson
HEAVYWEIGHT (206 – 265 pounds)
1. Cain Velasquez (13-1) (UFC Champion)
2. Junior dos Santos (16-3)
3. Daniel Cormier (13-0)
4. Fabricio Werdum (17-5-1)
5. Travis Browne (16-1-1)
6. Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (18-5-1)
7. Josh Barnett (33-7)
8. Alistair Overeem (37-13)
9. Mark Hunt (9-8-1)
10. Stipe Miocic (11-1)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (186 – 205 pounds)
1. Jon Jones (19-1) (UFC Champion)
2. Alexander Gustafsson (15-2)
3. Rashad Evans (19-3-1)
4. Glover Teixeira (22-2)
5. Phil Davis (12-1)
6. Chael Sonnen (28-14-1)
7. Dan Henderson (29-11)
8. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (22-8)
9. Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2)
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) +1
4. Anderson Silva (33-6) -2
5. Lyoto Machida (20-4) +1
6. Michael Bisping (24-5) -1
7. Luke Rockhold (11-2)
8. Francis Carmont (22-7) +1
9. Mark Muñoz (13-4) -1
10. Gegard Mousasi (34-2-1) (NR last week)
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (156 – 170 pounds)
1. Johny Hendricks (15-2)
2. Carlos Condit (29-7)
3. Robbie Lawler (22-9)
4. Jake Shields (29-6)
5. Demian Maia (18-5)
6. Rory MacDonald (15-2)
7. Nick Diaz (26-9)
8. Ben Askren (12-0)
9. Jake Ellenberger (29-7)
10. Matt Brown (18-11)
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. Daniel Straus (22-4) (Bellator MMA Champion)
8. Pat Curran (19-5)
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. Michael McDonald (16-3)
4. Raphael Assuncao (21-4)
5. Bibiano Fernandes (15-3) (ONE FC, Dream Champion)
6. Eddie Wineland (20-9-1)
7. TJ Dillashaw (9-2)
8. Eduaro Dantas (15-3) (Bellator MMA Champion)
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. Tim Elliott (10-4-1)
9. Jussier da Silva (15-3)
10. Zach Makovsky (17-4)
WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND (all weight classes)
1. Ronda Rousey (8-0) (UFC Bantamweight Champion)
2. Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino (12-1) (Invicta FC Fetherweight Champion)
3. Cat Zingano (8-0)
4. Jessica Eye (10-1)
5. Sarah Kaufman (16-2)
6. Jessica Aguilar (17-4) (WSOF Straweight Champion)
7. Alexis Davis (15-5)
8. Sara McMann (7-0)
9. Barb Honchak (9-2) (Invica FC Flyweight Champion)
10. Michelle Waterson (11-3) (Invicta FC Atomweight champion)