WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

(January 2011 – 205-265lbs)
by shanoknowsmma

WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum 14-4-1
242lbs 6′4″ (Werdum Combat Team)

UFC CHAMP: Cain Velasquez
SVS CHAMP: Alistair Overeem
BFC Champ: Cole Konrad
SRC CHAMP: -vacant-
FEG CHAMP: Alistair Overeem
KOP CHAMP: -vacant-

TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Cain Velasquez 9-0
245lbs 6′2″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

2. Brock Lesnar 5-2
265lbs 6′3″ (Death Clutch Gym)

3. Shane Carwin 12-1
265lbs 6′1″ (Grudge Training Center)

4. Frank Mir 14-4
240lbs 6′1″ (Las Vegas Combat Club)

5. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos 12-1
238lbs 6′4″ (Team Nogueira)

6. Fedor Emelianenko 31-2 (1 NC )
233lbs 6′0″ (Red Devil Sport Club)

7. Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira 32-6-1 (1 NC)
231lbs 6′3″ (Team Nogueira)

8. Alistair Overeem 34-11  (1 NC)
260lbs 6′5″ (Golden Glory)

9. Brett Rogers 11-2
265lbs 6′5″ (Team Bison/Ambition MMA)

10. Antonio “Pezao” Silva 15-2
265lbs 6′4″ (American Top Team/Elite Mixed Fighters)

TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Andrei Arlovski 15-8
240lbs 6′4″ (Overtime MMA)

Josh Barnett 29-5
250lbs 6′3″ (Team CSW)

Randy Couture 19-10
205-225lbs 6′1″ (Xtreme Couture)

Ben Rothwell 31-7
265lbs 6′5″ (MFS)

Jon Madsen 7-0
245lbs 6′5″ (HIT Squad)


Gilbert Yvel
36-16-1 (1 NC)
243lbs 6′2″ (Vos Gym)




Pedro Rizzo 19-9
228lbs 6′1″ (Ruas Vale Tudo)

Roy “Big Country” Nelson 15-5
264lbs 6′0″ (Lion’s Den)

Brendan Schaub 7-1
238lbs 6′4″ (Grudge Training Center)

Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga 11-6
252lbs 6′2″ (Team Link)




Heath Herring 28-14 (1 NC)
250lbs 6′4″ (Las Vegas Combat Club)

Cheick Kongo 15-6-2
230lbs 6′4″ (Wolfslair MMA)

Travis Browne 10-0-1
251lbs 6′7″ (NCFC Fight Team)




Mirko Filipovic 27-8-2 (1 NC)
220lbs 6′2″ (Cro Cop Squad Gym)

Stefan Struve 21-4
220lbs 6′11″ (Team Schrijber)

Cole Konrad
7-0
265lbs 6′5″ (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy/Death Clutch Gym)

Neil Grove 10-3-1
264lbs  6′6″ (Daigaku Karate Kai London)




Rogent Lloret Arredondo 9-2-1 (1 NC)
232lbs (Gracie Barcelona)

Neil “The Bruiser” Bragg 3-0
265lbs 6′2″ (???)


Damian Grabowski  13-1
240lbs 6′1″ (Lutadores Opole/Alliance Europe)

Thiago “Big Monster” Santos 8-1
260lbs 6′3″ (Top Brother)

Shamil Abdurahimov 11-1
231lbs 6′3″ (Peresvet FT)

Matt Mitrione 3-0
253lbs 6′2″ (Roufusport)

Joey “Mexicutioner” Beltran 12-4
239lbs 6′2″ (Blackline/Alliance MMA)

Chris Tuchscherer 24-3 (1 NC)
255lbs 6′2″ (Academy of Combat Arts/Death Clutch Gym)

Michael Russow 13-1 (1 NC)
265lbs 6′2″ (Team Pitbull)

Todd Duffee 6-2
260lbs 6′3″ (Xtreme Couture)


Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague 12-4
265lbs 6′4″ (Team Yokai)

Travis Wiuff 63-14 (1 NC)
253lbs 6′3″ (Elite Performance)

Jeff Monson 40-11
240lbs 5′9″ (ATT-Olympia)

Ricco Rodriguez
45-11
250lbs 6′4″ (American Fight Club)




Sergei Kharitonov 17-4
220lbs 6′4″ (Golden Glory/Ryazan Desantnik)

Marcio “Pe de Pano” Cruz 7-2
232lbs 6′4″ (Gracie Fusion)

Dave Herman
20-2
241lbs 6′5″ (F-1 Fight Team)

Yoshihiro “Kiss” Nakao 9-3 (2 NC)
215lbs 5′11″ (Team Tackler)

Rolles Gracie 3-1
247lbs 6′4″ (Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu)

“Big” Jim York 15-4
255lbs 6′1″ (Five Rings Dojo)


Michal Kita 10-5
230lbs 6′1″ (Sportcentrum KOPS/Masakra Team)

Alexey Oleinik 32-7-1
230lbs 6′1″ (RusFighters Sport Club)




Paul Buentello 29-13
245lbs 6′2″ (American Kickboxing Academy/Grudge Training Center)

Koji Kanechika 6-2
243lbs 6′1″ (Team Tackler)

Kazuhisa Tazawa 6-1-1
249lbs (Thug Life Kawa)

Cristiano Kaminishi 8-1 (2 NC)
216lbs 6′1″ (AXIS BJJ Academy)

Shane del Rosario 10-0
243lbs 6′3″ (No Limits MMA/Team Oyama)

Fabio Maldonado 20-3
205lbs 6′1″ (Team Nogueira)

Sean McCorkle 10-1
263lbs 6′7″ (C-4 MMA)



Isaac Newman-Gomez 3-0
265lbs 6′8″ (Cobra Kai/Evolved Martial Arts)

Chad Corvin 6-0
260lbs 6′5″ (Submit MMA/Etown Beatdown)

Neil Cooke 6-0
268lbs (Pinnacle Jiu-jitsu/CQuence Jiu-Jitsu)

Bret Kohan 4-0
240lbs 6′0″ (Rhino Fight Team)

Bobby Jones 2-0/3-0/3-1?
250lbs 6′5″ (Evolve MMA )

Eric Prindle 3-1
265lbs 6′4″ (Team CSW)

D.J. Linderman  8-1
250lbs 6′2″ (Team Do Somethin’)




Chris Barnett 6-1
260lbs 5′9″ (TNEB-RCP Fight Club/XFC)




Nick Penner 9-1
256lbs 6′0″ (Team Threat)

Chad Griggs 9-1
234lbs 6′3″ (Boxing Inc.)




Bobby Lashley 5-1
265lbs 6′3″ (American Top Team)

Lorenz Larkin 7-0
230lbs 6′0″ (Louisville MMA)

Marko Zschorner 7-1
242lbs 6′5″ (Europe Top Team)

Emil Poljak 6-0
232lbs 6′1″ (UFK Tresnjevka)

Daniel Cormier 7-0
249lbs 5′11″ (American Kickboxing Academy)

Edinaldo “Lula Molusco” Oliveira 8-0-1
235lbs 6′7″ (Nordeste/Champion Team)

Guram Gugenishvili 10-0
249lbs 6′5″ (Makfight)


Nick “Afrozilla” Gaston 4-0 (1 NC)
255lbs 6′4″ (8+8 Striking Systems)

Ron “The Monster” Sparks 6-0
265lbs 6′5″ (Louisville MMA)

Gabriel Salinas-Jones 3-0
246lbs 6′1″ (The Olympian Centre/FLO MMA)

REMOVED FROM LIST



Aleksander Emelianenko 17-4
253lbs 6′6″ (Red Devil Sport Club)

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