WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS
(January 2011 – 170-185lbs)
by shanoknowsmma
WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Anderson Silva 27-4
185lbs 6′2″ (Muay Thai Dream Team)
UFC CHAMP: Anderson Silva
SVS CHAMP: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
BFC CHAMP: Hector Lombard
FEG CHAMP: -vacant-
SRC CHAMP: Jorge Santiago
KOP CHAMP: Yuki Kondo
GCM CHAMP: -vacant-
ISC CHAMP: Siyar Bahadurzada
TOP TEN CONTENDERS
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1. Chael Sonnen 25-11-1
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

2. Dan Henderson 26-8
185-205lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

3. Vitor Belfort 19-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Xtreme Couture)

4. Rich Franklin 28-5 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Extreme)

5. Demian Maia 14-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Wand Fight Team)

6.
Yushin Okami 26-5
185lbs 6′2″ (Wajutsu Keishukai Tokyo)

7. Nathan Marquardt 30-10-2
185lbs (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)
8. Paulo Filho 21-2-1
185lbs 5′8″ (Grappling Fight Team)
(“Pezao” fight was at 205lbs)

9. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza 14-2 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (XGym)
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10. Jorge Santiago 23-8
185lbs 6′1″ (American Top Team)
TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS
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Mamed Khalidov 21-4-2
181lbs 6′0″ (Arrachion MMA Olsztyn/KSW Team)

Jason “Mayhem” Miller 24-7 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Mayhem Miller)

Tim Kennedy 12-3
185lbs 5′11″ (The Pit)

Hector Lombard 27-2-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′9″ (American Top Team)
Alexander Shlemenko 30-5
185lbs 5′11″ (RusFighters Sport Club)
185lbs 6′3″ (Team Wildman Vale Tudo)

Eric Schambari
14-2
184lbs 6′0″ (Marc Laimon’s Cobra Kai)
Luke Rockhold
185lbs 6′3″ (American Kickboxing Academy)
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Andrei Semenov 29-9-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Red Devil Sports Club)
Jesse “JT Money” Taylor
17-6
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Quest)

Tom “Kong” Watson
13-4
182lbs 6′0″ (Gorilla Academy)

Matt Horwich
27-17-1 (Record)
185lbs 5′11″ (Legends MMA)

Thales Leites 18-4
185lbs 6′1″ (Nova Uniao)
Robbie Lawler 18-6 (1 NC)
185lbs (HIT Squad)

Melvin Manhoef 24-8-1
183lbs 5′8″ (Mike’s Gym)

Kazuo Misaki 23-11-2 (1 NC)
182lbs (Team Grabaka)

Dan Miller 13-4 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′0″ (AMA Fight Club)

Yoshihiro Akiyama 13-3 (2 NC)
185lbs 5′10″ (Team Cloud)

Mark Munoz 9-2
185lbs 6′0″ (Capital City Fighting Alliance)
Kendall Grove
12-8 (1 NC)
185lbs 6′6″ (Team Punishment)

Jake Rosholt 7-3
185lbs 6′1″ (Xtreme Couture)
Brian Stann 10-3
185lbs 6′1″ (Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts)

Chris Leben 25-7
185lbs 5′11″ (Icon Fitness MMA)

Nick Diaz 23-7 (1 NC)
160-180lbs 6′1″ (Cesar Gracie)

Wanderlei Silva 33-10-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Wand Fight Team )

Michael Bisping 20-3
185lbs 6′2″ (Wolfslair Academy)

Alan Belcher 16-6
185lbs 6′2″ (Roufusport)

Matt Lindland 22-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Quest)

Cung Le 7-1
183lbs 5′10″ (USH)
Scott “Hands Of Steel” Smith 17-8 (1 NC)
170-185lbs 6′0″ (Capital City Fighting Alliance)
Benji Radach 21-6 (1 NC)
185-205lbs 5′10″ (???)

Riki Fukuda 18-5
185lbs 6′0″ (Grabaka)
Murilo “Ninja” Rua 20-11-1
184lbs 5′11″ (Universidade da Luta)

Danillo “Indio” Villefort 12-3
185lbs 6′1″ (American Top Team)

Joey Villasenor 27-8
185lbs 6′0″ (Jackson’s Submission Fighting)

Rousimar Palhares 11-3
185lbs 5′8″ (Brazilian Top Team)

Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera 19-7
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Sityodtong)
Nate Quarry 12-4
185lbs 6′0″ (Team Quest)
Yancy Medeiros
9-0
185-205lbs 5′10″ (Team Hakuilua)
Dean Lister 11-7
185lbs 6′1″ (Throwdown Elite Training Center/Victory MMA)

Jeremy Horn 87-20-5
185lbs 6′1″ (Elite Performance)
Trevor Prangley 23-6-1
185lbs 6′0″ (American Kickboxing Academy)
Nobutatsu Suzuki 8-0-2
185lbs 5′8″ (Musinjuku)

Falaniko Vitale
28-9
185lbs 5′10″ (Grappling Unlimited)

Ralek Gracie 3-0
185lbs 6′2″ (Gracie Humaita)
Bislan Isaev 17-5 (Record)
177lbs 6′1″ (Chechen Fight Club)

Jordanas Poskaitis 11-1
185lbs (???)
Costantinos Phillippou 6-1 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Costa Phillippou MMA/Serra-Longo Fight Team)

Givanildo “The Arm Collector” Santana 15-1
185lbs (Team Oyama/Lotus MMA)

Maiquel Jose Falcao Goncalves 26-3 (1 NC)
185lbs 5′11″ (Chute Boxe)
Gerald “Hurricane” Harris 17-3
185lbs 5′11″ (Grudge Training Center/Ghost Dog)

Justin Torrey 7-0
185lbs 6′0″ (JSD/Fighting Arts Academy)

Siyar Bahadurzada 18-4-1
185lbs (Golden Glory/Tatsujin Dojo)

Fabio Bolinho 9-0-1
182lbs (Nova Uniao Kimura)
Bruno “Carioca” Santos 8-0
185lbs 5′9″ (Ze Mario Team)
Carlos Eduardo “Ta Danado” Rocha 9-0
185lbs 5′10″ (Darcio Lira Jiu-Jitsu)
Papy Abedi 8-0
185lbs (Hilti NHB)
Nick Ring 10-0
185lbs 6′1″ (BDB Martial Arts)
Brad Tavares
7-0
185lbs 6′1″ (Team Tompkins/MMA Development)

Phil McIntyre 6-0
185lbs (South Shore Sport Fighting)

Robert Jocz 19-6
182lbs 6′1″ (Team Beast of the East)

Jeremy “Pitbull” Smith 13-3
185lbs 5′10″ (Black Dragon Society)
Chris Weidman 4-0
185lbs 6′0″ (Serra-Longo Fight Team)
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