Post-UFC 128 ranking update

At heavyweight, Brendan Schaub’s third-round TKO of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic sends Cro Cop out of the top 15, vaulting Schaub to #11 (over a fading Cheick Kongo) and brings former top-10 stalwart Josh Barnett in at #15.

At light-heavyweight, new UFC champion Jon Jones vaults from #5 to #1, dropping former champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to #3, below new #1 contender Rashad Evans (though, I must admit, I think their P3Y records are just about even–I have Evans the edge for more and more recent wins over top-10 fighters).

At featherweight, Erik Koch’s first-round KO of former #7 Raphael Assuncao sends Assuncao out of the top 10, bringing in Chad Mendes.

HEAVYWEIGHT (265 lbs. limit) TOP 15

# Name Pro MMA Record P3Y Record at HW Notes
1 Cain Velasquez 8-0 9-0 UFC heavyweight champion
2 Brock Lesnar 5-2 4-1
3 Fabricio Werdum 14-4-1 4-1
4 Antonio Silva 15-2 7-1
5 Shane Carwin 12-1 5-1
6 Fedor Emelianenko 31-3 3-2
7 Frank Mir 14-5 3-2
8 Alistair Overeem 34-11 8-0 Strikeforce heavyweight champion (1 defense).
9 Brett Rogers 11-2 5-2
10 Junior Dos Santos 12-1 7-0
11 Brendan Schaub 8-1 8-1 Moved to #11 following a win over then-#12 Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 128 on 3/19/11.
12 Cheick Kongo 15-6-2 4-3-1
13 Ben Rothwell 31-7 9-2
14 Jon Madsen 7-0 7-0
15 Josh Barnett 29-5 6-0

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT (205 lbs.) TOP 15

# Name Pro MMA Record P3Y Record at LHW Notes
1 Jon Jones 13-1 13-1 (1 DQ) UFC light-heavyweight champion
2 Rashad Evans 15-1-1 4-1-1
3 Mauricio Rua 19-4 3-2 (one loss avenged)
4 Quinton Jackson 31-8 3-2
5 Lyoto Machida 16-1 4-1
6 Ryan Bader 12-1 6-1
7 Forrest Griffin 18-6 3-2
8 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 18-4 6-1
9 Dan Henderson 27-8 3-0
10 Thiago Silva 15-2 3-2
11 Rich Franklin 28-6 2-2
12 Rafael Cavalcante 10-3 6-2
13 Muhammed Lawal 7-0 7-0
14 Gegard Mousasi 29-3-1 4-1
15 Alexander Gustafsson 11-1 9-1

FEATHERWEIGHT (143-145 lbs.) TOP 10

# Name Pro MMA Record P3Y Record at FW Notes
1 Jose Aldo 18-1 9-0 WEC featherweight champion (2 defenses)
2 Manvel Gamburyan 11-5 3-1
3 Diego Nunes 16-1 6-1
4 Rani Yahya 16-6 1-0
5 Urijah Faber 24-4 4-3
6 Dustin Poirier 9-1 1-0
7 Mike Thomas Brown 24-8 6-4
8 Josh Grispi 14-2 5-1
9 L.C. Davis 16-3 7-3
10 Chad Mendes 10-0 10-0

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