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MMA Heavyweight Division Rankings

Top 25 HEAVYWEIGHTS (over 205 pounds)

1. Cain Velasquez (11-1, 9-1 UFC)

2. Junior Dos Santos (15-2, 9-1 UFC) 

3. Alistair Overeem (36-11, 1-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Silva #10

4. Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira #8

5. Daniel Cormier (10-0, 7-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Dion Staring #NR

6. Frank Mir (16-6, 14-6 UFC) 

7. Josh Barnett (31-6, 2-1 Strikeforce) 

8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-7-1, 5-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Fabricio Werdum #4

9. Shane Carwin (11-2, 4-2 UFC) 

10. Antonio Silva (17-4, 1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Alistair Overeem #3

11. Roy Nelson (18-7, 5-3 UFC) 

12. Travis Browne (13-1-1, 4-1-1 UFC) 

13. Mark Hunt (8-7, 3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Stefan Struve #14

14. Stefan Struve (25-5, 9-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Mark Hunt #13

15. Cheick Kongo (18-7-2, 11-5-1 UFC) 

16. Mike Russow (15-2, 4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Shawn Jordan #NR

17. Sergei Kharitonov (19-5, 1-1 Strikeforce) 

18. Andrei Arlovski (19-9, 1-0 WSOF)

19. Ben Rothwell (32-8, 2-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Gabriel Gonzaga #NR

20. Brendan Schaub (8-3, 4-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Lavar Johnson #NR

21. Stipe Miocic (9-1, 3-1 UFC) 

22. Damian Grabowski (16-1, 2-1 BFC)

23. Kenny Garner (12-3, 8-1 M1)

24. Jeff Monson (48-13, 3-1 M1)

25. Alexander Volkov (19-3, 3-0 BFC)

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26. Vitaly Minakov (10-0, 1-0 BFC) 

*Cole Konrad (9-0, 7-0 BFC) Removed for Retiring*

*Brock Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) Removed for Retiring*

*Fedor Emelianenko (33-4 MMA) Removed for Retiring*