MMA Lightweight Division Rankings Top 25

1. Frankie Edgar (13-1, 8-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Gray Maynard (1/1/2011)

2. Gilbert Melendez (18-2, 8-1 Strikeforce)

3. Gray Maynard (10-0, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Frankie Edgar (1/1/2011)

4. B.J Penn (16-6-1, 11-6-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Matt Hughes (11/20)

5. Shinya Aoki (25-5, 9-2 DREAM) *Next Fight: Yokthai Sithoar (10/24)

6. Kenny Florian (13-5, 11-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Evan Dunham (2/5/2011)

7. Eddie Alvarez (20-2, 4-0 BFC) *Next Fight: Roger Huerta (10/21)

8. Ben Henderson (12-1, 5-0 WEC) *Next Fight: Anthony Pettis (12/16)

9. Jim Miller (18-2, 7-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Charles Oliveira (12/11)

10. Sean Sherk (33-4-1, 8-4 UFC)

11. George Sotiropoulos (13-2, 6-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Joe Lauzen (11/20)

12. Evan Dunham (11-1, 5-1 UFC) *Next Fight:Kenny Florian (2/5/2011)

13. Takanori Gomi (32-6, 1-1 UFC)

14. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-6-2, 5-2 DREAM)

15. Josh Thomson (17-3, 8-2 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Gesias Cavalcante (10/9)

16. Joe Stevenson (31-11, 8-5 UFC)

17. Tyson Griffin (14-4, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Nik Lentz (11/20)

18. Clay Guida (27-11, 7-5 UFC)

19. Karl James Noons (10-2, 2-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Nick Diaz (10/9) *Welterweight bout

20. Gesias Cavalcante (15-3-1, 1-2 DREAM) *Next Fight: Possibly Josh Thompson

21. Melvin Guillard (25-8-2, 9-4 UFC)

22. Charles Oliveria (14-0, 2-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Jim Miller (12/11)

23. Kurt Pellegrino (15-5, 7-4 UFC)

24. Lyle Beerbohm (14-0, 3-0 Strikeforce)

25. Antonio Mckee (25-3-2, 2-0 MFC) *Next Fight: Jacob Volkmann (1/1/2011) *UFC Debut

Honorable Mention

Joe Lauzon (19-5, 6-2 UFC) *Next Fight: George Sotiropoulos (11/20)

Mizuto Hirota (12-4-1, 2-2 WVR)

Gleison Tibau (21-7, 7-5 UFC)

Rafael Dos Anjos (14-5, 3-3 UFC)

Akihiro Gono (32-16-7, 2-2 WVR)

Spencer Fisher (23-6, 8-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Curt Warburton (10/16)

Efrain Escudero (13-2, 3-2 UFC)

Roger Huerta (21-4-1, 1-1 BFC) *Next Fight: Eddie Alvarez (10/21)

Ross Pearson (11-4, 3-1 UFC)

Kazunori Yokota (11-3-3, 0-1 K-1)

Dennis Siver (16-7, 5-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Andre Winner (11/13)

Satoru Kitaoka (26-10-9, 19-8-8 Pancrase)

Yves Edwards (39-16-1, 7-4 UFC)

Cole Miller (17-4, 6-2 UFC)