MMA Heavyweight Division Rankings

Top 25 HEAVYWEIGHTS (over 205 pounds)

1. Cain Velasquez (9-0, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Junior Dos Santos

2. Fabricio Werdum (14-4 MMA, 3-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Possibly Fedor Emelianenko

3. Fedor Emelianenko (31-2 MMA, 1-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Possibly Fabricio Werdum

4. Junior Dos Santos (12-1, 6-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Cain Velasquez

5. Brock Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)

6. Shane Carwin (11-1, 4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Roy Nelson (1/1/2011)

7. Alistair Overeem (33-11, 3-0 Strikeforce)

8. Frank Mir (14-5, 12-5 UFC)

9. Josh Barnett (26-5, 1-0 Impact FC 1)

10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1, 3-2 UFC)

11. Antonio Silva (14-2, 1-1 Strikeforce)

12. Brett Rogers (11-2, 1-0 W-1)

13. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-8-2, 4-4 UFC)

14. Aleksander Emelianenko (17-3, 1-0 APF) *Next Fight: Chris Mahle

15. Ben Rothwell (31-7, 1-1 UFC)

16. Cheick Kongo (15-6-2, 8-4-1 UFC)

17. Roy Nelson (15-5, 2-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Shane Carwin (1/1/2011)

18. Mike Russow (13-1, 2-0 UFC)

19. Brendan Schaub (7-1, 3-1 UFC)

20. Pedro Rizzo (19-9, 1-0 Washington Combat) *Next Fight: Tim Slyvia

21. Damian Grabowski (13-1, 1-1 BFC)

22. Tim Sylvia (27-6, 1-0 PWP) *Next Fight: Pedro Rizzo

23. Andrei Arlovski (15-8, 0-2 Strikeforce)

24. Travis Browne (10-0-1, 1-0-1 UFC)

25. Gabriel Gonzaga (11-6, 7-5 UFC)

Honorable Mention

Travius Wiuff (62-14, 1-0 Moosin)

Shamil Abdurahimov (11-1,  2-0 ADFC)

Ricco Rodriquez (44-11, 2-0 USA MMA)

Marcio Cruz (7-2, 2-0 Art Of Fighting)

Joey Beltran (12-4, 2-1 UFC)

Jon Madsen (7-0, 4-0 UFC)

Gilbert Yvel (36-16-1, 0-3 UFC)

Jeff Monson (38-11, 2-0 Elite Promotions) *Next Fight: Sergey Shemetov

Bobby Lashley (5-1, 1-1 Strikeforce)

Rogent Lloret (9-2, 0-1 Bellator)

Ikuhisa Minowa (46-30-8, 5-3 DREAM)

Alexey Oleinik (27-6-1, 2-1 IAFC)

Cole Konrad (7-0, 5-0 Bellator)

Stefan Struve (20-4, 4-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Sean McCorkle (12/11)

Dan Cormier (5-0, 1-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Soa Palelei (11/6)

Sergei Kharitonov (16-4, 1-1 DREAM)

Chad Griggs (9-1, 1-0 Strikeforce)

Matt Mitrione (3-0, 3-0 UFC)