MMA Lightweight Division Rankings Top 25
*Removed B.J Penn since he will compete in the Welterweight division*
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. Shinya Aoki (26-5, 4-1 DEEP)
5. Eddie Alvarez (22-2, 5-0 BFC)
6. Kenny Florian (13-5, 11-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Evan Dunham (1/22/2011)
7. Ben Henderson (12-1, 5-0 WEC) *Next Fight: Anthony Pettis (12/16)
8. Jim Miller (18-2, 7-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Charles Oliveira (12/11)
9. Sean Sherk (33-4-1, 8-4 UFC)
10. George Sotiropoulos (14-2, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Dennis Siver (2/27/2011)
11. Evan Dunham (11-1, 5-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Kenny Florian (1/22/2011)
12. Takanori Gomi (32-6, 1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Clay Guida (1/1/2011)
13. Josh Thomson (18-3, 9-2 Strikeforce)
14. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-6-2, 5-2 DREAM)
15. Joe Stevenson (31-11, 8-5 UFC)
16. Clay Guida (27-11, 7-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Takanori Gomi (1/1/2011)
17. Melvin Guillard (25-8-2, 9-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Yves Edwards (1/22/2011)
18. Charles Oliveria (14-0, 2-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Jim Miller (12/11)
19. Dennis Siver (17-7, 6-4 UFC) *Next Fight: George Sotiropoulos (2/27/2011)
20. Nik Lentz (20-3-2, 4-0 UFC)
21. Tyson Griffin (14-5, 7-5 UFC)
22. Karl James Noons (10-3, 2-1 Strikeforce)
23. Gesias Cavalcante (15-4-1, 0-1 Strikeforce)
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
Kurt Pellegrino (15-5, 7-4 UFC)
Joe Lauzon (19-5, 6-2 UFC)
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 (24-6, 9-5 UFC)
Efrain Escudero (13-2, 3-2 UFC)
Roger Huerta (21-6-1, 1-3 BFC)
Ross Pearson (11-4, 3-1 UFC)
Kazunori Yokota (11-3-3, 0-1 K-1)
Satoru Kitaoka (26-10-9, 19-8-8 Pancrase)
Yves Edwards (39-16-1, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Melvin Guillard (1/22/2011)
Cole Miller (17-4, 6-2 UFC)
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