MMA Heavyweight Division Rankings

Top 25 HEAVYWEIGHTS (over 205 pounds)

1. Cain Velasquez (9-0, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Junior Dos Santos #4

2. Fabricio Werdum (14-4 MMA, 3-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Alistair Overeem #6

3. Fedor Emelianenko (31-2 MMA, 1-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Antonio Silva #10

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

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

6. Alistair Overeem (34-11, 3-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Fabricio Werdum #2

7. Shane Carwin (11-1, 4-1 UFC)

8. Frank Mir (14-5, 12-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Roy Nelson #16

9. Josh Barnett (26-5, 1-0 Impact FC) *Next Fight: Brett Rogers #12

10. Antonio Silva (14-2, 1-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Fedor Emelianenko #3

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

12. Brett Rogers (11-2, 1-0 W-1) *Next Fight: Josh Barnett #9

13. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-8-2, 4-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Brendan Schaub #18

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

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

16. Roy Nelson (15-5, 2-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Frank Mir #8

17. Mike Russow (13-1, 2-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Jon Madsen #Unranked

18. Brendan Schaub (7-1, 3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Mirko Cro Cop #13

19. Tim Sylvia (28-6, 1-0 CFX) *Next Fight: Pedro Rizzo #20

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

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

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

23. Travis Browne (10-0-1, 1-0-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Stefan Struve #25

24. Jeff Monson (40-11, 1-0 Cage Fighting) 

25. Stefan Struve (21-4, 5-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Travis Browne #23

Honorable Mention

Andrei Arlovski (15-8, 0-2 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Sergei Kharitonov #Unranked

Aleksander Emelianenko (17-4, 0-1 Draka) *Next Fight: Chris Mahle #Unranked

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

Travius Wiuff (64-14, 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) *Next Fight: Pat Barry (1/22/2011)

Jon Madsen (7-0, 4-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Mike Russow #17

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

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

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

Ikuhisa Minowa (47-32-8, 5-3 DREAM)

Alexey Oleinik (28-6-1, 2-1 IAFC)

Dan Cormier (6-0, 1-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Devin Cole #Unranked

Sergei Kharitonov (17-4, 1-1 DREAM) *Next Fight: Andrei Arlovski

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

Matt Mitrione (3-0, 3-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Tim Hague (1/22/2011)