MMA Lightweight Division Rankings Top 25

1. Frankie Edgar (13-1-1, 8-1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Gray Maynard #3

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

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

4. Eddie Alvarez (22-2, 5-0 BFC)

5. Jim Miller (19-2, 8-1 UFC)

6. Shinya Aoki (26-5, 10-3 DREAM)

7. Kenny Florian (13-5, 11-4 UFC)

8. Anthony Pettis (13-1, 5-1 WEC) *Next Fight: Clay Guida #14

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. Ben Henderson (12-2, 5-1 WEC) *Next Fight: Mark Bocek #Unranked

12. Evan Dunham (11-1, 5-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Melvin Guillard (1/22/2011)

13. Tatsuya Kawajiri (26-6-2, 8-2 DREAM)

14. Clay Guida (28-11, 8-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Anthony Pettis #8

15. Josh Thomson (18-4, 0-1 Dream)

16. Takanori Gomi (32-7, 1-2 UFC)

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

18. Melvin Guillard (25-8-2, 9-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Evan Dunham (1/22/2011)

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. Charles Oliveria (14-1, 2-1 UFC)

22. Tyson Griffin (14-5, 7-5 UFC)

23. Karl James Noons (10-3, 2-1 Strikeforce)

24. Gesias Cavalcante (15-4-1, 0-1 Strikeforce)

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

Honorable Mention

Jacob Volkmann (12-2, 3-2 UFC)

Antonio Mckee (25-4-2, 0-1 UFC)

Kurt Pellegrino (15-5, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Gleison Tibau #Unranked

Joe Lauzon (19-5, 6-2 UFC)

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

Gleison Tibau (21-7, 7-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Kurt Pellegrino #Unranked

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

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

Spencer Fisher (24-6, 9-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Ross Pearson #Unranked

Efrain Escudero (14-2, 1-0 Desert Rage)

Roger Huerta (21-6-1, 1-3 BFC)

Ross Pearson (11-4, 3-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Spencer Fisher #Unranked

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

Satoru Kitaoka (27-10-9, 20-8-8 Pancrase)

Yves Edwards (39-16-1, 7-4 UFC) *Next Fight: Cody McKenzie (1/22/2011)

Cole Miller (17-4, 6-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Matt Wiman #Unranked