MMA Heavyweight Division Rankings

Top 25 HEAVYWEIGHTS (over 205 pounds)

1. Cain Velasquez (9-0, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Junior Dos Santos #2

2. Junior Dos Santos (13-1, 7-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Cain Velasquez #1

3. Alistair Overeem (35-11, 4-0 Strikeforce)  

4. Brock Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) 

5. Fabricio Werdum (14-5 MMA, 3-1 Strikeforce)

6. Antonio Silva (16-2, 3-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Daniel Cormier #17  

7. Shane Carwin (11-2, 4-2 UFC) 

8. Frank Mir (15-5, 13-5 UFC) 

9. Josh Barnett (30-5, 1-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Sergei Kharitonov #19

10. Fedor Emelianenko (31-4 MMA, 1-3 Strikeforce)

11. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1, 3-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Brendan Schaub #14 

12. Ben Rothwell (31-7, 1-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Mark Hunt #NR

13. Roy Nelson (15-6, 2-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Mirko Filipovic #24  

14. Brendan Schaub (8-1, 4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira #11

15. Pedro Rizzo (19-9, 1-0 Washington Combat) 

16. Shamil Abdurahimov (12-1, 3-0 ADFC)

17. Daniel Cormier (8-0, 5-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Antonio Silva #6

18. Jeff Monson (42-12, 0-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Maro Perak #NR 

19. Sergei Kharitonov (18-4, 1-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Josh Barnett #9

20. Cheick Kongo (16-6-2, 9-4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Matt Mitrione #NR  

21. Mike Russow (14-1, 3-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Dave Herman #NR

22. Travis Browne (11-0-1, 2-0-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Rob Broughton #NR 

23. Brett Rogers (11-3, 2-3 Strikeforce) 

24. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-9-2, 4-5 UFC) *Next Fight: Roy Nelson #13

25. Andrei Arlovski (15-9, 0-3 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Ray Lopez #NR

*NR = Not Ranked*