MMA Heavyweight Division Rankings

Top 25 HEAVYWEIGHTS (over 205 pounds)

1. Junior Dos Santos (14-1, 8-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Alistair Overeem #2

2. Alistair Overeem (36-11, 1-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Junior Dos Santos #1

3. Cain Velasquez (9-1, 7-1 UFC)   

4. Frank Mir (16-5, 14-5 UFC)  

5. Fabricio Werdum (14-5 MMA, 3-1 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Roy Nelson #13

6. Josh Barnett (31-5, 2-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Daniel Cormier #9 

7. Shane Carwin (11-2, 4-2 UFC) 

8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (33-7-1, 4-3 UFC) 

9. Daniel Cormier (9-0, 6-0 Strikeforce) *Next Fight: Josh Barnett #6

10. Antonio Silva (16-3, 3-2 Strikeforce)  

11. Fedor Emelianenko (33-4 MMA, 1-3 Strikeforce) 

12. Cheick Kongo (17-6-2, 10-4-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Mark Hunt #21

13. Roy Nelson (16-6, 3-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Fabricio Werdum #5

14. Brendan Schaub (8-2, 4-2 UFC) *Next Fight: Ben Rothwell #NR

15. Mike Russow (14-1, 3-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Jon Olav Einemo #NR

16. Travis Browne (12-0-1, 3-0-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Chad Griggs #25   

17. Cole Konrad (8-0, 6-0 BFC)

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

19. Sergei Kharitonov (18-5, 1-1 Strikeforce)

20. Andrei Arlovski (17-9, 2-0 Pro Elite) 

21. Mark Hunt (7-7, 2-1 UFC) *Next Fight: Cheick Kongo #12

22. Dave Herman (21-2, 1-0 UFC) *Next Fight: Stefan Struve #23

23. Stefan Struve (22-5, 6-3 UFC) *Next Fight: Dave Herman #22

24. Matt Mitrione (5-1, 5-1 UFC)

25. Chad Griggs (11-1, 3-0 Strikeforce)

*Brock Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) Removed for Retiring*