MMA Rankings Shake Up: 11/20/11


UFC 139: Henderson vs Rua & Bellator 58

MMA Shake Ups:

*Light Heavyweight Bout* – Dan Henderson wins in a thriller, and absolute war. Henderson moves up to #3, and Shogun respectively drops down to #4. It was the Fight of the Year, maybe ever.

*Middleweight Bout* – Wanderlei Silva wins in a rather questionable stoppage but he certainly busted Cung Le up, thats for sure. Silva moves up to #14.

*Light Heavyweight Bout* – Stephan Bonnar defeats Kyle Kingsbury, and in doing so, enters the top 25. Kingsbury is knocked off the top 25 in result.

*Welterweight Bout* – Martin Kampmann defeats Rick Story, and moves up to #12. Rick Story drops to #13 in result.

*Light Heavyweight Bout* – Ryan Bader knocks out unranked Jason Brilz. Bader remains at #15 in result.

*Middleweight Bout* – Chris Weidman cracks the top 25 by defeating Tom Lawlor. Weidman is now #22.

*Lightweight Bout* – Gleison Tibau gets his 10th UFC win, and moves up to #19 after defeating Rafael Dos Anjos by split decision. Dos Anjos in result was knocked off the top 25.

*Middleweight Bout* – Hector Lombard moves up to #11 after dismantling the South African Trevor Prangley. 

*Lightweight Bout* – Michael Chandler wins perhaps one of the greatest fights on Bellator. A Fight of the Year candidate as well. Chandler cracks the 25 with noise, and now is #7. Eddie Alvarez drops down to #8, respectively.

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