UFC Rankings - November 11th, 2013
Saturday night in Goiania, Brazil, Dan Henderson dropped his third consecutive fight, getting knocked out for the first time in his illustrious career by Vitor Belfort.
Monday afternoon, the veteran middleweight and light heavyweight competitor dropped one place in the latest edition of the UFC Fighter Rankings, falling to seventh position in the 205-pound ranks. As a result of Henderson’s move down, his friend and former Team Quest teammate Chael Sonnen – who returns to the cage to take on former champion Rashad Evans in the co-main event of UFC 167 on Saturday – moves up to No. 6 in the division.
Following each event, the members of the media that make up the voting panel cast their ballots across the UFC’s eight divisions, as well as submitting their choices for the pound-for-pound rankings.
After Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson event, there were only a handful of other changes to the rankings, including undefeated former Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann climbing one spot to third in the women’s bantamweight division, and heavyweight finisher Stipe Miocic trading places with former champion Frank Mir, the 10-1 Miocic moving to No. 8 as Mir falls to No. 9.
UFC FIGHTER RANKINGS (November 11, 2013)
Pound-for-Pound
1 Jon Jones
2 Georges St-Pierre
3 Jose Aldo
4 Anderson Silva
5 Cain Velasquez
6 Renan Barao
7 Demetrious Johnson
8 Anthony Pettis
9 Chris Weidman
10 Benson Henderson
Flyweight
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 John Dodson
3 Ian McCall
4 John Moraga
5 John Lineker
6 Jussier Formiga
7 Timothy Elliott
8 Chris Cariaso
9 Louis Gaudinot
10 Darren Uyenoyama
Bantamweight
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 Renan Barao (Interim Champion)
2 Urijah Faber
3 Michael McDonald
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Eddie Wineland
6 Brad Pickett
7 Scott Jorgensen
8 TJ Dillashaw
9 Mike Easton
10 Takeya Mizugaki
Featherweight
Champion: Jose Aldo
1 Chad Mendes
2 Ricardo Lamas
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Cub Swanson
5 Chan Sung Jung
6 Dustin Poirier
7 Dennis Siver
8 Nik Lentz
9 Clay Guida
10 Darren Elkins
Lightweight
Champion: Anthony Pettis
1 Benson Henderson
2 Gilbert Melendez
3 TJ Grant
4 Josh Thomson
5 Gray Maynard
6 Rafael dos Anjos
7 Khabib Nurmagomedov
8 Nate Diaz
9 Jim Miller
10 Donald Cerrone
Welterweight
Champion: Georges St-Pierre
1 Johny Hendricks
2 Carlos Condit
3 Rory MacDonald
4 Jake Ellenberger
5 Demian Maia
6 Martin Kampmann (+2)
7 Jake Shileds (-1)
8 Matt Brown (-1)
9 Nick Diaz (-3)
10 Robbie Lawler
Middleweight
Champion: Chris Weidman
1 Anderson Silva
2 Vitor Belfort
3 Ronaldo Souza
4 Michael Bisping
5 Lyoto Machida
6 Luke Rockhold
7 Mark Munoz
8 Francis Carmont
9 Costa Philippou
10 Tim Kennedy (NR)
Light Heavyweight
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Alexander Gustafsson
2 Glover Teixeira
3 Phil Davis
4 Rashad Evans
5 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
6 Chael Sonnen (+1)
7 Dan Henderson (-1)
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Mauricio Rua
10 Lyoto Machida
Heavyweight
Champion: Cain Velasquez
1 Junior Dos Santos
2 Daniel Cormier
3 Fabricio Werdum
4 Antonio Silva
5 Travis Browne
6 Josh Barnett
7 Alistair Overeem
8 Stipe Miocic (+1)
9 Frank Mir (-1)
10 Roy Nelson
Women's Bantamweight
Champion: Ronda Rousey
1 Cat Zingano
2 Miesha Tate
3 Sara McMann (+1)
4 Alexis Davis (-1)
5 Sarah Kaufman
6 Jessica Eye
7 Liz Carmouche
8 Amanda Nunes
9 Germaine de Randamie
10 Jessica Andrade
