A History of Violence MMA March 2012 Rankings

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Middleweight (3/6/12)

1. Anderson Silva (31-4) (1)

2. Chael Sonnen (27-11-1) (2)

3. Mark Munoz (12-2) (↑4)

4. Michael Bisping (21-4) (↑5)

5. Vitor Belfort (21-9) (↑6)

6. Nate Marquardt (31-10-2) (↑7)

7. Luke Rockhold (9-1) (↑8)

8. Ronaldo Souza (15-3) (↑11)

9. Hector Lombard (31-2-1) (9)

10. Tim Boetsch (pictured) (15-4) (↑NR)

11. Yushin Okami (26-7) (↓3)

12. Brian Stann (11-4) (↓10)

13. Rousimar Palhares (14-3) (↓12)

14. Chris Weidman (8-0) (↓13)

15. Alan Belcher (17-6) (↓14)

falling out (Maia)

cusp (W. Silva, Kennedy)

You can find the rest of the rankings by weight class after the break or as always right here.

 Heavyweights (3/6/12)

1. Junior dos Santos (14-1)  Last Rank (1)

2. Cain Velasquez (9-1) (2)

3. Alistair Overeem (36-11) (3)

4. Frank Mir (16-5) (4)

5. Fabricio Werdum (15-5-1) (5)

6. Josh Barnett (31-5) (6)

7. Shane Carwin (12-2) (7)

8. Daniel Cormier (9-0) (8)

9. Fedor Emelianenko (33-4) (9)

10. Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (33-7-1) (10)

11. Antonio Silva (16-3) (11)

12. Sergei Kharitonov (18-5) (↑13)

13. Travis Browne (12-0-1) (↑14)

14. Cole Konrad (8-0) (↑15)

15. Mark Hunt (8-7) ( ↑NR)

falling out (Kongo)

cusp (Struve, Russow)


 Light Heavyweight (3/6/12)

1. Jon Jones (15-1) (1)

2. Rashad Evans (17-1-1) (2)

3. Dan Henderson (29-8) (3)

4. Shogun Rua (20-6) (4)

5. Lyoto Machida (17-3) (↑6)

6. Phil Davis (9-1) (↑7)

7. Ryan Bader (14-2) (↑14)

8. Quinton Jackson (32-10) (↓5)

9. Forrest Griffin (18-7) (↓8)

10. Gegard Mousasi (32-3-2) (↓9)

11. Alexander Gustafsson (13-1) (↓10)

12. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (20-5) (↓11)

13. Rafael Cavalcante (11-3) (↓12)

14. Thiago Silva (14-2) (↓13)

15. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-6) (↑NR)

falling out (Ortiz)



cusp (Kyle, Nedkov)

Welterweight (3/6/12)

 1. Georges St-Pierre (22-2) (1)

 2. Carlos Condit (28-5) (2)

 3. Jake Ellenberger (27-5) (↑4)

 4. Nick Diaz (26-8) (↓3)

 5. Josh Koscheck (17-5) (5)

 6. Johny Hendricks (12-1) (6)

 7. B.J. Penn (16-8-2) (7)

 8. Jon Fitch (23-4-1) (8)

 9. Jake Shields (27-6-1) (9)

10. Martin Kampmann (19-5) (↑10)

11. Ben Askren (9-0) (↑12)

12. Charlie Brenneman (15-3) (↑13)

13. Rick Story (13-5) (↑15)

14. Rory MacDonald (12-1) (↑NR)

15. Tyron Woodley (10-0) (↑NR)

falling out (Sanchez, Alves)

cusp (Ebersole, Hieron)

Lightweight (3/6/12)

1. Benson Henerson (16-2) (↑3)

2. Frankie Edgar (14-2-1) (↓1)

3. Gilbert Melendez (20-2) (↓2)

4. Shinya Aoki (30-5) (4)

5. Gray Maynard (10-1-1) (5)

6. Jim Miller (21-3) (6)

7. Michael Chandler (9-0) (7)

8. Clay Guida (29-12) (8)

9. Anthony Pettis (15-2) (9)

10. Nate Diaz (15-7) (10)

11. Eddie Alvarez (22-3) (11)

12. Donald Cerrone (17-4) (↑13)

13. Josh Thomson (19-4) (↑14)

14. Matt Wiman (14-6) (↑15)

15. Gleison Tibau (25-7) (↑NR)

falling out (Lauzon)

cusp (Dunham, Siver)

Featherweight (3/6/12)

1. Jose Aldo (21-1) (1)

2. Hatsu Hioki (26-4-2) (2)

3. Chad Mendes (11-1) (3)

4. Pat Curran (16-4) (4)

5. Dustin Poirier (12-1) (5)

6. Chan Sung Jung (12-3) (6)

7. Kenny Florian (15-6) (7)

8. Diego Nunes (17-2) (8)

9. Marlon Sandro (20-3) (9)

10. Erik Koch (13-1) (↑11)

11. Patricio Freire (17-1) (↑12)

12. Bart Palaszewski (36-15) (↓10)

13. Joe Warren (7-2) (13)

14. Mark Hominick (20-10) (14)

15. Tatsuya Kawajiri (30-7-2) (15)

cusp (Alcantara)

Bantamweight (3/6/12)

1. Dominick Cruz (19-1) (1)

2. Urijah Faber (26-5) (↑3)

3. Renan Barao (28-1) (↑4)

4. Joseph Benavidez (16-2) (↓2)

5. Demetrious Johnson (14-2-1) (5)

6. Brian Bowles (10-2) (6)

7. Miguel Torres (39-4) (7)

8. Michael McDonald (14-1) (8)

9. Masakatsu Ueda (15-1-2) (9)

10. Bibiano Fernandes (11-3) (10)

11. Scott Jorgensen (13-5) (11)

12. Zach Makovsky (14-2) (12)

13. Brad Pickett (20-6) (13)

14. Eduardo Dantas (13-2) (14)

15. Alexis Vila (11-1) (↑NR)

falling out (Mizugaki)

cusp (Lee, Wineland, Cariaso, Imanari)

Flyweights (3/6/12)

1. Ian McCall (11-2-1)

2. Joseph Benavidez (16-2)

3. Jussier Da Silva (14-1)

4. Demetrious Johnson (14-2-1)

5. Yasuhiro Urishitani (19-5-6)

6. Darrell Montague (9-2)

7. Mamoru Yamaguchi (26-6-3)

8. Shinichi Kojima (12-4-5)

9. Yuki Shoujou (11-6-2)

10. John Dodson (12-5)

cusp (Ortiz)

Male P4P (3/6/12)

1. Anderson Silva (31-4) (1)

2. Jon Jones (15-1) (2)

3. Georges St. Pierre (22-2) (3)

4. Jose Aldo (21-1) (↑4)

5. Dominick Cruz (19-1) (↑6)

6. Junior dos Santos (14-1) (↑7)

7. Joseph Benavidez (16-2) (↑9)

8. Dan Henderson (29-8) (8)

9. Benson Henderson (16-2) (↑NR)

10. Rashad Evans (17-1-1) (10)

falling out (Edgar)

cusp (Faber, Melendez, Rua, Penn)

Female P4P (3/6/12)

1. Megumi Fujii (25-1) (1)

2. Ronda Rousey (5-0) (↑10)

3. Sarah Kaufman (15-1) (↑5)

4. Miesha Tate (12-3) (↓2)

5. Marloes Coenen (19-5) (↓4)

6. Tara LaRosa (20-2) (6)

7. Jessica Aguilar (13-4) (7)

8. Rosi Sexton (12-2) (8)

9. Hiroko Yamanaka (12-1) (9)

10. Sara McMann (5-0) (↑NR)

falling out (Gurgel - due to inactivity)

cusp (Tsuji, Yamaguchi, Davis, Nakai, Baszler, Hamasaki, Lucas)