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USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie rankings, April 29: Brown, Silva poised to make impact
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Pound 4 Pound rankings
Jones looked absolutely incredible in his UFC 172 win over Glover Teixeira and appears well on his way to achieving his stated goal of becoming the greatest fighter in the history of the sport.
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 1 - 0
Aldo continues to tease a potential move to lightweight, but for now, he'll look to remain the only featherweight champion the UFC has ever known when he rematches Chad Mendes in August.
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 1 - 0
With St-Pierre suffering an ACL injury, his days on this list may be numbered. Initial indications suggested his decision to step away from the sport was more "leave of absence" than outright retirement, but things may be changing.
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 2 - 0
The UFC's first (and to date, only) flyweight champion has successfully defended his belt three times. He returns to action next month to face heavy-handed Ali Bagautinov.
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 2 - 1
Weidman was expected to meet Vitor Belfort before an NSAC ruling changed those plans. Then it was Lyoto Machida in May, before a knee injury forced Weidman to back things up until July.
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 0 - 0
Velasquez's shoulder is finally healed, and he'll meet Fabricio Werdum in November after the two serve as coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America."
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 1 - 0
Barao hasn't tasted defeat in nine years. The UFC bantamweight champ returns to action later this month when he meets T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 173.
Change: -- | Record: 32 - 1 - 0
Time will tell whether Silva's broken leg will signal the end of his career. His reps believe he'll be back, and UFC President Dana White thinks it could even happen before year's end.
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 6 - 0
A knee injury forced Pettis out of a planned title fight with Josh Thomson. "Showtime" instead faces Gilbert Melendez after they coach on "The Ultimate Fighter 20."
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 2 - 0
After a thriller at UFC 171, Hendricks and his beard are now in possession of the UFC welterweight title. "Bigg Rigg" is taking a little vacation, and then UFC officials will determine who comes next.
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 0
Mendes has emerged as the best featherweight not named Jose Aldo. A rematch with the champ comes in August, and Mendes will hope a fence grab doesn't keep him from putting Aldo on his back.
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 1 - 0
Despite an incredible 2013, Belfort's future appears uncertain, at best, now that the testosterone-replacement therapy he contends is necessary is no longer allowed.
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 10 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov | Jun 07, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Henderson earned a win over fellow lightweight contender Josh Thomson, but it wasn't without some controversy. "Smooth" will need a few more decisive wins before he gets another shot at the belt.
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
With an undefeated run at heavyweight, Cormier now sets his sights on the light-heavyweight division. Dan Henderson comes next, and a title shot could come soon after.
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 0 - 0
"Jacare" picked up another win in February, and he seems destined for a No. 1 contender fight in his next outing.
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 30 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 3 - 0
Heavyweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 37 - 13 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 8 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 9 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 9 - 1
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 3 - 0
Light-Heavyweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 30 - 11 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva | Jul 05, 2014 - UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida
Change: -- | Record: 28 - 14 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 7 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 5 - 2
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 5 - 0
Middleweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 10 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 30 - 8 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. C.B. "The Doberman" Dollaway | May 31, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 50 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz | May 31, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 4 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 8 - 1 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 2 - 0
Welterweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 2 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 26 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 11 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 10 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 34 - 4 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 26 - 5 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 6 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 7 - 1
Lightweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 2 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov | Jun 07, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 0 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 3 - 1
Upcoming Fight: vs. Jason "The Kansas City Bandit" High | Jun 07, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 8 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 0 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 9 - 0
Featherweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 1 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens | Jun 28, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 44: Swanson vs. Stephens
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 4 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 25 - 6 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 9 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 31 - 14 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 9 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 33 - 8 - 2
Bantamweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 32 - 1 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 30 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 21 - 10 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 22 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Fernandes has made it clear he's just fine making a living outside of the UFC. Unfortunately, the lack of top-ranked opponents will make it difficult for "Flash" to move much higher on the list.
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 2 - 0
Galvao admits he was uncomfortable facing good friend Eduardo Dantas in 2013. But with Bellator MMA's bantamweight title at stake, Galvao wants another crack.
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 6 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 29 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 7 - 2
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 3 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 5 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 2 - 0
Flyweight rankings
Change: -- | Record: 19 - 2 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 15 - 6 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 20 - 4 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Brad "One Punch" Pickett | Jul 19, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 46: McGregor vs. Miller
Change: -- | Record: 12 - 4 - 1
Upcoming Fight: vs. Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall | Jul 19, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 46: McGregor vs. Miller
Change: -- | Record: 24 - 8 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson | Jun 14, 2014 - UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 16 - 3 - 0
Upcoming Fight: vs. John "The Magician" Dodson | Jun 07, 2014 - UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 2 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 23 - 7 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 18 - 4 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 10 - 5 - 1
Change: -- | Record: 11 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 17 - 5 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 9 - 0 - 0
Honorable Mentions
Change: -- | Record: 7 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 13 - 3 - 0
Change: -- | Record: 14 - 9 - 0
USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie rankings, April 29: Brown, Silva poised to make impact
It was a quiet week for the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA Power Rankings, but the feeling could be very different seven days from now.
Brazilian welterweight Erick Silva is widely considered a talented prospect, but he turns 30 years old next month. If he’s going to make the impact many have expected from him, Silva needs to pick up a big win over Matt Brown at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 40 event in Ohio.
Meanwhile, Brown boasts the longest active win streak in the division with six-consecutive victories. Still a lack of big-name opponents leaves him at No. 9 on the lists. Could an impressive win over Silva help him move up the ladder?
Check out our latest rankings to see how the welterweight division sits prior to this weekend’s upcoming UFC Fight Night 40 event.
ranking criteria
The rankings take into account a fighter's wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights.
Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they've been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.
Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they're not inactive for more than 24 months.
To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.
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