WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS (as of August 2010)

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS (August 2010)

(205-265lbs)

WORLD CHAMPION (Linear):

Fabricio Werdum (Brazil) 14-4-1

242lbs 6'4" (Werdum Combat Team)

UFC CHAMP: Brock Lesnar

STRIKEFORCE CHAMP: Alistair Overeem

SRC CHAMP: -vacant-

FEG CHAMP: -vacant-

KOP CHAMP: -vacant-

GCM CHAMP: n/a

DEEP CHAMP: n/a

BFC Champ: -vacant-

TOP TEN CONTENDERS

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1. Brock Lesnar 5-1

265lbs 6'3" (Minnesota Martial Arts Academy)

2. Shane Carwin 12-1

265lbs 6'1" (Hama Dojo/Team Impact/Jackson's Submission Fighting)

3. Cain Velasquez 8-0

245lbs 6'2" (American Kickboxing Academy)

4. Frank Mir 13-5

240lbs 6'1" (Las Vegas Combat Club)

5. Junior dos Santos (Brazil) 11-1

238lbs 6'4" (Team Nogueira)

6. Fedor Emelianenko (Russia) 31-2 1 NC

233lbs 6'0" (Red Devil Sport Club)

7. Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil) 32-6-1 1 NC

231lbs 6'3" (Brazilian Top Team)

8. Alistair Overeem (Holland) 33-11 1 NC

260lbs 6'5" (Golden Glory)

9. Brett Rogers 10-2

265lbs 6'5" (Team Bison)

10. Antonio Silva (Brazil) 14-2

265lbs 6'4" (ATT)

TOP UNRANKED FIGHTERS AND PROSPECTS

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Andrei Arlovski (Belarus) 15-8

240lbs 6'4" (???)

Josh Barnett 26-5

250lbs 6'3" (Team CSW)

Randy Couture 18-10

205-225lbs 6'1" (Xtreme Couture)

Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia) 17-3

253lbs 6'6" (Red Devil Sport Club)

Hae Joon Yang (Korea) 4-0

242lbs 5'10" (Team Tackle)

Gabriel Gonzaga (Brazil) 11-5

252lbs 6'2" (Team Link)

Ben Rothwell 31-7

265lbs 6'5" (MFS)

Pedro Rizzo (Brazil) 18-9

228lbs 6'1" (Ruas Vale Tudo)

Roy Nelson 15-4

264lbs 6'0" (Lion's Den)

Heath Herring 28-14 1 NC

250lbs 6'4" (Las Vegas Combat Club)

Cheick Kongo (France) 15-6-1

230lbs 6'4" (Wolfslair MMA)

Mirko Filipovic (Croatia) 27-7-2 1 NC

220lbs 6'2" (Cro Cop Squad Gym)

Stefan Struve (Holland) 19-4

220lbs 6'11" (Team Schrijber)

Rogent Lloret Arredondo (Spain) 9-1-1 1 NC

232lbs (Gracie Barcelona)

Neil Bragg 3-0

2??lbs (???)

Damian Grabowski (Poland) 12-0

235lbs 6'1" (Lutadores Opole/Alliance Europe)

Michal Kita (Poland) 10-4

230lbs 6'1" (Sportcentrum KOPS/Masakra Team)

Alexey Oleinik (Russia) 27-5-1

230lbs 6'1" (RusFighters Sport Club)

Thiago Santos (Brazil) 7-1

260lbs 6'3" (Top Brother)

Shamil Abdurahimov (Tajikistan) 10-1

2??lbs (???)

Travis Wiuff 16-14

253lbs 6'3" (Elite Performance)

Jeff Monson 34-11

240lbs 5'9" (ATT-Olympia)

Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) 16-4

220lbs 6'4" (Golden Glory/Ryazan Desantnik)

Marcio Cruz (Brazil) 7-2

232lbs 6'4" (Gracie Fusion)

Michael Russow 13-1 1 NC

265lbs 6'2" (Team Pitbull)

Todd Duffee 6-1

260lbs 6'3" (Xtreme Couture)

Paul Buentello 28-12

245lbs 6'2" (American Kickboxing Academy)

Koji Kanechika (Japan) 6-2

243lbs 6'1" (Team Tackler)

Kazuhisa Tazawa (Japan) 6-1-1

249lbs (Thug Life Kawa)

Cristiano Kaminishi (Brazil) 7-1 2 NC

216lbs 6'1" (AXIS BJJ Academy)

Ronold "Abongo" Humphrey 12-1

240lbs 5'11" (Top of the Line Fitness)

Shane del Rosario 9-0

240lbs 6'4" (No Limits MMA/Team Oyama)

Fabio Maldonado (Brazil) 15-3

220lbs (Team Nogueira)

Isaac Newman-Gomez 3-0

265lbs 6'8" (Cobra Kai/Evolved Martial Arts)

Chad Corvin 6-0

260lbs 6'5" (Submit MMA/Etown Beatdown)

Neil Cooke 5-0

268lbs (Pinnacle Jiu-jitsu/CQuence Jiu-Jitsu)

Jon Madsen 6-0

245lbs 6'5" (HIT Squad)

Bret Kohan 4-0

240lbs 6'0" (Rhino Fight Team)

Bobby Jones 3-0/3-1?

250lbs 6'5" (Evolve MMA)

Chris Barnett 5-0

265-275lbs 5'9" (TNEB-RCP Fight Club/XFC)

Nick Penner (Canada) 9-1

256lbs 6'0" (???)

Chad Griggs 9-1

234lbs 6'3" (Boxing Inc.)

Bobby Lashley 5-1

265lbs 6'3" (American Top Team)

Travis Browne 10-0

251lbs 6'7" (NCFC Fight Team)

Lorenz Larkin 4-0

230lbs 6'0" (Louisville MMA)

Marko Zschorner (Germany) 7-1

242lbs 6'5" (Europe Top Team)

Emil Poljak (Croatia) 5-0

232lbs 6'1" (UFK Tresnjevka)

Karlos Vemola (Czech Republic) 7-1

243lbs 6'0" (London Shootfighters)

Daniel Cormier 5-0

249lbs 5'11" (American Kickboxing Academy)

Edinaldo "Lula" Molusco (Brazil) 7-0-1

235lbs 6'7" (Champion Team)

Daryl Wise 11-0

263lbs 6'3" (Higher Power Fighting)

Christian Morecraft 6-0

260lbs 6'8" (Cape Cod Fighting Alliance)

INACTIVE 3 YEARS OR MORE

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Josh Curran 3-0

260lbs 6'3" (Lions Den Idaho)

Antoine Jaoude (Brazil) 8-3

225lbs 6'3" (Ruas Vale Tudo)

Michael Ettl (Austria) 7-0

230lbs (Kihaku Dojo)

Predrag Krsikapa (Austria) 5-0

220lbs (Kihaku Dojo)

Orvil Palmer 4-0

246lbs (Mad Squabbles)

Kellan Flukiger 3-0

260lbs 6'3" (Arizona Combat Sports)

Ramon Pisciotta (Italy) 5-0

235lbs 6'4" (Hic Sunt Leones)

Roy Doepker (Canada) 3-0

240lbs (Capponi Fight Team)