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Middleweight Rankings

FIGHTBOMB.COM  MIDDLEWEIGHT  RANKINGS
*Next Fight May be Official or Rumors
Updated:  2009-12-20
  FIGHTERS ORGANIZATION  NEXT FIGHT 
 1 Anderson Silva UFC 4/10 vs Vitor Belfort
 2 Dan Henderson STRIKEFORCE 4/? vs Jake Shields
 3 Nate Marquardt UFC 2/6 vs Chael Sonnen
 4 Vitor Belfort UFC 4/10 vs Anderson Silva
 5 Demian Maia UFC 2/6 vs Dan Miller
 6 Jake Shields STRIKEFORCE 4/? vs Dan Henderson
 7 Chael Sonnen UFC 2/6 vs Nate Marquardt
 8 Wanderlei Silva UFC 2/21 vs Michael Bisping
 9 Michael Bisping UFC 2/21 vs Wanderlei Silva
 10 Yushin Okami UFC 
 11 Yoshihiro Akiyama UFC 2/21 vs Wanderlei Silva
 12 Robbie Lawler STRIKEFORCE 
 13 Ronaldo Souza STRIKEFORCE 
 14 Mamed Khalidov SENGOKU 
 15 Alan Belcher UFC 
 16 Hector Lombard BELLATOR 
 17 Dan Miller UFC 2/6 vs Demian Maia
 18 Jason Miller STRIKEFORCE 
 19 Nate Quarry UFC 
 20 Kazuo Misaki DREAM/SENG 12/31 vs Melvin Manhoef


HONORABLE MENTION

UFC
Patrick Cote - Been out too long to be ranked high.  Next vs Rich Franklin?  5/1
Johny Hendricks - Undefeated wrestler looking to crack the top 20.
Chris Leben - Most recently lost to Jake Rosholt after return from steroid suspension.
Goran Reljic - Undefeated and next fight is highly anticipated for UFC 110.
Rousimar Palhares – Taking on Lucio Lunhares at UFC 107 on 12/12.
Alessio Sakara - Big win against Thales Leites brings him back to relevancy.
Tom Lawlor - Undefeated in the UFC at 2-0.  Plus, cool guy.
Wilson Gouveia - Taken out by Alan Belcher at UFC 107 on 12/12.
James Irvin – Moving down from LHW but is now injured again.  Poor guy.
CB Dollaway - 3-2 in the UFC next vs Reljic at UFC 110.
Amir Sadollah - Young career but the former TUF 7 champ has looked great.

STRIKEFORCE
Cung Le – On layoff from movie career, gets stunned by Scott Smith.
Scott Smith - Call him Hands of Steel or Comeback Kid.  finally becomes relevant.
Trevor Prangley - South African had to pull out of his last bout but will debut in 2010.
Frank Shamrock – Took a beating at the hands of Nick Diaz. Due back in Jan 2010.
Tim Kennedy - Just took out Nick the Goat Thompson to gain notice.
Benji Radach - Had to pull out of his fight vs Robbie Lawler but will get more chances.

DREAM/SENGOKU
Melvin Manhoef – Rebounds from loss with a win over Zelg Galesic at DREAM 12.
Kazushi Sakuraba - 2 fight win streak has built back up a legend. Next?
Ikuhisa Minowa - 2 fight win streak over larger men - Hong Man Choi and Bob Sapp.

FREE AGENT
Travis Lutter - Just got a much needed win over Jason Macdonald at MFC 22.
Paulo Filho - Mishap in WEC was odd.  Then screws over DREAM.  Hello Bitetti.
Jason MacDonald - Back into the win column after a 3 fight skid over tough competition.
Thales Leites - Humiliated Dean Lister at MFC on 12/4.
Denis Kang – Lost to Michael Bisping at UFC 105, getting cut (1-2 in UFC)
Jorge Santiago - Was signed to Sengoku but lost to Khalidov, losing his title
Joey Villasenor - Trains at a great camp and has put nice string of wins together.
 

Comments  

 
#2 Ti 2009-12-04 17:28
Great rankings, but I wish everyone would stop ranking Patrick Cote and Goran Reljic in the top 20. Those two haven't fought in at least a year
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#1 Jean Ribio 2009-12-01 18:53
i wish jake shields wasnt stuck in strikeforce!!!! !
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