Official MMA January Rankings!

Updated as of: 1/27/13

Heavyweight: 1) Cain Velazquez
2) Junior dos Santos
3) Fabricio Werdum
4) Daniel Cormier
5) Antonio Silva
6) Frank Mir
7) Alistair Overeem
8) Stefan Struve
9) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10) Josh Barnett

Contenders: Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson, Cheick Kongo, Gabriel Gonzaga.
Name(s) to Watch: Stipe Miocic, Travis Browne, Alexander Volkov

Light Heavyweight: 1) Jon Jones
2) Dan Henderson
3) Lyoto Machida
4) Alexander Gustafsson
5) Shogun Rua
6) Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
7) Rashad Evans
8) Phil Davis
9) Glover Teixeira
10) Ryan Bader

Contenders: Gegard Mousasi, Rampage Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Forrest Griffin.
Name(s) to Watch: James Te Huna

Middleweight: 1) Anderson Silva
2) Chris Weidman
3) Vitor Belfort
4) Chael Sonnen
5) Michael Bisping

6) Luke Rockhold

7) Mark Munoz
8) Yushin Okami
9) Brian Stann
10) Costa Philippou

Contenders: Alan Belcher, Tim Boetsch, Hector Lombard, Jake Shields, Cung Le, Ronaldo Souza.
Name(s) to Watch: Ronny Markes

Welterweight: 1) Georges St. Pierre
2) Johny Hendricks
3) Carlos Condit
4) Nick Diaz
5) Demian Maia
6) Rory MacDonald
7) Martin Kampmann
8) Jake Ellenberger
9) Jon Fitch
10) Ben Askren

Contenders: Tarec Saffeidine, Nate Marquardt, Josh Koscheck, Mike Pierce, Matt Brown.
Name(s) to Watch: Erick Silva, Tyron Woodley.

Lightweight: 1) Ben Henderson
2) Gray Maynard
3) Anthony Pettis
4) Nate Diaz
5) Gilbert Melendez
6) Donald Cerrone
7) Jim Miller
8) Michael Chandler
9) TJ Grant
10) Eddie Alvarez

Contenders: Joe Lauzon, Jamie Varner, Rafael dos Anjos, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Name(s) to Watch: Tim Means, Marcin Held.

Featherweight: 1) Jose Aldo
2) Ricardo Lamas
3) Chad Mendes
4) Frankie Edgar
5) Pat Curran
6) Chan Sung Jung
7) Dennis Siver
8) Cub Swanson
9) Nik Lentz
10) Clay Guida

Contenders: Dustin Poirier, Erik Koch, Hatsu Hioki, Hacran Dias, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Diego Nunes.
Name(s) to Watch: Marcus Brimage, Dennis Bermudez, Max Holloway.

Bantamweight: 1) Dominick Cruz
2) Renan Barao
3) Urijah Faber
4) Michael McDonald
5) Eddie Wineland
6) Brian Bowles
7) Brad Pickett
8) Bibiano Fernandes
9) Scott Jorgensen
10) Raphael Assuncao

Contenders: Tyson Nam, Mike Easton, Eduardo Dantas, Marcos Galvao, Takeya Mizugaki, Yuri Alcantara.
Name(s) to Watch: Erik Perez, Francisco Rivera, Alex Caceres.

Flyweight: 1) Demetrious Johnson
2) Joseph Benavidez
3) Ian McCall
4) John Dodson
5) Darrel Montague
6) John Moraga
7) Jussier Formiga
8) Chris Cariaso
9) Louis Gaudinot
10) John Lineker

Contenders: Darren Uyenoyama, Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Will Campuzano, Yasuhiro Urushitani, Kentaro Watanabe.
Name(s) to Watch: Sean Santella, Josh Sampo, Tim Elliot, Sergio Pettis.

Women's Featherweight: 1) Cris Cyborg
2) Marloes Coenen
3) Milana Dudieva
4) Germaine de Randamie
5) Ediane Gomes
6) Elaina Maxwell
7) Julia Budd
8) Yana Kunitskaya
9) Romy Ruyssen
10) Hiroko Yamanaka

Contenders: Lauren Taylor, Ashley Sanchez, Fiona Maxwell.
Name(s) to Watch: Randi Miller, Veronica Rothenhausler.

Women's Bantamweight: 1) Ronda Rousey
2) Miesha Tate
3) Sara McMann
4) Alexis Davis
5) Sarah Kaufman
6) Liz Carmouche
7) Shayna Baszler
8) Sarah D’Alelio
9) Cat Zingano
10) Amanda Nunes

Contenders: Rin Nakai, Hitomi Akano, Leslie Smith, Shana Nelson.
Name(s) to Watch: Jessamyn Duke, Holly Holm

Women's Flyweight: 1) Rosi Sexton
2) Jessica Eye
3) Vanessa Porto
4) Barb Honchak
5) Zoila Gurgel
6) Sheila Gaff
7) Michelle Ould
8) Tara LaRosa
9) Munah Holland
10) Claudia Gadelha

Contenders: Reyna Cordoba, Takayo Hashi, Kalindra Carvalho Faria.
Name(s) to Watch: Jocelyn Lybarger, Sarah Maloy.

Women's Strawweight: 1) Jessica Aguilar
2) Megumi Fujii
3) Carla Esparza
4) Ayaka Hamasaki
5) Katja Kankaanpaa
6) Joanne Calderwood
7) Felice Herrig
8) Seo Hee Ham
9) Aisling Daly
10) Mei Yamaguchi

Contenders: Bec Hyatt, Yuki Tsuji, Ashley Cummins, Patricia Vidonic.
Name(s) to Watch: Tecia Torres.

Women's Atomweight: 1) Jessica Penne
2) Naho Sugiyama
3) Michelle Waterson
4) Yasuko Tamada
5) Cassie Rodish
6) Lisa Ellis
7) Kikuyo Ishiwaka
8) Lacey Schuckman
9) Misaki Takimoto
10) Nicdali Rivera-Calonic

Contenders: Satomi Akano, Stephanie Frausto Liz McCarthy, Amy Davis.
Name(s) to Watch: Laura Marcusse.

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