#4 Urijah Faber will face #13 Eddie Wineland at UFC 128. The winner will likely get a title shot against #1 Dominick Cruz assuming the winner is Urijah Faber.

#5 Miguel Torres defeated #18 Antonio Banuelos by unanimous decision at UFC 126 showcasing his new safer style of fighting. Earlier on the same card, #9 Demetrious Johnson soundly defeated unranked Norifumi Yamamoto in his UFC debut.

#3 Brian Bowles will make his UFC debut on UFC Live 3 against #14 Damacio Page.

#6 Scott Jorgensen is slated to make his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter Finale 13 against unranked Ken Stone.

Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to "normalize" the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Consensus Rankings.

We are now moving to what JCS of Fight Matrix has described as assumed rankings in an attempt to rank fighters who move between weight classes. This has been the biggest problem with the consensus rankings and we believe this new methodology will rectify that.