| Rank | Fighter | Points | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre | 300 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Jon Fitch | 285 | UFC | 2 |
| 3 | Thiago Alves | 272 | UFC | 3 |
| 4 | Josh Koscheck | 257 | UFC | 4 |
| 5 | Nick Diaz | 234 | Strikeforce | 7 |
| 6 | Dan Hardy | 226 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Martin Kampmann | 217 | UFC | 11 |
| 8 | Matt Hughes | 201 | UFC | 9 |
| 9 | Paulo Thiago | 192 | UFC | 5 |
| 10 | Paul Daley | 166 | Impact FC | 8 |
| 11 | Jake Shields | 139 | Free Agent | 10 |
| 12 | Matt Serra | 129 | UFC | 12 |
| 13 | Jay Hieron | 127 | Free Agent | 12 |
| 14 | Mike Swick | 125 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Carlos Condit | 110 | UFC | 14 |
| 16 | John Hathaway | 86 | UFC | 37 |
| 17 | Ben Askren | 74 | Bellator | NR |
| 18 | Anthony Johnson | 63 | UFC | 19 |
| 19 | Mike Pierce | 58 | UFC | 18 |
| 19 | Dan Hornbuckle | 58 | Bellator | 16 |
| 21 | Akihiro Gono | 52 | WVR | 20 |
| 22 | Ricardo Almeida | 50 | UFC | 22 |
| 23 | Jake Ellenberger | 48 | UFC | 21 |
| 24 | Marius Zaromskis | 46 | DREAM/Strikeforce | 17 |
| 25 | Evangelista Santos | 40 | Strikeforce | NR |
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade.
Get used to this division being somewhat on hold. #1 Georges St Pierre and #4 Josh Koscheck will be occupied with the reality show and not fighting for the UFC title until year end.
We'll have to make due with #3 Thiago Alves vs #2 Jon Fitch at UFC 117.
The big moves this month were #7 Martin Kampmann's four spot jump after his win over #9 Paulo Thiago at UFC 115.Thiago dropped an equal number.
#17 Ben Askren jumps into the rankings from no where after beating #22 Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator XXII.
#25 Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos also makes the rankings after smoking #24 Marius Zaromskis at Strikeforce:Los Angeles.
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.
Let's take Anderson Silva for instance. 87% (13 of 15) of our panelists have him at Light Heavyweight and 100% (15 of 15) at Middleweight. On the 13 ballots that ranked Silva at 205, we took the average (21.2). We then reduced that number by half the percentage of Light Heavyweight ballots that he was not included on. Say he's not on 30% of them, then we do a 15% penalty on the average that we found in the previous step. That number is then used instead of the usual "normalization number" to provide points from those not ranking the fighter in the weight class in question. This avoids fighters being excessively penalized by confusion about which weight class they belong.