February 2012 Madman Top 25 MMA Rankings for 7 Weight Classes

The Madman Top 25 Mixed Martial Arts Rankings are part of the official USA TODAY / MMA Nation Consensus MMA Rankings.

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Junior Dos Santos {c}
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Shane Carwin
5. Frank Mir
6. Fabricio Werdum
7. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
8. Josh Barnett
9. Daniel Cormier
10. Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva
11. Fedor Emelianenko
12. Cheick Kongo
13. Cole Konrad {c}
14. Sergei Kharitonov
15. Roy Nelson
16. Brendan Schaub
17. Mike Russow
18. Gabriel Gonzaga
19. Travis Browne
20. Stipe Miocic
21. Stefan Struve
22. Matt Mitrione
23. Dave Herman
24. Mark Hunt
25. Shane Del Rosario

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones {c}
2. Rashad Evans
3. Dan Henderson
4. Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua
5. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
6. Lyoto Machida
7. Forrest Griffin
8. Phil Davis
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Alexander Gustafsson
11. Rich Franklin
12. Thiago Silva
13. Rafael 'Feijao' Cavalcante
14. Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal
15. Gegard Mousasi
16. Tito Ortiz
17. Ryan Bader
18. Ryan Jimmo
19. Renato 'Babalu' Sobral
20. Vladimir Matyushenko
21. Stephan Bonnar
22. Roger Gracie
23. Stanislav Nedkov
24. Mike Kyle
25. Brandon Vera

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva {c}
2. Chael Sonnen
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Yushin Okami
5. Mark Munoz
6. Nate Marquardt
7. Luke Rockhold {c}
8. Hector Lombard {c}
9. Chris Weidman
10. Brian Stann
11. Wanderlei Silva
12. Michael Bisping
13. Demian Maia
14. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza
15. Rousimar Palhares
16. Tim Kennedy
17. Alan Belcher
18. Jorge Santiago
19. Mamed Khalidov
20. Robbie Lawler
21. Alexander Shlemenko
22. Keith Jardine
23. Tim Boetsch
24. Ronny Markes
25. Dan Miller

WELTERWEIGHT

1. Georges St. Pierre {c}
2. Carlos Condit
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Nick Diaz
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Jake Shields
7. Johny Hendricks
8. Jon Fitch
9. BJ Penn
10. Diego Sanchez
11. Martin Kampmann
12. Rory MacDonald
13. Brian Ebersole
14. Ben Askren {c}
15. Jay Hieron
16. Tyron Woodley
17. Charlie Brenneman
18. Rick Story
19. Thiago Alves
20. Mike Pierce
21. Paul Daley
22. Dong Hyun Kim
23. Paulo Thiago
24. Mike Pyle
25. Douglas Lima

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar {c}
2. Gilbert Melendez {c}
3. Gray Maynard
4. Ben Henderson
5. Shinya Aoki {c}
6. Jim Miller
7. Clay Guida
8. Nate Diaz
9. Michael Chandler {c}
10. Anthony Pettis
11. Donald Cerrone
12. Eddie Alvarez
13. Joe Lauzon
14. Melvin Guillard
15. Evan Dunham
16. Jorge Masvidal
17. Gleison Tibau
18. Jacob Volkmann
19. Jeremy Stephens
20. Thiago Tavares
21. Sam Stout
22. Matt Wiman
23. Rafael Dos Anjos
24. Mark Bocek
25. TJ Grant

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo {c}
2. Tatsuya Kawajiri
3. Pat Curran
4. Chad Mendes
5. Diego Nunes
6. Hatsu Hioki
7. Joe Warren {c}
8. Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire
9. Yuri Alcantara
10. Bart Palaszewski
11. Robbie Peralta
12. Hiroyuki Takaya {c}
13. Dustin Poirier
14. Marlon Sandro
15. Ross Pearson
16. Erik Koch
17. Charles Oliveira
18. Ricardo Lamas
19. Tyson Griffin
20. Chan Sung 'The Korean Zombie' Jung
21. Mark Hominick
22. Manny Gamburyan
23. Joachim Hansen
24. Darren Elkins
25. Michihiro Omigawa

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominick Cruz {c}
2. Urijah Faber
3. Bibiano Fernandes
4. Joseph Benavidez
5. Renan Barao
6. Demetrious Johnson
7. Brian Bowles
8. Miguel Torres
9. Zach Makovsky {c}
10. Eduardo Dantas
11. Scott Jorgensen
12. Alexis Vila
13. Antonio Banuelos
14. Michael McDonald
15. Takeya Mizugaki
16. Raphael Assuncao
17. Eddie Wineland
18. Yves Jabouin
19. Ian Loveland
20. Masakatsu Ueda
21. Marcos Galvao
22. Yusup Saadulaev
23. Hideo Tokoro
24. Hiroshi Nakamura
25. Masakazu Imanari

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