Time For Another UFC Rankings Dump, But At Least This One Has A Picture!

A picture, just as the headline promised. Apologies that it's not The Lovely Chandella nude. I know that's been a hot topic in some places. You'll just have to settle for this still from the UFC 143 main event, which popular opinion suggests was won by Interim Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit.

 

With the much-anticipated UFC on Fuel event just hours away, I felt it was important that I get the latest batch of UFC “ZUFFA” rankings out there. (Especially since I don’t intend to update these immediately following the Fuel show, so why create unnecessary confusion?) These were compiled right after the UFC 143 event and, well, I just didn’t get around to posting them until now. I’ve been working on some other stuff regarding college hoops and fantasy baseball and just haven’t gotten around to throwing the stuff up here. That is, until now. So, while you’re counting the seconds until a bunch of fights that you’re statistically unlike to be able to see, further titillate yourself with the series of Excel-produced tables which await after the break.

UFC Rankings Dump Following UFC on Fox 2

Enough time has passed since the dreadful Fox show that I can now revisit these bad boys. And I had to do it soon, with UFC 143 coming up this weekend. So here are the glamour-free updated “ZUFFA” rankings for all weight classes. (The what?)

Updated UFC Rankings Coming This Week

At one point I intended to post them tonight, but I can’t bring myself to spend any more time thinking about UFC after that dreadful Fox show.

They’ll be along shortly. No major changes that I can recall off the top of my head that necessitate a speedy update anyway.

In Deference To The Recently Retired Brock Lesnar, This Post On The “ZUFFA” Heavyweight Rankings Through UFC 141 Shall Be Colon-Free

This two-day exercise (explained here) finally draws to a close with the heavyweights. If you missed any of the other weight class rankings, I covered the bantamweights here, the featherweights here, the lightweights here, the welterweights here, the middleweights here, and the light heavyweights here. So, you know, have at it.

Similar to my Chuck complaint in the last one, yes, I’m aware Brock Lesnar has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts and probably doesn’t belong in the rankings. He’s still on the roster page and has still fought in the UFC in the last four years, though, so you’ll see his name in the rankings. Have a look.

Don’t Blame Me For Chuck: The Light Heavyweight “ZUFFA” Rankings Following UFC 141

Only two weight classes left, and they both have heavyweight in their name (groundbreaking stuff here). Let’s have a quick refresher before getting down to business: This is the latest in a series of posts I’ve done over the past couple days ranking the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed here. Yesterday, I covered the bantamweights here, the featherweights here, the lightweights here, and the welterweights here. Today, I added the middleweights, and now, the light heavyweights.

Well, in a moment the light heavyweights. First, I’d like to draw attention to the fact that Chuck Liddell is still listed on the active roster on the UFC web site. That’s why he’s ranked here. That’s the best way I have of keeping track of the UFC roster for the purpose of this exercise. I know he’s retired. I am also somewhat perplexed that Royce Gracie appears on the UFC active roster, but hey, whatever.

Sorry to get all defensive on you. Here, have some more rankings as a peace offering:

Yes, There’s More: The Middleweight “ZUFFA” Rankings Following UFC 141

We’re heading down the home stretch now with these posts ranking the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed here. (Will I be able to muster enough cliches to finish the job?! Stay tuned!) Yesterday, I covered the bantamweights here, the featherweights here, the lightweights here, and the welterweights here. Alert readers may have noticed a pattern, and can probably guess which weight class will be tackled next. Failing that type of deduction, one could also just have a look at the title of the post and rest assured that he or she (probably he, let’s be real here) has not been hoodwinked.

On, then, to the middleweights!

You Get The Idea By Now: “ZUFFA” Welterweight Rankings Following UFC 141

We’re now more than halfway through the rankings for the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed here. So far, I’ve covered the bantamweights here, the featherweights here, and the lightweights here. Now it’s on to the welterweights! Who’s the lucky fighter to have placed second behind the dominant-turned-injury-prone GSP?!

It Persists: The “ZUFFA” Lightweight Rankings Following UFC 141

We’re in full swing of things now with the posts containing the rankings for the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed here. I already started with the bantamweights here, then added the featherweights here. Now it’s time for the lightweights. As noted in the explanatory post, these rankings — unlike the bantam and featherweight rankings — do not include fights held in WEC.

It Continues: The “ZUFFA” Featherweight Rankings Following UFC 141

As promised in a previous post (actually many of them, but that one most recently and most extensively), it’s time to begin churning out rankings for the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed in that post. I already started with the bantamweights here, and now it’s on to the featherweights.

It Begins: The “ZUFFA” Bantamweight Rankings Following UFC 141

As promised in a previous post (actually many of them, but that one most recently and most extensively), it’s time to begin churning out rankings for the various UFC weight classes based on the equation/algorithm/time waster I detailed in that post. I should note that there is one thing I probably forgot to mention, and that is that with UFC’s apparent absorption of Strikeforce’s heavyweight division, those fights will get the WEC lightweight treatment — that is, the Strikeforce fights will not be counted towards these rankings. That’s bad news for the Fabricio Werdums of the world, but that shouldn’t matter too much right now since I’m supposed to be addressing the bantamweights. So, without further ado…