Updated Fighter Rankings (3-20-13)

Jake Ellenberger shot up the welterweight
division with his huge KO of Nate Marquardt

There was only 2 UFC events in March, but April has a crazy amount of events.  Even though I already broke down the March 3rd event in my last rankings, it is important to have the Brutal Sports Rankings in preparation for such a busy April.  We cannot forget about Bellator Thursdays and WSOF 2 on the 23rd, but none of the events in March should influence to top 10 of any weight classes.  Here is how things stand now:

Pound for Pound:

1. Anderson Silva
2. Jose Aldo
3. Jon Jones
4. Georges St. Pierre
5. Dominick Cruz
6. Renan Barao
7. Benson Henderson
8. Cain Velasquez
9. Demetrious Johnson
10. Ronda Rousey

Heavyweight:

1. Cain Velasquez
2. Junior Dos Santos
3. Daniel Cormier
4. Fabricio Werdum
5. Antonio Silva
6. Mark Hunt
7. Frank Mir
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Travis Browne
10. Alistair Overeem

Light Heavywight:

1. Jon Jones
2. Alexander Gustafsson
3. Lyoto Machida
4. Glover Teixeira
5. Phil Davis
6. Dan Henderson
7. Rashad Evans
8. Shogun Rua
9. Ryan Bader
10. Gegard Mousasi

Middleweight:

1. Anderson Silva
2. Chris Weidman
3. Vitor Belfort
4. Yushin Okami
5. Luke Rockhold
6. Michael Bisping
7. Costa Philippou
8. Ronaldo Souza
9. Tim Boetsch
10. Alan Belcher

Welterwight:

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Johny Hendricks
3. Jake Ellenberger
4. Rory Macdonald
5. Demian Maia
6. Carlos Condit
7. Dong Hyun Kim
8. Tyron Woodley
9. Martin Kampmann
10. Tarec Saffiedine

Lightweight:

1. Benson Henderson
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. Anthony Pettis
4. Gray Maynard
5. Jim Miller
6. Michael Chandler
7. Eddie Alvarez
8. TJ Grant
9. Nate Diaz
10. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Featherweight:

1. Jose Aldo
2. Ricardo Lamas
3. Chad Mendes
4. Cub Swanson
5. Chan Sung Jung
6. Frankie Edgar
7. Erik Koch
8. Denis Siver
9. Dustin Poirier
10. Darren Elkins

Bantamweight:

1. Dominick Cruz
2. Renan Barao
3. Urijah Faber
4. Eddie Wineland
5. Scott Jorgensen
6. Michael McDonald
7. Brad Pickett
8. Rafael Assuncao
9. Mike Easton
10. T.J. Dillashaw

Flyweight:

1. Demetrious Johnson
2. Joe Benavidez
3. John Dodson
4. John Moraga
5. Darrel Montague
6. Jussier Formiga
7. Ian McCall
8. Darren Uyenoyama
9. Chris Cariaso
10. Louis Gaudinot

Women's Pound for Pound:

1. Ronda Rousey
2. Miesha Tate
3. Cristiane Santos
4. Jessica Aguilar
5. Sarah Kaufman
6. Sara McMann
7. Jessica Penne
8. Alexis Davis
9. Marloes Coenen
10. Liz Carmouche

Side notes:

• Nick Diaz is removed from the welterweight rankings due to retirement, even though this is probably just the temporary retirement like Nick does after every loss
• Clay Guida was removed from his 10 spot due to his unwillingness to fight Mendes, combined with Elkins big win and willingness to take the Mendes fight
• Jordan Mein made a huge jump in the welterweight rankings but did not eclipse the top 10
• Brian Bowles removed from list due to inactivity.  Dillashaw sneaks into 10 spot.
• Curran could really jump into my featherweight rankings with a big win over Shamhalaev at Bellator 95 on April 4th