Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos

April 2015

RDA takes Pettis to town

1. Khabib Nurmagomedov +1

2. Rafael Dos Anjos +1

3. Anthony Pettis -2 

4. Donald Cerrone 

5. Ben Henderson 

6. Frankie Edgar 

7. TJ Grant

8. Eddie Alvarez

9. Will Brooks  

10. Michael Chandler 

Results 

UFC 185

Dos Anjos beats Pettis, wins the title 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver

Henderson gets robbed

February 2015

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Rafael Dos Anjos 

4. Donald Cerrone +2

5. Ben Henderson -1

6. Frankie Edgar -1 

7. TJ Grant

8. Eddie Alvarez

9. Will Brooks  

10. Michael Chandler 

Results 

UFC Fight Night 59 

Cerrone beats Henderson

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso

Cerrone spoils Alverez's debut

October 2014

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. Rafael Dos Anjos 

4. Ben Henderson 

5. Frankie Edgar 

6. Donald Cerrone NR 

7. TJ Grant -1

8. Eddie Alvarez -1 

9. Will Brooks -1  

10. Michael Chandler -1

Results 

UFC 178 

Cerrone beats Alvarez 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 49: Henderson vs. Dos Anjos

Dos Anjos surprises Henderson

September 2014

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Khabib Nurmagomedov NR

3. Rafael Dos Anjos NR 

4. Ben Henderson -2

5. Frankie Edgar -2  

6. TJ Grant -2

7. Eddie Alvarez -2

8. Will Brooks -2

9. Michael Chandler -2

10. Gilbert Melendez -2

Results 

UFC Fight Night 49 

Dos Anjos beats Henderson 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC on Fox 12: Lawler vs. Brown

Green wins a close one

August 2014

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Ben Henderson 

3. Frankie Edgar  

4. TJ Grant  

5. Eddie Alvarez 

6. Will Brooks 

7. Michael Chandler 

8. Gilbert Melendez 

9. Shinya Aoki

10. Bobby Green NR  

Results 

UFC on Fox 12

Green beats Thomson 

Lightweight Rankings Post Bellator 120: Rampage vs. King Mo

Chandler gets robbed

June 2014

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Ben Henderson 

3. Frankie Edgar  

4. TJ Grant  

5. Eddie Alvarez 

6. Will Brooks NR 

7. Michael Chandler -1

8. Gilbert Melendez -1

9. Shinya Aoki -1

10. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

Results 

Bellator 120

Brooks beats Chandler, wins vacant title 

Lightweight Rankings Post Bellator 106: Chandler vs. Henderson 2 & TUF 18 Finale

Alvarez leaves champion

December 2013

1. Anthony Pettis  

2. Ben Henderson 

3. Frankie Edgar  

4. TJ Grant  

5. Eddie Alvarez +2 

6. Michael Chandler

7. Gilbert Melendez +1

8. Shinya Aoki +2

9. Tatsuya Kawajiri NR

10. Josh Thomson NR 

Results 

Bellator 106

Alvarez beats Chandler, wins lightweight title 

TUF 18 Finale 

Diaz beats Maynard 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2

Pettis does it again

September 2013

1. Anthony Pettis NR 

2. Ben Henderson -1

3. Frankie Edgar -1  

4. TJ Grant -1 

5. Gray Maynard -1     

6. Michael Chandler -1

7. Eddie Alvarez -1

8. Gilbert Melendez -1  

9. BJ Penn -1

10. Shinya Aoki -1

Results 

UFC 164

Pettis beats Henderson, wins the lightweight title 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva 2

Grant takes Maynard's soul

June 2013

1. Ben Henderson 

2. Frankie Edgar   

3. TJ Grant NR

4. Gray Maynard -1     

5. Michael Chandler -1

6. Eddie Alvarez -1

7. Gilbert Melendez -1  

8. BJ Penn -1

9. Shinya Aoki -1

10. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1   

Results 

UFC 160

Grant beats Maynard 

Lightweight Rankings Post Bellator 66

Alvarez avenges loss

May 2012

1. Ben Henderson 

2. Frankie Edgar   

3. Gray Maynard      

4. Michael Chandler +3     

5. Eddie Alvarez +3

6. Gilbert Melendez -2  

7. BJ Penn -2

8. Shinya Aoki -2  

9. Tatsuya Kawajiri    

10. Joachim Hansen  

Results 

Bellator 66

Alvarez beats Aoki 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson

Henderson edges Edgar

March 2012

1. Ben Henderson NR 

2. Frankie Edgar -1   

3. Gray Maynard -1     

4. Gilbert Melendez -1    

5. BJ Penn -1    

6. Shinya Aoki -1    

7. Michael Chandler -1     

8. Eddie Alvarez -1     

9. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1     

10. Joachim Hansen -1    

Results 

UFC 144 

Henderson beats Edgar, wins lightweight title 

Lightweight Rankings Post Bellator 58

Chandler arrives

December 2011

1. Frankie Edgar    

2. Gray Maynard   

3. Gilbert Melendez 

4. BJ Penn 

5. Shinya Aoki 

6. Michael Chandler NR 

7. Eddie Alvarez -1 

8. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1

9. Joachim Hansen -1

10. Josh Thomson -1

Results 

Bellator 58

Chandler beats Alvarez 

Lightweight Rankings Post Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley

Melendez crushes the crusher

May 2011

1. Frankie Edgar    

2. Gray Maynard   

3. Gilbert Melendez +1

4. BJ Penn -1

5. Shinya Aoki 

6. Eddie Alvarez 

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri 

8. Joachim Hansen 

9. Josh Thomson 

10. Gesias Cavalcante 

Results 

Strikeforce 

Melendez beats Kawajiri 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 125: Resolution

Edgar vs. Maynard ends in a draw

February 2011

1. Frankie Edgar +1  

2. Gray Maynard -1 

3. BJ Penn 

4. Gilbert Melendez 

5. Shinya Aoki 

6. Eddie Alvarez 

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri 

8. Joachim Hansen 

9. Josh Thomson 

10. Gesias Cavalcante 

Results 

UFC 125 

Edgar and Maynard fight to a draw 

Lightweight Rankings Post Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2

Thomson edges JZ

November 2010

1. Gray Maynard 

2. Frankie Edgar

3. BJ Penn 

4. Gilbert Melendez 

5. Shinya Aoki 

6. Eddie Alvarez 

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri 

8. Joachim Hansen 

9. Josh Thomson +1

10. Gesias Cavalcante -1

Results 

Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons 2  

Thomson beats Cavalcante 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 112: Invincible & Strikeforce: Nashville

Edgar upsets Penn

May 2010

1. Gray Maynard +8

2. Frankie Edgar +8

3. BJ Penn -2  

4. Gilbert Melendez 

5. Shinya Aoki -3

6. Eddie Alvarez -3

7. Tatsuya Kawajiri -2 

8. Joachim Hansen -2 

9. Gesias Cavalcante -2

10. Josh Thomson -2

Results 

UFC 112 

Edgar beats Penn, wins the lightweight title 

Strikeforce: Nashville 

Melendez embarrasses Aoki  

Lightweight Rankings Post Strikeforce: Evolution

Melendez wins the rematch

January 2010

1. BJ Penn 

2. Shinya Aoki 

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Gilbert Melendez NR 

5. Tatsuya Kawajiri -1  

6. Joachim Hansen -1 

7. Gesias Cavalcante -1 

8. Josh Thomson -1 

9. Gray Maynard -1

10. Frankie Edgar -1

Results 

Strikeforce: Evolution

Melendez beat Thomson 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 99: The Comeback

Fisher spoils Uno's return

July 2009 

1. BJ Penn 

2. Shinya Aoki 

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri   

5. Joachim Hansen  

6. Gesias Cavalcante  

7. Josh Thomson  

8. Gray Maynard 

9. Frankie Edgar 

10. Sean Sherk NR   

Results 

UFC 99 

Fisher beat Uno 

Lightweight Rankings Post Dream 9: FW Grand Prix 2nd Round

Kawajiri beats JZ

June 2009 

1. BJ Penn 

2. Shinya Aoki 

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri NR 

5. Joachim Hansen -1

6. Gesias Cavalcante -1

7. Josh Thomson -1 

8. Gray Maynard -1 

9. Frankie Edgar -1 

10. Andre Amade -1 

Results 

Dream 9 

Kawajiri beat Cavalcante 

Lightweight Rankings Post UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008

Baby Jay

January 2009 

1. BJ Penn 

2. Shinya Aoki 

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Joachim Hansen

5. Gesias Cavalcante

6. Josh Thomson 

7. Gray Maynard 

8. Frankie Edgar 

9. Andre Amade 

10. Caol Uno 

Welterweight Rankings Post Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Pitbull & UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2

Dos Anjos makes it look easy

October 2017

1. Tyron Woodley  

2. Stephen Thompson

3. Georges St-Pierre 

4. Robbie Lawler 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Demian Maia

7. Rafael Dos Anjos NR 

8. Ben Askren -1   

9. Douglas Lima -1  

10. Paul Daley NR 

Results

Bellator 183 

Daley knocks out Larkin

UFC 215

Dos Anjos submits Magny 

Welterweight Rankings Post Bellator NYC

Lima spoils Larkins debut

July 2017

1. Tyron Woodley  

2. Stephen Thompson

3. Georges St-Pierre 

4. Robbie Lawler 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Demian Maia

7. Ben Askren NR 

8. Douglas Lima NR

9. Lorenz Larkin -2

10. Jorge Masvidal -2   

Results

Bellator NYC 

Lima beats Larkin, retains title 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2

Woodley and Thompson put us all to sleep

April 2017

1. Tyron Woodley +1 

2. Stephen Thompson -1

3. Georges St-Pierre 

4. Robbie Lawler 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Demian Maia

7. Lorenz Larkin

8. Jorge Masvidal  

9. Neil Magny  

10. Kelvin Gastelum  

Results

UFC 209 

Woodley beats Thompson 

Welterweight Rankings Post TUF 24 Finale

Masvidal plays with Ellenberger

January 2017

1. Stephen Thompson

2. Tyron Woodley

3. Georges St-Pierre 

4. Robbie Lawler 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Demian Maia

7. Lorenz Larkin

8. Jorge Masvidal NR

9. Neil Magny -1

10. Kelvin Gastelum -1

Results

UFC 202 

Masvidal beats Ellenberger  

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 & UFC on Fox 21: Maia vs. Condit

Maia chokes out Condit

September 2016

1. Stephen Thompson

2. Tyron Woodley

3. Georges St-Pierre 

4. Robbie Lawler 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Demian Maia NR

7. Lorenz Larkin NR

8. Neil Magny -2

9. Kelvin Gastelum -2 

10. Johny Hendricks -2

Results

UFC 202 

Larkin beat Magny

UFC on Fox 21 

Maia submits Condit 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes & UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley

Woodley brutalizes Lawler 

August 2016

1. Stephen Thompson

2. Tyron Woodley +4 

3. Georges St-Pierre -1 

4. Robbie Lawler -1

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Neil Magny +1 

7. Kelvin Gastelum +1  

8. Johny Hendricks -4 

9. Carlos Condit  

10. Martin Kampmann 

Results

UFC 200

Gastelum beat Hendricks

UFC 201

Woddley beats Lawler, wins the title 

Weltereight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 82: Hendricks vs. Thompson

Wonderboy leaves no doubt

March 2016

1. Stephen Thompson +5  

2. Georges St-Pierre -1

3. Robbie Lawler -1  

4. Johny Hendricks -1

5. Rory MacDonald -1

6. Tyron Woodley -1

7. Neil Magny  

8. Kelvin Gastelum   

9. Carlos Condit  

10. Martin Kampmann 

Results

UFC Fight Night 82 

Thompson beat Hendricks 

Welterweight Rankings Post TUF Latin America 2 Finale

Magny upsets Gastelum

December 2015

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Robbie Lawler  

3. Johny Hendricks 

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Tyron Woodley  

6. Stephen Thompson 

7. Neil Magny NR 

8. Kelvin Gastelum -1

9. Carlos Condit -1

10. Martin Kampmann -1

Results

TUF Latin America 2 Finale 

Magny beats Gastelum 

Welterweight Rankings Post TUF 21 Finale: ATT vs. Blackzilians

Wonderboy is here

August 2015

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Robbie Lawler  

3. Johny Hendricks 

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Tyron Woodley  

6. Stephen Thompson NR

7. Kelvin Gastelum -1 

8. Carlos Condit -1

9. Martin Kampmann -1

10. Jake Ellenberger -1

Results

TUF 21 Finale 

Thompson beat Ellenberger 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler 2

Lawler wins the title

January 2015

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Robbie Lawler +1

3. Johny Hendricks -1 

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Tyron Woodley  

6. Kelvin Gastelum  

7. Carlos Condit

8. Martin Kampmann  

9. Jake Ellenberger  

10. Hector Lombard  

Results

UFC 181

Lawler beats Hendricks, wins welterweight title 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt

Gastelum arrives

December 2014

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Robbie Lawler

4. Rory MacDonald

5. Tyron Woodley  

6. Kelvin Gastelum NR

7. Carlos Condit -1

8. Martin Kampmann -1

9. Jake Ellenberger -1 

10. Hector Lombard -1 

Results

UFC 180

Gastelum submits Ellenberger 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov

MacDonald walks down Woodley

July 2014

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Robbie Lawler

4. Rory MacDonald +3

5. Tyron Woodley -1

6. Carlos Condit -1

7. Martin Kampmann -1

8. Jake Ellenberger  

9. Hector Lombard  

10. Jake Shields    

Results

UFC 174

MacDonald beats Woodley

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler

Woodley injures Condit

April 2014

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Robbie Lawler

4. Tyron Woodley NR 

5. Carlos Condit -1 

6. Martin Kampmann -1 

7. Rory MacDonald -1

8. Jake Ellenberger -1 

9. Hector Lombard NR 

10. Jake Shields -2  

Results

UFC 171

Woodley beats Condit

Lombard beats Shields 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

Lawler makes his mark

December 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Robbie Lawler NR

4. Carlos Condit -1 

5. Martin Kampmann -1

6. Rory MacDonald -1

7. Jake Ellenberger -1

8. Jake Shields  -1

9. Demian Maia  -1

10. Nick Diaz -1

Results

UFC 167

Lawler beats MacDonald

Welterweight Rankings Post WSOF 6: Burkman vs. Carl

Carl wins WSOF title

November 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Carlos Condit  

4. Martin Kampmann 

5. Rory MacDonald

6. Jake Ellenberger  

7. Jake Shields  

8. Demian Maia  

9. Nick Diaz

10. Dong Hyun Kim NR   

Results

WSOF 6

Carl submits Burkman, wins welterweight title 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 27: Condit vs. Kampmann 2

Condit back in the win column

September 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Carlos Condit +5

4. Martin Kampmann -1

5. Rory MacDonald -1

6. Jake Ellenberger  -1

7. Jake Shields -1

8. Demian Maia -1

9. Nick Diaz

10. Josh Burkman  

Results

UFC Fight Night 27 

Condit beats Kampmann in rematch 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC on Fox 8: Johnson vs. Moraga

MacDonald wins a staring contest

August 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Martin Kampmann

4. Rory MacDonald +5

5. Jake Ellenberger  -1

6. Jake Shields -1

7. Demian Maia -1

8. Carlos Condit  -1

9. Nick Diaz -1

10. Josh Burkman -1 

Results

UFC on Fox 8  

MacDonald beats Ellenberger 

Welterweight Rankings Post WSOF 3: Fitch vs. Burkman

Burkman puts Fitch to sleep

July 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Martin Kampmann

4. Jake Ellenberger  

5. Jake Shields 

6. Demian Maia 

7. Carlos Condit  

8. Nick Diaz

9. Rory MacDonald

10. Josh Burkman NR 

Results

WSOF 3 

Burkman submits Fitch 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar

Maia Fitches Fitch

March 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Martin Kampmann 

4. Jake Ellenberger  

5. Jake Shields 

6. Demian Maia NR

7. Carlos Condit -1  

8. Nick Diaz -1  

9. Rory MacDonald -1  

10. Jon Fitch -1

Results

UFC 156  

Maia beats Fitch 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz

MacDonald beats The Prodigy

January 2013

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Martin Kampmann 

4. Jake Ellenberger  

5. Jake Shields 

6. Carlos Condit  

7. Nick Diaz  

8. Rory MacDonald NR

9. Jon Fitch -1

10. BJ Penn -1

Results

UFC on Fox 5 

MacDonald beats Penn 

Welterweight Rankings Post TUF 15 Finale & UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall

Kampmann wins wild fight

July 2012  

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks  

3. Martin Kampmann NR

4. Jake Ellenberger -1 

5. Jake Shields -1

6. Carlos Condit -1 

7. Nick Diaz -1 

8. Jon Fitch -1

9. BJ Penn -1

10. Erick Silva NR  

Results

TUF 15 Finale 

Kampmann beats Ellenberger

UFC on FX 3 

Silva beats Brenneman 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

Condit wins a point fight

March 2012  

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Johny Hendricks +1

3. Jake Ellenberger +3  

4. Jake Shields +3  

5. Carlos Condit NR 

6. Nick Diaz -4  

7. Jon Fitch -3 

8. BJ Penn -3  

9. Anthony Johnson -1

10. Charlie Brenneman -1   

Results

UFC 143

Condit beats Diaz, wins the interim title 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

Hendricks one punches Fitch

January 2012  

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Nick Diaz  

3. Johny Hendricks NR

4. Jon Fitch -1

5. BJ Penn -1 

6. Jake Ellenberger -1

7. Jake Shields -1

8. Anthony Johnson -1  

9. Charlie Brenneman -1   

10. Diego Sanchez -1      

Results

UFC 141

Hendricks beats Fitch

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson

Kampmann edges Story

December 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Nick Diaz  

3. Jon Fitch 

4. BJ Penn  

5. Jake Ellenberger 

6. Jake Shields  

7. Anthony Johnson  

8. Charlie Brenneman    

9. Diego Sanchez NR   

10. Martin Kampmann NR 

Results

UFC 139

Kampmann beats Story 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC on Versus 6: Cruz vs. Johnson & UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz

Diaz takes BJ Penn to town

November 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Nick Diaz NR

3. Jon Fitch -1

4. BJ Penn -1 

5. Jake Ellenberger -1 

6. Jake Shields -1  

7. Anthony Johnson NR

8. Charlie Brenneman -2  

9. Rick Story -2

10. Thiago Alves -2 

Results

UFC on Versus 6  

Johnson headkicks The Spaniard

UFC 137 

Diaz beats Penn 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger

Ellenberger upsets Shields

October 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Jon Fitch 

3. BJ Penn  

4. Jake Ellenberger NR

5. Jake Shields -1   

6. Charlie Brenneman -1  

7. Rick Story -1

8. Thiago Alves -1

  

9. Diego Sanchez -1  

10. Martin Kampmann -1  

Results

UFC Fight Night 25 

Ellenberger beats Shields 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC on Versus 4: Kongo vs. Barry

Brenneman shocks Story

July 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Jon Fitch 

3. BJ Penn  

4. Jake Shields  

5. Charlie Brenneman NR

6. Rick Story -1  

7. Thiago Alves -1   

  

8. Diego Sanchez -1   

9. Martin Kampmann -1 

10. Paulo Thiago -1 

Results

UFC on Versus 4 

Brenneman beats Story 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill

Story gets past the hump

June 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Jon Fitch 

3. BJ Penn  

4. Jake Shields +1

5. Rick Story NR 

6. Thiago Alves -2 

  

7. Diego Sanchez -1   

8. Martin Kampmann -1

9. Paulo Thiago -1

10. Josh Koscheck -1

Results

UFC 130

Story beats Alves 

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann

Sanchez wins controversial slugfest

April 2011 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Jon Fitch 

3. BJ Penn  

4. Thiago Alves 

5. Jake Shields
  
6. Diego Sanchez +1  

7. Martin Kampmann -1

8. Paulo Thiago  

9. Josh Koscheck  

10. Matt Hughes 

Results

UFC on Versus 3 

Sanchez beats Kampmann   

Welterweight Rankings Post UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida

BJ Penn returns to the top 5

December 2010 

1. Georges St-Pierre 

2. Jon Fitch 

3. BJ Penn +6

4. Thiago Alves -1

5. Jake Shields -1 

6. Martin Kampmann -1

7. Diego Sanchez -1  

8. Paulo Thiago -1

9. Josh Koscheck -1

10. Matt Hughes -1

Results

UFC 123 

BJ Penn sleeps Hughes in seconds