MMA Betting Rankings by Division

• Thursday, February 9th, 2012

  By  Blade Armstrong

  

  There are a total of seven weight classes in MMA and as we unveil the rankings you will notice a lot of big names leading the way. Here are the MMA betting rankings for each of the divisions.

  One note on these rankings is that they are a consensus among all of the top MMA sites that rank the fighters as opinions can differ from one site to another. Also, all of the fighters are in the UFC except where noted.

  Heavyweight

  1. Junior Dos Santos

  2. Cain Velasquez

  3. Alistair Overeem

  4. Frank Mir

  5. Fabricio Werdum

  Light heavyweight

  1. Jon Jones

  2. Dan Henderson

  3. Rashad Evans

  4. Mauricio Rua

  5. Quinton Jackson

  Middleweight

  1. Anderson Silva

  2. Chael Sonnen

  3. Yushin Okami

  4. Mark Munoz

  5. Vitor Belfort

  Welterweight

  1. Georges St. Pierre

  2. Nick Diaz

  3. Jake Ellenberger

  4. Carlos Condit

  5. Johny Hendricks

  Lightweight

  1. Frankie Edgar

  2. Gilbert Melendez (Strikeforce)

  3. Gray Maynard

  4. Ben Henderson

  5. Shinya Aoki (Dream)

  Featherweight

  1. Jose Aldo

  2. Hatsu Hioki

  3. Chad Mendes

  4. Pat Curran (Bellator)

  5. Marlon Sandro (Bellator)

  Bantamweight

  1. Dominick Cruz

  2. Urijah Faber

  3. Joseph Benavidez

  4. Brian Bowles

  5. Scott Jorgensen

  Upcoming Events

  UFC on Fuel TV 1 on Wednesday, February 15th features Jake Ellenberger against Diego Sanchez. Just over a week later it is UFC 144 which is headlined by Frankie Edgar defending his lightweight title against Ben Henderson. The first event in March is UFC on FX-2 which has Thiago Alves taking on Martin Kampmann. Also on the schedule for later this year it will be a heavyweight title fight between Junior Dos Santos and Alistair Overeem. In April it is UFC on Fuel TV-2 with Alexander Gustafsson favored in MMA betting at the online sports book against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and UFC 145 has Jon Jones heavily favored against Rashad Evans. In June it will be a UFC event in Brazil featuring Anderson Silva against Chael Sonnen and later this year Georges St. Pierre will likely be going up against Carlos Condit for the Welterweight title.

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