MMA Fighter Rankings: February Edition
On the first Wednesday of every month, theScore's MMA editors compile a list of the top 10 fighters in each of the major weight classes.
Rankings
Heavyweight | Light Heavyweight
Middleweight | Welterweight
Lightweight | Featherweight
Bantamweight | Flyweight
Women: Bantamweight | Strawweight
Heavyweight
| Ranking | Fighter |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cain Velasquez |
| 2 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 3 | Junior dos Santos |
| 4 | Travis Browne |
| 5 | Stipe Miocic |
| 6 | Mark Hunt |
| 7 | Andrei Arlovski |
| 8 | Antonio Silva |
| 9 | Roy Nelson |
| 10 | Alistair Overeem |
- Overeem and Nelson have a chance to re-invigorate their flagging careers when they square off at UFC 185 in March. Nelson has lost three of his last four, including a crushing knockout lost to the anvil-fisted Mark Hunt in September. Overeem bounced back from a deflating loss to Ben Rothwell with a vicious ground-and-pound knockout of Stefan Struve at UFC on FOX 13 in December.
- Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva received a rude awakening when he returned from a nine month suspension for elevated testosterone in September, losing via crushing knockout to the suddenly relevant Andrei Arlovski. Bigfoot will look to break back into the upper echelon of the heavyweight division with a victory over the equally struggling Frank Mir at UFC Fight Night 61 on Feb. 22.
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