With UFC Fight Night 116 now in our rear view, it’s time to update our fighter rankings. MMAOddsBreaker’s Brian Hemminger (@BrianHemminger) handles the rankings, which are updated after nearly every UFC event.
As always, we only show changes in the rankings with this update. To access the full MMAOddsBreaker rankings, click here. Disagree? Feel free to give us your take on our rankings either in the comment section here or on Twitter!
Middleweight
1. Robert Whittaker
2. Yoel Romero
3. Luke Rockhold
4. Gegard Mousasi
5. Michael Bisping
6. Jacare Souza
7. Chris Weidman
8. Derek Brunson
9. Anderson Silva
10. Thales Leites
11. David Branch
12. Anthony Smith (+3)
13. Antonio Carlos Junior
14. Tim Boetsch
15. Uriah Hall (NR)
I’m not going to punish David Branch for losing in the main event to Luke Rockhold via second round TKO, especially when he came out like a man possessed and actually won the first round against the former UFC Middleweight Champion. I will punish Krzysztof Jotko, however, as he’s been removed from the top 15 for losing his second straight fight, this time to the debuting Uriah Hall, who comes in at number 15. Anthony Smith also moves up a few spots after scoring an emphatic third round knockout of Hector Lombard.
